The Los Angeles Kings desperately needed a win in their return home on Tuesday after a tough Canadian road trip.
On a three-game losing streak, where the team was playing some poor hockey, the Kings bounced back in a big way against the Seattle Kraken.
It wasn't a great start for either team, with both the Kings and Kraken going through a feeling-out process in the first period, but the Kings found their feet in the second.
An Adrian Kempe power-play goal put the Kings up in the first period, and in the second, the Trevor Moore show started.
He grabbed his first of the night deflecting home a Matt Roy shot-pass, then picked up his own rebound to deposit his second goal.
The Kings took control of the game in the middle frame, limiting the Kraken to just seven shots.
The Kraken gave the Kings a scare in the third, but the Kings held on and eventually ran away comfortable 5-2 winners.
A Kevin Fiala breakaway gave the Kings a three-goal cushion, and then with just a few minutes left, Moore finished off the hat trick, sending Crypto.com Arena into a frenzy.
This loss officially eliminated the Kraken from playoff contention, but they looked like a team that knew they were out of the race already.
A team that's rarely outworked and always comes with high intensity, the Kraken looked more like a team that was waiting for the season to end than anything.
Of course, that isn't to take away from the Kings' performance, they can only play what's presented to them and they did their job emphatically.
A pleasant sight for Kings fans will be a three-point night for Pierre-Luc Dubois, who grabbed an assist on each of Moore's goals.
They need Dubois to find his game down the stretch here and the numbers are undeniably better, especially after the return of Viktor Arvidsson.
An optimist would consider that the Kings finally finding a linemate that gets Dubois going and believes there are better things on the horizon for the $8.5 million center.
While a pessimist would point to the previous three games as proof that Dubois is still the same inconsistent player he's always been, who struggles against tougher opponents.
You have to decide which side of that fence you sit on.
Either way, you can't complain much about a three-point night.
The Kings head up to San Jose for game two of a back-to-back, in a game that could help them solidify their playoff hopes.
This is a game the Kings should win comfortably, but there are no comfortable games in the NHL.