The Utah Mammoth are finally home from their tour of North America, but that doesn’t mean things will be easier for them.

They learned that with their 4-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings at the Delta Center on Monday. Here’s the story.

Quick catchup

Los Angeles Kings: 4

Utah Mammoth: 2

A two-goal deficit is one of the worst ways to start a hockey game, but that’s challenge the Mammoth faced in this one.

Both of the Kings’ early goals came off of odd-man rushes — a 3-on-2 which turned into a partial break for Adrian Kempe and a full-on breakaway for Joel Armia.

Brandon Tanev answered with a breakaway goal of his own to cut the Kings’ lead in half, but a successful offside challenge took the tally off the board.

Dylan Guenther opened the second period with a power play one-timer goal,

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