The Philadelphia Flyers finished their California road trip last night with against the Los Angeles Kings. The Flyers continued to tweak their lineup, now with their full choice of players. The result was Matt Read scratched, and the team going with 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

On this night, the shot totals look pretty close, but the Kings played much quicker and more decisive hockey. They established their forecheck and a direct route to the net and controlled the game through much of the first and second period. A third-period power play goal jumpstarted a late push by the Flyers, before they ultimately fell by a final score of 2-1.

Game Flow

Forwards

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With Read a healthy scratch, fourth liners R.J. Umberger and Scott Laughton saw a handful of different linemates. None were particularly helpful as the pair had a poor game statistically.

The Flyers, overall, were a step slower than the Kings in the first two periods, and struggled to get many good shots. In hopes of sparking a comeback, Hakstol switched out wingers between Sean Couturier and Claude Giroux. In the third period, Giroux played with Jake Voracek and Wayne Simmonds, while Couturier played with Brayden Schenn and Michael Raffl.

The shuffling did not produce any even strength goals. Schenn tucked home a power play goal to make it close, but the Kings were not going to let this one get away. The new Giroux line, in fact, was the Flyers worst line by shot differential in the third period.

Defense

With seven defensemen dressed and a lot of mixing and matching, tracking the Flyers defense this game is a bit of a mess. What can be said is that Michael Del Zotto returned to the lineup and led the team in minutes while playing with nearly every other defensemen.

Evgeny Medvedev played the second most minutes and had the strongest statistical performance. He most often played with Mark Streit or Del Zotto. Medvedev and Streit were also most likely to draw the Kings' top line with Kopitar, and fared the best against the dangerous line.

Shayne Gostisbehere also saw many partners, although a lot of his ice time came late in the game when the Flyers were trying to come from behind. Both Ghost and Radko Gudas had a tough first period. Gudas made a bad turnover leading to the Kings' first goal, while Gostisbehere struggled with the Kings forecheck resulting in some turnovers and a penalty taken.

Lastly, Luke Schenn and Nick Schultz played the least. Both players saw some of the Kings' top line, with Schenn faring better against them, but their ice time dried up in the third period.

Marc Naples is a contributor to Flyerdelphia and Sports Talk Philly. Follow him on Twitter@SuperScrub47.