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• Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick looks on after giving up two goals to the Seattle Kraken during the second period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Seattle Kraken’s Jaden Schwartz, center, scores past Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick during the first period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Seattle Kraken’s Jaden Schwartz, left, scores past Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick during the first period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Seattle Kraken’s Jaden Schwartz, center, scores past Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick during the first period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Seattle Kraken’s Jaden Schwartz, right, celebrates his goal with Jordan Eberle during the first period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• Kings head coach Todd McLellan looks on during the first period of their game against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• Seattle Kraken goaltender Martin Jones blocks a shot by the Kings’ Trevor Moore, center, during the first period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. Jones made 28 saves to earn his 20th career win against the his former team, eight more than he has against any other franchise. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick blocks a shot during the first period of their game against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• A shot by the Seattle Kraken’s Matty Beniers, not pictured, slips gets behind Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick during the first period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. The goal was waved off following a video replay review. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick looks toward the video board as a Seattle Kraken goal is reviewed during the first period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Kings’ Alex Iafallo celebrates with teammates after scoring during the first period of their game against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick blocks a shot during the first period of their game against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick blocks a shot as the net comes off the ice during the first period of their game against the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Kings’ Alex Iafallo controls the puck in front of the Seattle Kraken’s Ryan Donato during the second period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Seattle Kraken’s Alex Wennberg (21) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the second period of their game against the Kings on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Seattle Kraken’s Alex Wennberg (21) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the second period of their game against the Kings on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Kings’ Alex Iafallo, left, battles with the Seattle Kraken’s Morgan Geekie during the second period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Seattle Kraken’s Brandon Tanev, center, scores past Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick, left, during the second period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Seattle Kraken’s Brandon Tanev, left, celebrates a goal as the Kings’ Anze Kopitar looks on during the second period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Seattle Kraken’s Brandon Tanev (13) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the second period of their game against the Kings on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick looks on after giving up two goals to the Seattle Kraken during the second period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• An official jumps into the Kings’ bench area as the Seattle Kraken’s Brandon Tanev (13) battles for the puck with the Kings’ Blake Lizotte (46) on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Kings’ Carl Grundstrom, bottom, battles for the puck with the Seattle Kraken’s Carson Soucy during the third period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

• The Kings’ Carl Grundstrom, bottom, battles for the puck with the Seattle Kraken’s Carson Soucy during the third period on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)

LOS ANGELES — While it’s too early for the Kings to press the panic button, they might want to stop hitting snooze.

They fell to 0-2 on the young season with a 4-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena in another game in which they lacked fluidity and often failed to match the intensity of their opponents.

Winger Alex Iafallo accounted for the only goal and only point for the Kings. Defenseman Brandt Clarke made his NHL debut, playing 15:17, moving up in the lineup late and nearly setting up a goal four-on-four in the third period. Jonathan Quick stopped 18 of 21 shots.

Wingers Jaden Schwartz and Brandon Tanev tallied for Seattle, as did center Alex Wennberg and defenseman Adam Larsson (empty net). Goalie Martin Jones continued to vex his former team, making 26 saves to earn his 20th career win against the Kings, eight more than he has against any other franchise.

“We have some work to do. We’re not playing the full 60 minutes, we’re kind of sloppy with the passes, little details, and we’ve got to capitalize as well,” center Phillip Danault said.

“It’s not really about winning, it’s about getting our team game going. I don’t think we’re on point right now,” he added.

Danault was nearly the recipient of what would have been Clarke’s first NHL point, when the defenseman passed on an open point shot to feed Danault on the doorstep, though he lost his footing, precluding an effective redirection.

That stood among a handful of attention-grabbing plays for Clarke in the third period. Coach Todd McLellan said he felt Clarke was, at a minimum, one of the Kings’ three best defensemen in the match.

“The first couple of shifts, the puck was on my stick too long. Every time I turned there was one of their offensive players coming to lay a body check on me so it was definitely a wakeup call right away,” said Clarke, who felt the third period was his best. “But I think I adapted pretty well throughout the game and was crisper later in the game.”

The final frame saw a melee at the end and another fight in the closing moments. Before that, the Kings killed off a two-man disadvantage and later played an extended stretch with a six-on-four edge as they sought to erase a two-goal deficit. They failed to score and instead ceded the empty-net goal to Larsson.

“We played much better defensively than we did in Game 1,” said McLellan, whose team begins a five-game trip against Minnesota on Saturday night. “Our penalty kill did a really good job in a lot of situations. I know we gave up a goal but the five-on-three was real positive.”

The Kings had fallen further behind with just over seven minutes left in the second period, when they surrendered a five-on-five goal an instant after technically having killed a penalty. Wennberg was left alone in front to receive the puck before pivoting to slip it between Quick’s legs. Seattle nearly scored again, this time shorthanded, when an unforced error gave forward Karson Kuhlman a breakaway that Quick negated with a sprawling effort.

Seattle’s forecheck gave it the lead for good just over six minutes into the second stanza. Tanev powered out of the right corner and lofted the puck above Quick’s shoulder from in tight. It was Tanev’s first goal since Dec. 14, four days before he sustained a season-ending knee injury.

Late in the first period, Seattle applied pressure and appeared to score with six seconds remaining. The ostensible goal by rookie center Matty Berniers was waived off for a high stick, then nullified anew upon review.

The Kings pulled even off a bit of opportunism at the outset of a power play. Larsson controlled the puck after a faceoff and tried to rim it around the back of his own net. Iafallo deflected and then intercepted that attempt, enabling him to score an unassisted wraparound goal at the 12:17 mark.

Seattle opened the scoring 5:21 into a first period that saw the Kings take two penalties in less than four minutes. Seattle cashed in on its second power play when headline free-agent acquisition Andre Burakovsky opened up Jordan Eberle with a cross-ice pass. Eberle let fly with a shot that generated a rebound, which was stuffed home by Schwartz.

The Kings took six minor penalties over the course of 60 minutes, half of which were in their offensive zone, continuing the lack of discipline from their season opener.

“It’s hard. It killed our momentum right from the get-go,” Danault said.

NOTES

Winger Viktor Arvidsson missed the game due to an illness, reinserting Brendan Lemieux into the lineup and bumping Carl Grundstrom up to the second line. … Clarke’s debut came at the expense of Sean Durzi, who had a rough outing in the season opener even before he turned the puck over to initiate the game-winning scoring sequence for Vegas. … Winger Gabe Vilardi moved up to the top power-play unit. … The Kraken bounced back from a 5-4 overtime loss to the Ducks on Wednesday night, when they squandered a two-goal lead in the third period. … Seattle rookie center Shane Wright was a healthy scratch.

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