NHL playoffs: For Blackhawks and Kings, it's all about puck possession

CHICAGO—The reputation that the Los Angeles Kings have is as a defensive-minded team, one that relies on Jonathan Quick to stop pucks, and just tries to score enough goals to squeak by. That was certainly how they looked in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals, which they lost, 2-1, to the Chicago Blackhawks, but it is not really their recipe for success. The Kings were the NHL's top possession team in the regular season, as measured by Corsi percentage -- the ratio of their shot attempts to their opponents' at 5-on-5. Los Angeles checked in at 56.3 percent, up from last season when the Kings were second in the NHL at 54.8 percent and wound up as the No. 8 seed in the West. This was...