Kings’ Drew Doughty shouldn’t feel too bad

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Drew Doughty wasn’t the only one plagued by first-game jitters on Saturday night.

Edmonton Oilers veteran goalie Nikolai Khabibulin proved big blunders don’t just happened to highly touted teenage defensemen. Check out how the Calgary Flames took round one of the battle of Alberta:

Of course, none of this explains how the Kings lost to Phoenix, a team that’s bankrupt and didn’t have a head coach until less than two weeks ago. Hopefully, things will go a little better against San Jose on Tuesday.

-- Austin Knoblauch