Maple Leafs' Babcock: 'We embarassed ourselves' in loss to Kings

The Toronto Maple Leafs' modest three-game win streak came to an end Tuesday courtesy of a 7-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, and while head coach Mike Babcock was clearly disappointed with his team's effort, he seemed prepared to move forward in quick order.

"The good thing about it is we'll get up in the morning and the sun's going to get up, we're going to go to the rink and work," Babcock said postgame. "After we do our penance we'll probably get on with it, but you're not just going to get up tomorrow and everything is going to be rosy.

"We embarrassed ourselves here today and so it's like anything, you get to the rink and you go to work and reset what you've got to do and you understand what happened and go from there."

Not only were the Maple Leafs outscored by a wide margin, the shot differential was also heavily in the Kings' favor, and Babcock credited Los Angeles for simply being ready to win.

"We didn't play heavy, we didn't finish any checks, we didn't win any races. They won them all. Give them credit, they were way better than us. They were way more organized and way more prepared to compete at a high level."

Babcock added he'll revisit the game and assess whether lineup changes will be necessary for Friday's game against Philadelphia.