The Los Angeles Kings certainly weren't bothered by a long layoff. The Phoenix Coyotes sure seemed to be. Dwight King scored his second goal of the game into an empty net and the Kings dominated from the start to open the Western Conference finals with a 4-2 victory over the Coyotes on Sunday night to remain unbeaten on the road in the playoffs. "We had that long break and everyone was so anxious to get started, and everyone bursted out all their energy we had saved up," Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said. Everyone was flying. With a week off after sweeping St. Louis in the second round, the Kings were far from rusty, overwhelming the Coyotes early to set up Anze Kopitar's goal 4 minutes into the game. Phoenix rallied to tie twice, the first time on a shot by Derek Morris that surprised Kings goalie Jonathan Quick from the red line, but the Kings kept coming. Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist, King had his first career two-goal game and Los Angeles outshot Phoenix 48-27 to win its sixth straight road playoff victory, one short of the NHL record for a single postseason. The Kings have won six straight playoff games overall, and eight straight on the road dating to last season. Los Angeles Kings center Trevor Lewis (22), Willie Mitchell (33), Mike Richards (10) center, celebrate a goal by teamamte Dwight King, right, as Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Michal Rozsival (32) skates by during the second period of Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western Conference finals, Sunday, May 13, 2012, in Glendale, Ariz. The Kings, too, were underdogs in the playoffs and didn't seem to mind, racing through Vancouver and St. Louis to reach the conference finals for the first time since 1993 and become the first No. 8 seed to knock off the top two teams in the same playoffs. That set up what figured to be a testy series between Pacific Division rivals. The Coyotes and Kings know each other well, playing six times every season, a familiarity that's led to some physical play, including a fight between captains Shane Doan and Brown in February.