Mike Richards was happy with his Game 1 performance against Vancouver in which he had a goal and two assists. And why wouldn't he be! Richards had a tough season offensively as he had only 18 goals and 44 points in 74 games after picking up at least 62 points in each of the previous four seasons including an 80 point effort in 2008-09. "I've never lost confidence in myself," Richards said. "I always felt that even though I wasn't getting the points or getting the bounces, I was still playing pretty good hockey and knew if I stuck with it, it was going to come." The scoring will come in handy as the Kings have been getting scoring from their top line of Anze Kopitar et al., but need more than that to proceed in the post-season.