What an ugly game last night. Randy Jones, Sean O’Donnell and Jonathan Quick were absolutely awful. It took a period and a half but the Kings remembered how to play hockey again. Erik Ersberg was outstanding in overtime and Dustin Brown showed why he wears the “C”. For the first time since the lockout, the Los Angeles Kings are in the playoffs and the Anaheim Ducks are not.
The Los Angeles Kings badly needed a win last night as they had lost four in a row. Jonathan Bernier got the start and was magnificent. Scott Parse scored his third goal in two games and Sean O’Donnell had a beautiful goal to close it out. With Bernier having two solid starts with the Kings, what do we do with Ersberg?
The Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche are continuing to make a good case why they should play each other in the playoffs: it’d be goddamn exciting. It didn’t start well as Jonathan Quick was pulled (yes, Terry Murray, sometimes Quicker needs a rest). Erik Ersberg played well until the shootout. The Kings now have 90 points with 10 games remaining.
How much fun would a Kings/Avalanche playoff series be? If last night was any indication, it would be awesome. Ryan Smyth had two goals, the Avalanche tied the game with 6.6 seconds left, Justin Williams showed he is, indeed back and Wayne Simmonds continued to show fans why he is a fan favorite. Not to mention, it was Star Wars night. Did you go?
If I told you that the leading scorer on the New York Islanders was Matt Moulson with 26 goals would you have believed me? Talk about a breakout season! Last night at Staples Center certainly wasn’t a blowout but the LA Kings did manage a win. Quick was awesome but the team still looked shaky at times. Better effort but still a ways to go.
The Los Angeles Kings needed a win against the battered Chicago Blackhawks last night at Staples Center. Terry Murray sat Jeff Halpern in favor of Raitus Ivanans. That didn’t work out very well. The Kings took some untimely penalties last night but it wasn’t the refs fault. Is this a slide ala 2005-2006?
First there was the whole daylight savings thing. Then the Nashville Predators were in town. Terry Murray has yet to beat them as head coach of the Los Angeles Kings. Anybody else smell disaster? This was a particularly spirit-less effort by the Kings today. A couple more losses and we will start falling rapidly.
Alex’s post-game blog here.
Man, I love this team! The LA Kings were in Dallas to face Marc Crawford and the Dallas Stars. Young netminder Jonathan Bernier came in and played a very solid game while Jonathan Quick was with his wife delivering their first child. It was an all-around solid effort last night with a long shootout that the Kings excel in.
Alex’s post-game blog here.
Brad Richardson played like the Brad Richardson of last season when he coughed up the puck in overtime to seal it for the Chicago Blackhawks. It was a rough start for the Los Angeles Kings but they turned up the heat to take Chicago into Overtime. Not a bad game by any stretch and it was nice to grab a point. Your thoughts on the game?
Alex’s post-game blog here.
It was like a game of NHL 2010 on Rookie Mode as the Los Angeles Kings notched six goals against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Staples Center last night. Alexander Frolov had a monster game with four points (1G, 4A) and newly acquired Fredrik Modin (1G, 1A) also had a great game. Incidentally, the conditional 7th round pick the Kings gave up for Modin only happens if the Kings win the Stanley Cup. I guess we’ll be hanging onto that pick!
Alex’s Post-Game blog on the win.
