The teams traded goals within the first five minutes of the third period to make it a 2-2 game.
First, directly off a faceoff win, Theo Peckham fired a shot from the blue line, through significant traffic, and Jean-Francois Jacques was credited with the goal on a deflection in front.
Then, 20 seconds later, the Kings tied the game. Wayne Simmonds carried the puck to the net with speed, then got it back in the corner and fed a short pass to Jack Johnson. Johnson whipped a wrist shot from the middle of the left circle and scored at the 4:45 mark.
Great play by Simmer and nice shot by Johnson. Speed created that one.
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Smyth has never looked older.
Simmonds – terrific.
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vplaza Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 9:41 pm
@Bones,
Smitty actually had a “little” speed in that rush across the blue line, but I think he was coasting…
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13-15-17
Love that as an energy line
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gcheng Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 11:14 pm
@kingsxstevenxkings,
i like that. consecutive odd numbers. hahaha
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Stoll had another shot on net! And how didn’t Martinez get a penalty on that one…whew!
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Kings better hit Taylor every chance they get here on out!
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vplaza Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm
@crashin’ da net,
Kid is good. Making Martinez look like a rookie. Oh wait, he is. Martinez is probably hanging on for dear life.
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crashin' da net Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 9:53 pm
@vplaza, Yup. Hall keeps beating him on that side. I hope he focuses on the man and not the puck.
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vplaza Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 9:56 pm
@crashin’ da net,
LOL, Martinez was probably glad that wasn’t Taylor on that check he threw on the Oilers drive in.
Martinez is looking REALLY bad tonight..everyone who comes down the boards is stepping around him
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Paajarvi sounds like a pirate name.
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vplaza Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 9:49 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
AAARRRRRHHHH!!
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Marco’s getting a good workout. You could tell he’s pretty winded about now.
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vplaza Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 9:53 pm
@What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,
Yeah, but you gotta wonder, his shifts are really short, so how does that affect Kopi and Brown, whose shifts are normally much longer than what Sturm can do.
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Stay focuse3d Kings and take it to them! GKG!
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Smitty’s been on the ice forever…
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Scuderi…wide…Scuderi…wide…
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Nitrohockey Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 10:01 pm
@vplaza, I’ll cut him some slack, he’s been cracked in the lip twice tonight. One of those was delfected wide.
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vplaza Reply:
December 23rd, 2010 at 10:02 pm
@Nitrohockey,
Yeah, three cuts to the mouth in two games…but still, you’d love to get one of those on net…
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KingTrojan Reply:
December 24th, 2010 at 12:00 am
@vplaza, Last week in St. Louis he was busted up and had to eat oatmeal for a couple days. can’t imagine what’s in store for the Christmas break for Scuds.
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December 23rd, 2010 at 10:02 pm
@Nitrohockey, Poor bastard…most of us would be drunk or stoned and vegetating on the sofa.
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Win the faceoff with 31.3 seconds left…
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WIN THE FACEOFF…PLEEEEAAAASSEEE
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nervous nervous nervous haha
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Time for some of that JMFJ we’ve all seen before
LineUp: Kopi, JJ, JW (hot hand)
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