The Kings broke the scoreless tie with 5:52 remaining in the third period. Wayne Simmonds did a good job of keeping the puck alive behind the Calgary net, and into the corner, and Simmonds pushed the puck to the top of the left circle. Kiprusoff made the save on Brad Richardson’s shot, but Jarret Stoll chased down the rebound and whipped the puck into the net before Kiprusoff could get back in position.
The lead lasted only 65 seconds, though. Olli Jokinen took a pass from Steve Staios in the neutral zone and skated past Jack Johnson for a breakaway. Jokinen tucked a backhand shot past Quick from close range to tie the game 1-1 with 4:47 remaining.
Justin Williams has yet to return to the game, or the bench, after being checked by Robyn Regehr in the middle of the period.
0-0
0-0
1-1-!
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:04 pm
@King John, Yeah, it’s like Rich has a coupon on blog headlines – 2 goals per entry
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we can’t afford to do this
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xeropoint Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 9:59 pm
@jess, Neither can my heart!
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Nice job covering Jokinen JJ.
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mrbrett7 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:38 pm
@RYC, JJ and Handzus…Zus left the entire middle of the ice wide open.
Hockey is a team game.
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acheiles heal of the year.. letting in a goal right after we get one.. story of the year
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:00 pm
@DBking,
Second story to the ineffective PP. But yes, bad habit they’ve had all year.
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Noooooo….
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KingsGuy Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:00 pm
@KingsGuy, is that JJ again?! looks all to familiar.
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mrbrett7 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:38 pm
@KingsGuy, It was…but Handzus also went on vacation leaving the entire center of ice wide open.
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The lady sleeping behind the Kings bench must have been forced to attend a JK PP strategy session.
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DB6 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:00 pm
@DesertKing, Lol, she was out cold!
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KingsGuy Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:04 pm
@DB6, saw that… Probly jj’s mom… Runs in the family. Ha jk
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DesertKing Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:07 pm
@KingsGuy,
Probably JK’s mom. She developed the strategy herself so she can aford to sleep through it.
Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:08 pm
@KingsGuy, Oh man . . .
unbelievable play by Simmer, maybe the best I’ve seen from him all year. Unfortunately, it’s all for naught now.
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the_guv Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:01 pm
@Eric K, Yeah what a fore-check though. Awesome stuff from that kid.
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Same old Kings…get one….give one
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Absolutely classic Kings isn’t it? Exactly what I didn’t want to happen after we finally score naturally does happen. So frustrating.
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jason Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:01 pm
@Kindsir, more like classic Jack Johnson
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how many games does Jack Johnson have to blow before someone says or does something about it.. hes the crappiest and the worst +/- for this reason.. horrible stupid game costing goals.. i lost track how many
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:04 pm
@jason, And he was on the ice immediately after our goal why?
Shouldnt we have a shutdown pair of Mitchell and Scuderi or something?
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McDonalds Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:06 pm
@jason,
i’d argue that he’s been our best defensemen this year…
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Mike C Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:39 pm
@McDonalds,
I don’t agree. JJ mistake after mistake after mistake. What argument do you have? Too much risk for the reward.
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mrbrett7 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:39 pm
@jason, Wasn’t all his fault…Handzus’s responsibility is to choke off the center of the ice, and he was off in LA LA land, leaving the ability to make that pass.
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Back to square 1; let’s get back that domination we had!
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Yet another goal given up within a minute of us scoring. This must stop!!!
GO KINGS!!!
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vplaza Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:01 pm
@Grover,
Especially when they score so few, they can’t afford to give one back everytime they score one.
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the kings are exhausting.
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Come on. Are you serious. Let’s. Get. It back. GKG.
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Johnson flat footed and poor angle on jokinnen goal
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6.5 seconds. Bob Miller is now counting tenets of a second from Kings’ goal to opponent’s goal.
They almost got that home run pass 2more times
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:02 pm
@Kenny44, “Tenths”
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Good a 90′ shot that did NOT go in.
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Cmon Jack…redeem yourself dude
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Ok so I’m outta cough syrup..
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DesertKing Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:03 pm
@jess,
Jamarcus Russell, is that you?
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jess Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:06 pm
@DesertKing, haha!
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:05 pm
@jess, I’m out of bud and booze. Kill me.
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Should I be surprised?
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i called earlier that JJ would blow the game
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Handzous gets mugged right after the Calgary goal and nothing called.
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Kings now doing their best to protect a tie
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They scored while Handzus and Smyth were on the ice. Enough said.
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That’s it, DD, no need for a big wind up. GKG!!
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This drop pass garbage in the offensive zone is awful.
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Hey the ghost of marco sturm just entered kopi’s body and made him perform a superfluos drop pass
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Jeeves Reply:
March 21st, 2011 at 10:07 pm
@jess, You know I don’t miss that guy as much as I thought I would. He’s pointless.
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JJ is at it AGAIN!!!!!
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I won’t make it thru the rest of the season at this rate..
Thinking about checking myself in the hospital so
at least i’ll be on life support.
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that taste in my mouth? oh yeah VOMIT
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Trade JJ for a SNIPER
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KOPI!
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@KingsGuy,
JJ almost did is in again. Luckily it wasn’t a go ahead goal.
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What happened to my fav justin?
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We r so lucky….2 many men in OT…That’s just not paying attention….
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What happened to williams
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Come on get off JJ!!.. How is Willy?… Can’t afford to lose him or anyone now!!!!!!!
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Just so I don’t have to say this to everyone.
Yes, JJ was out of position on Jokinen’s goal, as was Handzus. You can clearly see on the replay that Fox went over that Handzus’s job is to choke off the center of the ice, and he clearly didn’t, leaving the ability to make that pass wide open.
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