Patrick Marleau’s second goal of the game, with 4.1 seconds remaining in the third period, sent the game to overtime. After a scramble in front of the Kings’ net, Marleau pounced on a loose puck to the side of the net and beat Quick from close range to make it a 3-3 game.
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SO ANGRY! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!??? C’mon Kings you have to win this!
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Wow…this game is crazy.
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Sad.
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can this game get any better?
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Lol
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So many bounces…. what are you going to do?
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Stuart Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:06 pm
@Garrett, I was just going to post exactly this… oh well.
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jason Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:07 pm
@Garrett, yea just a matter of bad luck really and bad bounces.. i wouldnt say kings did anything wrong except i thought kopi shoulda pushed the puck forward
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That’s just disgusting……
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why isnt stoll taking that draw!!!!!!!!!!
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Good grief.
If we don’t get the second point, we gotta start thinking of a letdown on Saturday vs. COL.
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Can someone explain why that was a neutral zone face off?
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Speechless.
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Not surprised
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Don’t worry, Brown will win it in overtime / shoot out.
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Steve Jensen Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
@Garrett,
Clairvoyant
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KFII Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
@Garrett, LOL Good call! Brownie was AWESOME!
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How many chances did we have to clear the puck??
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We need two points
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DUDE FOCUS
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Ok…fight on, nothing you can do about all those luchy bounces
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Needed one bounce, didn’t get it. Regardless of what happens, this is a blow to any chance of winning the Pacific.
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King John Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
@Eric K, Just make the playoffs
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Moller in overtime…
That’s what I said and I’m sticking to it!
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jess Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:08 pm
@Slim, right on I’m down for that..
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14 seconds and a face-off outside the SJ blue line with an empty net. That’s more unbelievable than Quick’s Jedi save
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Obviously, Selke is not Slovenian for faceoff win.
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kingoftheupgrade Reply:
March 25th, 2011 at 12:05 am
@Capt Jam, Kopi won the face off, Mitchell didnt go get it. then the madness started. thank goodnes BROWNIE finished it off. Playoff fever already in the building. Going to be an awesome 2 wks. GKG!!!
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Pathetic
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Kopi won the face off. The kings just let the sharks player just pounce on it! Unacceptable!!
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Kenny44 Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
@Airwaves, It was Zeus that let Couture go. Fox called it. Kopi should have just gone forward – push it all the way down the ice.
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Boy, that would have been a great ending!
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I can’t believe we’ve done this again. Unacceptable. Don’t care how good of a game, if we cant close, it means nothing. You guys can give me all the crap you want this time.
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ViperHockey Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:46 pm
@the_guv, The Kings still have the best record in the league when leading after 2 periods. You’d like to not give up that point and get the tiebreaker win, but I’ll take the 2 points first.
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just no more puppet flounders
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No matter what..The kings played their posteriors off..
I’m proud of them whatever the outcome!
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Mesquite Smokie Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
@Slim,
Would have preferred making up 2 points on SJ rather than just one.
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the_guv Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
@Slim, Loyal, yes. Proud, not as much.
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Friggin Quick. That’s his game. Either lets in the easy one or the one that he absolutely has to save: fails! fails! fails! If I’m the coach Quick sits for the rest of the season to think about it and then maybe, just maybe he’ll get another shot. I am furious.
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M.T. Net Reply:
March 25th, 2011 at 11:37 am
@THEROCKNROLL80S, Quick is our best goaltender right now. And when his career is finished I wouldn’t be surprised if he is the best this franchise has ever had. Bad bounces. Give the Sharks credit.
Quick played well in regulation and was awesome in OT & the shootout. Count to 10 and get over it.
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The Smucks and Guppies are using up all of there luck on these last minute goals. We will save ours for the playoffs.
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Gary Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:16 pm
@DesertKing, keep choking like this and there will be no playoffs
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Osaka Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
@Gary, Keep choking like this and get two points. I’ll take it.
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The Kings sure look lazy and stupid. How many times are you going to play off of Marleau?
Lazy and stupid.
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So close to a hat trick game winner!
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Wow. Quick is at his best when he doesn’t think. Man that was close.
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Quick is on an island. No help.
Puck possession. Where is it?
Why can’t someone yell at the top of his lungs after they score an important goal to not give it back a minute later?
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wavesinair Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:15 pm
@Scaught,
Uh, they’ve had incredible puck possession all night long dude.
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Scaught Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
@wavesinair, in the third period? What game are you watching?
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wavesinair Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
@Scaught, exactly.
Scaught Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
@Scaught, exactly, what. Guess you don’t understand puck possession. Oh well.
Osaka Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:52 pm
@Scaught, Were you watching the Kings? The Kings did a good job of puck possesion, they outshot SJ 38/28.
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Scaught Reply:
March 25th, 2011 at 8:36 am
@Osaka, Again, I was referencing the third period.
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AH! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
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I wish they didn’t use the goalie camera during live action…
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it stayed in
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Stuart Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:17 pm
@jason, Jay Shears f*d us on that one… I chalk it up to getting caught up in all the great play he got anxious and blew it a little prematurely… heh
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Can anyone say we will end up winning this game in a shootout, Quick’s specialty this year?
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Epic game. Sucks it has to end in a shootout.
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So close to winning it in overtime!
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I don’t know how this thing will end, but I give Dustin Brown first star and San Jose has my vote as Stanley Cup favorite.
Go Kings Go
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Gary Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
@Heenan, San Jose doesn’t impress me…the Kings are just pathetic when it matters most.
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Heenan Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
@Gary,
At times, but not always.
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Osaka Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:54 pm
@Gary, Like how they won the game?
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Gary Reply:
March 25th, 2011 at 10:53 am
@Osaka, In a shootout? Too bad they don’t have shootouts in the playoffs. As long as Kelly Hrudey’s clone is between the pipes the kings are not going anywhere.
I’ll take the shootout TWO points!
I hope..
Go Quick!
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Beside myself right now.
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UG … what?
Helloooo???
Is this blackout from Fox Sports West or my Uverse?!
Unreal!! ARG!!!
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im a little concerned about a shootout with the sharks
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You guys can say whatever you want, but Doughty made several plays in the third and OT where he just didn’t try…. he half cheeked it.
I just don’t value the guy like everyone else does.
Crap game – again.
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Gary Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
@Garrett, Agree..Doughty has looked lazy all year
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fsd1 Reply:
March 25th, 2011 at 9:13 am
@Garrett, whatev
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what the hell
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Looked like he was past the net, and I think it’s because it went backward.
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thats bs, basically going backwards
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Win or lose. Doesn’t matter.
They have serious issues with committing to defense at crucial moments in the game. They can’t shut it down when it must be shut down.
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Osaka Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
@Scaught, Win or lose it doesn’t matter? Then what does? This isn’t figure skating dude, no points for style. The only thing that matters is winning. Winning games like this show character. You say the Kings gave up leads, so did SJ. Do the Sharks suck? That is what happens when TWO GOOD teams play a playoff like game.
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Scaught Reply:
March 25th, 2011 at 8:42 am
@Osaka, It’s part of their history, being consistently unable to shut down teams. And if they’re to win a Cup, they need to establish a systematic approach to playing defense when it matters. They won the game, but when was the last time they won a playoff series? I rest my case.
The Sharks show much more consistency, though yes, they have had their problems b/t the pipes with Nabokov’s inability to carry ‘em over the hump.
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Gary Reply:
March 25th, 2011 at 10:55 am
@Osaka, They had to kill 14 seconds with a neutral zone faceoff in the sharks end. Stanley cup contenders don’t blow games like that.
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There is a rule about constant singular opinions..
I think you meet that criteria.. Just saying…
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Holy Stolly
(I hope that doesn’t catch on)
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Guess Quick thought he poked it.
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thats a backward motion when he pulls back
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CAN ALWAYS
COUNT ON:
STOOOOOLIE!!
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Nerve racking
Yeah STOLL!!!!
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that should not stand. He stopped the puck took his stick off the puck and then snapped
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jason Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:22 pm
@Stuart, yea totally pulled it back with the tip of his stick
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stoli
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Kopi has better moves than that
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Quick=Hrudey
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I can’t stand this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Brownie for the win!
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Penner looked nervous… IMO he ovethought it. tough spot
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For the hat trick…
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What's the frequency, Kenneth? Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Brownie wins it with the “hat trick!”
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bad move using penner.. go with stats..
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DUSTIN BROWN the HERO!!
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wow
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Quick = Money in the Bank in Shootouts
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Quick & Brown for the shootout win!!!!!
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yEAH
bABY
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I CALLED IT I CALLED IT!
THere is an LA KING!
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yes!
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yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! so geeked didn’t even realize I wasnt watching at real time!!! GKG!!!
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That was mind-blowing, heart-pounding!!!!
Whhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…….
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We love LA!!!
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