3-0 Blue Jackets
Barbs attempt to clear went right to Jason Chimera, who passed it out to Rick Nash for the slap shot. Barbs scrambled back in position to block that shot but Chimera got the rebound and put it in for his second goal of the game. It's getting gory.

Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at 

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