End of first period

By Rich Hammond on October 14, 2007 5:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

0-0

Bernier doesn't seem to have suffered any ill effects from Friday night's game. He looked very solid, particularly with a couple strong saves during the Detroit power play in the final minute of the period. The Kings are doing a better job of front of him as well, particularly with blocked/deflected shots.

The Kings had two power plays...one fairly strong, the other fairly dreadful.

John Zeiler provided a spark early in the period, and Visnovsky looks as though he might be on his way to an improved game. Osgood has looked strong in this, his second start of the season.

The Kings are outshooting the Wings 14-10

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
@inlandnewspapers.com.

Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
.com.