Crawford quotes

“We had a great goaltending performance from Jason. He deserves as much credit as anybody on the team. We got some strong performances from some other people but he was at a different level than our team was tonight and we definitely needed that in the third period.”

“The key to our victory tonight was no doubt Jason LaBarbera. He was very cool, very calm, very collected. That’s nice to see. It’s something our team has been waiting for a long time.”

“We struggled early this season I think with a number of new people we had here. I thought we had a good preseason. I felt good about our team coming out of Europe, and we just didn’t put it together coming back. We gave up so many chances in some games that we didn’t give ourselves a chance to win. Now I think we’re doing a few more good things that maybe subtly go unnoticed. A lot of it is how we support the puck out of the zone, the limited number of turnovers that we’re giving up and I think some smart play we’re having offensively. It is something we can build on and need to continue to build on. If we continue getting goaltending like Jason is giving us, it gives us an opportunity every night. Tonight he was the difference maker and we had moments when we were pretty good.”

On O’Sullivan: “Any time we can get another offensive catalyst for our team, it takes so much pressure off Cammalleri, Kopitar and Brown.”

On first line: They had a good game tonight. I thought they were maybe trying to put on a little too much of a show. It almost looked like they were trying to make perfect plays. They are young guys and the game tonight was one they wanted to perform well. They know they had a little bit of a spotlight on them. The more they get used to having a spotlight on them, I think the better they are going to perform with it. Let’s face it, we haven’t had much of a spotlight on this team, not since I’ve been here. And now we’re putting a streak together and people are starting to take notice.”

On Nagy: “That was a huge goal for us tonight. I thought he had a couple of opportunites to make plays like that earlier in the game and looked to pass. That one, he was selfish for the reasons and took it to the net. I thought that just did wonders for us because you could see our team get a huge boost when he scored that goal, and it was such a strong individual play. Hopefully we can get more of those plays from Ladislav.”

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1-1 end of first

O’Sullivan failed to clear the puck on the penalty kill, leading to an Edmonton goal from Jarret Stoll. But O’Sullivan made up for it by taking the puck off the boards in his own zone and racing in to beat Dwayne Roloson in the final minutes. In other news, Dallas leads Phoenix 2-1 at the end of a period.

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Fire-relief effort questions

There were a couple questions the other day about the Kings’ donation-drive effort, which starts tomorrow night and continues at every home game through Nov. 10.

1) For those who wish to donate with checks instead of cash, checks can be made out to the Salvation Army, with “The Salvation Army’s disaster relief efforts” written in the memo section.

2) Jerseys worn by players during the Nov. 10 game — which will include a special patch honoring Southern California firefighters — will be auctioned off at Staples Center after that game.

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