Tilted ice

By Rich Hammond on October 14, 2007 5:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Through the first nine minutes, the Kings are doing a respectable job on defense -- and Bernier looks very solid early -- but Detroit is winning the neutral zone and limited the Kings' time in the Detroit zone. Only in the last minute or so have the Kings put much pressure on the Wings and actually forced a faceoff in the offensive zone.

Shots are 6-4 Detroit.

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
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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
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