Kings 1, Sharks 1
The Kings got a weird one, short-handed. Dustin Brown picked off a pass, skated in alone, drew a penalty from behind (it might have been a penalty shot) and put a shot on goal. Nabokov made the save and, anticipating the whistle, pretty much stopping playing. Anze Kopitar didn't, skated in and slapped the puck into the net. The goal came 10:35 into the second period.

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.
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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 

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