Kings down 2-0 after one
And LaBarbera was yanked for Aubin after Joe Pavelski scored the second goal with 7:43 left. It's looking like anyone thinking the Kings could end their seven-game losing streak forgot this game isn't in San Jose. The Kings didn't get their first power play until the final 1:44. Good news is they still have 16 seconds left when the second period starts!
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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 rich.hammond@dailynews.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.
Memo to Marc Crawford and Coaching Staff.....Why don't you spend all of your next three practices focusing solely on getting the puck out of your own end of the rink. Both of San Jose's goals came directly from King Defensemen coughing up the puck in their own zone.
This is not rocket science! The forwards and other defensemen need to support the puck in their own zone to give the pressured defensemen an available option to pass the puck to.
Perhaps they can practice with hand grenades instead of pucks, because that's the way it seems the King players are handling the puck.
The Kings must lead the league in one category, and that's in turnovers and giveaways. How about it Matt & Rich.....Where do the Kings stand in this unenviable statistic?
What an embarrassment of a franchise! Stu Nahan must already be rolling over in his grave!!