Notes and quotes from the locker room
The opinion in the locker room seemed to be that the Kings did well to limit Detroit's chances but the Red Wings did well to take advantage of what little they got.
``We made maybe three or four mistakes and they scored on two of them,’’ Dustin Brown said. ``They’re one of those teams that have the ability to find a way to win games, and that’s what makes them one of the best teams in the league.’’
This may be true, but it kind of overlooks that the Kings didn't get anything going offensively. The Kings did get off to a good start with seven shots on goal before the Red Wings had one. Maybe if they converted on one of those, the game would have gone differently.
``That’s a team you really need to get a lead on if you’re a team like ours,’’ Crawford said. ``We didn’t. We made one mistake in the second period and they ended up scoring on us. Down two goals, they really locked it up and checked us fairly effectively the last half of the game.’’
With his third shutout of the season, Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood passed former Kings goalie Rogie Vachon for 15th on the NHL's all-time win list for the position.
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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.
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