A scoreless first

By George Foulsham on March 8, 2008 1:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Despite the disallowed goal, an impressive first period for the Kings. Shots on goal were 10-10 but the Kings had far more quality scoring chances. And birthday boy Erik Ersberg was solid, with a couple of good saves. Is this really first against last? Kings hanging tough.

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
@inlandnewspapers.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
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