Canadiens take the lead

By George Foulsham on March 8, 2008 2:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Moments after Kings goaltender Erik Ersberg made a great save on a shot from the left circle, Montreal's Patrice Brisebois scored on the rebound -- with a long slapshot from the right point. Unassisted. 1-0 Montreal in the second period. Ends a lengthy scoreless streak for Ersberg.

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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