The rush
Marc Crawford holding Ottawa to one rush opportunity:
``We gave up one good rush chance. That’s pretty good, if you can keep a good rush team down to one great rush. They had a couple from the outside, but those we expect our goaltenders to have. You can never stop a team outright. At least I haven’t seen anybody do it. We were pleased with how we played. We’ll have to continue to play like that if we hope to be successful from Montreal.’’

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 

I assume you meant "holding Ottawa to one rush attempt"? Either that, or you're psychic! :)
Thanks. I have made the change to reflect Crawford was talking about Thursday's game against Ottawa. As for the psychic part, we'll have to see after Saturday's game!
Jill: Thanks for keeping the blog updated during Rich's vacation. Much appreciated.
Sure thing. We appreciate the dedication you guys have shown to this blog, as well as your patience in allowing us to bring information to you via different reporters. We all have our own style, but we'll still get you the pertinent information.
dude Jill you rock, thanks for the frequent new news...it means a lot.
Dang Jill, nothin's slowing you down eh? Seriously though, keep it up. We're soakin' it up. Thank you very much.
Great work, Jill - Thanks a bunch for your effort!