Postgame notes, 10/12

By Rich Hammond on October 12, 2008 9:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) |

-- Ran into Jack Johnson briefly in the hallway after the game, before a team employee quickly whisked him into the coaches' room, and he said he was ``fine.'' It's apparently some type of arm injury that will be evaluated again tomorrow.

-- With Johnson out, Drew Doughty led the Kings in ice time with 23 minutes, 56 seconds. He appeared to be much more confident on the ice tonight and had significant time both on the power play and penalty kill.

-- The Kings have killed all nine of their opponents' power plays this season.

-- Patrick O'Sullivan totaled 19 minutes, 21 seconds, of ice time and recorded three shots on goal, tied for the team high. He was also charged with four giveaways.

2 Comments

jet said:

Not sure about Boyle's line bing on the ice with the 3rd D pairing.

October 12, 2008 9:32 PM

wavesinair

said:

"Fine" is good. Great scoop on JJ Rich!

Patio sure doesn't seem to be having a problem "catching up" or "getting up to speed" or "shaking off the cobwebs" as some of you indicated he would. I guess missing training camp wasn't so horrible, was it? Hmmm...he might even be at full strength before the end of the year!

Patio is a stud and an integral component to this team.

October 13, 2008 12:58 AM

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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