Postgame notes, 10/12
-- 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.
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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.
Not sure about Boyle's line bing on the ice with the 3rd D pairing.
"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.