Wayne’s world

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Even if Wayne Simmonds hadn’t scored a goal Saturday — the Kings’ only goal — Terry Murray would have been happy with Simmonds’ play. Simmonds’ goal broke a 15-game goal drought, and he also had a season-high seven shots on goal (his previous high was four). Based on that, and his overall strong game, Simmonds got a season-high 18 minutes, 27 seconds, of playing time. Here’s what Murray thought of Simmonds’ game against the Sharks…

MURRAY: “I thought he was outstanding, maybe his best game of the year. … He really competed hard. He was alert, he was making strong plays all the way through. He’s got tremendous feet and he really showed that (Saturday) night against one of the premier teams in the league. I used the phrase (on TV) between periods, and I’ll use it again. He was emotionally connected for the whole game. He was on top of the puck, he was killing penalties, he was blocking shots, played physical and made very smart decisions when he was coming through the middle of the ice to manage the puck properly and allow a lot of good things to happen in the offensive zone. It was a very mature game.”

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