End of second: 3-3
Quite a period in Vegas...
-- Colorado took a 3-1 lead in the second period. His first goal came off an assist from Kyle Quincey and his second goal came off a rebound from a point shot.
-- In between, Wayne Simmonds apparently made a mess out of the face of Matt Hendricks, after Hendricks delivered a hit on Jack Johnson that didn't sit well with Simmonds.
-- Did that spark the Kings? Well, Drew Doughty scored a 4-on-4 goal midway through the period to make it 3-2, and then Anze Kopitar tipped in a centering pass from Jack Johnson -- for another 4-on-4 goal -- to tie it with 6:06 remaining in the period.
-- According to Nick and Daryl, Rich Clune was not on the bench during the second period. Hopefully I didn't jinx him this morning...
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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.
bummer for Clune
Rich, congrats on your new assignment. Seems like the PP hasn't been very good this preseason, do you have the numbers? Nice to see Army get the first star tonight for St Louis, 1 goal and 2 assists.