FINAL: Kings 4, Ducks 1
A big night for Brayden Schenn, who scored two goals. Schenn scored on the power play, 4:10 into the game, then gave the Kings a 3-0 lead with 4:28 left in the second period. In between, Ryan Smyth scored a second-period even-strength goal. Saku Koivu scored the Ducks' only goal, with 32 seconds left in the second period on the power play. Anze Kopitar added an empty-net goal for the final margin. Jonathan Bernier stopped 19 of 20 shots and played the entire game. Kings assists went to Justin Williams (two), Kopitar, Jack Johnson, Davis Drewiske, Thomas Hickey and Dustin Brown.
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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.
Thanks Rich ..... you're the greatest
It seems to me from reading the blog and watching some games that Schenn is almost ready for primetime. Maybe 2 more seasons with his compadres down in juniors and he'll be a lock for a roster spot then. I see the potential of this team now. It should be fun this season.
Always happy to see the the Kings spank the ducks.
Too bad Pronger wasn't around to get some of the same spanking.
Keep it up Kings.