FINAL: Sharks 2, Kings 1 (SO)

By Rich Hammond on September 17, 2009 10:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

San Jose's Jason Demers scored in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Sharks the victory in Ontario. Sharks goalie Thomas Greiss stopped Andrei Loktionov, Teddy Purcell, Brayden Schenn and Trevor Lewis in the shootout, while Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stopped the first three shooters before Demers' goal.

The Kings killed all nine San Jose power plays, including two in overtime. The Kings scored one power-play goal (Dustin Brown's late third-period goal, with an assist to Loktionov) on eight chances.

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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