Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings: In-Game Updates
April 5, 2008
Greetings from the press box at Staples Center where the Los Angeles Kings host Scott Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne and the Anaheim Ducks in a matinee affair, the season finale for the Kings.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere will start in goal for the Ducks and Dan Cloutier is back from a groin strain and will get the nod for the Kings.
The officials will be referees Mike McGeough and Brad Meier and the linesmen will be Vaughan Rody and Jay Sharrers…
Today’s scratches…for Anaheim: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Ryan Carter, Corey Perry, Brad May and Chris Pronger. For Los Angeles: Kyle Calder, Jack Johnson, Jason LaBarbera and Daniel Taylor…
At the 6:15 mark, both teams have had a couple of good scoring chances, but play has been on the cautious side for both teams…
At the 12:24 mark, Dustin Brown took a wrist shot from outside the left face-off dot with Anze Kopitar in front, drawing heavy traffic to him in front of Giguere, who appeared to be screened. Brown’s shot beat Giguere low for his 33rd goal of the season, assisted by Lubomir Visnovsky and Kopitar…
Kings collapse at the end of the period…Ducks defenseman Joe DiPenta scored on a wrist shot from above the right circle at 19:10, assisted by Kent Huskins and Bobby Ryan, and then Ducks winger Teemu Selanne undressed Kings defenseman Jon Klemm, stealing the puck and then making Kings defenseman Rob Blake look like a pylon in front of the net before backhanding the puck past a diving Dan Cloutier at the 19:18 mark, giving the Ducks a 2-1 lead after one period…
Early in the second period, Brian Willsie picked up a rebound while all alone in the slot and beat Giguere low, just inside the right goal post at 2:21. Assisted by Tom Preissing. That was quickly followed by the Kings coughing up the puck in the neutral zone, giving Ryan Getzlaf a partial breakaway. He roofed a backhand over Cloutier at 3:26, assisted by Ryan…
The scoring is now coming in bunches…at the 4:26 mark, Patrick O’Sullivan dug out a loose puck in the right corner, skated into the right circle and lifted a wrister past Giguere, just inside the right goal post for his 22nd goal of the season. The goal was unassisted…
3-3 after two periods…after that flurry of scoring, things settled down a bit and play was even, for the most part…
6:28 into the third period, Selanne scores his second goal of the game to give the Ducks a 4-3 lead. Assists to Bertuzzi and Getzlaf…
Ducks win it, 4-3. More later in my game story
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