Brutal
January 20th, 2010 by puremetal33So a big divisional matchup and a chance to help solidify a playoff spot ends up being one of the ugliest games the Kings have played all season.
Hopefully San Jose isn’t patting themselves too hard on the back for this one, because frankly, the Kings didn’t bother to show up.
I could go on a long rant about how inexcusable it is to play a game like this right now, but in short: Defensive zone mistakes, an AWFUL penalty kill and a couple of goals that Jon Quick would certainly like to have back.
So, instead of widening their lead over 9th seed Detroit, the Kings fail to collect a point and remain just a point ahead. The Buffalo Sabres come to town Thursday night, in another probably Matchup of US Olympic Team goalteders: Quick and Buffalo’s Ryan Miller. The Sabres are an excellent hockey team and Miller is a Vezina favorite and considered a frontrunner for the Hart Trophy as league MVP, but it’s worth noting that the Sabres did lose in Anaheim last night, albeit with backup Patrick Lalime in goal.
By the way, last night’s game aside, I can guarantee you there’s at least one team in the Western Conference that San Jose doesn’t want to see in the first round of the playoffs.
Go Kings.
-JS
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