Kings 5, Blackhawks 0 – Recap

Scoring

1^st Period

3:17 LAK Versteeg (McNabb, Schenn)

3:35 LAK Lucic (Versteeg, Kopitar)

2^nd Period

15:30 LAK Lecavalier (Lewis, Pearson)

3^rd Period

11:20 LAK Brown

16:10 LAK Toffoli (Schenn)

Penalties

1^st Period

1:00 LAK Carter: 2 min. – Hooking against Panarin

8:36 CHI Mashinter: 2 min. – High-sticking against Schenn

13:07 LAK McNabb: 2 min. – High-sticking against Mashinter

2^nd Period

2:48 LAK McNabb: 2 min. – High-sticking against Hossa

3:33 CHI Anisimov: 2 min. – Holding against Toffoli

17:47 LAK Lecavalier: 2 min. – Tripping against Gustafsson

3^rd Period

6:05 LAK Martinez: 2 min. – Hooking against Anisimov

16:39 LAK Shore: 2 min. – Interference against Toews

Really disappointing effort from the Blackhawks here. Once the Kings jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, they played tight defense and kept the Hawks from ever really getting anything going. When they did have a good chance, Quick made the save. The only forward who had a particularly good game was Fleischman. There was no defender who played particularly well. Crawford really sucked. Let this be the end of the talk of him as a Vezina candidate, or the team MVP, or anything other than a B+ goalie with a great cast around him.

My picks for 3 stars:

★★★ Luke Schenn, D, LAK (2 A)

★★ Kris Versteeg, RW, LAK (1 G (GWG), 1 A)

★ Jonathan Quick, G, LAK (32 SV, SO)

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