Streaking Kings try to continue mastery of rival Ducks
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02/08/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Kings will be aiming to extend a franchise-
record winning streak tonight. If recent history is any indication, the
Anaheim Ducks may not be posing much of a problem towards achieving that feat.
The Kings shoot for an unprecedented 10th consecutive victory, as well as a
sixth straight triumph over the Ducks, when these two area rivals face off
once again tonight at the Honda Center.
Los Angeles established its new club mark with Saturday's 4-3 win over
visiting Detroit, in which the Kings overcame a three-goal deficit after one
period.
The Kings stormed back on second-period goals by Alexander Frolov, Michal
Handzus and Ryan Smyth to tie the contest, then went ahead when Handzus scored
again with 2:21 left to play.
"We have a lot of confidence right now, and we know that if we stick to our
game most nights we will be successful," said Handzus. "We knew we did not
play well in the first period. We came out a little flat, and they came to us
pretty hard. We decided not to try and hit a home run, we just stuck to our
game plan."
Goaltender Jonathan Quick bounced back from a shaky beginning between the
pipes by stopping all 15 shots he faced over the final two periods. The Kings'
youngster turned aside only 5-of-8 chances during the opening frame.
Saturday's victory came on the heels of a 6-4 decision over Anaheim Thursday
at the Staples Center, where Los Angeles blew an three-goal advantage before
regrouping to win.
The Kings took a seemingly-comfortable 4-1 lead on Jack Johnson's one-timer
through a Handzus screen 1:44 into the third period, but goals by Troy Bodie,
Matt Beleskey and Ryan Carter within a span of just over six-minutes pulled
the Ducks even.
The game remained tied until 5:32 remaining in regulation, when the Kings'
Dustin Brown knocked home a rebound of an Anze Kopitar shot. Kopitar, who
racked up two goals and two assists in the wild win, later added some
insurance with a power-play tally in the final minute.
It's definitely not how we wanted to win, but in the end, we got two points
and that's most important," said Kopitar afterward. "It shows we cannot let up
in the third period. We need to shut these games down."
Recently-acquired Jason Blake logged a goal and an assist for Anaheim, which
had a three-game win streak come to an end, while Ryan Getzlaf set up two of
the Ducks' scores.
Anaheim goaltender Jonas Hiller allowed all six goals on 31 shots in
Thursday's defeat. The Swiss standout had let up just one goal on 80 shots
over his previous two outings, which came immediately after he signed a four-
year contract extension.
"We kind of lost our game," said Hiller of the loss. "We had to take some
penalties and they scored two goals (on the power play). They were right back
into the game. We fought back, had a chance and I think that's a positive."
The Ducks have not played since Thursday's setback, giving them some
additional time to try to work out their troubles in this series of late. Los
Angeles has won the last five meetings between these Pacific Division foes and
has amassed 14 goals over its three victories against Anaheim this season.
Hiller has particularly struggled lately against the Kings, having recorded a
subpar 4.59 goals against average in losing his last five starts versus Los
Angeles.
In contrast, Quick is 5-0-0 with a 2.60 GAA lifetime against Anaheim, although
he managed to save only 18-of-22 shots in Thursday's game.
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The 24-year-old, who is on the fringes of the England senior squad, missed the
weekend draw with Ful
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his contract.
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season but the two parties have reached a mutual agreement to term
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damage.
The South Africa international limped out of Saturday's draw with Bolton
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