Game 38: Kings At Avalanche, Preview And Open Thread

Wolski's play behind the net right before Leo's goal reminded me of Turgeon. He just stood behind the net for a good five seconds before he got it to Leo. Incredibly weak goal, by the way.

Shot off the crossbar by Calder. Theo got lucky.

Only five shots by L.A., and the Avs are up 1-0. Not much to complain about so far.

Apparently in 1990, Smyth had a 100 goal season in 25 games! Holy smokes, he must have been the most dominant player ever growing up.

Hooking...Kings have been getting some good pressure recently. Hopefully the Avs can kill this one off.

Puck went in, but the play was blown dead because of a hand pass. That was a close one. By the way, the Kings have the 7th best PP in the league. Who knew?

I don't care what excuse you have, putting in Theo is a horrible choice because you haven't let any of your goaltenders get a start after they lose a game in regulation.  It's a horrible message to Budaj if he's still the clear starter and it's a nightmare if Q is still rotating them based on wins.  I hope Theo's start is purely coincidental rather than this win/loss rotation.

Mcleod didn't do so great. haha.

raced back to break up a 2 on 1. Great job. Of course, he caused it by pinching in, but still. Nice job.

for the Avs. Not having to watch it suck was nice while it lasted...

I've seen worse PPs, but we still got nothing from it.

just got a 10 minute misconduct for wanting a rematch with Ivanans right out of the box. He's got some attitude, and I like it. Avs get another PP because of delay-of-game.

and the Avs will start the third with 58 seconds left on the PP. We really need an insurance goal...

A couple more nice chances, but still nothing from it.

on McCormick for hooking.

The Altitude's love-fest for him is getting annoying. In other news, Armstrong just scored to tie the game. Crappy play by Hannan. #*@(

Kings have taken the lead. How the hell we can compete well against the best team in the league and suck against the worst is beyond me.

Kings win 3-1, with the Koptiar empty-netter. Right now, they're the type of team that it's not a huge deal to beat, but to lose to them is absolutely infuriating Fire Quenville, magically fix Foppa's ankles, trade Liles....ANYTHING. This level of play is just not acceptable. Terrible, terrible game.

I can't believe we lost this game... I really can't... This should be a wake-up call (once again) for the Avs players. Being up 1-0 is not an excuse to let up as you may have learned tonight. This is so "last season"... At least we made someone happy as the Kings finally end their 8 game losing streak. Congratulations...

(Oh, and I want to thank whoever that made the schedule for putting this game at such great hours for me. Having an Avs game at 8 PM only happens once or twice per year. Thank you)

Have to admit I wasn't watching the game too intently, having had to DVR it and then skimming through most of it waiting for the action. Watching with one eye and reading a book with another when LA scored their first goal. Didn't see the particulars until I replayed it, but I caught a distinct whiff of Hannan right after the goal and sort of knew what had happened.

At this point, if he cut the mullet and swapped jerseys with Jeff Finger, could you tell the difference between the two players? Except for the monstrous gap in salary, I mean.