Game 66: Kings At Avalanche, Preview And Open Thread

Because I'll be at the game. I'm excited to see the atmosphere of the Can tonight. Even without Foppa, the return of Foote should make it pretty special.

Will they be able to save any kittens.

double goose-eggs, although Theo did his level best to give the Kings a good, nay GREAT scoring chance in the final thirty seconds...

Foote looks good, and Selei has been steady other than his penalty.  I'm not sure why he's on the left side of the PP as a lefty, but whatever.  That's not the wierdest thing we've seen on the PP this year, that's for sure.

Also, Dan Cloutier makes me chuckle with his old-school combo-style mask...

and the Kings score...

No post to bail out Theo after giving up the rebound.

From the right point after some good work down low by Smytty!

Tied 1-1.

2-1 Avs.

but Svatos took a hard hit in the corner and is down

I can't believe our crappy luck with injuries this season. Maybe Foppa should reconsider playing...

now Smyth is down

I don't think I have felt so bad with the Avs ahead 3-1.  Word is Svatos is a knee injury, hopefully not an ACL or something that will end his season.  And I hope Smyth isn't too bad.  

Welcome back Wolski and Hensick.

between Johnson and Lappy. Blake and Johnson both get penalties. Avs get to kill another kitten.

Sakic score's to make it 4-1, Sakics 9th goal of the season.

go to Lappy and Leopold

The Avs are NOT sitting on the lead??  I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!!!

Just keep scoring ...

I still want to see Lappy or Parker drop Johnson...Legally of course!

Avs up 4-1.

That's Leoprone's 3rd Assist.

Johnson should probably sit on the bench for a while.

WTF??!!!??

Blake scores of a deflection by Theo and drops in, Kings announcers blaming their desire to nail Johnson as leading to the sloppy playing that resulted in the goal.

Is chanting "We want Parker."

the empty netter and Hejduke gets the unselfish assist.

good dominating win to start of the home game stretch. This bud light ad they continually play on the Kings radio is actually pretty funny, making fun of uncoordinated sports announcers, how can that not be cool.

Though this may go down as a REALLY expensive win.

PP summary:

keep an eye on Altitudes post game show to see if there is any news on Smyth and Svatos.

but at what cost?  I'm not going to say that Johnson hit Smyth with intention to hurt him, but it did seem like he waited a few seconds before making the hit, maybe it was just the replay and slowing it down? I am also not going to say the Crow had anything to do with it.  But I do have to question Crow's coaching, when some thing ugly happens every time we play his teams.  Usually there is nothing too over the top, but it does get frustrating on nights like tonight. I am glad the Avs kept their composure, though I must admit I wanted to see Lappy drop Johnson, too bad Blake had to step in.

An another note, we are down two forwards in the game and Parker still gets only 3 shifts?

Great game to be at, until Smytty went down. For me at least, it kinda took the fun out of the night. Hopefully his and Svatos' injuries aren't anything too serious.