The Blackhawksgenerating woefully little offensestole a couple of points Monday, beating the
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Perhaps Potvin was napping on the play. Who could blame him? Dempsey's shot was just the third the Hawks had managed up to that point in the game, while the Kings were peppering the Hawks' goal with 18.
On just their eighth shot of the game, compared with 27 for
Los Angeles coach Andy Murray saw enough, waking up Potvin long enough to replace him with
The Kings dominated the first period despite being decimated by injuries.
As a result, the Kings have called up 10 players from Manchester of the
"That lineup they have is a Hall of Fame lineup compared to the ones I had in Calgary," Sutter said.
The Kings, with seven out of 18 skaters beginning the season in the minors, outshot the Hawks 18-2 in the first period.
The two shots was the second-lowest total of the season for the Hawks, the lowest being the one shot they managed in the third period Nov. 30, the last time they were in Los Angeles.
So in 40 consecutive minutes played at the Staples Center, the Hawks had a total of three shots on goal. They didn't hit double figures in shots Monday until midway through the third.
Thibault apologized to his teammates for giving up a bad goal that resulted in Saturday's 3-3 tie in San Jose. His teammates should have apologized to him after the first 20 minutes Monday.
The Kings had a 5-on-3 power play for 40 seconds when
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