Storr Has All the Answers for L.A.

Again and again, Mighty Duck players buzzed the King net, testing goalie Jamie Storr. He had the right answer almost every time.

Storr, starting for the second time in nine games, stopped 35 of 37 shots, giving the Kings the opportunity to pull out a 3-2 overtime victory Sunday. The Ducks had 19 shots in the third period; none went in.

“Jamie was very, very good,” Coach Andy Murray said. “It’s great for him to come in and do that.”

But not surprising. Storr has been more than adequate as Felix Potvin’s backup. In his six previous starts, he was 3-1-2 with a 1.78 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage.

The Ducks came at him from the start. Four minutes into the game, Paul Kariya flicked a backhand shot off a rebound that Storr stopped. In the third period, Kariya fed Oleg Tverdovsky, who seemed to have an open net. Storr got a skate on the shot.

Not bad for a guy whose playing time has been limited.

“It was harder at the start of the year, when I was playing once every 10 games,” Storr said. “Now I’m getting in once every couple of games. So it’s like football. You got one game a week, how easy is that? Just leave everything on the table and, regardless, be happy at the end of the day.”

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Anaheim’s Mike Leclerc tried to convince game officials that the Ducks had the game-winning goal with six seconds left.

Leclerc chipped a shot that went off Storr and into the air. When it came down, near the goal line, Storr and the Kings’ Mattias Norstrom fell on it. Leclerc fervently waved his arms behind the net, as if it were a goal.

“You got to try to convince them it’s in,” Leclerc said. “I really couldn’t see whether the whole thing went over the goal line. It was close.”

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Former Duck Petr Tenkrat had a hat trick Saturday in Nashville’s 5-2 victory over Chicago. His postgame comments were not complimentary toward his former team.

“In Anaheim, I did not play enough,” Tenkrat told reporters. “After nine games in Anaheim, I was sent to Cincinnati. It was frustrating. I didn’t know what was going on. Hopefully, I’ll get more of a chance here after the hat trick.”

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King center Jason Allison had two assists, giving him a team-high 23 points in 24 games. He has seven goals and 16 assists since being acquired from Boston on Oct. 24.

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King center Steve Kelly was a healthy scratch, which allowed Adam Mair to make his season debut. He played 10 games for the Kings last season.

“We either had to play him or send him back to Manchester so he could get some games,” Murray said.