Kings vs. Calgary 10-23

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Calgary (3-5-1) at Los Angeles (6-2-0), 10:30 pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Kings (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=los) will look to continue their outstanding home play Sunday when they host the Calgary Flames (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=cgy), who have been anything but hot away from home.

The Pacific Division-leading Kings have played like royalty at the Staples Center by winning four of the five games they have hosted on their home ice.

Los Angeles has won three in a row overall, including triumphs at Colorado and Dallas on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. The 7-2 triumph over the Stars at the American Airlines Center avenged a heartbreaking season-opening loss there.

Kings center Craig Conroy (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1195) will be facing the Flames for the first time since signing with Los Angeles after the 2003-04 season. Conroy was with Calgary for 3 1/2 seasons and was one of the key components to their Stanley Cup final run.

After playing for the title the last time there was hockey, the Flames were thought to be a contender again. However, a 1-4-0 start in their first five road contests has them lagging eight points behind red-hot Vancouver.

Calgary opened its five-game road trip with a 2-1 loss at Dallas on Saturday. Tony Amonte (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=55) scored his third goal of the season just 2:17 into the contest before the Flames got shut out the rest of the way.

The Flames were 2-1-1 against the Kings in 2003-04.

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Kings up 2-1 mid way through the 2nd. Gotta get another win.

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GO KINGS!!

I hate Calgary, doesnt matter that their Canadian.

[Pagal4321]

Ahhh just like I hate Toronto......Can't you feel the love?

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Ack, the Flames really need this one. Allegedly Iggy has been playing well this game.

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Ahhh just like I hate Toronto......Can't you feel the love?
I hate Toronto too. Trust me, I'd rather kill myself then have the Leafs win the Cup.

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It's now 2-2 and the Kings have a power play late in the 2nd.

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End of 2, tied 2-2. Kings power play was pathetic right there.

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I hate Toronto too. Trust me, I'd rather kill myself then have the Leafs win the Cup.
I've always been fond of the leafs until they signed Lindros. I can't stand that big donkey.

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I've always been fond of the leafs until they signed Lindros. I can't stand that big donkey.
lmao.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Lindros and Allison will not make it through the entire season. So Leafs fans better enjoy this while they can.

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lmao.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Lindros and Allison will not make it through the entire season. So Leafs fans better enjoy this while they can.
I don't know what they were thinking when they signed those guys. I was joking at the time that they should have signed Pat LaFontaine as well so they'd have a trio of guys with concussion problems.

I'm still pissed at all of the money Allison made for not playing with the Kings. He should have signed a minimum deal just out of pride just to make it up to them.

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I don't know what they were thinking when they signed those guys. I was joking at the time that they should have signed Pat LaFontaine as well so they'd have a trio of guys with concussion problems.

I'm still pissed at all of the money Allison made for not playing with the Kings. He should have signed a minimum deal just out of pride just to make it up to them. Loyalty dont mean jack in sports anymore. Especially now with the cap, which is still good for the game, the likes of Steve Yzerman playing an entire career with one team is completely gone.

And once Belfour goes down with his bad back again, I'll be extremely happy.

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Loyalty dont mean jack in sports anymore. Especially now with the cap, which is still good for the game, the likes of Steve Yzerman playing an entire career with one team is completely gone.

And once Belfour goes down with his bad back again, I'll be extremely happy.
Agree. The loyalty thing is one of the biggest reasons Dave Taylor is my favorite all-time King.

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Kings have Marty McSorely as a studio guy giving his analysis between periods. I don't think that's a good idea. He should have had a lifetime ban for hat stick thing withBrasher.

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Kings have Marty McSorely as a studio guy giving his analysis between periods. I don't think that's a good idea. He should have had a lifetime ban for hat stick thing withBrasher.
He really should have. That was worse than the Bertuzzi deal.

But I think, if that ever happens again, the guy who does it is gone from the game for good.

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Kings on a 4 minute power play. Gotta cash one in.

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Kings had a goal washed out on the power play and now they face a penalty shot. This stinks.

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At least Garon stoned the penalty shot. Still a tie game.

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Kings had a goal washed out on the power play and now they face a penalty shot. This stinks.
Thats some shitty luck.

Calgary, even though most of them are scrubs, will probably score and win.

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I take back what I just said.

I need some sleep, starting to talk to myself and go crazy......

[Vegas]

Thats some shitty luck.

Calgary, even though most of them are scrubs, will probably score and win.
Kings back on a power play. Gotta get that goal back.

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I take back what I just said.

I need some sleep, starting to talk to myself and go crazy......
Have a good evening. Thanks for posting.

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Zero shots on the power play. Game still tied.

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Kings back on the power play late. It would be nice to at least see some shots on net.

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Kings are 1-10 on the power play for the night. Now they have to kill a penalty with 1:39 left. It was a good call. This doesn't look good.

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Kings lose on a power play goal with 30 seconds left. It's especially tough to take after the goal was washed out.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- In a game where the penalty box came into play almost as much as the puck, Chris Simon (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=595)'s timely power-play goal and Calgary's penalty-killing unit made all the difference.

Simon scored his second goal of the game with 30 seconds left in the third period and the Flames overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Los Angeles Kings (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=los) 3-2 on Sunday night.

"To be down 2-0 and find a way to win that game in regulation feels good," Flames captain Jarome Iginla (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1453) said. "Our power play was better. We were doing some good things and we didn't get frustrated."

The Flames, who entered a league-worst 5-for-59 on the power play, were 2-for-10 against a Kings squad that came in with the NHL's second-worst penalty-killing percentage. Los Angeles also was 1-for-10 with the man advantage.

"With the way the game went, we knew anything was possible," Simon said. "Our penalty kill did an amazing job and it was the difference in the game."

The Flames got the man advantage when rookie Tom Kostopolous was sent off for boarding, after he slammed Calgary defenseman Jordan Leopold into the glass behind the Calgary net with 1:39 to play. Moments later, Simon came out from behind the Kings' net with the puck, spun around and put a 25-foot wrist shot over rookie Mathieu Garon's glove for the game-winner. It was Simon's 12th career two-goal game.

"It surprised me that we would take as many penalties as we did," Kings coach Andy Murray said. "That was pretty uncharacteristic of our team. I think that took the momentum away from us.

"When you take this many penalties, it takes away from the time you spend on offense. And when you're killing so many penalties, you're not in an attack mode, but a defensive mode. Unfortunately, that's the way we were in the third period."

Luc Robitaille (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=8) and Derek Armstrong (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1029) scored first-period goals for the Kings.

With the game tied at 2 on Dion Phaneuf (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=3347)'s goal, Calgary's Marcus Nilson was tripped on a clean breakaway by a diving Tim Gleason (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2859) -- resulting in a penalty shot by Nilson that Garon stopped with his left leg with 12:26 left in regulation. Garon finished with 28 saves.

"I think this might have been the best game Mathieu Garon (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1968) has played for us. It's just too bad he didn't get the result he wanted," Murray said. "He stops a penalty shot in the third period, and obviously played well for us when he killed a 5-on-3 situation in the second period."

Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2017) stopped 18 shots, including a breakaway by Pavol Demitra (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=692) with 16:40 left in the third period. Demitra got another bad break about 3½ minutes later during a Kings power play, when his bid for the go-ahead goal was waved off by referee Mick McGeough 13:08 left in the third period because Armstrong was in the crease.

Down 2-0, Simon breathed some life back into the Flames at 8:41 of the second period with his first goal of the season. He beat Garon from in close after Andrew Ference (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=1929) got possession of a rebound and backhanded the puck into the slot.

Phaneuf was credited with his second goal of the season at 13:36 of the period, when his flip shot toward the net deflected in off Gleason's skate. The goal, originally credited to Iginla, came while Eric Belanger (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2471) was off for holding Craig MacDonald.

"They kept coming at us and we couldn't contain them," Kings forward Jeremy Roenick (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=4) said. "We took a lot of penalties. It's frustrating. This is a bad two points to lose. This was a game where you have to find ways to win."

Robitaille opened the scoring at 16:13 of the first period when he deflected Joe Corvo (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2752)'s 45-foot slap shot past Kiprusoff for his 656th career goal and 545th with the Kings, six short of Marcel Dionne's franchise record.

Game notes
Kiprusoff took exception to an extra whack Armstrong took at his glove late in the second period after he stopped a shot by Lubomir Visnovsky (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?statsId=2449). The Flames' goalie slashed Armstrong on the leg while still on his knees, and McGeough assessed penalties to both players. ... Iginla, who twice has led the league in goal-scoring, has just two goals on 28 shots during 216 minutes and 51 seconds of ice time. ... The Flames have scored only three first-period goals in their first 10 games.