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Wharnsby: kings go perfect 10-for-10 to close in on the cup by efwegbe erergeer
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NEWARK, N.J. - The Los Angeles Kings had no choice when they beganthe 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs seven weeks ago. As the eighth-seededteam in the West, they had to win some road games if they haddesigns on winning the franchise's first title. But to go a perfect 10-for-10 away from the land of the rich andfamous, well, that seemed like a dream, or a Hollywood script.Nevertheless, that's just what the Kings did with Jeff Carter'sgame winner 13 minutes and 42 seconds into overtime for a 2-1 winover the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on Saturday.
The Kings not only extended their record to 10 consecutive wins to start a postseason, they became only the fourthteam to win 10 road games in a playoffs, matching the 1995 and 2000Devils as well as the 2004 Calgary Flames. For the fourth straight series, the Kings have marched into theopposition's building and flew home with a 2-0 series lead. Thistime, though, they accomplished the feat against a Devils team thatled all other clubs in the playoffs with a 6-2 home record. Sorry,make that 6-4 now with Game 3 set for the Staples Center on Monday.
"Tonight was heavy lifting," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "Youknow, it was along the boards. Their defence was coming down. Quitehonest, for probably a good part of two periods, they werecontrolling that part of the boards. Hey, you know what, we'll haveour work cut out going home." This is the 12 th time a road team has snatched the first two games of the StanleyCup final.
Of the previous 11 series, nine of the teams that wonthe first two games on the road went on to win the NHLchampionship. It will be interesting to see how the Devils respond to thisdevastating loss. They were much better in Game 2 than the seriesopener and for long stretches dominated their opponents by hemmingthe Kings in their own zone. But Los Angeles goalie Jonathan Quick was his usual brilliant self.He held his teammates in to get the game into overtime, and thenthe Kings played much better in the extra period.
"You can't feel sorry for yourself," New Jersey coach Peter DeBoersaid. "We played a much better game. I knew we would respond. Wedid it the right way." The goal in overtime certainly put a smile on Carter's face. It wasa little less than a year ago, a week or so after the Boston Bruinshad claimed the Stanley Cup, all 30 teams gathered inMinneapolis-St.
Paul for the 2011 NHL entry draft and thePhiladelphia Flyers traded him on the same day his close friendMike Richards. Richards, however, went to Los Angeles. Carter was moved to theColumbus Blue Jackets. The Flyers needed salary cap space to signfree-agent goalie Ilya Bryzgalov.
How did that work out? Both Carter and Richards were shocked at the time of the moves.Richards eventually was excited about heading to Los Angeles.Carter went into a snit about being dealt to Columbus. He never hit his stride in Ohio, so the Blue Jackets gave up onhim, too. They dealt him to the Kings in exchange for skilleddefenceman Jack Johnson and a first-round pick. Since being reunited with Richards (with apologies to Peaches andHerb) and it felt so good, Carter has been an inconsistentperformer for the Kings.
But they have lost only seven times sincethey acquired him on Feb. 23 in the regular season and playoffscombined. "He's a goal-scorer," Sutter said. "You're counting on him to scorea big goal." Big goal? It was Carter's first career playoff overtime goal. "I think this is by far the biggest," he said.
"I think it's myfirst playoff overtime goal. It's a huge one. It's a big one forthe team. Gets us a two-game lead here.
Gets us where we wanted tobe coming in here." End of Story Content Back to accessibility links. I am an expert from Garment Steamers, usually analyzes all kind of industries situation, such as crystal martini glasses , hand tied bouquet.
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