“I love playing Chicago”, Doughty told the Los Angeles Times.
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After scoring the first goal Saturday in the Blackhawks’ 3-2 overtime loss to the Kings, winger Patrick Kane was sacked up, as Kane normally is when he scores a goal. We just wanted to continue to take it to them, get pucks into the zone, play physical and try to get back into the game.
Gaborik spoiled a record-setting night for Chicago’s Patrick Kane. This brought his consecutive game point streak to 18 games, leaving him tied with Ed Olcyk and Phil Kessel. On the first power play of the game, Kane took advantage of a giveaway caused by his teammate Duncan Keith, and lofted a well-placed shot high over the shoulder of Kings netminder Jonathan Quick at 11:10 of the first period.
“It’s cool”, Kane said. It was pretty exciting when it happened, and it looked like it was going to be a fun night there.
Artem Anisimov scored 1:53 into overtime, and the Blackhawks rallied from a two-goal deficit in the final moments of regulation for a 3-2 victory over the Ducks. And while they would’ve liked a better finish in Saturday night’s trip finale against the Los Angeles Kings, they were pretty happy with how it all went.
Patrice Bergeron and Brett Connolly also scored for the Bruins, who won their third straight at home.
Mathieu Perreault added his second goal in two games and Nikolaj Ehlers’ goal late in the third put the game away. Seabrook bumped center Ryan Kesler off the puck near the left boards, but Anaheim defenseman Hampus Lindholm secured it in the slot and passed to Stewart, who fired a wrist shot near the right post for his fourth goal of the saason. His second game-winner of the season came on a shot that beat Scott Darling low to the stick side. The goal was his 11th this season and he later assisted on Chicago’s second goal, by Niklas Hjalmarsson, giving him 11 goals and 31 points during the streak.
The Kings have now allowed at least one power-play goal in five of their last six games and haven’t scored one of their own in four of their last five games. Bobby Hull has the all-time record with 21, set during the 1971-72 season. That’s the longest streak ever by an American-born National Hockey League player; the record is 51 by Wayne Gretzky in the 1983-84 season.
The Kings dominated the early stages of the second period and held the Blackhawks without a shot until 9:18, when goaltender Jonathan Quick had to do the splits to save a close-in shot by Teuvo Teravainen.
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After Anaheim’s season ended one victory shy of the Stanley Cup Final last spring, the clubs revived their rivalry last month in Chicago. The defending champion Blackhawks also beat the Kings 4-2 at Chicago on November 2.
