Kings dumped by Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets (4) vs Los Angeles Kings (1)...........
Columbus took their two game win streak on the road to LA-LA Land to take on the Kings who have just one win in their last four games going into Saturday's match-up. Columbus scored three straight powerplay goals and four straight overall in just thirty-one minutes of play and cruised to a 4-1 win.
Brent Seabrook blasted home him sixth of the season at 6:55 of the opening period with the extra skater, assists going to Jason Spezza and Chris Kunitz. Just over six minutes later (12:15) Kunitz was the receiptiant of another Spezza set up with Kings' James Neal in the penalty box and he lifted the puck over a sprawled Sergei Bobrovsky in net, the second assist going to Benoit Pouliot. After 20 the shots favored Columbus 11-9.
The second started out much the same as the first as an undisciplined Kings team took another penalty, this one just twenty-seven seconds in as Nick Bonino threw an elbow into the mug of Matt Cooke. Mike Richards would score his 4th of the year at 1:05 as he found a loose puck at the side of the Kings' net in a scrum and snapped home the Bluejackets' third powerplay goal. Seabrook would score his second of the night and seventh of the season as he blew another cannon past Bobrovsky after the tender made the original save off of Kunitz but kicked the puck right out to Seabrook who was staring at a wide open six by four with the tender down and made no mistake, the goal coming at 10:55 at even strength. The 'Jackets managed only four shots on net in the period, managing to score on two of them, they were out-shot 10-4 by LA but Semyon Varlamov stopped everything he faced through forty minutes.
The third was wide open with both teams firing a combined total of twenty-seven shots. Only a Andre Benoit (4th) slapper at 1:38 beat Varlamov after he made countless stops and his defense couldn't clear the zone.
The win was Varlamov's twenty-forth of the season.
MOLSON'S 3 STARS:
1 - Brent Seabrook (Clb)......... 2 goals, 5 shots
2 - Semyon Varlamov (Clb).... 32 saves
3 - Andre Benoit (LA )........ 1 goal, +1, 2 shots
Reporting For The WCHL Network......
Peter Puck
Columbus took their two game win streak on the road to LA-LA Land to take on the Kings who have just one win in their last four games going into Saturday's match-up. Columbus scored three straight powerplay goals and four straight overall in just thirty-one minutes of play and cruised to a 4-1 win.
Brent Seabrook blasted home him sixth of the season at 6:55 of the opening period with the extra skater, assists going to Jason Spezza and Chris Kunitz. Just over six minutes later (12:15) Kunitz was the receiptiant of another Spezza set up with Kings' James Neal in the penalty box and he lifted the puck over a sprawled Sergei Bobrovsky in net, the second assist going to Benoit Pouliot. After 20 the shots favored Columbus 11-9.
The second started out much the same as the first as an undisciplined Kings team took another penalty, this one just twenty-seven seconds in as Nick Bonino threw an elbow into the mug of Matt Cooke. Mike Richards would score his 4th of the year at 1:05 as he found a loose puck at the side of the Kings' net in a scrum and snapped home the Bluejackets' third powerplay goal. Seabrook would score his second of the night and seventh of the season as he blew another cannon past Bobrovsky after the tender made the original save off of Kunitz but kicked the puck right out to Seabrook who was staring at a wide open six by four with the tender down and made no mistake, the goal coming at 10:55 at even strength. The 'Jackets managed only four shots on net in the period, managing to score on two of them, they were out-shot 10-4 by LA but Semyon Varlamov stopped everything he faced through forty minutes.
The third was wide open with both teams firing a combined total of twenty-seven shots. Only a Andre Benoit (4th) slapper at 1:38 beat Varlamov after he made countless stops and his defense couldn't clear the zone.
The win was Varlamov's twenty-forth of the season.
MOLSON'S 3 STARS:
1 - Brent Seabrook (Clb)......... 2 goals, 5 shots
2 - Semyon Varlamov (Clb).... 32 saves
3 - Andre Benoit (LA )........ 1 goal, +1, 2 shots
Reporting For The WCHL Network......
Peter Puck
