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  Friday, Dec. 3 10:30pm ET
Kings' Storr slams door in OT
 
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- After Los Angeles and Anaheim scored less than two minutes apart in the first period, the goalies took over.

Craig Johnson scored for the Kings 13:46 into the game, Pavel Trnka countered with a Mighty Ducks goal less than two minutes later, and that ended the scoring Friday night as the teams skated to a 1-1 tie.

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Anaheim's Jeff Nielsen crunches the Kings' Jason Blake alongside the Los Angeles bench on Friday night.
Anaheim outshot Los Angeles 35-20, which Mighty Ducks coach Craig Hartsburg seemed to take as a sort of moral victory.

"It's the best we've dominated against a good team, not allowing a lot of scoring chances and at the same time, creating a lot more chances than they did," Hartsburg said.

"We had good chances, we just didn't finish."

The Kings' Jamie Storr and the Mighty Ducks' Guy Hebert each turned in a fine game in goal.

Although Hebert faced fewer shots, he made a number of good saves, including smothering the puck several times with heavy traffic in the crease.

In the overtime, Storr stopped five shots, including a mad scramble with 1:09 remaining when Anaheim's Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya, among the NHL's leading scorers, got off close-range shots.

"Jamie Storr was outstanding," Kings coach Andy Murray said.

Murray wasn't disappointed with the tie.

"For us, it's a good point, and we know we can play better," he said.

The Kings failed to score on seven power play opportunities, while the Mighty Ducks came up empty on four, including 29 seconds with a two-man advantage.

Los Angeles defenseman Rob Blake said, "You're not going to win very many games with 20 shots, and not taking advantage of that many power plays. They (the Mighty Ducks) were in the same position on the power play."

Johnson's goal, his third, came when Aki Berg fired a shot from the top of the left circle, and Johnson, parked in front of the goal, raised his stick and ticked the puck, redirecting it past Hebert.

Trnka, a defenseman, scored his second goal of the season on a slapshot from the left circle. Steve Rucchin set up the score, flipping the puck to Trnka from behind the goal line.

Although Anaheim was on the attack most of the second period, outshooting Los Angeles 14-5, the Mighty Ducks couldn't capitalize. During the brief 5-on-3, they got off only a couple of weak shots.

Both teams seemed to slow in the third period, with their defenses setting the tone.

The game drew a lively crowd of 17,174, the Mighty Ducks' first sellout since their home opener.

"It should have been entertaining for everybody," Hartsburg said.

Hebert said the Mighty Ducks played hard but didn't quite get the job done.

"That was a good effort. It was there from the drop of the puck to the final whistle," the Anaheim goalie said. "We got the chances, it's too bad we couldn't get it to bounce our way."

Anaheim leads the all-time series against Los Angeles 15-13-6.

 


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