Hello again my friends and welcome back, well last night the L.A. Kings managed to show off their true colors by providing the audience with a low scoring sleeper on Tuesday night. The Ducks have now beaten the Kings in three straight games, with Los Angeles scoring a grand total of one goal in all three, now thats consistancy. Samuel Pahlsson and Bobby Ryan scored power-play goals, and Rob Niedermayer added an empty-net goal for Anaheim, while Kyle Quincey scored the only Kings' goal, which came on a power play. Pahlsson snapped a tie with 10:15 to play, redirecting a centering pass from Scott Niedermayer for his fourth goal. Ryan scored in the first period, and Quincey answered for Los Angeles in the second. Hiller, Jean-Sebastien Giguere's backup, improved his record against Los Angeles to 4-0-0. He was coming off a 2-0 victory over Phoenix two days earlier. Erik Ersberg, getting the start in goal for Los Angeles because Jonathan Quick had a throat infection, faced 25 shots. Chris Pronger earned assists on Anaheim's first two goals, which came with Los Angeles defenseman Drew Doughty in the penalty box. In the third period, the rookie was sent off for delay of game and Pahlsson scored 18 seconds into the power play. The Ducks had scored their first goal 7 seconds into one of their other power plays earleir in the game. Scott Niedermayer chipped in with a pair of assists for Anaheim, including one on his brother Rob's goal in the closing seconds. After Anaheim went ahead late in the opening period, Quincey responded early in the second when the Kings had a two-man advantage. With Rob Niedermayer off for hooking and Pahlsson off for tripping, Los Angeles had a five-on-three for 1:38. Quincey's 40-foot slap shot at 1:14 beat Hiller to the glove side with 15 seconds remaining on the two-man advantage. Ryan, a rookie who has 12 points in the last nine games, opened the scoring at 17:32 in the first period, with team mate Ryan Getzlaf setting up the goal. Just 7 seconds after Doughty was sent off for cross checking, Pronger passed to Getzlaf in the right circle, Getzlaf slid the puck to Ryan in the slot and Ryan one-timed it past Ersberg. Other than that it was pretty boring to watch but a win is a win and i'll take them anyway i can get them these days. So with that its time for tonights picks:NHL
7:35 pm(est)
Montreal at N.Y. Rangers
The Montreal Canadians have gone under the total 9 of their last 10 road games. Tonight they stroll into Madison Garden where the N.Y. Rangers await, fresh off a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Rangers have gone under the total 6 of their last 9 games and 15 of their last 21 at home. These numbers are too good to pass up and vegas knows it, they have set the total at (5.5) at a steep price of (-125) when usually a play like this would be around(-110) or so.
Play on: Under (5.5) (-125)
Final Score:
Montreal 6
N.Y. Rangers 3 (lost)
