DEJA VU FOR KINGS AND BLUES : ST. LOUIS 5 KINGS 2.Byline: Daily News Wire Services The St. Louis Blues keep losing players and winning games. The same, however, can't be said of the Kings. Playing without captain Chris Pronger Christopher Robert Pronger (born October 10, 1974, in Dryden, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the NHL's Anaheim Ducks (2006–present). , along with Pierre Turgeon Pierre Turgeon (born 28 August 1969 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada) is a French Canadian professional hockey player who played for the NHL's Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, and the Colorado Avalanche. and Geoff Courtnall Geoffrey "Geoff" Courtnall (born 18 August 1962) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 to 2000. Courtnall was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He is the brother of former NHL player, Russ Courtnall. , the Blues used a goal and an assist from Pavol Demitra Pavol Demitra (Born November 29, 1974 in Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia) is a Slovakian professional ice hockey player. He plays left wing and centre. He is currently playing for the Minnesota Wild. Playing career Pavol Demitra currently plays for the NHL's Minnesota Wild. and three assists by Craig Conroy Craig Conroy (born September 4, 1971, in Potsdam, New York) is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the Calgary Flames. Playing career Conroy was drafted 123rd overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Montreal Canadiens after a solid four year career at to beat the slumping Kings 5-2 on Saturday night. Both teams played the game without their top defenseman. Rob Blake For other persons of the same name, see Robert Blake. Robert Bowlby "Rob" Blake (born December 10 1969, in Simcoe, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey defenceman in the NHL, playing for the Los Angeles Kings where he is the captain. sat out the third game of his three-game suspension for slashing Vancouver's Harry York Harry York (born April 16, 1974 in Ponoka, Alberta) is a retired professional hockey centre who spent four seasons in the National Hockey League. Playing career Never drafted by an NHL team, York was the Alberta Junior Hockey League MVP and leading scorer in 1994-95 while , while Pronger began his four-game suspension for slashing Phoenix's Jeremy Roenick. ``Obviously, you can't replace those guys,'' said Blues forward Scott Pellerin. ``We're missing some key individuals and other guys have to pick up the slack.'' Pellerin did his share for the Blues with a goal and an assist. St. Louis also got goals from Lubos Bartecko, his first in the NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there , Scott Young and Mike Eastwood. The Kings have dropped eight straight road games since beating Vancouver 4-3 on Nov. 24. They are 2-8 overall in their last 10 games. Coach Larry Robinson said his team wasn't active enough. ``We were doing a lot of standing around,'' Robinson said. ``You can't play the game standing still. We were waiting for something to happen and we weren't generating much speed.'' Robinson was particularly miffed miff n. 1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff. 2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff. tr.v. miffed, miff·ing, miffs To cause to become offended or annoyed. about an 18-second span early in the third period in which the Kings allowed the Blues to build a three-goal lead - reminiscent of the Blues' victory at the Forum in the first round of last season's playoffs. With the Blues clinging to a one-goal advantage, Demitra swatted home the rebound of Todd Gill's shot 3:16 into the third period to make it 3-1. Just 18 seconds later, Young slapped a one-timer past Kings goalie Jamie Storr to put the game out of reach. ``We made a couple of defensive errors and bang-bang, they got two goals and the game was basically over,'' Robinson said. ``We knew we weren't going to get much of a sniff after that.'' Conroy said the Blues seem to be emerging from a season-long scoring drought. ``They're starting to go in,'' he said. ``I think we've been working hard in practice trying to stop in front of the net and put in the rebounds. Tonight, we were able to do that a couple of times.'' Jozef Stumpel, who had a career-high 21 goals last season, scored just his second goal for the Kings. Ray Ferraro also scored a rare power-play goal. Ferraro's goal was just the 13th for the Kings in 142 power-play chances. Grant Fuhr made 23 saves to get the win. KINGS vs. CHICAGO Time: 5 p.m. TV/Radio: Fox Sports West; KRLA-AM (1110). Matchups: Kings defenseman Rob Blake returns from his three-game suspension for the second game of the team's three-game road trip. Chicago (9-18-4), which lost to Philadelphia on Saturday, is one of six teams still in single digits in the win column - as are the Kings. CAPTION(S): Box Box: KINGS vs. CHICAGO (See text) |
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