LEAFS TIE UP KINGS IN THIRD NOLAN'S SCORE CAPS 3-GOAL RALLY KINGS 4, TORONTO 4.Byline: Matt McHale Staff Writer Things seemed almost too good for the Kings. They were coming off a great trip, got two goals from Alexander Frolov Alexander Alexandrovich "Alex" Frolov (Russian: Александр Александрович "Алекс" and took a three-goal lead into the third period Thursday night. The Kings, however, could not hold off a late surge by the Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , who scored three goals in the third period to force a 4-4 tie at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. . Owen Nolan Owen Liam Nolan (born February 12, 1972 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish-Canadian professional hockey player who is currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. caught Kings goaltender Roman Cechmanek out of position when he scored on the power play with 3:31 left in regulation. It was the same Cechmanek, who as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , defeated the Leafs in the first round of last year's playoffs. Toronto also got goals from Gary Roberts Gary Roberts is the name of:
Even with the point, the Kings' recent roll was derailed. They had won three of four on their recent trip to Florida, Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. , Carolina and Washington to move into the top spot in the Pacific Division. But there was no denying a big night for Frolov, who was viewed as a timid player during his rookie year last season. But including a two-goal night against Phoenix on Nov. 1, Frolov has four goals in his past two home games. Both goals looked as if they would be enough Thursday against the Maple Leafs, embarrassed 5-1 Wednesday night against the Mighty Ducks
Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney animated series aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996. Twenty-six episodes total were produced. , closed to within one goal on third-period goals by Gary Roberts and Alexander Mogilny. Mogilny scored with 12:26 remaining in regulation and less than five minutes remaining, Toronto went on the power play after Mattias Norstrom was called for holding at the Kings net. That set up Nolan's tying goal. In addition to Frolov, Luc Robitaille This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It needs to be expanded. * It may need copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. and Derek Armstrong Derek Armstrong (Born April 23 1973 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre in the National Hockey League who has played for the New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, New York Rangers and currently, the Los Angeles Kings. also scored for the Kings, who are 5-0-1-1 in their past six games, a streak that began in the game against the Coyotes. Ziggy Palffy had two assists and now has 17 for the season, one behind Colorado's Alex Tanguay Alex Tanguay (born November 21, 1979, in Sainte-Justine, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey player. Playing career Tanguay plays left wing and centre. He was drafted 12th overall in the first round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche. for the league lead. Despite an average age of 30, the Leafs usually are successful in the second game of back-to-back efforts. They came in 3-0 this season and 14-3-1-1 in the second game of back- to-backs in the last calendar year. Although Toronto pressured Cechmanek with 11 shots in the first period, Frolov made the difference. His first goal came 8:02 into the game when he took a long pass off the boards from Trent Klatt and held off Tomas Kaberle as he skated in on Leafs' goaltender Mikael Tellqvist and scored. The only thing that was alarming was that the Kings were 0 for 4 on the power play with two shots in the opening period. It seemed like opportunities lost when Mikael Renberg tied the game 1-1 just 2:34 into the second. But Frolov put the Kings back on top just four minutes later. Robitaille took a shot in front of the Leafs net and Frolov got the rebound and scored. It gave Frolov his sixth goal of the season. He finished last year with 14. ``He has been so good for us,'' Kings assistant Ray Bennett said. ``He is so steady in his game. He is a big body when Toronto got physical, he seemed oblivious to it all.'' Robitaille made it 3-1 at 13:29 of the second. Palffy fired from the right circle and Tellqvist made the stop but the puck bounced out and Robitaille fired into the right corner. It was Robitaille's fifth goal and just his first at even strength. Frolov had a chance for a hat trick in the final minute of the period and Renberg off for holding. Frolov skated in Tellqvist with Klatt screening in front, but instead of shooting he dropped the puck for Armstrong who scored his sixth goal. That put the Kings up 4-1 but the Leafs did not go quietly. At 4:26 of the third Kaberle put the puck between Cechmanek's leg but it did not cross the goal line. Gary Roberts poked it in to make it a two-goal game. Matt McHale, (818) 713-3622 matt.mchale(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Toronto's Matt Stajan is held back by the Kings' Aaron Miller after goalie Roman Cechmanek watches a blocked shot in the third period. Chris Urso/Associated Press |
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