If you weren't up late watching the Kings/Stars and Sharks/Wild, you missed some of the best action of the season. The Kings, down 3-0 at one point, and then 4-2 late in the third took advantage of a series of penalties, and some shoddy goaltending by Marty Turco (who actually took one of the aforementioned infractions) on their way to a 5-4 overtime victory. Michael Handzus (I love this guy) was instrumental in the face-off circle as usual and scored the winner to cap off a night that saw him tally a hat trick.
Upstate, the Sharks had a 3-0 lead over Minnesota, who looked lifeless for most of the first half of the game. They slowly crept back in it, and then with under ten minutes to go in the third period, Marek Zidlicky tied the game at three after he tossed a no-look backhand shot towards goal, from centre ice no less, and it bounced its way past Brian Boucher (who has been filling in for the ailing Evgeni Nabokov). Mikko Koivu stole the game for the Wild with 13.1 seconds left in overtime, after a nice zone entry and centering effort from Brent Burns.
If there was ever a reason to subscribe to NHL Centre Ice, tonight was it.
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