End of second period
San Jose 2, Kings 1
It could be much, much worse for the Kings at this point. They're being outshot 31-9 and they've killed four Sharks power plays. Of course, they just allowed a shorthanded goal too, so this game is really all over the place. The Sharks look like a team that has already played a regular-season game, which it is -- the Sharks beat the Ducks on Thursday -- and the Kings look very much like a team playing its first game, which it is.

Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at 

Like a naked newborn babe striding the blast...
its over...the team is dead...Kopi is overrated...brown trade him..get me Willsie back stat!!!!!!!!! FIRE DL and get me CROW back!!!!
(j/k)
Orphios
Kings are playing too much defense. They need to take more shots. Even the best defenses eventually fall.