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Kings after two periods: Kings 5, Canucks 2

By Helene Elliott
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The Kings extended their lead to 5-0 before the Canucks could get anything past Jonathan Bernier, ending Bernier’s shutout streak at 111 minutes and 13 seconds.

Jarret Stoll scored on a power play at 3:37 of the second period on the rebound of a blast by Drew Doughty, and Dustin Brown made it 5-0 at 9:20, also on a power play. He took a pass from Ryan Smyth and nearly fanned on his shot but got enough of the puck to slide it under Roberto Luongo and become Brown’s 20th goal this season.

The Canucks scored twice within 39 seconds, with Kyle Wellwood connecting on a power play at 12:43 from close range and Ryan Kesler beating Bernier with a nasty wrist shot at 13:22.

More later at www.latimes.com/sports

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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