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After two at Staples: Kings 1, Calgary 0

By Helene Elliott
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The Kings dominated the second period and outshot Calgary, 11-4, but couldn’t pad their lead. Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick was rarely tested, but Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was challenged early and often and passed every test.

Utility forward Brad Richardson, who sustained an undisclosed injury in the first period, did not return for the second period. A Kings spokesman said Richardson, who has played wing and center with speed and energy, had an upper-body injury and was not expected to return.

The Kings ended the second period with a power play they gained after Calgary was penalized for having too many men on the ice during a line change.

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--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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