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Kings after first period: Kings 1, Dallas Stars 1

By Helene Elliott
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Penalties seemed to come in bunches in the first period tonight, and the Kings and Dallas Stars ended up with a five-on-three power play. Each capitalized on that advantage, leaving them even at 1-1 after one period.

Dustin Brown scored the Kings’ first goal — his team-leading fifth of the season — after a long shot by defenseman Jack Johnson had caromed off the crossbar. Brown was alone by the left post to nudge the rebound past goalie Kari Lehtonen at 3:30.

The Stars responded with their own power-play score while Justin Williams was serving a hooking penalty and Jarret Stoll was serving a boarding penalty. Proving that the Kings aren’t the only team prone to overpassing the puck, the Stars moved the puck around the Kings’ zone before Loui Eriksson dug it out and passed it back to Brad Richards, whose 40-foot shot sailed past Jonathan Quick at 16:02.

Defenseman Jake Muzzin, added to the Kings’ lineup in place of Peter Harrold, played five minutes and three seconds in the period, including 1:06 of power-play time. He didn’t have any shots but he was credited with two hits.

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More later at www.latimes.com/sports

--Helene Elliott, reporting from Dallas

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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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