If the first minute of Thursday’s game was an indicator of the evening, the Kings were set to make it quite comfortable …. for the visitors. There was Crawford playing “What’s My Line?” night where over the course of sixty (60) minutes, he used at least twelve (12) different line combinations by my count.
The game started with Handzus, Ivanans and Frolov. They proceeded to spend the first shift entirely in the Kings’ zone and enable Jumbo Joe Thornton to once again show he can find the net alone, not just through others. With the lead, San Jose seemed to tilt the ice in their favor until the Marleau tripping penalty that Visnovsky drew. Eleven minutes of a period and the Kings managed a meager one shot on goal. (Really) Thanks to the visitor’s quiet captain, Los Angeles found their game and peeled off four shots on goal, no goals to be had, but the home team started to play. Finally.
Of the many surprises Thursday, the Kings facing Nabakov has to be one of them. Last place teams generally draw the back-up who at least this year, has fared well…ouch! Not Thursday. The Sharks and Wilson got greedy and wanted to enable Nabakov to tie a NHL record of 48 wins. That choice strikes me as arrogant and arguably short-sighted tactic for one of the most over-worked netminders in the NHL this year for a team picked to win it all.
Satisfaction in Record Breaking Night & Fan Sin Bin Suggestions for the Kings
Satisfaction in Record Breaking Night & Fan Sin Bin Suggestions for the Kings (CM) 
