When is a home game really a home game? When you watch it from your home? Can you tell how much the NHL network, with its commercials of the tongue-tied coach, gets played in one Pasadena-area household?
On Saturday afternoon, the Kings lost 6-5 in overtime to the Chicago Blackhawks. And, since the Kings have long been dead ducks with no hope for the playoffs, you would think that another home loss, this one where I was watching from the couch, felled by a horrible cold, wouldn’t bother me. But if you’ve been reading all year, you also know that I’ve used this column to encourage people to go to the games, no matter the team’s record, because you never know what you’ll see.
Today was no different. Three notable occurrences included the first NHL goal of D-man Peter Harrold, the debut in goal (in relief of Dan Cloutier in period two) of Erik Ersberg, and a startling comeback which might have made the all-time highlights lists for Kings fans but for the ultimate loss, 6-5 in overtime.
A True Home Game (Inside Hockey) 
