{ "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Los Angeles Kings showed the San Jose Sharks what a playoff team looks like as they beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Tuesday night." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "David Rittich made his Kings debut, making 14 saves. Anze Kopitar continues to have a terrific season, finishing with a goal and an assist. Trevor Moore, Alex Laferriere, and Trevor Lewis scored the other goals for LA. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Kaapo Kahkonen got the start for San Jose, making 33 stops. Jacob MacDonald scored his fifth goal of the season. San Jose's offense has gone missing after scoring a lot of goals on the six-game road trip. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "\"I thought we had a good first period, and then we stunk for two periods,\" Sharks head coach David Quinn said. \"That was men amongst boys in the second and third period. I thought they were quicker and [had] more conviction. [They were] more physical. That second goal really deflated us.\"" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Sharks continue to deal with multiple injuries as they once again have to juggle the lineup. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "\"There's more to it than I think that the average viewer might see,\" Henry Thrun said about playing his off-side. \"There's a lot through the neutral zone that I think you're limited to, particularly moving the puck. It's really hard to make a cross-ice pass or to get the puck going north because you see a lot of pucks on your backhand. It's something that I've spent some seasons doing.\"" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Quinn was complimentary of Thrun's game." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "\"He tries his ass off. He's coachable, and these are great experiences for him,\" Quinn said about Thrun." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Anze Kopitar has a yawning cage to shoot at on the powerplay to give the Kings a 1-0 lead with 2:12 left in the first. Kopitar continues to score at 36 years old. That was his 13th goal and 28th point in 28 games this season. " } }, { "id": "rkqb64v6-jvwtt0yx", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1737325067954991279", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1737325067954991279", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "San Jose couldn't get much going in the first period. They were outshot 12-5 and continued to struggle on the penalty kill." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Kevin Fiala finds Trevor Moore for the goal through the middle of the ice. Moore was in on a partial breakaway and went bar-down on Kahkonen. It was Moore's 15th goal of the season." } }, { "id": "34j3y4yz-35cn4973", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1737332403968868363", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1737332403968868363", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Alex Laferriere gets a deflection in front to extend the Kings' lead to 3-0. Vlasic was late getting in position to defend. " } }, { "id": "07pg2eiv-48bpv6pu", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1737333448388260284", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1737333448388260284", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Sharks saw what a Stanley Cup-contending team looks like in the second period. They were outshot 11-4 in the frame. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "\"They are one of the best teams on the road,\" Tomas Hertl said. \"They come hard on every puck in the O-zone. They were quick on us.\" " } }, { "id": "2kb4jhpn-dyg7xl7p", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1737346685989232999", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1737346685989232999", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Trevor Lewis ices the game with a shorthanded empty net goal. " } }, { "id": "rosedk6w-0x0y01vl", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/HockeyDaily365/status/1737352800642687258", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1737352800642687258", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Jacob MacDonald gets his fifth goal of the season on the powerplay with a blast from the point. 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Kopitar's Kings Earn League Leading 13th Road Win; Beat Sharks 4-1