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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Los Angeles goalie Jamie Storr got
all the credit from his coach after the Kings' 2-1 victory over the
New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
|  | | The Kings' Steven Reinprecht hit the ice after being checked by New Jersey's Ken Daneyko in the second Saturday night. |
"I think the story today was Jamie," coach Andy Murray said
after the Kings won their second straight and improved to 5-5-1 on
the road. "His play inspired our team. He was real good. Jamie
made two or three outstanding saves."
Perhaps Storr's best stop came seven minutes into the second
period with the Kings clinging to a 1-0 lead. Storr, who made 33
saves, sprawled across the goal to deflect away a shot by Steve
Kelly that appeared to have him beaten.
That was the kind of day it was for the Devils, who lost their
first home game this season despite outshooting the Kings 34-16.
"We didn't play that badly the whole game," Devils coach Larry
Robinson said. "What happened is we gave them two goals -- we made
a bad clearing pass on the first and we gave it to them on the
second. So we gave them two gifts."
Devils defenseman Scott Stevens said New Jersey rarely tested
Storr.
"We didn't create enough traffic going to the net," Stevens
said. "So it was easy for him to see our shots."
The Kings took a 1-0 lead in the first period on Bryan
Smolinski's third goal of the season. Smolinski took a cross-ice
pass from Nelson Emerson after New Jersey failed to clear after a
faceoff. He whiffed on his first attempt, pushing the puck a few
feet in front of him in the left circle.
But when no Devils player came out to challenge, Smolinski shot
the puck again and whistled it past Chris Terreri, who was sprawled
on the ice in anticipation of the initial shot.
Jozef Stumpel made it 2-0 at 17:49 of the second. He beat
Terreri over his right shoulder after Ziggy Palffy took the puck
away from Devils defenseman Brian Rafalski and passed to an open
Stumpel.
The Devils made it 2-1 on Randy McKay's power-play goal at 7:35
of the third after Lubomir Visnovsky was sent off for high-sticking
John Madden.
McKay tipped in a slap shot by Rafalski from the just inside the
blue line.
Game notes
Devils goalie Martin Brodeur sat out with a groin strain
and is listed as day to day. ... The Devils called up G Frederic
Henry from Albany to back up Terreri, who got the start in goal.
... The Kings are 2-2 going into the last game of a five-game road
trip. They play at the New York Islanders on Sunday. ... The Devils
kicked off a five-game homestand. New Jersey is 5-1-1 on home ice.
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 Bryan Smolinski catches Chris Terreri out of place for the goal.
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