EL SEGUNDO, CALIF.
Maglia Juventus Bambino . – Darryl Sutter was at his sarcastic best on Sunday. "Yeah, Im not rattled," the Los Angeles Kings
head coach said when asked about overcoming the Game 4 loss to Anaheim. "Im just
thankful Im alive today. Im fortunate to pull through after the devastating loss
last night." Sutter joked that he almost didnt make it to his daily media
interrogation. "They had to get me up – Radar and Hawkeye had to get me up to
come here today," said Sutter, referencing characters from the television show
M*A*S*H. The point was clear: this is a veteran coach with a veteran team that
isnt about to be fazed by losing two straight or by facing a hotshot young
goalie. The Kings lost 20 games during the regular season when outshooting an
opponent. Only the New York Rangers (22) and Calgary Flames (21) were ahead of
them in that category. So what happened on Saturday night, when they outshot the
Ducks 28-14 overall and 19-3 over the last two periods, but still came out on
the short end of the scoreboard, is old hat and thus not worth losing too much
sleep over. "Pretty nice out here today," said forward Jarret Stoll. "Sun came
out. Its Mothers Day and my moms here so itll be a good off day." Meanwhile,
about 30 miles down the road in Anaheim, John Gibson had already been named the
Ducks starter for Game 5. Only hours earlier he had become the youngest goalie
in NHL history to post a shutout in his playoff debut. It was only his fourth
career NHL game. Hes stopped 111 of the 115 shots faced in those games (.965
save percentage). It has been a remarkable start to the 20-year-olds career. "I
know hes calm and cool or whatever, but its our job to make his job a lot
harder," said Kings forward Mike Richards. "Its a lot of pressure to put on a
young kid [playing him in this series] and you can say it all you want, Hes
calm, cool, but if we start getting bodies in front we dont know how hes going
to react." Los Angeles had 25 shots blocked on Saturday and missed on 18 other
attempts. "Most of the goalies in the league are pretty much the same," said
defenceman Drew Doughty. "We have a little sheet that we [get] before the game
and its pretty much the same things: whether he handles the puck well, hes
usually not good in traffic like any goalie, not good with screens, tips, so
thats exactly what we have to do. We have to get the second opportunities and
put them in. We just got to bear down and get more goals. "It shouldnt matter
whos in net." Thats basically the exact same message players on the Ducks were
telling anyone who would listen after they dropped the first two games at home
despite outshooting the Kings and controlling the lions share of possession. Now
the shoe is very much on the other foot. "The playoffs, really, is about scoring
big goals and we were doing that early in the series and winning games that way
and theyre doing that now," Doughty said. "We want to have possession of the
puck and take control of the game like we did in the last two periods last
night, but we got to score big goals." Considering the Kings track record and
championship pedigree they are far from flustered. After staring into the abyss
of an 0-3 deficit in the last round against the San Jose Sharks they arent about
to let a rookie goalie get in their heads. So there was no cram session on
Sunday featuring video of Gibson. After all, Gibson isnt the issue. "I dont
think weve played poorly," said Richards, "but we just havent gotten to that
desperation level that we had in San Jose where youre just fighting for every
inch on the ice, and I think thats that mentality that we have to get back to."
The Kings will get a chance to up their intensity level on Monday night at the
Honda Center when the series resumes. But Sunday was all about mothers. And
Sutter had already placed a call to his mom before meeting with the media.
"Yeah, I did," he acknowledged. "But she was in church. I shouldve known to call
later. Thats the last thing I told the players. Make sure they talk to their
moms or a mother in their life today." Stoll wont have to make a call. His mom,
Sherri, is in town and he planned on spending the day with her. "She loved the
cowbell," said Stoll, a Saskatchewan native, when asked about his favourite
hockey-mom memory. "We had a group of parents who were the loudest group of
parents who followed their sons around and my mom had the big cowbell that shed
hammer on and Im sure it was pretty annoying for some people and you look up in
the stands and Im like, Thats my mom." As for Sutter, he was asked if had any
special plans for Mothers Day. "Oh no," he said sarcastically. "Im going to go
watch some video on Gibson."
Maglie Leonardo Bonucci .C. - Coach Steve Kerr knew when he arrived at Golden State that Marreese Speights would figure
into the mix somehow this season with the Warriors.
Maglia Dybala Juventus .com) - Gustav Nyquist scored the lone goal of the shootout as the Detroit Red Wings clawed their way
back from a three-goal deficit to defeat the New Jersey Devils, 5-4, on
Friday.PHILADELPHIA -- For once, Zack Wheeler was able to smile after a start.
The rest of the Mets were pretty happy, too. Wheeler struck out nine in 6 1-3
innings and Chris Young hit a two-run homer to lead New York to a 4-1 victory
over the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night in the opener of a rare
five-game series. Wheeler (2-5) looked nothing like the pitcher who entered with
a 4.63 ERA and one win in 10 starts this season. Mixing a fastball that hit the
high 90s and a slow, knee-buckling breaking ball, the right-hander retired eight
of the first 10 batters via strikeout. Wheeler had sent down 14 straight batters
until Marlon Byrd lofted the first pitch he saw with one out in the seventh over
the wall in right for his seventh homer. That was the end of the evening for
Wheeler, who matched his season high in innings while giving up the lone run and
four hits with no walks. "It feels really good, obviously," Wheeler said. "I can
actually smile after a start now. I knew I had it today. I could locate all my
pitches. Its easy when you can locate all your pitches and everythings working."
Mets manager Terry Collis said Wheeler "pretty much took control of the game. He
really was throwing well. Tonight he dominated this game." The Mets, who opened
an 11-game road trip, matched a season best with their third straight victory
while beating the Phillies for the sixth straight time at Citizens Bank Park.
The Phillies set a season high with 15 strikeouts against four Mets pitchers.
"Wheeler had real good stuff and we just couldnt pull the trigger on his
fastball," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. "We couldnt get anything going."
The series originally was scheduled for four games, but the teams will make up
their April 30 rainout on Monday, which originally was a day off for both teams.
Jenrry Mejia struck out the side in the ninth for his fifth save in as many
chances. Mejia hasnt allowed an earned run in nine relief outings since being
moved to the bullpen on May 12 after making seven starts. "Thhe entire pitching
tonight.
Juventus Maglie Simone Zaza. . Youre just sitting in the dugout saying, Wow!" Collins said. "Good stuff, good location,
really a well-pitched game." David Buchanan (1-1), who was making his second
career start in place of injured left-hander Cliff Lee (15-day DL, left elbow),
left after giving up four runs -- three earned -- and seven hits with two
strikeouts and walks. The righty earned the victory in his major league debut
with a five-inning, two-run outing in Saturdays 5-3 win over the Dodgers. Young,
who entered with three hits in his last 35 at-bats, put the Mets in front 3-0
with a drive to left in the fourth. Both Collins and Young hope its a sign of
better things to come for the outfielder, who entered batting .220. "Hes got to
get on track, and the home run was really big for him," Collins said. "Hes hit
some balls hard with nothing to show for it, so I think tonights a big game."
Said Young, "I felt like I was aggressive all night. I felt good about the
pitches I did swing at, even the outs I had. Thats a good start. Today was
probably the best day I felt, not going by the results but simply the pitch
selection." New York added an unearned run in the fifth when Curtis Granderson
walked with the bases loaded in an inning that was extended by third baseman
Cesar Hernandezs throwing error. Ryan Howard, who hit a walkoff homer in
Wednesdays win over the Rockies, went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts. Howard
entered with a hit in 12 straight games against New York, batting .417 with four
homers and 13 RBIs over the stretch. NOTES: New York C Travis dArnaud went 0 for
4 in his first game since being activated from the 7-day DL due to a concussion
he sustained May 13. ... Mets 3B David Wright went 1 for 5 with a single. His 19
career homers at Citizens Bank Park are the most of any visiting player. ...
Granderson went 0 for 2, extending his hitless streak to 0 for 16. ... Mets RHP
Rafael Montero (0-2, 4.96) opposes Philadelphia RHP A.J. Burnett (3-4, 3.51) on
Friday.
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