SAN JOSE, Calif. - Drew Doughty had two goals and two assists, Jonathan Quick made 34 saves and the Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 4-0 in Game 2 on Saturday night to even their first-round series at one game apiece.
Jack Johnson and Kyle Clifford also scored for the Kings, who bounced back from an overtime loss in Game 1 to seize home-ice advantage heading back to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Tuesday night.
The Sharks took too many undisciplined penalties and were unable to generate many good offensive chances against Quick, drawing the ire of their usually supportive fans who booed the home team sporadically throughout the game. Antti Niemi allowed the four goals on 23 shots to lose for the first time in four postseason starts at the Shark Tank.
The Kings came into the game reeling a bit, having lost the opener 3-2 and then having talented center Jarret Stoll suspended for a hit from behind on Sharks defenseman Ian White in Game 1. That left Los Angeles without two of its top centers in Stoll and injured Anze Kopitar against one of the deeper teams in the NHL up the middle.
But Joe Thornton and the rest of the Sharks were unable to take advantage and San Jose was shut out in the playoffs for the first time since an overtime loss at Colorado in Game 3 of the first round to Craig Anderson and the Avalanche last season.
Quick did a good job stopping the initial shots by San Jose and gave the Sharks few rebound opportunities. The shutout by Quick was the first in the postseason for the Kings since Felix Potvin beat Colorado 1-0 in Game 5 of the first round in 2002.
CANADIENS 3, BRUINS 1
BOSTON - Michael Cammalleri and Mathieu Darche scored in the first 2:20 of the game, and Carey Price stopped 34 shots Saturday night to lead Montreal to 2-0 lead over the Boston Bruins in the first-round playoff series.
Flyers 5, Sabres 4
PHILADELPHIA - Brian Boucher made 20 saves in relief of rookie Sergei Bobrovsky, and Ville Leino and Danny Briere scored in a 1:51 span in the second period to help Philadelphia beat to even the Eastern Conference series 1-1.
Red Wings 4, Coyotes 3
DETROIT - Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and two assists in the first period - including a marvelous move to set up Darren Helm's goal - and Detroit held off Phoenix to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference series.
