The Los Angeles Kings survived Game 1 as much as they won it, but they’ve been pretty dominant through most of Game 2 against the St. Louis Blues. In both cases, Jonathan Quick justified the praise he’s received (from Rogie Vachon and others) as Brian Elliott struggled.
He’s also gotten a little luck here and there, with this goal-line save being perhaps the shining example of the positive bounces he occasionally receives.
Somewhere, someone is probably making a cheesy pun about “needing to be Quick to be lucky” or something along those lines. (Wait, did I just do that? Oops.)
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- sir1389 - Apr 30, 2012 at 11:41 PM
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Not to take anything away from Quick or the Kings but I have never seen a hockey game with this many lucky bounces for one team.
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- bruins2011 - Apr 30, 2012 at 11:52 PM
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I’m a huge Kings fan and I think Quick is on of the best but he can’t expect to be this lucky every night.
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- rodgy10 - May 1, 2012 at 12:00 AM
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I think he may be the best goalie in the NHL right now…he’s had an outstanding year. I hope his luck changes before he knocks my blues out of the playoffs. Not looking good.
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- blomfeld - May 1, 2012 at 12:26 AM
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God bless Jonathan Quick !
This has to rank as one of the best goal-tending performances which I’ve ever seen ! … watching the game tonight, memories of Vladislav Tretiak completely stoning the Canadiens during that unforgettable New Year’s Eve game back in ’75, came gushing to my mind ! … friends, we have our rearguard protected by the “very best” in the business and so God willing, nothing can now stand in our way, despite what they say about us !
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- mahhelo - May 1, 2012 at 12:47 AM
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One of the luckiest bounces of the night – the puck bouncing over Mitchell’s stick for now good reason – led to a Blues’ goal. It goes both ways but you tend to only notice the ones that hurt your team. Also, I agree, if you listened to the broadcast without knowing the score you would of thought is was STL who was cruising to a 2-0 series lead. WTF was that.
