LA Kings vs Chicago Blackhawks Game 9 NHL 26 (SIM)
The officials there at center and I think we are about to get this one underway. The Kings with the opening face off and we are underway with this one. And there’s a great heads up play by Bernard. He carries the puck up along the wing. The Blackhawks played along the wing. No quarter given here as they battle for the loose puck along the boards. Race it perfectly in the defensive end. And now it’s over to Dowy and that’s intercepted and he dodges the poke trick there. Tried to get two Q with it and loses possession. Forovski, it’s so difficult to stop in tight and he’s got magic hands, but unfortunately this time it doesn’t go his way as he tries to get a little nifty. Sometimes simple is the best way to go. Played big in the moment there. Moves it quickly over to Donado. Feeds the puck across to Kempe. Puts it on. Super stop by Knight. As a defender, you love when your goalender has this kind of rebound control. Makes your life so much easier. And the pass is picked off. Oh, they telegraph the pass and he picks it off. Locked on the play. Los Angeles takes hold of the P. The Kings have it now. Angles it over to Jano and that’s picked off in the neutral zone by Kaiser. LA stop the puck. Quick pass to Bfield. LA’s got it in the offensive zone. tries to get 22 with it and loses possession. Moves the puff along the half wall. The Kings have it now. Working the puck deep inside the road in the blocks have in the offensive end and now it’s grabbed by Bfield looks to make something happen. scores off the post and in. Well, that’s a real sneaky one that pulled the goalender, James. Not much room available, but that one perfectly executed. Well, it’s a quick release shot, James, but it goes off of the inside of the post. Sometimes it redirects out. This time it redirects in Los Angeles has been pushing and pushing and pushing and it finally pays off getting the first goal here. Well, you know what the data says about the team that gets the first goal, James, and you always want to get the first one because you know that typically you find a way to win the game because you set the tone, you’ve got the energy, and you created the pace. Tries to get the puck to Fella. LA’s going on the attack as they gain the zone. The Blackhawks have it against the wall. Moves it to Verusi right up the gut into the offensive end. The Kings take possession in the defensive end up along the wing. Loose puck battle along the boards. Poked away at center by Bernard. Oh, it’s some smooth skate to lose a defender there. Los Angeles looks to move the puck from their own end. The Kings scoop it up along the boards and the puck’s knocked loose and says it’s just out of reach. Nazar is lugging the puck, gaining momentum up along the side. The Kings gain control of the puck. Los Angeles looks to break out in their own end. Feeds it over. Makes the save as that goes off the glass. He scores off the pipe and bulging the twine. Well, it’s a game of inches, isn’t it? And this time those inches, they work in his favor. They go right into the net. Well, this is an incredibly intelligent shot, James. It’s recognized that there’s netfront presence in front of the goalender who’s dropping to a butterfly to try and take away as much net as possible. And it finds its way through. The Kings look to be on a mission tonight. Already up by two here. We’re still only in the first. Well, the mission is possible because they’ve been dominant out there tonight, James. They’ve been relentless. They competed for pucks, loose pucks at will. I mean, they out battled their opponent, and now they’re sitting with a twogoal cushion. The Blackhawks carry it along the wall, takes the puck behind the net. LA’s got a hold of the puck now. The Kings have a hold of it in the defensive zone. They put the puck into the offensive end. Brand along the board by Arena. Oh, what a save in front. Knight dialed in and anticipating the play. So, effectively making a huge save on a dangerous spot on the ice. There’s the whistle. Let’s see what the referee saw. Kov’s been flagged for cross checking. Well, that’s a frustration penalty. I’ve taken many of those in my day, James. It’s going to be the crossing penalty. Once you extend your arms, you’re in trouble. Chicago’s man advantage unit will take to the ice for the first time tonight. First power play opportunity for this team. It’s going to start in the faceoff circle getting possession with the win and they’re looking to set up. Pop clears the zone. Chicago’s looking to break out of their own end. They’re looking to make something happen through the neutral zone now. Sets it over. Oh, he had the answer on that one. And now he angles it across to the very air and have it from their own end along the half wall with the puck. The Kings gain possession of the defensive zone and they clear that puck. Chicago’s got the puck along the wall from the open ice. They gain the line. Fires it into the offensive zone. Chicago’s got the puck along the boards and that’s kicked out from the scrum. Here’s a short pass to Barakasi. Oh, what a save on the slapper. Los Angeles moves ahead with the puck and they get the puck out of the defensive end. The Blackhawks have it behind the cage. Quick feed to Terrain. Oh, love the defensive stick work there to score strikes. Coach is going to love this play because you’re in good defensive posture and then you read the play with good active stick to be able to intercept and get a tally. That’s a remarkable play. Just here in the late stages of this frame, the Blackhawks have answered back in these last few minutes, but still need one more to even the score. Handles the pass, sends it in on the attack, takes it along the wall by Word. Oh, what a stop by Keer. The game has changed so much. It’s so fast and the athletes are so strong. I mean, the training that you have to undergo, whether it’s in the gym or it’s functional. You know that these guys are constantly working in small space areas, working on their games, working on their legs. Their foundation, the lower half is so critical. And this is a perfect example. From the left side, he moves it up ahead. Moves it quickly over to Perry. Los Angeles has the puck. takes a shot. Makes a save. Tries to get it to Slagger. Well, the play might come to an end for a few minutes at the end of this period, but the coaching never stops. I’m sure there’ll be a few messages and a few words, and we’ll be back with period number two in no time. It’s time for tonight’s lucky dog giveaway. Congratulations to section 117 F each. Put your twos up because the second period’s about to go down. And the puck is dropped. Fans scramble back to their seats for period number two. All right, partner. We’ve got a pretty good sample size of what we’ve seen in this one tonight. Your ass? Chicago’s giving up way too much opportunity off the rush here. I mean, they got to find a way to have heavy back pressure, but you’re not going to have it when you get caught three deep. What a steal in his own end. Chicago has been working hard all night, James. They’ve been intercepting pucks. They’ve had great stick position and it’s been a defensive clinic. They got to find ways to get to the other side of the puck and generate some offense. And he serves it across to Chris Mako. The Kings take it along the wing. Chicago’s got control of it now from their own end. The Blackhawks looking against the half wall and that’s a great heads up play by Fiala and now he tries to get it across to the ferair. Great use of the twig as he puts that one away. Nazar is taken down to the ice. We got a penalty coming up. They got a chance to make something happen here on the delayed penalty. extra chapters out and there it is. Stopped by Cooper and let’s see what the call is been nabbed for tripping. The coach isn’t going to be happy with this penalty. You have a onegoal lead and now you find yourself back on your heels and the penalty kill has to come out and do a job. The Blackhawks once again send out their power play unit. Well, it’s time to be opportunistic on the power play here, James. You have an opportunity to get the equalizer. It all starts with the face off, though. You want to get to your set spots right away and attract the net. The Kings have possession short-handed and they managed to clear it and tries to make a diagonal pass to Nazar. Takes the puck as the clock ticks down on the penalty kill. Quick shot and there’s the save. Strong use of the body to force the puck loose. moves it to Nazar. Quick pass to Matusi. Stos him in front. This is a great reactive save. I mean, he sees the puck at the last second and is able to get his body in front of it. That is tough. Not easy to do. He found it and he made the save from their own end trying to kickstart this power play. Moves it to Bertusi and he takes the feed. Here’s a short pass to Clark. takes it to the front. Good heads up defensive play as he extends the stick. Quick feed to Donado. The Kings PK unit delivers on the stops it with a glove. Well, when you have the player advantage and you’re down by a goal, you have to generate some momentum and the first stop is putting it in the back of the net. And now they’re back at even strength trying to get back on the board. The nose won the draw here in the offensive zone. He tips it. Stick save up the deflection. Goender covers it up. We get a whistle to slow things down. Inching closer to the midway mark of the period. The Kings lead at 2-1 in what has been an entertaining game thus far. Lopes won the draw here in their own zone. Gets the puck behind his net. Chicago’s playing it through the neutral zone. Picked up by Oh, I thought he was going to be beat and he somehow got a piece of and he takes the be great pressure to force the turnover. What a stick save from the line. Can’t connect as it goes off the stick. Both teams are set. They’re ready to drop the puck. The Kings win the defensive zone face off along the side. Here they come to the neutral zone with the blast. Oh, how did that stay out? It goes up inside of the post. The Kings recognize that they have the lead, but also you don’t get tons of great looks in a game, and this one is a missed opportunity as the puck goes off the frame and out turned aside with the glove. Knight’s done all the work to get to the look he wants, but unfortunately just misses the mark by inches and puts it off the post. well past the midway mark of this period. The Kings are clinging to a 2-1 lead. The Blackhawks get a hold of the puck in their own end. Here they come. Oh, and he whiz on it. The Blackhawks pick up the puck here in the neutral zone. Picked up along the board by Dickinson. Here’s a chance in front and he shuts down. A great scoring chance there. Can’t hang on to the puck after taking an off. Picked up along the wall by Dickinson. Huge play in his own end to come up with the puck and the puck sails into the bench forcing a stoppage of play. sneaks away with the puck after he was tangled up on the draw. Great extension on his part to poke it away. Shot stopped by the goender. Keer’s made a great save and even better is the redirect to the corner. Scooped up along the wall by Clark and loses possession after a solid hit. Works it across to Kinsky. Big time stop. Keer has been dominant in the free tonight. He’s turned away a lot of high dangerous shots and he’s really found a way to build some momentum for his team. Give him a real opportunity to win. Passes the puck over to Kinsky. Los Angeles has it against the half wall. The Kings gave possession. Oh, how do they keep it out? What a blocker stop by Knights. The Blackhawks move the puck in the defensive zone. Broken up in the neutral zone by Fiala. Tries to feed it over to Burkovski. Slides the puck to Moore. Broken up at center. Grabbed along the board by Deno. Makes the save. Puck grabbed by Moore. grabs it at his own end. P scooped up by Deno. Dishes it off. Gets a scoop on it. Stopped by the goender. Oh, here we go. This team knows how to turn up another gear. They have done that here. And they go the other way as they clear the zone. Dity Los Angeles gets a hold of the puck against the boards. moves it quickly over to Kempe and that’s broken up by Slagger. Chicago’s been excellent tonight, James. They found ways to work hard on and off of the puck and when they’re away from it, they’ve really done a great job of being in good position to be able to take away lanes and angles, seams, you name it, but it has to translate to something. This is still a close game. And with that, two periods now in the books. Been a great night of hockey here on EA Sports, and we got the third period coming at you in moments. Coaches have shared their final messages. Players are on the ice and period number three is coming up. Here we go. Third period is officially underway. He coughs up the puck after that hit. Comes up with the stop. Tremendous read as he punches it away with the paddle. Oh, and another beauty stop right there. You know that he’s a fierce competitor and he battled to make consecutive saves there. James, still plenty of time left in this frame. LA’s got a slim lead. They lead it 2-1. The Blackhawks win the draw on their own end. Pass to Bic and he stays tall and goal. Big time stop there. He does a great job being such a position here. Otherwise, he’s not going to be able to make that second save, James. But it’s pure athleticism that gets the job done. Oh, he’s stopped. What a save by cover center on the offensive end. Taken along the wall by Kemp. Battle along the wall. Chicago’s got it in their own zone. Here they come up along the wing. handles the puck and he’s able to handle that one. Los Angeles has it in the defensive end, slides it diagonally to Felino and they’ll go the other way with it. Great play by Kempe and he gets in front of that rocket. Quick pass across to Dickinson. Dumps the puck in. LA’s got a hold of it along the wall. Dumalan stick handling in his own zone. Fires it on net. Oh, how did he get a piece of that? Handles it over to Cece. Beautiful read in the defensive end by Here we go. Ps in deep. LA’s got it from behind the net. Takes the pass. Kemp has been quiet tonight and hasn’t contributed offensively and this is a problem for his team who relies on their star sniper. This game’s still close. He’s got to find a way to get his game and get back on track. Scores. They bend, but they don’t break here. James, this is a 200T play. When you take care of business in your own end, it ends up going the other way. It is something that coaches look for how you defend, how you can turn pucks over and get going north. They capitalize, they execute, and they wind up on the score sheet. Still lots of time left here in this frame. Los Angeles continues to lead by a pair of goals. Sends it over to Terra Biden. and he takes the dish. Los Angeles with possession in their own zone. Quick pass to Clark. LA’s gain possession along the boards and that’s intercepted by Viala through the neutral zone and into the offensive end looking to make something happen along the boards. Great positioning in the defensive end. And that pass is deflected in the P. Oh, and he tracks it perfectly in the offensive end. Standing tall with the save and a great save. Absolutely love this save, James. I mean, the shooters in a point blank range right in that low slot and it just taken away grand lararseny. Here’s a shot. You’ll need more than that to beat him. Great mobile. There’s going to be a call on that one. James works it across to Moore. The goalender is quickly off to his bench to get the extra attacker out. Here’s a chance. Let’s see what the officials are calling. The Kings will be forced to serve. Two minutes for crosschecking. Well, crosschecking is the call here. And that’s going to be the pounder special. Anytime you move your hands away from your body and you get your opponent, you know it’s going to be called every single time. Wolf is there as we’re about to drop the power play unit back out onto the ice for another opportunity. They haven’t scored on the power play as of yet here, James. But if they’re able to capitalize, get on the board, guess what? The numbers go up pretty quickly. Score and confirmed. Go into the big piece of this shot here. James has got to make this save. Unfortunately, it trickles in. He’s not going to like it. They’ll want that one back. The Black Hawk style up exactly what they needed a goal here in the third. A lot of push back right now at the latter half of the third period and you know that the coach is going to make some adjustments. You want to have the opportunity to get your star gifted creative offensive players out there when you need to get an equalizer. Well, this game looks like it’s going right down to the wire, James. And one of the most important things to do now is make sure you make good blue line decisions. Keer has been a difference maker tonight here, James. And if you look at the sequence of saves, making the ones that you have to, right, the timeliness of it, finding ways to keep the puck out, and that just infuses confidence throughout the entire group, and you can often see it then the next shift after a big save past the midway mark of the frame. Chicago’s trailing by one. Lab’s won the face off here in the offensive zone. Shots him down. Moves it to Deno. Picked up along the boards by Moore. The Kings move it ahead. Thompson in. Chicago’s got the puck along the boards. Here’s a short pass to Laferny. The Kings have the puck now. Oh, he got a little sliver of it and it stays out. Well, the shooter’s in a coveted spot on the ice right in the middle of it with a good look and he makes an incredible save by getting squared of the puck and turning it aside. Leopard’s working it around in the corner. Can’t hang on to the puck after the play. Tremendous block on the floor. Well, the bench really rush on that one because otherwise it would have been in the back of the net. Chicago’s got the puzzle on the wall. maintain possession through center. Saves it in deep. Los Angeles gains a hold of possession. Picked up along the wall by Dowy. Hugs the boards through the neutral zone. Well, you’re leading late in the game. You’ve got to find a way to kill the clock. You know what the best thing is to do? Make sure it’s not in your zone. That takes the pressure off. And that’s a smart dump right there. He takes the puck into the corner of the offensive end. The Kings gain control of the puck. Under a minute to play in this Dandy breakaway and that chance goes arrive. Well, yeah. And it’s tough here, James. I mean, you know, you’re in all alone and there’s a lot of pressure when you’re on a breakaway. You’ve done all the work to get to that spot and a lot of the time you can overthink it. Looks like he just missed the trigger finger on this one. Here in the later stages of this period, the Kings are giving their fans something to cheer about as they lead it 3-2. Nishar won it in their own end. The Kings have it in the offensive end. The Blackhawks look to start the transition game. Moves the puck over to Blic. Takes the feed. He grabs the puck here at the point. Extra attackers out on the ice. They’re hungry for a goal here and it goes wide. Quick feed to Dickinson trying to get the puck out of his own in clears the zone and they needed that. It’s such a great play, James. I mean, at this time of the game, you have to find a way to get the puck out. You’re under a lot of pressure. You got to be aware of everyone and where they are on the ice and you get the clear. Great play. The net is empty. A big draw here looking inside the offensive end. LA’s won the draw. And that’ll do it for right side here. Well, after an absolute volcanic eruption in the first offensively, it kind of settled down here, Cheryl. More to your style, I would say. Right. As a defender. Yeah, as a defender, it became more defensively structured. And I bet that the coaches had something to say about that, but certainly not as much fun for us. Not as entertaining as the high-flying Octane offense in the first period. And that’ll do it from this one here tonight for all of us at EA Sports. I’m James Sabowski. Good night.
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