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Jack Johnson loves to have the game on his stick at the end of the game and that's exactly what he got last night. The Kings and the Islanders had played through overtime with both teams deadlocked at three. In the shootout, the first five shooters for both teams were stopped, thus it was all up to Johnson as to whether the game would end or continue.

As he skated in, Johnson made a strong deke to his backhand, brought the puck back and finished it off on the forehand. It was a beautiful move that capped off a terrific road trip for the LA Kings. "I have a couple moves that I kind of keep in the back of my head. Fortunately by shooting third, I got to scout the goalie a little bit", Johnson said. "I had somewhat of an idea of what I wanted to do...so I kind of had an idea that I wanted to deke him. I came in with a lot of speed. That's pretty much what I was thinking."

The 4-3 win gave the Kings a 4-1 record on their five game roadtrip and pulled Los Angeles to within two points of the final playoff spot in the West. Over their last eight games, the Kings are 7-1-0 and have scored 32 goals as a team during that stretch.

"This is what we needed and this is what we're starting to expect, coming into games. We've got great goaltending. We've got pretty balanced scoring coming up, and the Kings come into games now expecting to win", Johnson said.

Jack and the Kings will be back in action on Thursday night when they open up a three game homestand against the Calgary Flames.

Posted By: Luke Ventura