Hop on the Torrey Mitchell bandwagon! Gawk at the impressive scoring statistics of one Andy Andreoff! Give Dion Phaneuf some high fives! Hell, fist-bump Nate Thompson and Jonny Brodzinski while you’re at it.
The expected showdown between longtime rivals Anze Kopitar, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Dustin Brown, Duncan Keith, and Drew Doughty never quite materialized on Monday night. Instead, the Los Angeles Kings overwhelmed the Chicago Blackhawks under a steady torrent of early pressure, and when they needed the goals to back it up, they got them from unexpected sources.