The Los Angeles Kings goaltender, Jason LaBarbera will be out of the action for the rest of the season following a sports hernia surgery. The LA Kings goalie is in the first of his two year extension with the Kings and has not played a game since Feb 18 after injuring his groin. This season has ended for him with a stopping of 1,220 goals out of 1,341 shots at .910 SV% and with a 3.00GAA.

The head coach of the Kings, Crawford, said that it is an unfortunate situation for LaBarbera as he was having a decent season till the injury and said that he had showed all that it takes to be an NHL goalkeeper. He hoped that LaBarbera has got enough time to recoup and can start afresh next season. As LaBarbera is out of the game, the goaltending duties for the kings will either fall on rookie Erik Ersberg as well as on veteran Dan Cloutier. Ersberg, the first Swedish to play as the goaltender for the Kings has a .929 save percentage till now, but has not been able to win a game for the Kings in the three matched he has played so far.

Dustin Brown finished off a perfect Kings shootout yesterday as Los Angeles won for the 2nd time in 8 matches, 3-2 over the Sharks. Kopitar and O’Sullivan scored shootout goals for the Kings against Nabokov, who had stopped twenty-eight of thirty shots in regulation. The Kings ended a 5-game road trip by handing San Jose their 3rd straight setback. Anze Kopitar and Patrick O’Sullivan scored during the 2nd period as Los Angeles overcame a 1-0 deficit. Rivet produced a power-play goal to tie it 3:41 into the 3^rd period.

Dallas Stars 3, New York Rangers 2: Morrow’s power-play goal early in the 3rd period lifted the visiting Dallas Stars over the New York Rangers on Sunday and stretched the Stars’ winning streak to 5 matches. Despite being outshot 41-18, Dallas used a sizzling power play in order to win the 1st of a 6-game road trip that will take the team to all 5 teams in the EC’s Atlantic Division.

Anaheim Ducks 3, Los Angeles Kings 2: Kunitz and Getzlaf scored 3rd-period goals as the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a win over Los Angeles.

Vancouver Canucks 2, Chicago Blackhawks 0: Morrison scored an early goal and Luongo made twenty-seven saves to lead Vancouver over the visiting Blackhawks.