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Thursday, February 27, 2014

{allcanada} Kings blank Flames in Quick's return from Sochi

CALGARY -- There was no Olympic hangover for Jonathan Quick.

In his first start since returning from the Sochi Olympics, Quick turned aside 25 shots Thursday night to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 2-0 victory against the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

Dustin Brown, who played with Quick on the U.S. team that finished fourth in Sochi, scored 3:00 into the game. Dwight King added an insurance goal 3:30 into the third period.

Quick, who backed up Martin Jones in the Kings' 6-4 win against the Colorado Avalanche in Denver on Wednesday, went 2-2 with a 2.17 goals against average and .923 save percentage in Sochi. He was flawless against the Flames, helping Los Angeles snap Calgary's five-game winning streak at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary hadn't been beaten in its own building since a 5-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Jan. 16.

Calgary rookie Joni Ortio made 22 saves in his first NHL game. Ortio, who was recalled last week from the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League and has also seen time with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL, is the youngest goalie to debut for the Flames since Jean-Sebastien Giguere on Feb. 12, 2000.

The Kings wasted little time welcoming the 22-year-old to the NHL. Brown jabbed the puck between Ortio's legs and into the net on L.A.'s second shot of the game after Kris Russell coughed up the puck.

Quick kept Calgary scoreless through the opening 20 minutes. He used his right pad to stop Mikael Backlund's redirection of Mark Giordano's point shot five minutes into the game, got his left pad on Chris Butler's one-timer off a feed from Jiri Hudler seven minutes later and stopped Hudler's tip with four minutes remaining in the period.

After eight saves in the first period, Quick made 15 in a scoreless second period. His best stops came midway through the period with the teams skating 4-on-4. Giordano slid down from the point but couldn't beat Quick, but Matt Stajan corralled the rebound. He fired a slap shot from the slot that Quick got a piece of before Anze Kopitar batted the rebound out of mid-air and out of harm's way.

The Kings, who improved to 17-0-0 when leading after two periods, extended their lead when Brown's pass from below the goal line found an open King alone in the slot. Ortio stopped his initial shot, but King poked the rebound across the goal line to give Los Angeles a 2-0 lead.

The Kings made life easier for Quick the rest of the way, outshooting Calgary 11-2 in the final 20 minutes.

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