Opening a four-game road trip against a surging Kings team that closed the gap to three points, the Flames desperately needed to turn their fortunes around. And Johnny Gaudreau was just the guy to do it. (EricFrancis)
LOS ANGELES – Two goals, an assist and a chokehold takedown few of his teammates will ever let him forget.Starting his latest evening of heroics with a game-opening goal a mere ten seconds in, Gaudreau demonstrated once again why he’s in the Hart Trophy conversation.But because of his leadership.Opening a four-game road trip against a surging Kings team that had closed the gap to three points, Gaudreau’s gang desperately needed to turn their fortunes around.
In on all three goals in a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Kings, Gaudreau also flashed some rarely seen muscle, by dragging down Sean Durzi in a net-front scrum that earned him a penalty. “We took too many penalties, starting with myself on a bonehead play. But our penalty kill did a great job and Marky did a great job. Big win for us to start the road trip off this way.”
Gaudreau atoned for it in the second period when he set up shop behind the Kings net, faking one way before findingMinutes earlier, from the same spot Tkachuk attempted The Michigan, something Gaudreau insisted he never contemplated.
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