Los Angeles defenceman Mike Weaver took advantage of a rare opportunity on Friday night.
Weaver, playing in just his 32nd game this season, scored his first power-play goal in the NHL with 3:29 left in the third period to snap a tie and lift the Kings to a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Left open at the inside edge of the right circle, Weaver sent a shot past Chicago goalie Nikolai Khabibulin high on the glove side after taking a cross-ice pass from Alexander Frolov.
"I noticed they had a lot of their forwards down deep," Weaver said. "So I went backdoor. Frolov saw me and made a nice pass across and gave me some time to wind up."
Mike Weaver's late third period goal holds to lead Kings over Blackhawks 2-1
03-24-2007, 05:51 AM
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