Oct 15, 2000 

GOAL SCORING:

1ST PRD:  LOS - GLEN MURRAY 2 (ROB BLAKE, NELSON EMERSON) 1:00
                 PHO - KEITH CARNEY 1 (TRAVIS GREEN, SHANE DOAN) 11:46
                 LOS - (PP) LUC ROBITAILLE 6 (ROB BLAKE, BRYAN SMOLINSKI) 12:47
2ND PRD: PHO - TRAVIS GREEN 1 (SHANE DOAN, JYRKI LUMME) 0:40
                 PHO - (PP) JEREMY ROENICK 3 (SHANE DOAN, KEITH TKACHUK) 7:28
                 PHO - JEREMY ROENICK 4 (KEITH TKACHUK, MIKA ALATALO) 9:17
                 LOS - ZIGMUND PALFFY 5 (LUC ROBITAILLE, ERIC BELANGER) 14:50
3RD PRD: PHO - BRAD MAY 2 (LANDON WILSON, WYATT SMITH) 3:54
                 PHO - (PP) JOE JUNEAU 1 (MIKA ALATALO, JYRKI LUMME) 6:27
                 LOS - NELSON EMERSON 1 (GLEN MURRAY, ERIC BELANGER) 12:23
                 LOS - (PP) ZIGMUND PALFFY 6 (ROB BLAKE, MATHIEU SCHNEIDER) 16:16

POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: PHO - 2 OF 4, LOS - 2 OF 5.

SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
                                ---    ---    ---     -----
                PHO         5     10      6       21
                LOS        14     11    10       35

GOALIES: PHO - ROBERT ESCHE
                 LOS - JAMIE STORR, STEVE PASSMORE(9:17,2ND)

OFFICIALS: REF - LEGGO, OHALLORAN
                    LIN - MITTON, MACH

ATT: 14,457 

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Los Angeles, G Murray 2 (R Blake, Emerson), 1:00. 2, Phoenix, Carney 1 (Green, Doan), 11:46. 3, Los Angeles, Robitaille 6 (power play) (R Blake, Smolinski), 12:47. Penalties: Wilson, Pho (roughing), 3:10; Smith, Pho (hooking), 12:01; Modry, L.A. (tripping), 4:22.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: 4, Phoenix, Green 1 (Doan, Lumme), 0:40. 5, Phoenix, Roenick 3 (power play) (Doan, Tkachuk), 7:28. 6, Phoenix, Roenick 4 (Tkachuk, Alatalo), 9:17. 7, Los Angeles, Palffy 5 (Belanger, Robitaille), 14:50. Penalties: Karalahti, L.A. (tripping), 1:01; Modry, L.A. (Obstr hooking), 6:39; Wilson, Pho (fighting major), 14:19; Laperriere, L.A. (fighting major), 14:19; Carney, Pho (cross checking), 17:42.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: 8, Phoenix, May 2 (Wilson, Smith), 3:54. 9, Phoenix, Juneau 1 (power play) (Alatalo, Lumme), 6:26. 10, Los Angeles, Emerson 1 (G Murray, Belanger), 12:23. 11, Los Angeles, Palffy 6 (power play) (R Blake, M Schneider), 16:16. Penalties: Smolinski, L.A. (roughing), 4:34; Sullivan, Pho (interference), 10:00; Vaananen, Pho (roughing), 15:45.

Shots on goal:
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Phoenix         5 10   6--21
Los Angeles 14 11 10--35
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Power-play Conversions: Pho - 2 of 4, Los - 2 of 5. Goalies: Phoenix, Esche (35 shots, 30 saves; record: 1-0-0). Los Angeles, Storr (11, 7), Passmore (9:17 of 2nd period, 10, 8; record: 1-1-0). A:14,457. Referees: Leggo, Ohalloran. Linesmen: Mitton, Mach. 

Game Story

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jamie Storr missed a team meeting on Friday and should have skipped tonight's contest as well.

Jeremy Roenick scored twice in a 1:49 span of the second period as the Phoenix Coyotes overcame a phantom goal and snapped the Kings' three-game unbeaten streak with a 6-5 victory.

Storr was benched for Friday's contest against Boston after missing a team meeting, then watched backup Steve Passmore pick up his first shutout in a 5-0 triumph. Storr could not bounce back but avoided a loss when the Kings rallied.

Roenick broke a 2-2 tie during a power play with 12:32 left in the second period. He received a pass from Shane Doan just outside the crease and redirected it past Storr.

The 30-year-old center struck again less than two minutes later with his fourth of the season for a two-goal lead. Keith Tkachuk won control of the puck behind the net and worked it to the right side for Roenick, who backhanded it in for his first multi-goal contest since March 1 against Carolina.

"I think the biggest adjustment we had to make was re-controlling our emotions going into the second (period)," Coyotes coach Bobby Francis said. "You can come up with an excuse or you can come up with a solution. I think the guys really have to be commended with their performance."

Storr was replaced by Passmore after making just seven saves on 11 shots.

"It was a frustrating game," Storr said. "It won't be a good feeling leaving the rink tonight. It was one of those games where you look up at the shot clock and it's a lot worse than it is. We made it into a great game, but it should have never got to that point."

"I felt there were two reasons (for the change)," Kings coach Andy Murray added. "First of all, the guy was not getting the job done and I felt we needed a pulse. I didn't need a third one."

Ziggy Palffy scored the first of his two goals later in the period to bring Los Angeles within 4-3, but Brad May and Joe Juneau tallied early in the third for a three-goal margin.

Nelson Emerson and Palffy scored late as the Kings closed within one, but they could not complete the comeback and suffered their first home loss of the season. They outscored opponents, 16-5, during the unbeaten streak.

Palffy has scored a goal in five straight games and has 201 career in his career. He and teammate Luc Robitaille each tallied their sixth goals of the season to tie St. Louis' Scott Young for the league lead.

Los Angeles has scored a power-play goal in its last five games.

Travis Green and Keith Carney also tallied for the Coyotes, who scored six goals for the second straight contest. They have at least four goals in four of their five games this season.

The Kings received a break 60 seconds into the contest. Glen Murray fired a slap shot that was a foot wide of the right goalpost, but the puck snuck in through a hole in the net.

Replay officials looked at it briefly and incorrectly ruled it a goal, drawing the ire of Francis when the play was showed on the scoreboard.

"We're all humans and we all make mistakes," Francis said. "Obviously, a mistake was made, so that's the only comment I'll make."

"Somebody up there should get fined because that can't happen," Tkachuk said. "You never know. That could have cost us the game. Fortunately, we still got the win."

Roenick knew right away the goal should not have counted.

"I was looking at the net and the only place I could see an opening was where they tied the net to the post," he said. "There is a gap there that is a little bigger than normal. But it was pretty obvious that it went in the side of the net."

The controversial goal was similar to John LeClair's tally for Philadelphia in Game Two of last season's Eastern Conference quarterfinals against Buffalo.