We're not going to make any changes. We've been successful in the past and we expect to be successful in the future. Tugnutt had 30 saves through the first two periods. He stoned Zigmund Palffy on a breakaway early in the first before making a flopping glove stop on Luc Robitaille, after getting caught out of the net with just under four minutes left in the second. During a Kings power-play seconds later, Tugnutt made a flurry of saves on Robitaille and Bryan Smolinski on the doorstep.
Nothing is better than winning.
When you play the best, it brings the best out of you. But not every great stop was made by Tugnutt. With just over eight minutes remaining in the second period, Robitaille stared at an open net from the right side, but Blue Jackets defenseman Jamie Pushor skated into the crease and made a kick save of his own. Los Angeles finally solved Tugnutt with two seconds left in the second period on Jozef Stumpel's deflected power-play goal but was stopped on its final 15 shots. We knew they'd play hard.