Canucks at Kings game three – First Goal Contest

April 15, 2012 By John Hoven

The Flyers v Penguins game is making it REALLY hard to write anything substantial this afternoon. So, here you go…

– Brad Richardson skated today, still no time table for his return. Told me ’10 days to two weeks’ was the doctor’s original estimate. He’s seeing him again tomorrow.

– Kyle Clifford did not skate and coach Darryl Sutter said he’s hoping to get him back on the ice tomorrow or Tuesday. Rookie Andrei Loktionov is expected to take his place in the line-up again tonight.

– The Canucks will swap goalies, opting to go with Cory Schneider tonight in game three.

As usual, MayorsManor will host a First Goal Contest tonight and just like we’ve done for the first two games of the series, we’ll be giving away a Dustin Brown autographed puck. If you’d like to enter, simply leave a comment below with the LA player you think will score first vs. the Canucks. All correct answers will be pooled together and one random winner will be selected.

Feel free to pick any LA Kings player, other than Kevin Westgarth and Davis Drewiske – both will be healthy scratches tonight.

Good luck!

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