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Artyukhin, Recchi score in first to lift Lightning past Kings

Associated Press

Monday, January 12, 2009

LOS ANGELES -- After scoring the game's first goal, Evgeny Artyukhin put a hit on Drew Doughty that put the Los Angeles Kings' rookie defenseman out for the rest of the game -- ending the first showdown between the league's top two draft picks. Artyukhin and Mark Recchi scored 41 seconds apart late in the first period, Vincent Lecavalier also had a goal, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Kings 3-1 Monday night. But the question on everyone's minds before the game was how Doughty would do ag ...

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