Stamkos, 雷 （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Kings 4-2 in somber 中心的要素s 中心
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Kings all （機の）カム to work wearing Kobe Bryant's jersey. Two 立ち往生させるs in their dressing room held a uniform and a nameplate for the former Lakers superstar.
When the puck dropped on the first 冒険的な event at 中心的要素s 中心 since Bryant's death, the Tampa Bay 雷 proudly joined their 対抗者s in wearing helmet stickers with "Kobe" and "Gigi" superimposed on a gold heart.
A painful week in Los Angeles continued with two ホッケー teams 支払う／賃金ing 深く心に感じた 尊敬の印s to an 競技者 who 奮起させるd reverence and awe that crossed all 国境s. Even those between sports.
Steven Stamkos had two goals and an 補助装置, and Eric Cernak 得点する／非難する／２０d the tiebreaking goal 早期に in the third period of the 雷's 4-2 victory over the Kings on Wednesday night.
中心的要素s 中心 held a somber pregame 儀式 栄誉（を受ける）ing Bryant and the other eight 犠牲者s of Sunday's ヘリコプター 衝突，墜落. Bryant's two retired jersey numbers hang high on the 塀で囲むs of the building, which was his home for the final 17 years of his two-１０年間 career.
"It certainly wasn´t 平易な," Kings captain Anze Kopitar said of the 儀式. "Even though you know it´s coming, you still get choked up, 明白に. The stature of Kobe, not just in this building, but literally all over the world, it´s going to sting for a while. ... We´re trying to 明白に show 評価 and 尊敬（する）・点 to Mamba before the game, and that´s about it. You still get choked up, really. At least I did."
Los Angeles Kings 左翼 Alex Iafallo wears a sticker on his helmet 栄誉（を受ける）ing Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi before an NHL ホッケー game against the Tampa Bay 雷, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. All the Kings players wore the stickers on their helmets. (AP Photo/Michael Owen パン職人)
Both teams wore the gold stickers 栄誉（を受ける）ing Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, who also 死なせる／死ぬd in the 衝突，墜落. While the Kings all wore Bryant's jersey before the game, the 雷 donned purple T-shirts featuring the same logo on the helmet stickers.
"Just to walk 負かす／撃墜する here to 中心的要素s 中心 before the game and, gosh, the love that´s shown for him outside the 円形競技場," Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. "It just gives you time to 反映する and sit there and understand how much he meant to this city. ... It was a weird first couple of minutes of the game, because there was just no emotion on either 味方する. Once some 団体／死体s got banged, it turned into a ホッケー game, but like I said, a very 井戸／弁護士席-done and tasteful 尊敬の印."
After the 雷 決起大会／結集させるd from a two-goal 赤字 in the second period, Cernak got his fourth goal of the season with a long, かもしれない deflected 発射 through traffic off passes from Stamkos and 統治するing NHL 最高殊勲選手 Nikita Kucherov, who both 延長するd their scori ng streaks to five games.
Stamkos was asked about his favorite memory of Bryant's career, and he quickly について言及するd Kobe's 81-point 業績／成果 against his beloved Toronto Raptors in 2006.
"When I first heard the news, I hadn´t had that feeling before," Stamkos said. "Just 肉親，親類d of in shock, that it wasn´t really, really real. ... So in a way, to be able to be here tonight when they 栄誉（を受ける）d him with the pregame, that was good on them and we're glad 明白に we got to be a part of it under those 堅い circumstances."
Tyler Johnson also 得点する／非難する／２０d, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves and Stamkos 追加するd an empty-逮捕する goal in the final second of the 雷's first 勝利，勝つ in two games after their 10-day break.
"I´m from Sweden, 明白に, and basketball is maybe not the biggest sport, but Kobe Bryant is still someone that everybody knows," 雷 defenseman 勝利者 Hedman said. "Doesn´t 事柄 if you´re a ホッケー player or a サッカー player 支援する home. All my friends, family, everyone knows who Kobe is. ... It was an 栄誉（を受ける） for us as an organization to be a part of that pregame 儀式."
Kings defenseman Drew Doughty 行方不明になるd his first game since April 12, 2014, ending the longest 連続した games streak in franchise history. The 星／主役にする blueliner had played in 460 straight games, but an 公表されていない 傷害 妨げるd him from 控訴ing up even after a 非常に長い break since the Kings' last game.
Tyler Toffoli and Alex Iafallo 得点する／非難する／２０d for Los Angeles. Jonathan Quick stopped 20 発射s while the last-place Kings lost their fifth straight in their return from an 11-day gap between games.
Los Angeles has won one game in January while 落ちるing to the 底（に届く） of the Western 会議／協議会.
"We´ve just got to keep plugging away," Kings coach Todd McLellan said. "I sound like a broken 記録，記録的な／記録する ... but we have no choice but to plod on and try and 直す／買収する，八百長をする this. And in my opinion, we´re doing a pretty good 職業 of it. (But) we´re not winning games, and that´s certainly what the goal of the event is."< /p>
NOTES: Former Kings D Luke Schenn was a scratch for Tampa Bay. He hasn't played in a game for the 雷 since Dec. 31. ... Los Angeles D Derek Forbort also was scratched. He 行方不明になるd practice Monday with the same 支援する 傷害 that 軍隊d him to 行方不明になる the first 43 games of the season. ... Doughty 階級s second の中で NHL スケートをする人s in minutes played per game (26:03).
UP NEXT
雷: Visit the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.
Kings: Visit the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.
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Tampa Bay 雷 中心 Anthony Cirelli (71) reaches for the puck in 前線 of Los Angeles Kings defenseman Joakim Ryan during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen パン職人)
Tampa Bay 雷 左翼 Ondrej Palat, left, checks Los Angeles Kings 左翼 Alex Iafallo during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen パン職人)
Tampa Bay 雷 中心 Steven Stamkos (91) is congratulated after 得点する／非難する／２０ing an empty-逮捕する goal during the third period of the team's NHL ホッケー game against the Los Angeles Kings, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. Tampa Bay won 4-2. (AP Photo/Michael Owen パン職人)
