Balanced Habs steamroll hapless Kings

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03/08/2008 - Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Guillaume Latendresse posted a goal and an assist, as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the lowly Los Angeles Kings, 5-2, in a matinee at the Staples Center.

Patrice Brisebois, Saku Koivu, Andrei Kostitsyn and Tom Kostopoulos also tallied for the Canadiens, who momentarily jumped over New Jersey for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. New Jersey plays Toronto on Saturday night. Roman Hamrlik collected two assists, while Jaroslav Halak, making his first start of the season, finished with 35 saves.

Anze Kopitar registered a goal and an assist for the Kings, who have won just twice in their last 10 games. Rob Blake also scored and Erik Ersberg allowed four goals on 22 shots in defeat.

The Canadiens opened the scoring when Brisebois ripped a slap shot from the right point that deflected off Kopitar, causing the puck to slide between the pads of Ersberg at the 5:09 mark of the second. It was the 400th point of Brisebois' career.

Montreal's top-ranked power play made it 2-0 at 7:40. With Brian Willsie serving a two-minute minor for slashing, Mark Streit fired a shot from the right point and Koivu, skating through the slot, redirected the puck up and over the glove of Ersberg, who had dropped to his knees to protect the lower part of the net.

Latendresse put the Canadiens ahead 3-0 with 7:17 to go, but Los Angeles got on the board courtesy of the power play. On a broken play in front of Halak, Blake cruised down the slot and lifted a loose puck over the goaltender's glove with 3:07 left in the stanza. Blake's tally gave him 700 points in his career and tied Bob Berry (159) for 10th place in franchise history.

Broken glass caused the second-period intermission to be taken with 47 seconds remaining. Following the break, the teams played out the allotted time before switching ends at the start of the third frame.

Kostitsyn restored a three-goal cushion at 3:49 of the third. Tomas Plekanec fed Kostitsyn, who was standing alone in front, and jammed the puck past the left pad of Ersberg.

Kopitar's 29th goal of the season cut the deficit to two at 6:29, but Kostopoulos added an empty-net goal with 1:53 remaining to put the game away.

Los Angeles' Tom Preissing appeared to have scored a power-play goal with about nine minutes left in the first period, but the marker was waved off after Kyle Calder made incidental contact with Halak.

Game Notes

Montreal made its first trip to Los Angeles since March 6, 2004...Plekanec extended his point streak to five games (six goals, three assists)...Montreal wraps up its four-game road trip Sunday in Anaheim...Los Angeles concludes its three-game homestand Monday against Vancouver.

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JUPITER, Fla. -- The Foorida Marlins are preparing for the likelihood that right-hander
Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.

Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.

MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .

''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''

Johnson, who finished 12-7 with a 3.10 ERA in 2007, was supposed to throw on flat ground Saturday. That was canceled when he woke up with pain.

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''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''

Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.

Right-hander Sergio Mitre, who missed most of last season with arm and shoulder problems, also is behind.

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