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Kings' middle management needs improvement in Game 5

Puck management becomes increasingly important in tight, lower-scoring playoff games, and in the Western Conference finals, the team that has won the neutral zone has won the games.

Kings in the wrong place at the wrong time

Turnovers were the root cause according to Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, who added those in the neutral zone are what Coach Darryl Sutter "has been hard on us for right now.

Mark Whicker: Happy returns for Kings

Then they meet and disjoint the power play in the neutral zone, and if the opponents do get organized, the Hawks never stop pressuring the shooters.

Blackhawks aren't generating enough shots

The Kings' determined effort to win back the neutral zone and some momentum-killing penalties defused the visitors.

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However, the goal was waived off as Brandon Saad and Kyle Quincey were handed matching roughing minors behind the play for getting in a scrum in the neutral zone along the benches.

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I saw the worst partisanship creep into what should be a neutral zone in national security space," Rogers said in a recent interview.

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Brent Burns blocked a left point shot in his own end and picked the puck up in the neutral zone.

Ducks' Andrew Cogliano happy to win a battle with Datsyuk and Zetterberg

"They're so dangerous through the neutral zone that if you give them any time, they're going to make plays," Cogliano said Wednesday after an optional practice at Anaheim Ice.

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"They shut the neutral zone down really good tonight," said New York defenseman Marc Staal.

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Getzlaf stole the puck in the neutral zone before passing to Bobby Ryan.

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