Los Angeles Kings admitted they weren’t ready for what they got from the Flames Thursday night.

  Led by defenseman Mark Giordano, who hit Dustin Brown with 4 solid hits, the Flames authored a relentless hard hitting assault on the Western Conference leaders ending up with a 2-1 victory.

  It was the club’s first win after 3-straight losses and once again it was Miikka Kiprusoff preserving the win great save after great save in the 3rd period when the Kings outshot the Flames 16-3.

  But it was the Flames hitting that dominated post-game talk.  The Kings were without 4 regulars and has some of those in the line-up playing with hurts.

  It was solid Flame effort to wear down the Kings but the LA skaters made it a battle to the end and even had a shot go off the side of the Flame net in the final second.

  The final second of the first period saw the Flames gain a 1-0 lead on a Dion Phaneuf PPG that was executed just as it was drawn up.  Jokinen won the face-off over to Iginla, who set the puck up perfectly for Phaneuf.
  Nigel Dawes’ 10th goal in the 3rd period on a pass from Daymond Langkow turned out to be the winner.  Kiprusoff lost his shutout bid when rookie Cory Elkins scored his first NHL goal at 11:06 of the 3rd.

   Flame host Nashville on Saturday afternoon.

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