About Last Night: Andersen, Canes Usurp Kings

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesDefense Optional, Andersen Required

It’s not every day where a goalie can allow four goals and you go, “Thank goodness for the goaltending,” at the end of the game.

But when the team in front of them concedes 52 even-strength chances, 43 shots on goal, 11 high-danger chances and four power play opportunities, and yet they still manage to put together over a 0.900 save percentage and pitch a shutout for the final frame, that win is all theirs to savor.

“He had a great third,” said Rod Brind’Amour after the game. “That was the difference in the game. He held us in. We were just doing nothing. Just surviving. That’s where a good goalie, he got us two points by…