Just being able to field a lineup before the four-day hiatus was considered victory enough Wednesday. Headlining a grocery list of injuries was the announcement that Jonathan Quick will miss this weekend's All-Star game with what general manager Rob Blake described as a "nagging injury" that the goalie has been playing through and will make him ineligible to play Tuesday in Dallas.
"We were desperate," Kuemper said. "You could tell by the way guys were committed in our own zone. We were paying the price it takes to win and we were rewarded for it."
Kuemper's performance came in place of Quick and in front of his father, sister and uncle.