In spite of injuries, Kings take Penguins

On the first shot he faced in league play, Fleury gave up a goal. Then he diverted 46.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Los Angeles spoiled No. 1 draft pick Marc-Andre Fleury's otherwise sensational debut with two special teams goals, and the injury-thinned Kings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 Friday night.
Fleury, the top pick in the June entry draft, couldn't have played much better in his first NHL game, stopping 46 of 49 shots. But the goaltender's talent-depleted team couldn't have played much worse, tying a franchise home record with only 11 shots.
The 18-year-old Fleury gave up a goal on the first shot he faced in the league, Eric Belanger's short-handed breakaway just 38 seconds into the game after he stole the puck from Dick Tarnstrom along the boards.
Fleury, who was playing junior hockey at this time a year ago, took three or four strides out of the net to gather himself. He then made one excellent save after another -- four at point-blank range in one remarkable 15-second span -- until Todd Klatt scored on the first of nearly consecutive five-minute Kings power plays resulting from penalties on Reid Simpson and Brooks Orpik late in the second period.
The standing-room-only crowd of 16,986 cheered every Fleury save, standing in unison midway through the second period to give him an extended standing ovation while chanting, "Fleur-ry, Fleur-ry."
He got another when he turned aside Esa Pirnes' penalty shot at 17:40 of the third. The only even-strength goal he allowed was to Ziggy Palffy with 38 seconds remaining.
Simpson was ejected for checking Lubomir Visnovsky into the boards near the Penguins bench at 15:11 of the second, and Orpik was tossed out in the final minute of the period for leveling Tim Gleason with a knee as they skated through the neutral zone.
The penalties displayed a lack of discipline that new coach Eddie Olczyk said the youngest Penguins team in franchise history must have as it tries to win games with youth, speed and a trapping-style defense designed to limit good scoring chances.
The Penguins' trouble was they barely got many chances themselves. They were outshot 12-2 in the first period and 20-6 in the second and were so woeful offensively that they didn't get their 10th shot until about eight minutes remained.
Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux, playing a personal record 10th consecutive game without a goal dating to last season, didn't get his first shot until 7:10 of the third.