11.   Amazing how the Kings turned around after jettisoning Rob Blake, the granite rock behind the blue line, to the Avalanche.

12.   And Kings defenseman Rob Cowie made a great play keeping a pass inside the blue line with the Kings on a power play.

13.   And Rob Cowie made a great play keeping a pass inside the blue line with the Kings on a power play.

14.   Andres Lilja, who recently played on the wing for the Kings, was back at the blue line.

15.   And they share the blue line, rich in irony.

16.   Another of the slumping Rangers is Brian Leetch, the captain and star defenseman who plays regular shifts and runs the power play from the blue line.

17.   Anytime an offensive opportunity came their way between the blue lines, they closed their eyes to the YIELD signs and drove down ice.

18.   Another checker then confronts the puck carrier between the red line and blue line while other Devils pester would-be pass receipients.

19.   Appropriately, Leetch set Beukeboom up with a long pass back toward the blue line during the first minute of the second period.

20.   As in an improved group along the blue line will translate into more positive results.