Quick returns for 1st game since season opener

Jonathan Quick is back.

The Los Angeles Kings netminder received the start Saturday versus the Anaheim Ducks, marking his first appearance since being injured in the season opener.

He was activated from injured reserve earlier Saturday.

Quick was hurt in the first period of the Kings' season debut against the San Jose Sharks on Oct. 12, and missed the next 59 contests with a groin injury in the same area as the groin strain that forced him to miss two months in 2013.

The Kings assigned netminder Jeff Zatkoff to the AHL's Ontario Reign in a corresponding move. He went 2-7-1 with a 2.95 GAA and .879 save percentage while serving as Peter Budaj's backup.

Budaj was relied upon heavily in Quick's absence and he held his own behind Los Angeles' stingy defense, going 27-20-3 with a 2.12 GAA, a .917 save percentage, and seven shutouts.