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Game Day Thread
Game #74/82 -- 4/1/24
6:00pm on BSW
Los Angeles Kings @ Winnipeg Jets
Canada Life Centre | Winnipeg, MB
Previous Meetings
12/13/23 -- Jets 5, Kings 2
10/17/23 -- Kings 5, Jets 1
**Game Time 6:00PM**
TV: BSW
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio
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Kempe (video), Kopitar & Hiller 3/30 Post-Game Quotes:
Anze Kopitar
On what was missing throughout the night
Yeah, we just weren’t connected as a unit on the ice really. I don’t think our passing was sharp today and throughout the two periods, we had 10 shots on net, which is a result of not passing the puck crisp and getting entries and getting pucks on the net.
On a concerning number of penalties taken, resulting in three PPG against
It’s definitely too many penalties. We’d like to keep it at three and below, so that’s just too much. I don’t think we have to hit the panic button for our penalty kill, it’s been solid all year, so we’ll get back to looking at the video for a bit and correct our mistakes.
On the importance of limiting the highs and low at this stage in the season
That’s the story of an 82-game season, really. You can’t get too high, can’t get too low, so now we’ve got nine left and we’ve obviously got to bring it and make sure that we get into the playoffs and then we’ll go from there.
Jim Hiller
On the areas he felt the team was disconnected
They were quicker, faster, stronger and when you’re stuck behind like we were, the question for me is why were we a step behind? Then, you’re going to look like it did, the first period, they had probably seven, eight Grade-A chances, we had one, it was on the power play.
On if he felt there was a letdown after games against Vancouver and Edmonton
We’ve got to get to the bottom it, because this time of year, we’ve talked about it, we’ve had a pretty good month, we’ve played hard night after night, why weren’t we ready to play hard tonight? That’s the question that we got to find an answer to.
On if he felt the six minor penalties tonight came as a result of being a step behind
What happens when you’re a step behind and it happened all over the ice, is you get frustrated. You get frustrated at yourself, you get frustrated at your teammates, you can’t make a pass, you want to shoot, you’re chasing them. When you chase them, you hook and you hold and that’s what we did. So, it all comes down to not being ready, not moving your feet and then you get frustrated.
On his assessment of the special teams in tonight’s game
Our penalty kill has been outstanding this year, so we’re not going to lay this one on the penalty kill. I’m more concerned with the penalties. We took two slashing penalties in Edmonton, one of them led to a goal and then the penalties tonight, you don’t give yourself a chance, especially when you’re trying to get your legs under you when you’re not playing well. Not good enough.
On how much he felt the team missed a player like Phillip Danault in tonight’s game
Well, for sure we missed him all over the ice. He’s one of those guys that pretty consistently shows up to play hard and we didn’t have enough guys to do that, Phil would have been one, there’s no question. It’s the penalty kill, it’s the faceoffs, it’s the checking. We just didn’t have our checking legs or our checking mindset.
Subject to Change
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
***LINEUP NOT CORRECT - WILL ADJUST WHEN UPDATED***
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JETS PROBABLE LINEUP
Former Kings
Alex Iafallo
Rasmus Kupari
Colin Miller
(draft pick)
Tyler Toffoli
Gabriel Vilardi
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Part 1 - How many TOTAL POINTS will be scored by ALL players who have played on both the Kings and Jets in this game? (including Miller)
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(Iafallo, Kupari, Miller, Toffoli, Vilardi
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PREVIOUS GAME’S WINNERS
Congratulations to the many following posters who opportunely guessed that Kempe, Fiala, Kopitar and Doughty would be the only
players who would get goals and assists in the previous game:
KEMPE 3 POINTS
Rog or Reg?
Drum4Pigs
jammer06
Byron
DRice
randdog
Cross Traffic
Guinevere
beady eye
Rusty
katydid213
VCRW
AngelEyes
Rogie-Vachon
pray4mojo
SirJW
fake_it_make_it
notbob
mugs
Chateau Bow Wow
Hockey53
Bill Hicks
hornman
empire
FIALA 2 POINTS
Rog or Reg?
Dr. Tran
VegasHockey
Drum4Pigs
KernCoKingFan
HiFi
DRice
beady eye
JC6388LAKings
Rusty
VCRW
AngelEyes
sonnyboy11
pray4mojo
SirJW
fake_it_make_it
Kurisu
notbob
Nyssa42
empire
puckoff
Sevenhole
KOPITAR 2 POINTS
Rog or Reg?
Dr. Tran
VegasHockey
Drum4Pigs
jammer06
HiFi
Byron
DRice
Cross Traffic
Guinevere
beady eye
JC6388LAKings
Rusty
katydid213
dannybuoy1
AngelEyes
sonnyboy11
pray4mojo
SirJW
notbob
mugs
Liz4LA
JayWells24
hornman
puckoff
Sevenhole
DOUGHTY 1 POINT
empire
King of the Mountain with 59 points - Rusty
56 pts = Angel Eyes,
55 pts = hornman
54 pts = beady eye, notbob
51 pts = forum gold, jammer06
49 pts = Cross Traffic
48 pts = SirJW, VCRW
47 pts = Guinevere
45 pts = mugs, pray4mojo
44 pts = katydid213, Liz4LA, VegasHockey
43 pts = puckoff
42 pts = Chateau Bow Wow, KernCoKingsFan, Nyssa42, Randdog
39 pts = DRice
38 pts = Bill Hicks, empire, Rogie-Vachon
37 pts = Byron, DRGinLBC, Dr Tran, Rog or Reg?
36 pts = dannybuoy1
35 pts = Drum4Pigs, Shackleford
34 pts = sonnyboy11
32 pts = Kurisu
31 pts = Jerram
27 pts = JETS GARAGE, Rinkrat
26 pts = Madness20721, symbology, TooCool
24 pts = JayWells24
22 pts = KHenry14
21 pts = clif
20 pts = waynet
18 pts = Salty Puck, Sevenhole
17 pts = CIrvine, fake_it_make_it
16 pts = hihocarp
14 pts = HiFi
10 pts = JC6388LAKings
9 pts = cokingsfan
8 pts = Ice24
7 pts = rfischer
6 pts = Busted Chops, Dexter, Hockey53
4 pts = beedee
2 pts = Ragbone, Tiranga
1 pt = PuckMaster, STONE
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