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***San Jose Sharks vs. LA Kings GDT 11/25/19 7:30pm on FSW***
Official Game Day Thread
Game #24/82 -- 11/25/19
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THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE
Presented by Blue Shield of California
The LA Kings and the Kings Care Foundation will be collecting non-perishable food items before the game! Donation sites will be set up at each entrance outside STAPLES Center. Each donation will get you a raffle ticket, and one lucky donor will win a prize!
San Jose Sharks vs. Los Angeles Kings
atCenter | Los Angeles, CA
Native American Heritage Night
presented by San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Last Season’s Meetings:
03/21/19 — Sharks 2, Kings 4
01/07/19 — Kings 1, Sharks 3
12/22/18 — Kings 3, Sharks 2 (OT)
10/05/18 — Sharks 3, Kings 2 (OT)
GAME TIME **7:30PM**
TV:**Fox Sports West**
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
Please remember, DO NOT post links to Live Game Streams in the GDT or anywhere else on LGK
McLellan, Martinez, Lizotte 11-23 Postgame Quotes
Read more quotes and articles at Jon Rosen's Blog here
Todd McLellan, on the team keeping the score close but not generating the desired result:
No, it was certainly not the result we wanted, and we’re not playing to stay close, obviously we’re playing to try and win. I thought the game tonight was a much better effort than we saw last week or Monday or whenever we were in Arizona. I thought we created more, we played with a little more authority. Didn’t start that way. Didn’t think our start was really energetic or alive, and later in the first we got it. From there on, I thought we had what we needed to give ourselves a chance. The goals that were scored on us, the penalty kill goal, we made a bit of a mistake and they made us pay, but I thought the second one, we got impatient. We were rolling around, we were doing some of the things we wanted to do, we forced a puck and had a little bad luck in our end when it went off Ryan and went to them. But after that, they’re the number one team in the league goals-against-wise for a reason. They were able to shut it down, had some good looks but it didn’t go in. We’ll take a close look at what we’re doing in and around the blue paint. Are we making it hard on the goaltender or are we making it easy? When you’re not producing on that many shots, it’s the first thing you think about. You realize that some are fluff shots from the outside, but the true good scoring chances, are we making it hard on the goalie in around the paint and being in his eyes, or are we peeling off a little too early, and we’ll have to look at that, and if it is the case, we’ll fix it.
McLellan, on Nikolai Prokhorkin adjusting to the smaller ice to make plays:
Yeah, that’s part of his game and part of his adjustment period. I think he’s been here long enough now to have felt it, especially practice-wise, and he got a good group of games in the American League where obviously playing on the same sized ice surface. I tend to like him a little better in the middle. We’ve tried him on the wing here the last little bit, but he is getting more confident, he shows us a skill level, he’s able to use his size, I think his feet, his legs, his skating are improving, but it has to get a little bit quicker and better. But he’s showing signs of being a confident player right now, and as we go forward and get guys in and out, his job is to stay as ready as he possibly can and stay in the lineup.
McLellan, on whether he’s had a chance to spend time with Make-A-Wish participant Jacob Brown:
I have, yep. We come to play hockey, we come and watch the game, we pay to be a fan and we have to go work and do all those things, but the real story – all the kids, especially, but also the adults that are fighting their own fight with cancer – we play hockey. They fight their battles, and Jacob’s one of them. He’s brought a lot of joy to our team. His life hasn’t been pleasant, obviously. He’s had to be a fighter. But when he walked in, our guys all had big smiles on their faces. A lot of what went on here today was obviously planned. But our players took it a step further. They wanted him to be part of warm-up. Not just on the bench, ‘get out here and skate with us.’ They wanted him in the locker room dressing with them. They wanted him to be a part of the starting lineup, to read the lineup in the locker room, and regardless of whether we win games or not, when you’re part of an organization you take a lot of pride in how the players respond to situations like that, and we might not be first place in the standings right now but in my mind we’re first place in being classy individuals – at least on this day, and we’re proud of that.
Alec Martinez, on where the improvements over Monday occurred:
I think we didn’t have the start that we needed, and if you ask any guy in this room, the first period wasn’t good enough. That said, in the second and third I thought that we did a lot of good things. I thought we got in on the forecheck and made it really tough on their D. We got some turnovers and created some opportunities. Give credit to them – they’re the number one defensive team in the league in terms of goals-against, and they showed that tonight.
Martinez, on what the Coyotes do well to limit opposing offenses:
I think they stick to their system. They’ve got good defensive players, good smart players. Obviously, they’ve gotten goaltending as well, and that always helps. But I think that they just have a pretty good commitment to their team game, their team defensive game.
Martinez, on whether it’s frustrating to control the play but lose the game:
I mean, yeah, it’s frustrating after the game, but while it’s happening it’s important not to get frustrated. That’s probably their intention. They want to frustrate you, they want to keep limiting your chances or keep shots to the outside. At the end of the day, against a team like that, you’ve got to stay patient and just play the game the right way, and then you will get chances.
Martinez, on Jacob Brown taking warm-ups, and the team’s efforts to make him comfortable:
Yeah, it’s awesome. He’s been a really bright spot to be around. Anytime you have an opportunity to do something like that I think it’s really important, and I think we have an obligation as an athlete to give back. He’s a great kid. You can tell – he was loving every minute of it, and to have a guy out there, you try to give him a couple stick taps or a couple pads on the shins, you have him go ahead of you, take your spot in the shooting or something like that. Obviously, we play a game, and he’s in a bigger fight than the rest of us, and it’s important to acknowledge that and help make peoples’ day just a little bit better.
Blake Lizotte, on the loss:
We came up short which was disappointing, but we battled hard for the last 40 minutes. I didn’t think our first 20 were very good. But the last 40 I thought for the most part we competed hard. I think it’s a testament to our aggressive play. My line tonight, I thought we played well the last 40 minutes. We were aggressive on the forecheck, sometimes they just don’t go in, which was the case tonight.
Lizotte, on carrying play but losing the game:
It’s the best league in the world. All it takes is one mistake. Five-on-five tonight we were good, except for 30 seconds, and that’s the difference. They capitalized on a mistake of ours and that’s the difference. The pucks didn’t go in the net for us tonight, and that’s just the way it goes.
Subject To Change
FORWARDS
Kings Injuries:
Trevor Lewis (IR)
Derek Forbort (LTIR)
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Sharks Probable Lineup
(courtesy of www2.dailyfaceoff.com)
FORWARDS
Former Cup Winning King:
Martin Jones
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GOALIE COMPARISONS
PLAYER STATS
PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS
Today's Poll Question:
The Sharks have the best penalty kill in the league, but they are also 2nd in most penalty minutes, taking nearly 12:00 per game. How many minutes:seconds of this game will be played with at least a 1-man advantage by either team? (the total man-advantage time for both teams combined) +/- 2:00 will get 1 point. Within :30 of the actual total will get 2 points. use the mins:secs format for your guess.
Take your best guess in your post below.
The only prize is the glory of seeing your name in the next GDT if you get it right.
Previous Poll Winners:
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed that there would be 2 goals scored in the 3rd period by both teams in the previous game:
Hockey53
ChilledAgua
AngelEyes
forum gold
LeftyKing
VCRW
CUP4LA
Stormy2213
notbob
srm1105
Sonnyboy11
05/29/93
Craig22929
VegasHockey
cokingsfan
waynet
vindogla
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain with 14 points:
LeftyKing
11 points
05/29/93
AngelEyes
srm1105
10 points
beady eye
dannybuoy1
hornman
pray4mojo
Stormy2213
9 points
forum gold
JWR
SirJW
VegasHockey
8 points
hokiecat
notbob
Puckmaster
Rusty
7 points
Butch19
CUP4LA
empire
emsomaso
John a90
KHenry14
MaxwellSmart
Rogie-Vachon
TooCool
6 points
ChilledAgua
cokingsfan
Dr. Tran
Ice24
jammer06
Kurisu
VCRW
vindogla
waynet
5 points
DRGinLBC
Hockey53
Joe Laviguer
LAKingSteve
rozzy
Sevenhole
sonnyboy11
4 points
Krussadams
3 points
CIrvine
GALLY
Greg33
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JayWells24
kingrussell
Liz4LA
Ragbone
Rawley19
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