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***New York Rangers vs. LA Kings GDT 12/10/19 7:30pm on FSW***
Official Game Day Thread
Game #32/82 -- 12/10/19
New York Rangers vs. Los Angeles Kings
atCenter | Los Angeles, CA
LA Rams Night
Full Arena Giveaway:
LA Kings + Rams Clear Tote Bag
Last Season?s Meetings:
02/04/19 ? Kings 4, Rangers 3 (OT)
10/28/18 ? Rangers 3, Kings 4
**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, Doughty, Campbell 12-7 Postgame Quotes
Read more quotes and articles at Jon Rosen's Blog here
Todd McLellan, on whether he got the start he was looking for despite the loss:
Yeah, we got it. Power play got us two, and then after that they worked their way back into the game. I thought that the fatigue factor began to take over. I think somebody asked me a week or 10 days ago that question, and I told you I?d tell you when I thought the team was tired. I thought the team was a little tired tonight. Losing Pro for a little while, losing Cliffy didn?t help us. We became a three-line team basically the second half of the game and we ran out of gas a little bit. But a pretty honest effort again by the group. Moral victories aren?t what we aim for but that?s what we?re taking out of the last two games. I thought we were pretty competitive in a lot of areas.
McLellan, on whether fatigue led to the long-ice challenges against:
Well, the fourth one was the one that hurt us because we needed to come out and establish some momentum. That wasn?t fatigue ? that was just a mistake. We misread the rush, our D caught way outside and they ended up scoring. The one prior I thought we could?ve done a better job too, but those are mistakes that build as the night goes on and when you?re tired you?ve got to be really detailed. In those situations we weren?t, and they made us pay. They?re a good team right now. They have a lot of confidence and they took advantage of those situations.
McLellan, on whether he saw the Zac Rinaldo hit:
Well, of course I did. You guys all looked at it too. I?m always asked this question after. What usually happens is one coach says, ?I haven?t looked at it yet,? and the other coach says, ?you know what, I think the player was in a vulnerable position, I think that the head was targeted, I think that the weight went up and I think the feet came off the ice,? so figure out which coach was which. [Reporter: What about the heart from Kyle Clifford standing up for Pro and the moments that followed?] It?s a team move and that?s what Cliffy does for his teammates.
Drew Doughty, on the loss despite the good start:
Just up and down shifts in the second period. They had us hemmed in and we [inaudible] on them, and that?s something we?ve been talking about a lot, is just being consistent shift after shift. We can?t have one good shift and two [??-] shifts, and if you want to play the whole game like that you?re going to lose games, and that?s why we?ve been losing a lot of games lately.
Doughty, on the frustration over not holding a lead:
Yeah, this year anyway, we?ve played very well with the lead, so I thought after the first period with that good start, we thought we?d be comfortable in here, maybe too comfortable. Didn?t push enough in the second, maybe sat back a little bit too much and we allowed them back in the game, and then we were chasing after we got down 3-2 obviously.
Doughty, on the difficulty of losing another one-goal game on the road:
Yeah, it?s getting painful. You can?t just expect scoring from one line and I think that?s what?s been happening. We need all lines to score. One night it?s Kopi?s line, one night it?s Carts? line, one night it?s a different line. We need to have different lines scoring every single night and we haven?t been able to do that right now and it?s why we?re losing.
Doughty, on why he doesn?t like the Calgary media:
Just making that whole thing about the Tkachuk thing ? I?m just sick of it to be honest. It?s nothing against you guys. I know you?re doing your job, but I?m just getting sick of it.
Doughty, on Jack Campbell giving the team a good chance to win:
I mean, I get what you?re saying because Jack doesn?t play as many games, but he stood on his head like he always does. Both of our goalies played great for us this year. We?ve got to score them more goals. Here we go again talking about the same stuff, not scoring enough goals. I feel like we?ve changed things to try to score more goals, and at the beginning of the year I felt like we were giving more offense up against us because of it, and now I think we?ve been playing solid defensively. Our goaltending has been great. We just need to score goals ? that?s it.
Jack Campbell, on whether he felt good about his personal performance despite the loss:
I mean, from a team standpoint I think we did a lot of good things. Individually, if I give up four, it doesn?t matter what I did out there ? it?s not good enough. So, it?s just not good enough. That?s it.
Campbell, on how the team held up at the end of an extended stretch:
No excuses for me. I expect to help this team win games, not just be in games. I think the boys played really hard and they made it 4-2. All season I feel like we?ve been pretty resilient, not giving up, but it?s just not acceptable to give up four goals in my opinion on my end, so that?s the bottom line.
Campbell, on the discrepancy between the team?s home and road records:
I think that?s the frustrating thing, too. I think we?ve played really well at home, and I still think we?re playing well on the road, but sometimes you?ve got to steal one 2-1 on the road or 3-2, and get those big points in these tough buildings. I think we?re playing well enough to win just needed a couple more saves tonight.
Campbell, on Clifford sticking up for Prokhorkin:
I mean, that just sums up Cliff. He?s a warrior, he wasn?t even feeling that great, but still, he stuck up for a teammate just as he always does, and Pro?s a tough guy, too. He came back and he?s been big for us lately and he?s been playing well. I thought the boys just kept battling and stuck with it, just needed a win.
Subject To Change
FORWARDS
Kings Injuries:
Alec Martinez (IR)
Derek Forbort (LTIR)
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Rangers Probable Lineup
(courtesy of www2.dailyfaceoff.com)
FORWARDS
NO Former Kings
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GOALIE COMPARISONS
PLAYER STATS
PACIFIC & METROPOLITAN DIVISION STANDINGS
Today's Poll Question:
The winners of all 4 of Monday?s games scored 5 goals. Last season the Kings beat the Rangers twice by scoring 4 goals. How many GOALS will the WINNING TEAM score tonight?
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 Doughty would get 4 combined shots on goal (4) and hits (0):
hokiecat
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Craig22929
Stormy2213
MaxwellSmart
John a90
ChilledAgua
beady eye
Kurisu
CIrvine
hornman
SirJW
empire
Shackleford
vindogla
And Congratulations to all these posters who correctly guessed that the Kings would score a total of 4 goals on their mini Canadian road trip:
srm1105, MaxwellSmart, Hockey53, Butch 19, GALLY, Rusty, DRGinLBC, sonnyboy11, LAKingSteve, LeftyKing, NotherCastle, KHenry14, Liz4LA, hokiecat, Nyssa42, Kurisu, notbob, empire
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain with 16 points:
LeftyKing
14 points
05/29/93
dannybuoy1
Stormy2213
13 points
beady eye
srm1105
12 points
AngelEyes
hornman
notbob
pray4mojo
Puckmaster
Rusty
VegasHockey
11 points
hokiecat
waynet
10 points
empire
forum gold
JWR
Kurisu
SirJW
9 points
Butch19
jammer06
John a90
KHenry14
MaxwellSmart
8 points
ChilledAgua
Rogie-Vachon
7 points
cokingsfan
CUP4LA
Dr. Tran
DRGinLBC
emsomaso
Ice24
Liz4LA
rozzy
TooCool
vindogla
6 points
Hockey53
Krussadams
LAKingSteve
Sevenhole
sonnyboy11
VCRW
5 points
CIrvine
Craig22929
JayWells24
Joe Laviguer
Nyssa42
4 points
GALLY
Greg33
NotherCastle
3 points
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kingrussell
Ragbone
Rawley19
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