***Florida Panthers vs. Los Angeles Kings GDT 2/20/20 7:30pm on FSW***

[Nyssa42]

Official Game Day Thread
Game #61/82 -- 2/20/2020







Florida Panthers vs. Los Angeles Kings

at Center | Los Angeles, CA

Galaxy Night
Giveaway to first 15,000 fans in attendance:
LA Kings + Galaxy Scarf

Previous Meeting:

01/16/20 — Kings 3, Panthers 4

**GAME TIME - 7:30 PM**

TV:**Fox Sports West**

Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app

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Todd McLellan 02-18-2020 Post Game Quotes

Read more quotes and articles at LA Kings Insider here

Todd McLellan, on the loss:
I wasn’t obviously overly pleased with our game. There were some good moments and some not so good. Way too loose. It reminded me of the beginning of the year when we gave up a lot of long opportunities, stood in at the blue line without cover, poorly played two-on-ones, and they made us pay for every mistake. Yeah, we fought our way into it in the third period, had a chance, but they were certainly they better team tonight and got what they deserved.
McLellan, on the defensive presence without Alec Martinez:
Well, he’s a tremendous player. Obviously we didn’t play two-on-ones any way that we wanted to. There were numerous opportunities where we poorly played them – went to the puck carrier rather than taking away the back door, didn’t break up passes. Alec is pretty good in that situation, but we have enough confidence in the players that are on this team to get the job done. They just didn’t play really well tonight, so we’ll fix it and we’ll try and get better.
McLellan, on how a structurally sound first period evolved into a surplus of rushes against:
Just we made mistakes. Yeah, we made mistakes, we held in at the blue line a little too long, we didn’t have any type of coverage and we got sloppy. When Scheifele and Wheeler and those types of people are coming down on you, two-on-one, three-on-one, they’re going to score eventually. It doesn’t matter what your goalie does, and we weren’t predictable in covering those two-on-ones. Really disappointed in that situation and I’m disappointed in that sixth goal. I felt we folded our tent and our cards at that point, and those are moments we’ll really address as we go forward. The loss is one thing, but the way we played the last two minutes really pisses me off.
McLellan, on whether the lack of detail is inherent in teams that won’t be playoffs-bound:
Well, it better be there with our group, because it’s the only way we survive. We have to rely on structure and we have to rely on each other to be positionally sound. Know when to gamble, know when not to, we have to commit to playing really good defense, and you can see tonight when we don’t, that’s usually what we get. Let’s face it, if this team scores three goals, we should have a chance to win a game. We didn’t give ourselves that chance tonight.
McLellan, on how much the resilience means, even if the comeback fell short:
Oh, lots. And when you’re standing behind the bench or you’re in the locker room, you almost expect it from this group. There’s no quit in them. They keep fighting back, clawing back. I’ve been on a lot of other teams, going all the way back into junior, where they didn’t have those qualities. This team has that. And you can tell – I’ve said this a million times – there are champions in this room and they’ve got a championship pedigree and they won’t let it happen. When you shoot yourself in the foot and you’re not gifted enough to score on a regular basis, you don’t give yourself a chance. And to me, that was the type of game that we played tonight. [Reporter: Where does that come from … the quality of them having that fight?] Well, they’re proud players. When you win two Cups and your Conn Smythe Trophy winner is your MVP nominee, he’s your Norris Trophy winner, we have all of that in that locker room. They’re proud. They weren’t happy with the performance last year. It began at training camp when they were very upset with their own performance. They were prepared to take on new ideas and new thoughts. They come to the rink every day and want to get better. Haven’t had to slam sticks or yell and scream at practice. For anybody that’s been there all year, I think it comes from their leadership. It should be rubbing off on the younger guys. The hard part for our team is the carrot. You work hard, you work hard, and sometimes you don’t get the carrot. It can be a little disappointing at times, but we’ve got to continue moving forward, work on our structure so as we evolve and come out of this rebuild, we’ll be in a good situation.

Subject To Change

WELCOME, GABE VILARDI!! #42

FORWARDS


So long, Jazz Hands! We'll miss you!!




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Panthers Probable Lineup
(courtesy of www2.dailyfaceoff.com)

FORWARDS









Former King:

Brian Boyle


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GOALIE COMPARISONS




PLAYER STATS





PACIFIC DIVISION & EASTERN WILD CARD STANDINGS






Today's Poll Question:

The Panthers scored 2 goals in the 2nd period last night against the Ducks, including the 1st NHL goal for Aleksi Saarela. How many TOTAL GOALS will be scored in the 2ND PERIOD of tonight’s game by both teams?


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 the total combined pk time in the previous game would be 8:00 (3 points) or within +/-30 seconds (2 points) or within +/-1:30 (1 point)

8:00 3 points:

jammer06


7:30-8:30 2 points:

Kurisu
Hockey53
PuckMaster
SirJW
srm1105
VCRW

6:30-9:30 1 point:
AngelEyes
hokiecat
CIrvine
notbob
forum gold
pray4mojo
Ice24
Sevenhole
waynet
ChilledAgua
hornman
kingrussell


Co-Kings Of The Mountain with 28 points:

LeftyKing
notbob
srm1105

27 points

beady eye

26 points


25 points

hokiecat
VegasHockey

24 points

SirJW
Stormy2213

23 points

05/29/93

22 points

dannybuoy1
hornman

21 points

cokingsfan
JWR

20 points

AngelEyes
jammer06
MaxwellSmart

19 points

Kurisu
pray4mojo
Puckmaster
waynet

18 points

Rusty

17 points

forum gold
Rogie-Vachon

16 points

Liz4LA

15 points

ChilledAgua
empire
Ice24
KHenry14
Nyssa42
rozzy
sonnyboy11

14 points

Butch19
Craig22929
Dr. Tran
kingrussell
vindogla

13 points

Greg33
Hockey53
John a90
Krussadams
VCRW

12 points

TooCool

11 points

CIrvine
DRGinLBC
GALLY

10 points

CUP4LA

9 points

NotherCastle
Sevenhole

8 points

Joe Lavigueur

7 points

emsomaso
JayWells24

6 points

LAKingSteve
Rawley19

5 points

Helvetica
Ragbone

4 points


3 points

randdog

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Any suggestions, pics, poll questions, etc. - email me at lgknyssa42@gmail.com

Photos courtesy of nhl.com.

[Hockey53]

I will guess both teams will score 4 goals in the second period in the Jazz Handless game.Thanks Nyssa

[AngelEyes]

2 goals by both teams in the 2nd period.

[Greg33]

3 goals in the 2nd

[NotherCastle]

3 goals.

[jammer06]

Thank you Nyssa!

I'm guessing 0 goals in the second

[PuckMaster]

1 Goal in the 2nd

Go Kings GO!!!

[GALLY]

2 total goals will be scored in the 2nd period.

[Craig22929]

I'll guess two. If Vilardi were playing tonight instead of Saturday it would be a lot more though as he is the savior!

And thanks as always Nyssa! I can only imagine how tough it is to put these together with so little to be motivated about.

[srm1105]

2 goals

GKG!!!