***Anaheim Ducks vs. LA Kings GDT 12/20/22 7:30pm on BSW & Spanish Radio***

[Nyssa42]

Game Day Thread
Game #35/82 -- 12/20/22




Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings

at | Los Angeles, CA

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Last Season’s Meetings

04/23/22 - Ducks 2, Kings 5
04/19/22 - Kings 3, Ducks 2
02/25/22 - Kings 4, Ducks 1
11/30/21 - Ducks 5, Kings 4 (SO)

**Game Time 7:30pm**

TV:BSW

Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app &
Tu Liga Spanish broadcast on 1330AM

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Jaret Anderson-Dolan (video), Trevor Moore, & Todd McLellan 12/17 Post Game Quotes

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Trevor Moore on his assessment of tonight’s game
I thought that we were alright tonight, it was kind of a neutral-zone game, I guess. They played well, maybe we had a long road trip and all of that stuff, but I thought that we played our game tonight.
Moore on recording back-to-back games, and if it matters how it happened
It doesn’t matter how it happened, but I think we liked the way that it happened. I think we were consistent and we stuck with it the whole time, we decided to play our game unlike Buffalo and Columbus, where we slipped and tried to do it the wrong way. Shootout wins are shootout wins and we’ll take it.
Moore on the team improving in one-goal games as of late
Yeah, I think we’ve played our fair share of high-scoring games, trying to risk it on offense and we learned that’s not our game. We’ve got to just check our way through games and if that ends up being one-goal games than we’ll take it, but I think we’re going to start scoring more goals playing like that.
Moore on improvements on the penalty kill as of late
I think we want to be more aggressive, we kind of got away from that. When we were rolling last year, we call it pressure versus principles and we want to be pressuring the other team when they’re in trouble. I think we’ve been doing that a little better.

Todd McLellan on finding a way to get a win
That was not an easy game for us to play. As I said this morning, I didn’t know if this was going to be a road game or a home game. It felt like a road game driving down, I know how I felt, so I can’t imagine how the players felt. The fact that we stuck with it to the end of the night and got pretty good efforts from a lot of players was a real good sign for us.
McLellan on Anderson-Dolan’s goal coming less than a minute after conceding
Really important shift. They had scored, we got a little momentum back, got our forecheck going again, which fell off in the second period I thought and it was a simple goal. We tried to make a lot of hope passes halfway through the game, through the middle of the rink. We finally played North, went to the pads a couple times and JAD found a rebound. It was a timely goal, it got us back on track, evened up the game and it was from our fourth line. There’s a lot of real positives there.
McLellan on the penalty kill tonight, and getting a kill in OT for the second straight game
Our penalty kill is not where it needs to be, I think that’s evident when you look at the number itself. Then, we have to break down the root causes of what’s going on. Some are completely in our control, others our bounces and good shots and that type of stuff. I thought tonight, our penalty kill did a good job. Even the goal they scored, they re-attacked the net, had a reboundm we had a chance to clear but we didn’t quite get there but the rest of the night we did a pretty darn good job, really good in overtime. When your special teams aren’t elite, which the penalty kill is not right now, sometimes you lose a little confidence in it but I don’t sense that. I felt like it was there in Boston, I felt like it was there tonight, so that’s a positive
McLellan on Pheonix Copley’s performance since joining the Kings
He’s fit in very well which isn’t a surprise. He has experience and carries himself well, guys enjoy being around him and want him to be part of the group. When he’s in the net he looks confident and calm, which can calm things down for all of us. He’s made some really big saves, he’s made some simple easy saves, obviously in the shootout he’s had success back-to-back nights. We have three quality goaltenders in our organizationm they’re all going to have to play at some point. Right now, he’s running hot and we’ll likely keep going there.
McLellan on if he feels the team’s play has trended towards identity over the last two wins
Well, this morning we talked about lessons and if we can string some games together. We might get scored on four times in the next whatever it they’re legitimate goals, that they break us down then great, but if we’re gifting goals, wide-open play, high risk, low-reward situational play that comes back to bite us, than we haven’t learned that lesson yet. I think we’re just in the middle of the test right now, I don’t think we can grade the paper one bit.

Subject To Change

FORWARDS





Kings Injuries

Brendan Lemieux (IR)
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Ducks Probable Lineup
courtesy of dailyfaceoff.com

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NO Former Kings
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GOALIE STATS






PLAYER STATS

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PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS



Tonight’s Poll Question:

The Ducks have the worst Goal Differential in the league, and the Kings have a pathetic -10. What will be the GOAL DIFFERENTIAL in tonight’s game?
You can take 2 guesses.

Take your best guesses in your post below.
The only prize is the glory of seeing your name in the next GDT if you get it right.

Previous Game’s Winners

Congratulations to the many posters who correctly guessed there would be 2 PPG and/or that Trevor Moore would be the GWG in the previous game:

Both (2 points):
Kurisu
DRice
jammer06
Rusty
DRGinLBC
forum gold
VegasHockey
Helvetica
sonnyboy11
Bill Hicks
pray4mojo
Shackleford
KHenry14

2 ppg (1 point):
Clif
srm1105
Byron
beady eye
hornman
John a90
hihocarp

Trevor Moore (1 point):
dannybuoy1
AngelEyes
randdog
SirJW
empire
Nyssa42
kingsmen93
Dirtweazle
Busted Chops

Poll Win Totals

**not updated, but Vegas Hockey got 2 more points to stay at the top

King Of The Mountain
with 25 points:

VegasHockey

24 Points

Kurisu
LeftyKing
srm1105

23 Points


22 Points

DRGinLBC

21 Points

beady eye
Bill Hicks
Liz4LA

20 Points

hornman
randdog
Rusty

19 Points

John a90
SirJW
sonnyboy11

18 Points

AngelEyes
forum gold
RoS

17 Points

Helvetica

16 Points

Clif
pray4mojo

15 Points


14 Points

Chateau Bow Wow
Drice
empire
TooCool

13 Points

jammer 06
Nyssa42

12 Points

KHenry14
Sevenhole

11 Points

hihocarp

10 Points

dannybuoy1
JETS GARAGE
waynet

9 Points

CIrvine

8 Points

Busted Chops
Dr. Tran
kingsmen93
kopinator
notbob
Rogie-Vachon

7 Points


6 Points

beedee

5 Points

Byron
kingrussell

4 Points

Shackleford

3 Points

HTK
salami
STONE

2 Points

05/29/93
Dexter
Dirtweazle
JayWells24
PuckMaster

1 Point

Rinkrat

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[Clif]

-2 or -4

[Chateau Bow Wow]

2 or 3

[Dr. Tran]

2 or 3.

Go Kings Go!

[CIrvine]

Two or three.

[beady eye]

-2 / -4

[jammer06]

Thank you Nyssa!

I'll go 1 or 2 goals differential

Welcome to the wacky holiday season folks

[DRice]

2 or 3

[srm1105]

2 or 3

GKG!!!

[Rusty]

2 or 3 diff