Game Day Thread
Game #47/82 - 1/16/26
>>7:30pm<<
on FanDuel
Anaheim Ducks vs. Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena | Los Angeles, CA
**Game Time 7:30pm**
TV: FanDuel
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Radio: ESPN LA app, Kings app, & Sirius
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Mikey Anderson & Jim Hiller 1/14 Post-Game Quotes
Mikey Anderson
On the team’s recent run of wins and losses as of late
Frustrating. It’s the way it’s going. Sometimes it’s a [crap] bounce, finds a way, sometimes, we can find a way to kill a penalty, but again, we tie it at the end. We’ve just got to find a way to find a way to try and get the extra point. Right now, it’s not going our way.
On what he needs to do as a leader to keep the group moving forward
You’ve got to try and stay positive. Like you said, we’ve been playing pretty good hockey in some of these last couple games, we haven’t been giving up too much. Sometimes it’s a bad bounce, sometimes we can’t get a bounce but it’s trying to stick with it, keep everyone in a good mindset, keep doing it the right way. If you do it enough over time, I think it’s got to switch, so try and stick with it.
On his frustration tonight as a fairly even-keeled leader of the team
You look at where everyone is in the standings, it’s you win four games, or even two games, you can jump up four spots. You play a team in your division, feel like you play a pretty good game and the extra point can be a big difference right now. So, we’re happy to get the point, but yeah, I think everyone’s just a little frustrated. We’ve got to stay positive and keep doing it the right way, stick together and then we’ll get through it.
On how much of the frustrations stems from losing games in similar ways
If we look back at the Dallas game, it’s one bounce, hits my shinpad late in the game, goes in. It’s a bad bounce, but if I find a way to block it, make sure it doesn’t get to the net, who knows? We’ve got a good group in here, guys are tight, we want to keep doing it for each other. I think we’ve been playing good, it’s just we’ve got to find a way to get through and get two points instead of one or none.
Jim Hiller
On how difficult it is right now to keep the group together in a tough stretch
Right now, it’s not that difficult, because they know how hard they’re playing, they’re playing together, they’re playing nose to nose with the best teams in the NHL. I mean, you guys can see it, I’m not making crap up, they’re right there with them. So, as difficult as it is, as emotional as it is, they know they’re right there. So, it sucks. But they shouldn’t feel bad about themselves. They’re playing hard here.
On why the frustration in the room felt greater tonight than it has in past games
Emotionally, it’s a difficult job to have. You have to be concentrated, you have to be willing to sacrifice your body at different times. So, to do that over and over and over again and not get the results we feel like we should get by doing it, you’re going to be emotional. You just are. That’s just the way it goes. So, I don’t begrudge them for being emotional, but we come back with the same effort. It’s all we can do. I’ve been saying it for a while, we’re going to get on a run. It’s just really hard to believe that we haven’t yet.
On his own emotions right now after a trying stretch for the team
I used the word, for me, was disappointed. Are the players? I mean, I can’t control that. You guys talk to them right after, it’s an emotional time, if they’re saying they’re frustrated, I understand that. My point was, I believe frustration is just a bit of a wasted emotion. For me, disappointed is a better approach to take, because you can get back over that quicker. I think frustration can build too much. Maybe it’s semantics, I don’t know, but that’s just how I think about it, but again, they have a right to feel the way they’re feeling, because the good things that happened for us last year, maybe we got on the right side of some of them and they’re just not happening for us thus far. We talked about it the other day, is the season slipping away, there’s how many games left? 46 [played] tonight. There’s a lot of hockey left. There’s no question we’re going to have to get on a roll to make some points up, but I’m really confident that we will, if we play like that.
On if the Kings need more offensively from their top guys, like Kempe’s play on Clarke’s goal
Yeah, I mean if you go up and down the scoring of all the teams, it’s usually top heavy. Salary cap and everything else, it’s top heavy. Eichel gets three assists tonight and you need your top guys to produce. They get paid the money and they’re the guys that generally get leaned upon, right, for good reasons, because they have a track record of doing it. So, our guys have been snakebit a little bit tonight. I thought Juice was as dangerous tonight as he’s been, he had three, that I remember, really good looks. That’s a positive and then a really nice pass to Clarkie sneaking down the backside.
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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**POLL QUESTION GAME**
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PREVIOUS GAME'S WINNERS
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed the forwards would combine for 12 points
and/or that the defense would combine for 2:
Both (2 points):
Rogie-Vachon
empire
HiFi
Shackleford
Dr. Tran
Forwards 12 (1 point):
AngelEyes
Hockey53
symbology
motalare
RoS
DRice
Defense 2 (1 point):
McSorleyFan
Drum4Pigs
beady eye
Liz4LA
Chateau Bow Wow
Clif
POLL GAME WIN TOTALS
King of the Mountain - 49 points
DRice
46 points
KernCoKingFan
42 points
Nyssa42
40 points
Chateau Bow Wow
Drum4Pigs
39 points
Clif
VegasHockey
37 points
Birdman
Guinevere
VCRW
36 points
Cross Traffic
motolare
mugs
RoS
Rusty
35 points
Angel Eyes
HiFi
jammer06
Rogie-Vachon
34 points
empire
pray4mojo
33 points
Liz4LA
SirJW
32 points
Forum Gold
randdog
31 points
Hockey53
hornman
notbob
29 points
dannybuoy1
DRGinLBC
McSorleyFan
symbology
27 points
beady eye
26 points
Dr. Tran
25 points
sonnyboy11
24 points
TooCool
21 points
CIrvine
Shackleford
20 pts
Rog or Reg?
12 points
Ecktore
9 points
ICE24
JC6388LAKings
6 points
kingsmen93
5 points
Rinkrat
3 points
JETS GARAGE
2 points
Sevenhole
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