Game Day Thread
Game #72/82 -- 4/4/22
Calgary Flames vs. Los Angeles Kings
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Previous Meetings
11/13/21 - Kings 3, Flames 2 (SO)
12/02/21 - Flames 3, Kings 2
**Game Time 7:30pm**
TV:**BSW**
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
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Sean Durzi & Todd MacLellan 4/2/22 Post Game Quotes
Sean Durzi
On the win and capping the trip on a high note
Yeah, it’s huge. 5 out of 6 points is a pretty good road trip. We knew coming in that good teams find a way and we believe that we’re a good team. We did our best tonight, I thought we played a pretty good period, they had a pretty good push there and we handled it well. We came out with two points and that’s all that matters.
On playing an increased role as of late with others out of the lineup
Yeah, it’s great and I think one thing for me is to just build a complete game for myself. I look at a guy like Drew and he does it all, he really does everything, He’s someone that I’ve really looked up to for my whole life and I’ve learned so much just playing with him this season that you can’t teach in classes, you learn by experience and playing with this guy. I learn from him every single day. I always give him credit for what a great player he is, but with experience this season, I’m feeling more comfortable, making better reads and just more confident in the systems. Reading what players do, tendencies, being used to the NHL speed. A lot of the top players are going to make that extra pass and you have to be ready for it. With experience and having each game, I’m learning a lot, making the most of it.
On if there is any chatter in the room about being able to get into the postseason, or if it’s strictly one game at a time
I mean, it’s a little bit of both. We know what’s at stake, we have a good leadership group who kind of let us know what this is, but for a young guy going through it, and with how many young guys we have, it’s maybe we’re not used to how important this is, to be in this opportunity of playing games right now that matter. There’s a lot of teams that are just finishing their season up, playing hard every night and working on themselves, but we’re playing as a team and we’re playing to win. It’s really exciting. You sit back, look at what’s at stake and it’s exciting for a rookie in the league to have this opportunity and go through it with this group. I think we’re becoming a pretty big family in there, every single win, every single character moment, every blocked shot, every hit you become closer. To go through this run together is something special.
Todd McLellan
On special teams play tonight
Yeah, we sure didn’t want to practice penalty kill for 11, 12 minutes tonight, most of that penalty kill came in the second half of the game. I really thought it was two different games. We played the game we wanted early, halfway through the night we started taking penalties and we gave them every opportunity to get back in. Once we were on the kill, we were spent, we were receiving the game after that. Two games in one, found a way to win on the road, tough schedule, good sign.
On his thoughts on how the team came out early, off of the off day yesterday
Yeah it was. I thought we needed more though from low-minute players tonight and it was a tough game for them to play, because there were so many penalties, but when they got out there, they needed to give us a little bit more. I’m thinking of Lias’ line in particular, by the end of the night we had cut down to three lines, but in the middle of the game, we needed a little bit more from them. It’s a learning opportunity for them, day off on the road, just a little flat there, but those three guys really contributed on the road and they’re going to continue to do that. We believe in them.
On his satisfaction with this road trip on a 1-10 scale
Probably the best way to answer that is five out of six, change the scale to six. This was a tough run. Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg are not easy places to play for a lot of different reasons. Each one of the teams is a little bit different, they all have superstars that are gamebreakers, outstanding goaltending for the most part, tough buildings to play in, not an easy travel schedule. Again, this is what our team needs right now. We need to go through these moments so that we will be better down the road for that. Down the road could be Monday against Calgary, it could be two weeks from now, it could be next year, I don’t know where it’s going to take us. We’re learning lessons as we go.
On the poise Cal Petersen showed in tonight’s win.
That’s a big part of the penalty kill, when your goaltender is calm. He made a lot of first saves and then was real good on scrambles, he got us whistles when we needed them. He knew what was happening in the game, he knew how the momentum was changing and he managed himself really well. Huge part of the win.
On getting shot blocks from Kopitar and Danault in the final 30 seconds
Phil had one in Calgary last night, hit him in the hand, Kopi today, those are our star players and they get it. They do get it. They’re not perfect, they’re going to make mistakes. We want them to score, be in the Top 10 in scoring, but they do some of those little things that allow us to win. I think it was Marc Bergevin that told me the other day that there’s statistical hockey and then there’s winning hockey. What’s nice about most of our guys is that they want to play winning hockey, they don’t give a you know what about their stats, they just want to win. It’s in our DNA, so we do a good job of it.
Subject To Change
FORWARDS
Kings Injuries
Mikey Anderson (LTIR)
Andreas Athanasiou (IR)
Dustin Brown (IR)
Drew Doughty (IR)
Brendan Lemieux (IR)
Blake Lizotte
Matt Roy (IR)
Sean Walker (LTIR)
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Flames Probable Lineup
courtesy of dailyfaceoff.com
FORWARDS
Former Kings
Trevor Lewis
Milan Lucic
Tyler Toffoli
Coach Darryl Sutter
Goaltending Coach Jason Labarbera
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GOALIE STATS
PLAYER STATS
WESTERN CONFERENCE WILD CARD STANDINGS
Tonight’s Poll Question:
How many points will be scored by all players from both teams whose jersey number is 22 or UNDER. (sorry, TT - you’re not in this question)
You can take 3 guesses (1 point for a correct guess)
Previous Game’s Winners
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed that the forwards in the Kings/Jets game would be credited with 9 points:
VegasHockey
forum gold
Clif
Busted Chops
CIrvine
Sevenhole
Helvetica
Shackleford
empire
LeftyKing
hokiecat
hornman
Bill Hicks
And, here's the list of everyone who gets 1 point for correctly guessing that the Kings would total 9 goals on the roadie (question from game 69 GDT)
Rogie-Vachon
DRGinLBC
JayWells24
DRice
hokiecat
beedee
Busted Chops
AngelEyes
randdog
KHenry14
forum gold
hornman
jammer06
LeftyKing
Nyssa42
Chateau Bow Wow
Liz4LA
cokingsfan
hihocarp
SirJW
pray4mojo
Clif
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain
with 51 points:
srm1105
47 Points
VegasHockey
46 Points
AngelEyes
LeftyKing
45 Points
John a90
Liz4LA
44 Points
Reg or Rog?
Sonnyboy11
43 Points
42 Points
Bill Hicks
DRice
Kurisu
41 Points
40 Points
39 Points
Chateau Bow Wow
jammer06
pray4mojo
Rusty
38 Points
hokiecat
hornman
37 Points
Helvetica
36 Points
Nyssa42
35 Points
notbob
34 Points
Busted Chops
Dr. Tran
33 Points
JayWells24
32 Points
kingrussell
31 Points
KHenry14
Shackleford
30 Points
29 Points
Byron
dannybuoy1
28 Points
27 Points
Rogie-Vachon
SirJW
26 Points
STONE
25 Points
24 Points
CIrvine
empire
forum gold
23 Points
Sevenhole
22 Points
21 Points
20 Points
Clif
19 Points
JETS GARAGE
TooCool
18 Points
randdog
17 Points
16 Points
cokingsfan
DRGinLBC
15 Points
14 Points
13 Points
beedee
Dirtweazle
PuckMaster
12 Points
11 Points
Greg33
kopinator
10 Points
beady eye
9 Points
8 Points
kingsmen93
7 Points
MaxwellSmart
6 Points
Joe Laviguer
5 Points
waynet
4 Points
3 Points
2 Points
hihocarp
Ice24
rinkrat
1 Point
Ecktore
lurker
MBreeden
Ragbone
RoS
Salami
Stormy2213
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