Game Day Thread
Game #17/82 -- 11/12/22
Detroit Red Wings vs. Los Angeles Kings
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Previous Meeting
10/17/22 - Red Wings 4, Kings 5 (OT)
**Game Time 7:30pm Pacific**
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Kevin Fiala, Phillip Danault & Todd McLellan 11/10 Post Game Quotes
Kevin Fiala
on getting the win tonight over Chicago
Yeah, it was a really tight game from both teams, both goaltenders played unbelievable. That was kind of like a playoff game and it’s nice that we’ve won.
Fiala on the Kings tightening things up defensively
For sure, that was our goal over the last couple of weeks. We started our season with a lot of goals for and against and we’re just trying to eliminate those Grade-A chances for the other team. I feel like over the last few games here we’ve done a good job.
Fiala on the team’s 5-on-5 control tonight, and improvements overall as of late
Yes, I feel like that too, I feel like we controlled the game. We’re just playing 60 minutes over the last few games and it’s very nice to see. We just have to keep it up.
Phil Danault on if he knew how much time was left when he fed Fiala
I didn’t know [exactly how much time was left], but I knew when I went on there were 59 seconds left and it was a long shift, it felt like three minutes, two faceoffs there too. I didn’t know, but a great ending.
Danault on playing more to the identity of the team at 5-on-5
Yeah, I think we’re respecting our system way more than we were at the beginning of the year. This is more of Kings hockey right now. We’re playing good defensively, which creates some frustration for the other team and we’re creating chances on our side. That’s Kings hockey right now.
Danault on beating a strong goaltending performance against
Yes, but it’s also a challenge. We were playing better and they were fresh, they only had one game in 4-5 days, so it was a big two points for us, huge. Their goalie was really good today but so was Quickie, so I think it was an outstanding job all around.
Todd McLellan on his assessment of tonight’s game, specifically the team’s play at 5-on-5
It was a tough night. 5-on-5, I thought we were up and down as the night went on but we stuck with it. They played hard, they blocked a lot of shots again, they packed it in around the net, their goaltender made some good saves. It was a well and hard fought two points for our team. The other side of that question is probably power play and penalty kill and we took three o-zone penalties, and that was in the first half of the game, that took a lot of players out of the rhythm of the game on a night that was hard to play in, because of the way they checked. So, that part of it threw the rhythm off a little bit, but at the end of the night, we put two points in the bank. It probably wasn’t our best game, but sometimes you have to win that way, that’s part of evolving as a team. When you’re in the mud and it’s not smooth, it’s a chip here and dump out there, it might not be the way you want to play, but sometimes that’s what you have to do and find a way to win at the end and we did that.
McLellan on if he felt there were similarities between tonight’s game and the game in Chicago
There are a lot of similarities. The way the game evolved, I think after the second period, we’d only given up six or seven shots on goal at even strength, the other 10 came from their power play. We didn’t have to kill as many penalties in Chicago as we did here and obviously with the quality of some of their players on that powerplay they can make you pay, so that was the major difference in the game. The way it rolled out, the overtime the score, a lot of similarities.
McLellan on the overtime game-winning goal
They entered the zone and what was good about the entry is that Phil’s a left-handed shot and he could pull the puck back across his body and kind of cross and protect it as it went. He had another lefty with him, so the side of the ice that we came in on was valuable to us. We could go lateral, he made a real good play and still had a lefty over on the outside for the rebound. I think that’s game management, that’s awareness and they also knew the time on the clock, so there was no fooling around. As soon as the puck went out to Kevin he knew he had to shoot it and he made it count. That’s how I saw that play evolve, a lot of it had to do with hands and the side of the ice that we entered on.
McLellan on the continued struggles of the power play
We’re still working on things. We’re a little disjointed, the timing and rhythm are off. For me, power plays are about rhythm and we don’t have a lot of rhythm in ours right now. One’s going east, the other is going west, we’re just not sure or predictable of what might happen next. We can fix it and we will.
McLellan on Adrian Kempe’s goals drying up as of late, but the chances he created
I think that he had numerous opportunities to score, I think he had two or three pieces of metal tonight and that’s going to happen. When you’re Adrian and you’re counted on, there are some expectations on you to score and finish and when it’s not quite going well for you, you have to be able to put that aside and play all the other parts of the game. I sense a little frustration in him and when he gets frustrated, sometimes the other things don’t go as well either, but I think that’s a process of him learning to become a full-time goalscorer. When it doesn’t go well, there are other things you can really do well, and you know he wasn’t he wasn’t a poor player by any means tonight, but there are some things that he can control, when it comes to frustration.
Yeah, it was a really tight game from both teams, both goaltenders played unbelievable. That was kind of like a playoff game and it’s nice that we’ve won.
Fiala on the Kings tightening things up defensively
For sure, that was our goal over the last couple of weeks. We started our season with a lot of goals for and against and we’re just trying to eliminate those Grade-A chances for the other team. I feel like over the last few games here we’ve done a good job.
Fiala on the team’s 5-on-5 control tonight, and improvements overall as of late
Yes, I feel like that too, I feel like we controlled the game. We’re just playing 60 minutes over the last few games and it’s very nice to see. We just have to keep it up.
Phil Danault on if he knew how much time was left when he fed Fiala
I didn’t know [exactly how much time was left], but I knew when I went on there were 59 seconds left and it was a long shift, it felt like three minutes, two faceoffs there too. I didn’t know, but a great ending.
Danault on playing more to the identity of the team at 5-on-5
Yeah, I think we’re respecting our system way more than we were at the beginning of the year. This is more of Kings hockey right now. We’re playing good defensively, which creates some frustration for the other team and we’re creating chances on our side. That’s Kings hockey right now.
Danault on beating a strong goaltending performance against
Yes, but it’s also a challenge. We were playing better and they were fresh, they only had one game in 4-5 days, so it was a big two points for us, huge. Their goalie was really good today but so was Quickie, so I think it was an outstanding job all around.
Todd McLellan on his assessment of tonight’s game, specifically the team’s play at 5-on-5
It was a tough night. 5-on-5, I thought we were up and down as the night went on but we stuck with it. They played hard, they blocked a lot of shots again, they packed it in around the net, their goaltender made some good saves. It was a well and hard fought two points for our team. The other side of that question is probably power play and penalty kill and we took three o-zone penalties, and that was in the first half of the game, that took a lot of players out of the rhythm of the game on a night that was hard to play in, because of the way they checked. So, that part of it threw the rhythm off a little bit, but at the end of the night, we put two points in the bank. It probably wasn’t our best game, but sometimes you have to win that way, that’s part of evolving as a team. When you’re in the mud and it’s not smooth, it’s a chip here and dump out there, it might not be the way you want to play, but sometimes that’s what you have to do and find a way to win at the end and we did that.
McLellan on if he felt there were similarities between tonight’s game and the game in Chicago
There are a lot of similarities. The way the game evolved, I think after the second period, we’d only given up six or seven shots on goal at even strength, the other 10 came from their power play. We didn’t have to kill as many penalties in Chicago as we did here and obviously with the quality of some of their players on that powerplay they can make you pay, so that was the major difference in the game. The way it rolled out, the overtime the score, a lot of similarities.
McLellan on the overtime game-winning goal
They entered the zone and what was good about the entry is that Phil’s a left-handed shot and he could pull the puck back across his body and kind of cross and protect it as it went. He had another lefty with him, so the side of the ice that we came in on was valuable to us. We could go lateral, he made a real good play and still had a lefty over on the outside for the rebound. I think that’s game management, that’s awareness and they also knew the time on the clock, so there was no fooling around. As soon as the puck went out to Kevin he knew he had to shoot it and he made it count. That’s how I saw that play evolve, a lot of it had to do with hands and the side of the ice that we entered on.
McLellan on the continued struggles of the power play
We’re still working on things. We’re a little disjointed, the timing and rhythm are off. For me, power plays are about rhythm and we don’t have a lot of rhythm in ours right now. One’s going east, the other is going west, we’re just not sure or predictable of what might happen next. We can fix it and we will.
McLellan on Adrian Kempe’s goals drying up as of late, but the chances he created
I think that he had numerous opportunities to score, I think he had two or three pieces of metal tonight and that’s going to happen. When you’re Adrian and you’re counted on, there are some expectations on you to score and finish and when it’s not quite going well for you, you have to be able to put that aside and play all the other parts of the game. I sense a little frustration in him and when he gets frustrated, sometimes the other things don’t go as well either, but I think that’s a process of him learning to become a full-time goalscorer. When it doesn’t go well, there are other things you can really do well, and you know he wasn’t he wasn’t a poor player by any means tonight, but there are some things that he can control, when it comes to frustration.
Subject To Change
FORWARDS
Kings Injuries
Alex Iafallo (LTIR)
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Red Wings Probable Lineup
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FORWARDS
Former Kings
Dominik Kubalik (Draft Pick)
Matt Luff (IR)
Olli Maatta
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PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS
Tonight’s Poll Question:
The Kings are 2nd in the league in goals scored in the 2nd period. (14th in the 1st, 21st in the 3rd) So, tonight you get a 3 part question:
Part 1 - How Many TOTAL GOALS will be scored by BOTH TEAMS in the 1st period?
Part 2 - How Many TOTAL GOALS will be scored by BOTH TEAMS in the 2nd period?
Part 3 - How Many TOTAL GOALS will be scored by BOTH TEAMS in the 3rd period?
You can take only 1 guess per part
1 point for each correct guess (so 3 possible points if you are super-lucky)
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 following posters who correctly guessed the shot differential of 3 in the previous game or were within +/1 of that number:
Dead on (2 Points):
hornman
VegasHockey
LeftyKing
beedee
+/-1 2,4 (1 point)
Byron
dannybuoy1
srm1105
Rusty
TooCool
PuckMaster
Rogie-Vachon
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain
with 15 points:
LeftyKing
14 Points
hornman
VegasHockey
13 Points
RoS
12 Points
Clif
John a90
11 Points
AngelEyes
DRGinLBC
Liz4LA
Rusty
srm1105
10 Points
beady eye
Bill Hicks
Kurisu
9 Points
8 Points
forum gold
Helvetica
7 Points
JETS GARAGE
randdog
TooCool
6 Points
beedee
Chateau Bow Wow
dannybuoy1
KHenry14
kopinator
SirJW
sonnyboy11
5 Points
CIrvine
Dr. Tran
Drice
pray4mojo
Sevenhole
4 Points
empire
3 Points
Busted Chops
HTK
jammer 06
Nyssa42
Rogie-Vachon
salami
waynet
2 Points
05/29/93
Byron
Dexter
hihocarp
kingsmen93
notbob
PuckMaster
STONE
1 Point
kingrussell
Rinkrat
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