Game Day Thread
Game #33/82
12/30/23
7:00pm Pacific on BSW
Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena | Los Angeles, CA
Last Season's Meetings
04/04/23 -- Oilers 3, Kings 1
03/30/23 -- Oilers 2, Kings 0
01/09/23 -- Oilers 3, Kings 6
11/16/22 -- Kings 3, Oilers 1
**Game Time 7:00pm**
TV:**BSW at 7:00pm**
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
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Todd McLellan 12/28/23 Post-Game Quotes:
Todd McLellan
On his assessment of tonight’s game and his thoughts on the team’s connectivity
I thought as the game wore on, we got more connected. Naturally, when they had the lead, they’re going to defend a little bit more, we spent more time in their zone. They did an outstanding job of blocking shots and clearing the net, which they’re very good at. I think the disappointing part for me is the type of goals we gave up. You can be connected offensively, but also defensively, and couple of them were gifts and when a team commits like that to defend and block and front and do the things they did around the net, you can’t give them gifts. You’re not going to get more than two a night. I really thought the second goal killed us. There was nothing going on in that rush or on that play and all of a sudden, Amads has got a breakaway, so that hurt us.
On Vegas finishing with more than 30 shot blocks tonight and where he attributes that to
They commit, they won a Cup by doing that. They play their d-zone coverage a certain way, where their big defenseman are near the net and they sell out. It obviously is a championship brand. They didn’t win by getting away from that and they still have it in their game. So, it was good for us again to play in a game like that. For me, the disappointment wasn’t getting three, it was giving up three.
On the team’s first periods over the last 48 hours
No, they haven’t been our best, but I think the game presents itself a little bit different in the third period. The first period, we were feeling each other out. I don’t want the shots were, 8-8, there weren’t a lot of chances. Yeah, we gave up a goal, sometimes that’s the way it goes, it’s a boxing match or a chess match and all of a sudden, they’ve got the lead. You naturally sit back just a little bit more than maybe you want to and we started to shoot a lot. We had zone time, but obviously we didn’t score.
On the three goals against and if he’d classify them as team breakdowns or individual mistakes
Just a couple individual mistakes. I don’t think they were team mistakes or system mistakes, they were reads and situations where they took advantage of them. When we had those opportunities, and there weren’t many of them, we didn’t quite get it done.
On any takeaways from tonight that he liked
We were resilient, we didn’t go away. Disappointing in the type of goals we gave up because we don’t normally do that, but for the most part, we had zone time, we didn’t create enough or get enough through and you have to get the other team credit, sometimes. Sometimes they just do a job that’s done well enough that it makes it hard for the opposition.
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**Today’s Poll Question**
Part 1 - How many 2 minute minor penalties will be taken by BOTH teams in tonight's game?
(just the number of penalties, NOT the total minutes)
You can take 2 guesses
Part 2 - Who is going to score the LAST NON-SHOOTOUT GOAL of 2023 in Crypto.com Arena?
You can take 4 guesses per team
*BONUS POINT if you get the LAST GOAL correct, PLUS correctly guess the other team's final goal scorer.
But, you have to get the actual last goal scored in the game correct to be eligible for the bonus point.
**NOTE: SHOOTOUT GOALS DO NOT COUNT FOR THIS QUESTION!!
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 within +/- 3
of 77 combined shots on goal in the previous 2 games
76,78 SOG (3 Points):
jammer06
Rogie-Vachon
75,79 SOG (2 Points):
Bill Hicks
74,80 SOG (1 Point):
puckoff
cokingsfan
Shackleford
TooCool
And congratulations to all these posters who predicted a final score of 3-2 (duh!) in the previous game (1 Point):
jammer06, waynet, DRice, DRGinLBC, randdog, forum gold, Sevenhole, Chateau Bow Wow, AngelEyes, puckoff, Liz4LA, katydid213, JayWells24, rfischer, empire, pray4mojo, KernCoKingFan, beady eye, Shackleford, VegasHockey, Nyssa42, mugs, notbob, Kurisu, Jerram, Rogie-Vachon, hornman, Dr. Tran
King of the Mountain with 21 points - Rusty
20 points = notbob
18 points = Angel Eyes
17 points = Cross Traffic, forum gold, Nyssa42, VegasHockey
16 points = clif, hornman, puckoff, Randdog
15 points = Jerram, Kurisu, mugs
14 points = beady eye, Chateau Bow Wow, CIrvine, Dr Tran, hihocarp, katydid213, SirJW
13 points = Byron, empire, Guinevere, JayWells24, KHenry14, Liz4LA, pray4mojo, Shackleford, waynet
12 points = KernCoKingsFan, VCRW
11 points = DRice, DRGinLBC, jammer06, Rogie-Vachon, TooCool
10 points = Bill Hicks, dannybuoy1, Rinkrat, Salty Puck
9 points =
8 points = Madness20721, Sevenhole
7 points = rfischer, symbology
6 points = Busted Chops
5 points = cokingsfan, sonnyboy11
4 points = beedee, Dexter, Ice24
3 points = Drums4Pigs, JETS GARAGE
2 points = Rog or Reg?, Ragbone
1 point = PuckMaster, STONE
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