Game Day Thread
Game #73/82 -- 3/30/24
7:00pm on KCAL Ch 9
Los Angeles Kings @ Calgary Flames
Scotiabank Saddledome | Calgary, AB
SOUTH ASIAN CELEBRATION NIGHT
Previous Meetings
02/27/24 -- Kings 2, Flames 4
12/23/23 -- Flames 3, Kings 5
**Game Time 7:00PM**
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Kevin Fiala (video), Quinton Byfield & Jim Hiller 3/28 Post-Game Quotes:
Quinton Byfield
On his overall takeaways from tonight’s game
I feel like we played a pretty strong game, here and there we had some lapses and they took advantage of us on the power play, they’re one of the best power plays in the league. There was a couple of things that we can clean up, but I felt like we had a good game.
On the difficulty of giving up the second goal, so late in the second period
.....it’s definitely deflating letting a goal like that in going into the locker room. We eliminate some of that stuff, it could have been a different outcome, I think.
On where he felt the Kings came up short offensively tonight
I think they’ve got a good team, their defense have a very good gap and they’ve got skilled players on their team, so it’s going to be hard to get your chances. We check for our chances and when we got our chances, we’ve just got to finish. We’ve got to bury those against a team like that.
On if the Kings change their game at all when they give up the first goal
It doesn’t change our game at all. We know what we have in this room and what it takes to win, so we’ve got a strategy, we’re going to keep doing it, keep grinding other teams out and that works for us.
On seeing his friend and teammate Arthur Kaliyev get back on the scoresheet
He’s had a hard go of it a bit lately, so for him and for the team as well, it’s very good to see him score and hopefully get him going. He can be a big part of our team and a key piece, depth scoring like that. It’s big and as a friend of his too, I’m super happy for him to bury that.
Jim Hiller
On the difference in tonight’s game
They scored on their chances. In the end, chances are probably pretty close to equal, I would think. We didn’t score on ours, their goalie played well and yeah, we just didn’t score on our chances. You’ve got to score to be competitive.
On the second goal against, late in the second, after a strong period for the Kings
That was a tough one, for sure. I thought we played a pretty good period, like you said, and then we were close to the red line, didn’t get the red line, it’s icing, so yeah, that one hurt. We had a chance to regroup, we didn’t come out well at the start of the third period and then the second half, we got some energy again and like I said, the goalie played well.
On Arthur Kaliyev converting on his opportunity in the third period
Everybody’s happy for Arty, it has been a tough go for him for sure. He’s had chances, hasn’t played a lot, but the times he did, he’s had chances and hasn’t scored. So, it’s nice to see when he got his chance tonight, he was able to find the back of the net. Maybe that’ll help him just a little bit with his confidence going forward.
On how quickly he and the Kings put this game behind them
By the time we get out of here, we have to forget it. The season’s winding down, every game is important. I know we talked a lot about “oh, it’s Edmonton” but every one is important. You have to put this one behind us and take on the next challenge in Calgary on Saturday.
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Something different tonight as we get to the last few games:
Pick any 3 Kings players.
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PREVIOUS GAME’S WINNERS
Congratulations to the many following posters who correctly guessed 5 on 5 for the game winning goal, and/or 4 goals for the winning team:
Both (2 pts):
Kurisu
notbob
Madness20721
Drums4Pigs
beady eye
mugs
puckoff
JayWells24
DRGinLBC
katydid213
SaltyPuck
Liz4LA
Bill Hicks
AngelEyes
5 on 5 (1 pt)
Rusty
Guinevere
JETS GARAGE
hornman
empire
Chateau Bow Wow
4 goals for winner (1 pt):
jammer06
VegasHockey
randdog
Cross Traffic
pray4mojo
forum gold
fake_it_make_it
King of the Mountain with 52 points - Rusty
51 pts = forum gold
50 pts = hornman
49 pts = Angel Eyes
47 pts = beady eye, notbob
46 pts = jammer06
44 pts = Cross Traffic
43 pts = VCRW
42 pts = Guinevere, Liz4LA
41 pts = SirJW
40 pts = KernCoKingsFan, mugs, Nyssa42, VegasHockey
39 pts = Chateau Bow Wow, katydid213, puckoff, Randdog
38 pts = pray4mojo
37 pts = DRGinLBC
35 pts = Bill Hicks, Rogie-Vachon, Shackleford
34 pts = dannybuoy1
33 pts = Dr Tran
32 pts = Byron, DRice, empire
31 pts = Jerram
30 pts = Kurisu, Rog or Reg?, sonnyboy11
28 pts = Drums4Pigs
27 pts = JETS GARAGE, Rinkrat
26 pts = Madness20721, symbology, TooCool
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22 pts = JayWells24, KHenry14
21 pts = clif
20 pts = waynet
18 pts = Salty Puck
17 pts = CIrvine
16 pts = hihocarp
14 pts = Sevenhole
12 pts = fake_it_make_it
10 pts = HiFi
9 pts = cokingsfan
8 pts = Ice24
7 pts = rfischer
6 pts = Busted Chops, Dexter, JC6388LAKings
4 pts = beedee
3 pts = Hockey53
2 pts = Ragbone, Tiranga
1 pt = PuckMaster, STONE
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