Game Day Thread
Game #82/82 - 4/16/26
>>6:00pm<<
on FanDuel SoCal (?)
(conflicting info on various websites)
Los Angeles Kings @ Calgary Flames
Scotiabank Saddledome | Calgary, AB
FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT
**Game Time 6:00pm**
TV: FanDuel SoCal?
Radio: ESPN LA app, Kings app, & Sirius
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Alex Laferriere & DJ Smith 4/14 Post-Game Quotes
On if it was challenging to get up for the intensity of tonight’s game
I wouldn’t say that, no. I think for us, I mean, we know how important all these games are. We know that we can pass anybody in the standings on any given night, so I think it was kind of a sense of relief for us to know that we clinched but we knew that we still wanted to push and get as high up in the in the standings as we could.
On when he feels the Kings started to believe they could be a playoff team
Yeah, it’s hard to say. I think the whole time, we knew that we were going to be right there and have a chance to get in. We knew that kind of the way that we had been trending towards our game and the positive stuff that was happening, we knew that we were going to string together some wins. There was never any doubt in here that we weren’t going to make the playoffs, but for us, it was just a matter of using that mentality and showing it on the ice. We were lucky enough to string together some wins and yeah, it was huge and we got in
On the third period tonight and feeling a little unlucky not to find the game winner
Yeah, I think so. I think we crept a little away from our game in the second there, some little bounces and stuff like that, but I thought we responded well after they took the lead. I think the third period was more our style of game and we were dictating pace. I think it would have been nice to get one on that power play there, we had a couple chances, but yeah, I think we were hounding them and just couldn’t get the bounce.
D.J. Smith
On the challenges of bringing the intensity tonight, the game after a clinch
Yeah, I mean give the other team credit, three in a row, they play hard, it’s the NHL and it’s our fourth game in six nights too, with a lot of emotion. I mean, we could have won that game. We had lots of chances in the third period to win the game. I thought that was our best period, we played defense, we checked, you can’t complain about it. At the end of the day, we’ve got one game left and regardless of who we play, we’re going to have to be ready.
On if he felt Mathieu Joseph’s fight in the third gave the team a spark
Yeah, for sure. He had a good hit and their guy came over, good for them to stick up for each other. We pushed to win. You get to overtime and you lose, the good thing is, we’ve only got one more game where we’re going to deal with these 3-on-3 overtimes. We get to overtime, you’re going to play 5-on-5 and we’re going to find out.
On if tonight’s result changes the approach of the team at all for Thursday
I don’t think so. I think other than guys being banged up, I think we’re going to go with our group and let the chips fall where they may. I mean, you can’t dictate what other teams are going to do. If you asked me a month ago, in your last 15 games, you’re going to lose one in regulation or whatever it is, you’d take it. At the end of the day, we’re going to go do our best and whoever we play, we’re going to play and we’ve got to be ready.
On home ice still being a possibility
It would be crazy if that happened, but some good teams have got to lose and we’ve got to win. Calgary has been really good at home, so again, we’re going to go out and play our best, but you’ve got to let it fall where they may. Whoever we play is going to be higher than us, most likely, in the standings, if anyone wins. I don’t think you can sit back and try and pick who you’re going to play. You’ve got to go out and just make sure your team’s ready when the playoffs starts.
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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CANUCKS PROBABLE LINEUP
Former King
Olli Maatta
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GOALTENDING COMPARISON
WESTERN CONF WILD CARD STANDINGS
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*POLL QUESTION GAME*
Part 1 - Who will score the FINAL KINGS GOAL of the regular season?
Part 2 - Who will take the FINAL KINGS PENALTY of the season?
You can take 5 guesses per part
one of your guesses can be "it's already been scored/taken"
1 point for each correct guess (no one can catch DRice)
THANKS FOR PLAYING "The Game" this season,
and SUPER-THANKS to jammer06 for totalling up the winners for me every game!!
PREVIOUS GAME'S WINNERS
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed the first and last goals within +/-2:00 of 9:21 of the first and 2:58 of OT:
8:51-9:51 first (3 points):
Forum Gold
randdog
Hockey53
Chateau Bow Wow
8:21-10:21 (2 points):
Birdman
Cross Traffic
Rogie-Vachon
sonnyboy11
DRGinLBC
empire
7:21-11:21 (1 point):
jammer06
mugs
KernCoKingFan
SirJW
Rusty
pray4mojo
HiFi
hornman
2:38-3:38 OT (3 points):
Rogie-Vachon
1:58-3:58 OT (2 points):
Forum Gold
Chateau Bow Wow
The Nuts
Nyssa42
0:58-4:58 OT (1 point):
Birdman
POLL GAME WIN TOTALS
King of the Mountain - 77 points
DRice
74 points
Chateau Bow Wow
KernCoKingFan
72 points
Nyssa42
71 points
VegasHockey
68 points
Cross Traffic
67 points
motolare
Rogie-Vachon
66 points
Angel Eyes
Drum4Pigs
65 points
Birdman
Forum Gold
64 points
pray4mojo
63 points
Rusty
62 points
SirJW
VCRW
61 points
Hockey53
jammer06
randdog
60 points
mugs
59 points
dannybuoy1
Guinevere
55 points
hornman
54 points
HiFi
Liz4LA
53 points
Clif
empire
51 points
DRGinLBC
50 points
Dr. Tran
48 points
sonnyboy11
46 points
McSorleyFan
45 points
CIrvine
43 points
notbob
38 points
TooCool
37 points
RoS
symbology
33 points
Shackleford
28 points
beady eye
21 points
ICE24
20 pts
Rog or Reg?
19 points
The Nuts
12 points
Ecktore
9 points
JC6388LAKings
kingsmen93
6 points
Rinkrat
3 points
JETS GARAGE
2 points
Sevenhole
1 point
DarkLeftHand
dneprovec
Jran
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and GKG!
Who will the Kings play in the playoffs? It’s Quacks for me! 
