Game Day Thread
Game #66 -- 3/15/24
5:30pm on NHL Network & BSW
LA Kings vs. Chicago Blackhawks
United Center | Chicago, IL
Last Season's Meetings
01/22/23 -- Kings 2, Blackhawks 1
11/10/22 -- Blackhawks 1, Kings 2 (OT)
11/03/22 -- Kings 1, Blackhawks 2 (OT)
**Game Time 5:30PM**
TV: NHL Network & BSW
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio
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Jordan Spence (video) & Jim Hiller 3/13 Post-Game Quotes:
Jim Hiller
On his takeaways from the first period, going into the intermission down a goal
Yeah, that was disappointing because we thought we came out ready to play. We were in and around their net, I don’t know how much we tested them, but we were around, pucks were just kind of rolling past. So, we felt we’re going pretty good and then yeah, to come in down one, that’s not a great feeling, but still we were calm. We knew we were playing pretty well, we had to get one before we got it and it was too late.
On if he felt the team’s precision was lacking in the offensive zone tonight
That was it. We had lots of pucks in and around their net, I think we maybe tried to overpass in that area and the times that we did shoot and there were deflections or it just missed our stick, that’s not execution, that’s just the way the puck bounces sometimes. There were definitely opportunities to execute a little cleaner around the net [though] that we weren’t able to do.
On dropping momentum after the power paly in the first period
We have to review it, but I thought we had time with the puck on the outside and for some reason, we ended up under pressure, where we should have just skated a little bit, brought it up, got a reset and we never got to reset on the second time after Juice’s shot. That was part of the execution piece that was maybe a little bit lacking all over the ice. The effort was fine, the execution wasn’t where it needed to be.
On the team’s forechecking game tonight
The times where we got in trouble is when we dumped the puck to Binnington. They went D-Center-Out, that happened 10 times. He handles the puck really well, it’s hard to forecheck when you give the puck to the goaltender. Sometimes you’re under pressure when you’re putting it in, but it’s a skill to get it to an area where somebody, F1, can get on the puck and actually put pressure on the D. They did that very well tonight, they broke out with their goaltender extremely well.
On Alex Turcotte’s game tonight and the energy he brought up front
He was buzzing on the forecheck for sure. Again, I thought close, he had a couple close calls in and around the net. There was a few things he did that we didn’t particularly like but you know, his effort’s there. He’s working and he’s playing the type of game he needs to play to play in the league.
Subject to Change
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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BLACKHAWKS PROBABLE LINEUP
Former King
Andreas Athanasiou
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***Today’s Poll Question***
Part 1 - At what TIME of the game will the FIRST KINGS GOAL be scored?
Part 2 - At what TIME of the game will the FIRST BLACKHAWKS GOAL be scored?
you can take 3 guesses PER PART
(use min:sec of the ___ period format or choose SO)
+/-2:00 = 1 pt, +/- 1:00 = 2 pts, +/- :30 = 3 pts
correct guess of SO = 3 pts
*only your closest guess counts for points
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 mins of 1:57 of the 2nd period for the Game Winning Goal:
0:57-2:57 (3 points):
rinkrat
19:57 of first to 3:57 of second (2 points):
Byron
18:57 of first to 4:57 of second (1 point):
Guinevere
King of the Mountain with 48 points - forum gold
43 pts = Angel Eyes
42 pts = Cross Traffic
41 pts = hornman, notbob
40 pts = jammer06, Rusty, SirJW
39 pts = VegasHockey
38 pts = beady eye
37 pts = Nyssa42, VCRW
36 pts = Randdog
35 pts = Guinevere, mugs, pray4mojo
34 pts = KernCoKingsFan, Shackleford
33 pts = Chateau Bow Wow, puckoff
32 pts = katydid213
31 pts = Jerram, Rogie-Vachon
30 pts = dannybuoy1, Dr Tran, Liz4LA
29 pts = DRGinLBC
27 pts = Bill Hicks, Byron, DRice
26 pts = Kurisu, Rog or Reg?
25 pts = Rinkrat
24 pts = empire, sonnyboy11
22 pts = Drums4Pigs, KHenry14, symbology, TooCool
21 pts = clif
20 pts = JayWells24, Madness20721, waynet
18 pts = JETS GARAGE
17 pts = CIrvine
14 pts = hihocarp, Salty Puck
12 pts = Sevenhole
9 pts = cokingsfan, fake_it_make_it
8 pts = Ice24
7 pts = HiFi, rfischer
6 pts = Busted Chops, Dexter, JC6388LAKings
4 pts = beedee
2 pts = Ragbone, Tiranga
1 pt = PuckMaster, STONE
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