Game Day Thread
Game #67/82 -- 03/17/25
>>5:00pm<<
on FanDuel
Los Angeles Kings @ Minnesota Wild
Xcel Energy Center | Minneapolis, MN
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**Game Time 5:00pm**
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Mikey Anderson, & Jim Hiller 3/15 Post-Game Quotes
On finding a way to get the win at home
Yeah, there wasn’t much really going either way. Maybe a few too many turnovers, kind of felt more like a ping-pong game at times. At the end of the day, we found a way to come up with two points, and it’s kind of all you’re asking for this time of the year.
On the team’s approach when realizing it wasn’t a “connected” game
I think our forwards did a pretty good job, once we got it down low, with some puck possession, finding a way to get some pucks to the net, a little bit at least. I mean, we came in after the second and I don’t know even if we had 10 shots, but it’s just one of those days. You push it to the side and you put the work boots back on and just keep grinding.
On tonight possibly being a “letdown” game
I don’t know if it is, maybe, but at the same time, every game is big, it’s different. Obviously, [Wednesday] is maybe a more emotional win but then you have to reset. They’re a good, hard team, I think coming into the night, four of the last five they’ve won, so we knew they were going to be playing. Wherever they are in the standings, they always are hard working and structured, so we kind of expected the kind of game we got.
On big saves in big moments from Darcy Kuemper
Those are big momentum changes, right? If it goes in then maybe they’re feeling it, we go on our heels, kind of anytime throughout a game. He’s made some big ones when we need it to keep us in it if we’re down. He’s been awesome.
On the team’s desire to get home ice in the first round of the playoffs
Obviously we want to get as high as we can get. Every game, we’re trying to treat it like it’s a must win. We need to keep finding ways to get two points and if maybe you don’t have your best, find a way to at least get one and hopefully get the extra. Everyone wants to be at home, we love playing here and it’s been great so far this season at home, so it’s what we’re going to keep pushing for.
Jim Hiller
On if Quinton Byfield has entered difference-maker status
I don’t know exactly what that means, but I will tell you this, he’s a good player who is getting better. So, I don’t know, somebody can decide when he hits the threshold, but I think he’s been a difference maker for us for some time.
On starting Byfield in overtime and his importance in that phase of the game
Third winner, Q has got three winners, right, so him and Juice have started now for a little bit. Kopi was out there with Laf, had a chance on the net as well. Speed is important in overtime, with all that ice, and no matter how many minutes Q gets, he just doesn’t slow down. He’s got an engine.
On his evaluation of the offensive side of the game tonight
We had to make sure we didn’t get frustrated, because if you looked at the attempts, the attempts were there. They blocked a lot, we missed a lot and if you just start staring at that board, you look at five and six, it doesn’t look or feel very good and that can make it worse. We tried to focus on that more, on the attempts we were getting. We had a lot of looks from up to the top, they were really tight so they gave us top, they didn’t give us anything at the bottom and we banged away at it.
On the team’s mindset after two periods, having just six shots on goal
I think everybody tried to just remain calm, again, not pour gas on the fire in that instance. We weren’t sharp, let’s be honest. How many times did we ice the puck and seemingly right on our tape and we missed it? But, I think everybody was still pretty calm, understanding that if you get too angry and frustrated then things just don’t usually turn out for you. So, maintain your focus. Kopi does such a great job of that, just stick with it and you hope something good happens.
On the challenges of ramping back up after an emotional win on Thursday over Washington
It’s just it’s really hard to play with that level of emotion night after night. Again, I’ve said it, we expect perfection. We demand it. We want it. Just understand that sometimes it’s just not there and beyond the emotion, I thought we just weren’t sharp. At one point late in the first, I sat Helenius’ line and went to three lines, not because Helenius’ line wasn’t doing a good job, but it just was all those icings, it just felt like everybody was just sitting there quietly. I wanted to try and get those guys into the game somehow, because it just didn’t have a lot of flow to it.
On the importance of the roadtrip ahead for the Kings in trying to continue momentum
I think this is going to be a good test for us in Minnesota. They play a certain style of game, they’re strong. It’s going to have to take a deep breath and we’re going to have to come with some more energy for that one, for sure.
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Rusty
52 pts
Vegas Hockey
49 pts
sonnyboy11
48 pts
Cross Traffic
KernCoKingsFan
Sir JW
47 pts
Drum4Pigs
46 pts
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VCRW
45 pts
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mugs
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Hockey 53
43 pts
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Dr. Tran
JayWells24
42 pts
Guinevere
HiFi
41 pts
Byron
40 pts
Nyssa42
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Rogie-Vachon
39 pts
DRice
jammer06
randdog
38 pts
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Shackleford
37 pts
hornman
34 pts
CIrvine
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30 pts
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29 pts
Rog or Reg?
28 pts
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27 pts
Clif
24 pts
RinkRat
23 pts
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