Game Day Thread
Game #5/82 -- 10/17/24
4:00pm on ***BSW***
LA Kings vs. Montreal Canadiens
Centre Bell | Montreal, QC
Last Season's Meetings
12/07/23 -- Kings 4, Canadiens 0
11/25/23 --Canadiens 0, Kings 4
**Game Time 4:00pm**
TV: **BSW**
Radio: ESPN LA - app only
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Phillip Danault (video), Trevor Lewis, and Jim Hiller 10/16 Post-Game Quotes
Trevor Lewis
On what is missing with the team right now
The start we got off to tonight was a little disappointing. I think you see it in the second period, when we played North/South hockey and had that compete level, we’re tough to play against. We’ve just got to make sure we come out and start like that. This East/West kind of stuff is not working for us, so we know what we have to do to be successful. We’ve just got to buy in and do it.
On the slow starts he talked about and how to correct it as a group
I think it’s just everyone’s got to get themselves going, however that is. I think as a team, we’ve just got to come out with that singular focus of starting games, keeping it simple and getting on the forecheck, getting pucks back. I know it’s pretty cliche to say but it works, and for us to be effective, we need to do it.
On the team conceding 14 goals over the last two games
Yeah, I think just careless turnovers sometimes and then you get caught in your zone, you get a penalty and we’re taking way too many penalties and making it way too hard on our goalies.
On the team adjusting to new personnel and systems
It’s definitely a new group and we’ve got some new systems and stuff, but I think, you know, most guys know how to play here. When we get too cute, I mean, it’s simple to say, but that North/South and get it in, go get it back, we get some chances, we get we get hounding, and they get tired. You saw it a little bit in the second period there, so it’s good to build off that. The good thing is, we get a chance to go back and play tomorrow night.
Jim Hiller
On his concern level after another high goals against total
We broke down and they scored. I don’t think they had that many chances but they had good chances, breakdowns by us for sure. It’s a concern anytime you don’t win the game and you break down early like we did. But, here we are. We’ve got a game tomorrow, so we’ll put this one behind us again, that’s the only thing they can do, and we go into Montreal tomorrow. Win that game, we’ll have a good trip.
On the notion of playing too much “East/West” hockey
I sure thought so. I thought after the first period, now they didn’t have to score a bunch after the first, they had a pretty good lead, but if you noticed, we played a little bit more direct and I think made a difference for us. We played a lot of time in the o-zone, so that’s a part of it. It’s, unfortunately, at times, players, all of us, the beauty of the game is to make good plays and stuff but they’re just not there very often anymore. So, you have to just accept the fact that you got to go North and do your work, that’s where the game is today.
On individual breakdowns halting momentum and leading to goals against
That was it, we broke down and when we did, we broke down big and they finished most of them. They have high end scorers, they were able to do that. I thought their goalie made some saves, I thought, I have to give them some credit, they made some saves. We could have crawled back, we didn’t, that’s the story tonight.
On the decision to make a goaltending change and if it was based on performance
No, I wouldn’t say that. Dave hadn’t played yet, we’ve got another game tomorrow, so we have to make a decision on that, but it wasn’t performance, no. It was maybe just to manage his time with the back-to-back.
On Alex Turcotte’s performance and if he is doing things to earn more ice time
Yeah, I think he played over 14 tonight, I don’t know how much more than that, but I thought him and Leezie together were our two best forwards. They played really well. They didn’t get a lot of ice time in Ottawa, based on all the special teams, but they’ve had a really good trip. They’ve impressed. Jeanno went with them there in the second half of the game and that line was good, spent their time in the o-zone and not much time in the d-zone.
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KINGS INJURIES
Drew Doughty - LTIR
Joel Edmunson - personal leave
Arthur Kaliyev - (collarbone)
Darcy Kuemper - DtD LBI
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CANADIENS PROBABLE LINEUP
NO Former Kings
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**Today’s Poll Question Game**
Part 1 - The Kings shut out the Canadiens in both meetings last season.
At WHAT TIME of tonight's game will the first Canadiens goal be scored?
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use the min:sec of the ___period format (1,2,3,OT)
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Part 2 - Who is going to score the GAME WINNING GOAL?
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Take your best guesses in your post below.
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PREVIOUS GAME'S WINNERS
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randdog
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Drum4Pigs
VCRW
JETS GARAGE
DRice
Shackleford
Liz4LA
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Sevenhole
8 goals total (1 point)
VegasHockey
Byron
Dr. Tran
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POLL GAME WIN TOTALS
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Rusty
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Cross Traffic
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Hockey 53
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Rogie-Vachon
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VegasHockey
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Byron
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JETS GARAGE
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