Game Day Thread
Game #48/82 --- 01/31/24
>>> 4:30 PM Pacific <<<
onTNT, max, & BSW
LA Kings @ Nashville Predators
Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, TN
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11/18/23 -- Predators 2, Kings 1
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Trevor Moore (video), Jaret Anderson-Dolan & Todd McLellan 1/28/24 Post-Game Quotes:
Jaret Anderson-Dolan
On his takeaways from tonight’s game
Good and bad, another effort where we’re right in there and we lose another game. We’ve got to find a way to get one or two of these games.
On if frustration levels right now are at a point where anything but two points is hard to accept
Yeah, after however long this stretch has been, it’s not enough to have these good games, we’ve got to find a way to come up with wins. I think it’s going to change here soon, it’s got to and we’ve got to get a lot better and, like I said, find a way to come up with these wins.
On an over-taxed penalty kill unit and how it held up to force overtime
Way too many penalties. Obviously, it’s hard for everyone to be involved and have a good team game when we’re on the kill six times or whatever it was. I mean, that can be momentum at different times of the [game] but it’s way too taxing on guys and leaves other guys out of the game.
On being a part of the PK unit tonight and as of late
Yeah, it’s got to keep evolving for me, and take advantage of the ice time I get. We’re just focused on turning this thing around, getting some wins right now, so it’s hard to think about that.
Todd McLellan
On the impact of six penalties against on tonight’s game
I think it took a lot of players out. I thought we had some key guys that were playing well and some third and fourth line players that were also playing well, but all of a sudden, they’re out of the game. Far too many. When you look at them, and we just quickly peeked, they’re penalties. We can whine and [complain] all we want, but they’re penalties, offensive-zone penalties, and when you’re playing like we are right now, that’s the last thing you can do is spend 12 minutes penalty killing.
On the energy provided by players like Anderson-Dolan and Turcotte
I thought that JAD had his best game of the season, I thought he really played well. Blocked shots, sacrifice, scored a goal. Turc came in and provided some energy and some skill, made a great play on an entry. He kind of lost out on some of the ice time because of all the penalties but certainly they weren’t the issue.
On what is lacking in 3-on-3 settings right now, leading to another overtime defeat
We’ve talked about this, you asked me that question last time and each situation is different. We forced a 2-on-1 in overtime they picked it off and came back the other way and beat our goalie with a good shot. That’s how overtime goes sometimes.
On if the frustration of not getting two points is too high to not find positive takeaways
Everybody’s going to feel a little different about it, but I think we played pretty solid game. You take those penalties out, we got roasted on a bad line change and that can be cleaned up. You can take that out and you cut the penalties back, I think we have a good chance of winning but we didn’t do that.
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GOALIE COMPARISON
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**Today’s Poll Question**
Part 1 - Who is going to take the LAST KINGS PENALTY of the game?
you can take 3 guesses for Part 1
Part 2 - At what TIME will the LAST KINGS GOAL of the game be scored?
You can take 4 guesses - see my complicated rules below:
use the ____min:____sec of the ____ (1,2,3) period for REGULATION TIME guesses
+/- 2:00 = 1 point, +/- 1:00 = 2 points +/- :30 = 3 points
(no "time" guesses for OT)
-- you can also choose OT (no time), Shoot Out, or "no goals"
*OT & SO will only count for 1 point*
-- If you correctly & pessimistically choose "No Goals for the Kings tonight" it will count for 2 points
ONE POINT ONLY if you correctly guess OT or SO
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 get 1 point for each Kings goal scorer in the previous game (Kempe, JAD, Danault):
Kempe (1 point):
Kurisu
Nyssa42
Rog or Reg?
Rogie-Vachon
Cross Traffic
jammer06
VCRW
Chateau Bow Wow
forum gold
hornman
Rusty
notbob
AngelEyes
rinkrat
Clif
Byron
SirJW
beady eye
DRice
Liz4LA
mugs
fake_it_make_it
pray4mojo
Danault goal (1 point):
fourm gold
hornman
notbob
King of the Mountain with 33 points - forum gold
32 points = Angel Eyes
31 points = notbob
30 points = hornman
29 points = Nyssa42
28 points =
27 points = mugs, Rusty, VegasHockey
26 points = Randdog
25 points = Cross Traffic, Jerram
24 points = beady eye, KernCoKingsFan, SirJW
23 points = Chateau Bow Wow, Dr Tran, Guinevere
22 points = jammer06, katydid213, puckoff, VCRW
21 points = clif, Kurisu
20 points = empire, Rogie-Vachon, Shackleford
19 points =
18 points = Byron, DRGinLBC, DRice, Liz4LA, pray4mojo
17 points = CIrvine, dannybuoy1, JayWells24, waynet
16 points = KHenry14, Rinkrat, Rog or Reg?, TooCool
15 points = Madness20721
14 points = Bill Hicks, hihocarp, Salty Puck
13 points =
12 points = Drums4Pigs
11 points = Madness20721, sonnyboy11
10 points = Sevenhole, symbology
9 points =
8 points = cokingsfan, Ice24
7 points = JETS GARAGE, rfischer
6 points = Busted Chops, fake_it_make_it
5 points = Dexter
4 points = beedee
3 points = HiFi
2 points = Ragbone
1 point = JC6388LAKings, PuckMaster, STONE
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