***LA Kings @ New Jersey Devils GDT 12/12/24 4:00pm on FanDuel***

Well...the streak ending loss HAD to come at some point, and it:
- came on the road against an actually very good team
- wasn't a very ugly one (on the same day the Wild lost 7-1 and Flames 8-3 (AND the Habs lost 9-2, but the Habs kinda suck, but the Pens aren't world beaters either))

I think it was quite a dignified bad-day kind of a loss and a nice reminder to this team not to get too sloppy.

13 SOG is abysmal, though. How do you even achieve that low # of SOG in hockey lol. That's football territory (actual football, not American "football" ;) )!
 
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They just didn’t have it tonight, simple as that. It happens.

Furthermore, I have no specific complaints to lodge about Byfield’s performance this evening, lest I also mention the 20 other guys who were relatively invisible for the majority of the game, in the same breath.
 
I thought BSD played great last night. He should have had that third goal, but made some outstanding stops earlier. I thought that was perhaps Gavrikov's best game of the season if not of his Kings tenure. He has really come into his own. Not a bad effort by the boys but have to find a way to generate some more offense and get through the neutral zone. NJ had that shut down pretty much all game.

Hopefully can win the next one.
 
ICE24 said:
NJ is a good team, Kings just didn’t have it. They have to beat the Rangers to keep the December swoon from happening.
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They looked a helluva lost faster than the Kings that's for sure. Kings had a good go of it 6 games in a row. Hopefully we don't need to get manhandled by the Sharks again to ignite a winning streak. I wasn't aware NJ is actually good this year. I thought their jerseys were really ugly and the black vs white was terrible, but I like color.

VCRW said:
perhaps we didn't give Kopi & Juice enough credit for QB's successes.
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That would be something wouldn't it.
 
Congratulations to the following posters who guessed within +/-2 minutes of 12:58 of the third for the game winning goal:

12:28-13:28 (3 points):
Hockey53

11:58-13:38 (2 points):
Rog or Reg?
SirJW
Byron
mik999999

10:58-14:58 (1 point):
Rusty
Forum Gold
jammer06
JayWells24
DRGinLBC
KernCoKingFan
Dr. Tran

Jersey at home with their .500 record vs Hillers kings 0.500 record on the road seemed relatively even. I don't know what to say about a game where the Kings go long stretches without a shot other than it seems far more normal in todays NHL for that to happen (not just to the kings). I will say that game had so many almost moments that it's hard to take the results as indicative of anything other than a hard road game on a long trip. Points matter though and they need to get some on the next stop.
 
Definitely not their best game. Not terrible but really couldn't get their motor running. Got beat by the best player on a very good team.
 
Pevsfreedom said:
They looked a helluva lost faster than the Kings that's for sure. Kings had a good go of it 6 games in a row. Hopefully we don't need to get manhandled by the Sharks again to ignite a winning streak. I wasn't aware NJ is actually good this year. I thought their jerseys were really ugly and the black vs white was terrible, but I like color.



That would be something wouldn't it.
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When I saw that their jerseys said Jersey on them I wondered if their pants said Pants.
 
DarkLeftHand said:
Yep, would be cool if we actually had a game breaker of a draft pick from those bottom feeder seasons we had to endure 4-5 years ago.
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We have Clarke, IMO he totally has that X factor and if he keeps developing and while getting more and more comfortable at NHL level we could be in for a treat of a player.

Byfield has shown glimpses of having it, too, but he needs time to show it more consistently.

Outside of young guys, Fiala has that ability, too, but is also not consistent enough.
 
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