Game Day Thread
Game #10/82 -- 10/29/24
7:00pm
on
Los Angeles Kings @ San Jose Sharks
SAP Center | San Jose, CA
Previous Meeting
10/24/24 -- Sharks 2, Kings 3
**Game Time 7:00pm**
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Joel Edmundson & Jim Hiller 10/26 Post-Game Quotes
Joel Edmundson
On if he should give himself a little bit more credit as a goalscorer
Yeah, maybe, I mean, you know, d-coach Smitty just keeps telling us to shoot the puck. Forwards are getting to the net, so might as well hammer some one-timers.
On the shooting mentality from the blueline, leading to an NHL-high seven goals
I think just for us, getting past that first layer and then our forwards are crashing the net. If the goalie can’t see the puck, it’s hard to stop, so forwards are doing a great job of that.
On being able to get that game over the line and doing so more comfortably than on Thursday
I think that just shows our depth and our leadership in those dying moments of the game, having the patience and the calmness just to make plays and get the puck out of the zone. Guys are blocking the puck, putting our bodies on the line. We’ve got to do that if we want to get wins. It’s a hard league to win in.
On the continued development of his pairing with Brandt Clarke
We didn’t know each other a couple months ago, so every day, we’re just getting to know each other more and more, and we sit beside each other in the locker room, so lots of chatter and just getting more confident. He’s such a skilled player, seeing him walk the blueline, little things like that, I give him the green light, I’m like, I got your back, play your game. It’s a work of progress. I think we still have a lot better, so I’m looking forward to it.
Jim Hiller
On scoring getting all three goals from defensemen today, and their output early in the season
You’ve got to shoot to score, but I think what we’ve done better this year, and it’s something Blakey talked about, I think, in the press conference when I was hired, was we need to get a little dirtier around their net. I think if the goalie sees the puck, usually they’re going to save it. We’ve got some deflection goals too and we’ve got some good screens, so it’s a product of the forwards getting of that, and the D obviously, finding lanes and getting it there.
On Joel Edmundson’s contributions with two goals tonight
We brought him in for a heck of a lot of reasons and if he wants to do that, we’ll take that as well. Our d-core, all 6D, Jonesy, good for him coming in there, they defended hard, there wasn’t a lot of room. You can see the Utah players, they’ve got some skill, they’ve got some high-end skill up there, five or six of their guys who made it pretty tough to get anything on the inside.
On Darcy Kuemper’s performance tonight, after missing five games due to an injury
Yeah, he’s big, you know what I mean? I think they had a few point shots too, where there was lots of traffic, and thus far, it seems to be able to hit him. I know though, they got the one, Keller got the one, somebody crossed in front, I don’t know if it was Hayden in front of the net, took his eyes away, makes it hard, but he’s just big in the net and the pucks hit him.
On if the officials gave any explanation the disparity of calls on stick lifts
No, no. I don’t think we really asked. I mean, they have a tough job. I will say this, you can always think that the refereeing is biased against you, every team feels that way, I’m sure Utah does, every night you can feel that way. So, they have a really tough job, they’ve got to make decisions in a split second, so as much as sometimes you think you’re getting it against you, there’s no sense in complaining. Their job is probably the toughest on the ice.
On holding players accountable after taking multiple penalties in a game
Well, I’ll talk about this, because we’ve talked about it, I think after the last game, we’re taking too many penalties. That’s clear. So, you can’t take that many penalties and when you show up more than once or twice or three times, then the coach has to do something.
On what he would like to see from Quinton Byfield to get him going offensively
I would have liked to see him shoot on the 2-on-1. I think sometimes, when you’re struggling to get the first goal, you want to get the first one. I know Kopi wouldn’t have minded if he shot. If he shoots and he doesn’t score, maybe it’s off the pad, Kopi goes to the net, he gets a chance at a second one. So that’s the one I would say, just don’t overpass, don’t overthink, don’t overpass, puck to the net and shoot it.
On if he is losing patience with Kevin Fiala
I’m not going to talk a lot about Kevin. We did get the two points, which was, I think, the most important part of the afternoon. We played extremely hard, checked extremely hard, and I think that’s more important than Kevin right now.
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Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
KINGS INJURIES
Drew Doughty - LTIR
Arthur Kaliyev - (collarbone)
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SHARKS PROBABLE LINEUP
Former Kings
Carl Grundstrom
Tyler Toffoli
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