***LA Kings @ Vancouver Canucks GDT 1/16/25 7:00pm on FanDuel***

Nyssa42

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Game Day Thread
Game #43/82 -- 01/16/25
>>7:00pm<<
on FanDuel


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Los Angeles Kings @ Vancouver Canucks
Rogers Arena | Vancouver, BC


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**Game Time 7:00pm**
TV: FanDuel
Radio: ESPN LA app only


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Anze Kopitar (video), Vladislav Gavrikov & Jim Hiller 1/13 Post-Game Quotes



Vladislav Gavrikov
On his takeaways from tonight’s game

That was a good game for us. We had our chances, so we just have to execute there and we’ll be fine. I think special teams were good. Overall, very good game.
On the team’s performance on the penalty kill
The past few games, we gave up a little bit, so that was nice to tighten up those details. We gave up a couple chances, but Darce made a few saves for us. He was solid.
On the team’s defensive play, but 1-2-0 record on this trip thus far
It’s just we’ve got to find a way to score the goals, I think. Like I said before, we had our chances, so we’re creating enough, I would say, to score a goal. We’ve just got to find a way and we’ll be fine.
On the chances the team had tonight, but not getting one to go
It’s hard to say. Sometimes, it’s going your way, sometimes not. We had a couple chances down low to try to jam the puck as well. You can’t say it’s probably Grade A, but it’s still a chance to score a goal, bever know what’s going to happen. Just got to put the puck on net and we’ll see.
On defending against Edmonton 4-on-4
It’s always tough. It’s a different game 4-on-4 a little bit, especially against those guys, same for overtime, 3-on-3, it’s more space, more speed. Plays got to be made, so you have to be patient and defend well.

Jim Hiller
On his impressions from tonight’s game

I thought the game in LA was good and so was this one. They were really good games, both one-goal games. Yeah, pretty good game.
On getting another strong, defensive performance but coming up on the wrong side
I wouldn’t call it frustrating. When your team plays hard like we have, three road games like that, 3-in-4 nights travel, playing hard, it’s harder to play defense than offense. Sometimes, you get offensively gifted players that make the game a little bit easier for themselves. We’re playing hard, we’ve had lots of chances, Calgary game and tonight. Can’t be frustrated with the guys for that, for not scoring.
On the chances the team got, but not being able to get one to go
Yeah, I mean, they’re not going in, for sure, but I don’t know. We’re playing good, we’ll be fine.
On the penalty kill tonight and the 4-on-4 situation
We did a really good job, that second kill was probably the best kill of the year. Yeah, that was good and again, game was good. Couple bad pitches, one really poor penalty by Laferriere, year, it was a really bad penalty, even though it got evened out. That was probably the moment in the game that I liked the least. Other than that, we played hard.

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Subject to Change
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com

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KINGS INJURIES
Drew Doughty - LTIR
Alex Laferriere - D2D
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CANUCKS PROBABLE LINEUP

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Former Kings
Derek Forbort
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Rick Tocchet (head coach)
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GOALIE COMPARISON
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PLAYERS TO WATCH
(last 5 games)
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PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS
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**Today’s Poll Question Game**

Part 1 - At what TIME will the FIRST KINGS GOAL be scored in tonight's game?
You can take TWO Guesses

use the Min:Sec of the ___ Period format.
+/- 2:00 = 1 point +/- 1:00 = 2 points, +/- :30 = 3 points

you can also guess "no goals tonight" as one of your guesses for 2 points if correct
only your closest guess counts for points


Part 2 - Who is going to score the FIRST KINGS GOAL of the game?
You can take 4 guesses


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

No one guessed a mere 3 total points would be awarded in the previous game.
I am retiring that question for quite some time.

POLL GAME WIN TOTALS

King of the Mountain - 37 points
VegasHockey

35 pts

Rusty
sonnyboy11


32 pts
Hockey 53

31 pts
VCRW

29 pts
mugs
Sir JW

28 pts
Byron
Chateau Bow Wow
Forum Gold

27 pts
Dr. Tran
Liz4LA

26 pts
Drum4Pigs

26 pts
Cross Traffic
DRice
pray4mojo
Shackleford

25 pts
Angel Eyes
Guinevere

24 pts
HiFi
JayWells24
Nyssa42

23 pts
empire
jammer06
KernCoKingsFan
notbob

22 pts
CIrvine
dannybuoy1
hornman
randdog
Rogie-Vachon

19 pts
Kingsmen93

18 pts
Clif
Rog or Reg?

17 pts
TooCool

16 pts
mik999999


14 pts
RinkRat

12 pts
beady eye

10 pts
DRGinLBC

9 pts
motolare

6 pts
JETS GARAGE

5 pts
sloppydog

4 pts
Bill Hicks

3 pts
kurisu

2 pts
ICE24
JC6388LAKings
symbology

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Thanks Nysssa& Jammer

11:11 first, 17:22 second
Kempe
Byfield
Fiala he’s bound to get out of the scoring slump
Anderson

Go Kings Go! Let’s get back in the win column!!
 
“It’s the Power Play, Stupid!”

Special teams almost always decide which franchises move forward in the Playoffs. There is no way the Kings beat anyone, let alone Edmonton, in the first round with the PP as bad as it is right now. Hiller has to fix this mess, and then win a playoff series for this season to be a success.

Personally, I don’t have much confidence in this coach’s ability to make either of these things happen. I sincerely hope I am wrong.
 
12:00 of the 1st
12:00 of the 2nd

Kempe
Fiala
Kopi
Foegele

Edited to swap Laffy with Foegele, since Laffy's out with an "upper body injury". But we all know Hiller wasn't pleased with his penalty in the Oilers game.
 
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Big game tonight. I was worried about this January stretch of games given most of the teams were solid. So far, 3-2 with some tough opponents ahead.
 
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