Game Day Thread
Game #56/82 - 2/5/26
>>7:00pm<<
on FanDuel
Los Angeles Kings @ Vegas Golden Knights
T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, NV
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**Game Time 7:00pm**
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Brandt Clarke & Jim Hiller 2/4 Post-Game Quotes
Brandt Clarke
On his takeaways from tonight’s game
Especially at the end of the back-to-back, we wanted to get on them early, forecheck, play our game. They got three in the first and they were taking it to us, so that was unacceptable on our behalf. We did the best we could to come back in the game and try to play down there and make things happen but just couldn’t get it done. It’s frustrating when you get behind like that early.
On what he felt was missing during the first period tonight
Just the effectiveness with……not that guys weren’t bearing down, but it was just kind of unlucky chances in front of the net, I don’t know. We didn’t sustain zone time like we wanted to, we didn’t get as many shots from the point, myself included, especially right off the hop there. It’s frustrating when we come in with the mindset that we want to get to them right away and they kind of flip the script on us. We don’t want that trend to continue.
On acquiring Artemi Panarin and what he knows about him as a player
We’re obviously thrilled. He’s a phenomenal player. You see the highlights, you see what he does with the puck, the patience he has, the shot he has and it seems like he wanted to come here. He wanted to be an LA King. We have a bunch of guys on this team that want to be LA Kings and want to contribute to this organization. To add another guy like that, with that mentality, it’s awesome to hear. We’re looking forward to him getting in here, seems like a great human being. He’s going to help us out a lot offensively, so it’s going to be great. We’re looking forward to having him.
Jim Hiller
On the six minutes in the first period that allowed three goals and the game as a whole
That was not a good game for us. I mean, second period, maybe we were good in spurts, but I didn’t think we had much all night, legs, execution was few and far between. It was six minutes where they scored, but we just weren’t sharp.
On his impressions of Darcy Kuemper’s game tonight
I think, like everybody else, we just weren’t sharp. Too many penalties. We just did a lot of things that were, I would say, uncharacteristic. Turning the puck over quite a bit, defensively on breakouts and then in the offensive zone, we just couldn’t get a good game going together. Despite that, we probably had a chance to tie it and then the fourth goal kills us, killed any chance of that.
On if he buys into the narrative of a first game after a long trip
I don’t like that excuse. I mean, we’ve come back from roadtrips before. I don’t know, I have to see our record, I start fresh every time. That just was not a good game and we’ve got to be better than that, road trip or not.
On the performance of the power play tonight
Yeah, I mean, two nice goals. We still needed one more, we did have another opportunity. I thought we were pretty good. The second goal, of course, is a really nice play, similar goal to the goal we scored in Detroit. That gave us life, but there wasn’t enough.
On acquiring Artemi Panarin today and what he brings to the team
One of the premier wingers in the league, has been for so many years, what a track record. He’s a one-shot shooter. He can find the back of the net, he doesn’t need a lot of looks. On top of that, he can find people, he’s a playmaker, so whoever ends up getting to play with him most consistently, I think it’ll take a little time, he does play a little bit of a different style of game, might take somebody a little time to adjust, but he’s going to be somebody that we’re going to lean on a lot. We check, we do all the right things that way. We just need somebody to help us find the back of the net a little more often.
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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