Game Day Thread
Game #36/82 -- 12/29/24
>>6:00pm<<
on FanDuel
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena | Los Angeles, CA
Holiday Game
Giveaway - Fleece Blanket to first 10,000 fans
Previous Meeting
12/19/24 -- Kings 7, Flyers 3
**Game Time 6:00pm**
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Radio: ESPN LA app only
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Quinton Byfield (video), Warren Foegele, & Jim Hiller 12/28 Post-Game Quotes
Warren Foegele
On getting such a big win in his first game against his former team
The first thing I really wanted was the win and I’m super proud of the guys for digging in the whole game. Obviously scoring against your former team, doesn’t matter how it goes in, it feels pretty special. The standings are so tight, so that was a massive win for this group and it’s obviously really good beating your old team.
On the performance of his line, which impacted all four Kings goals
We’ve been using our speed the last couple games and using our size, and it’s just wearing them down and getting pucks to the net. It’s a pretty simple recipe, but we’re sticking with it. Credit to the guys for playing the right way.
On why he’s clicked so well with Quinton Byfield on a line
I just think his speed and his size really helps me. I like to play fast and I think a big part of it too is off the ice. Knowing him from Toronto, it made me feel a little bit more comfortable when I first came here, he was one of the guys that I knew. We’re pretty good friends and I find that when you build that chemistry off the ice, it’s easier to be harder on each other on the ice, having those difficult conversations and just keeping each other real. We’ve stepped it up the last couple games and we both, and Jeanno too, we’ve got to keep it going, because there’s a lot of hockey left and points are crucial.
On the confidence shown in him to start overtime
A couple of those guys on the ice were asking me why I’m out there, so I made sure I was going to work hard out there, that’s for sure. Jimmy’s been crucial for me, giving me that voice of confidence, believing in me. I haven’t really had a coach that fully entrusted me in my whole time in the league. I think a big reason for my individual success is from Jimmy giving me that confidence and that’s by putting me in roles that maybe I hadn’t done in the past. It’s good to get his trust and just try to build off that.
Jim Hiller
On the performance of the Foegele/Byfield/Jeannot line in today’s win
I think we have a really solid team with unique, a lot of different players, unique players. I think that line in particular is very tenacious. Jeannot doesn’t skate as quick as Q and Foegs but he’s tenacious, he’s on pucks, he’s physical. They’re all three, that. I thought, if you noticed, Q was really physical tonight too, so he added that element again, or he has that element, he doesn’t bring it consistently enough, tonight he did. That line was really good, it’s the best they’ve played all year, there’s no question.
On if he feels any extra significance now, in beating Edmonton, considering the result
No. It’s so tempting to do that, right, based on the result and that’s kind of, as fans, as players and as coaches, we all do the same thing, you swing. Had we lost the overtime game, would have been saying ‘you lost again to Edmonton, in overtime too, terrible’ so it’s really hard to separate that. It was an important game for us, for sure, getting back on home ice after being gone for seven games. I thought it was, for a game that the players were off for four days and then one practice, it was a pretty entertaining hockey game, probably the best or most entertaining hockey game of the year.
On deciding to start Byfield and Foegele for overtime tonight
If I hadn’t, I’m sure you would’ve asked me ‘why didn’t you start Byfield and Foegele, they had such a good game tonight’ right? Even I got that one right, fortunately, we made the right choice. I thought, actually, we lost in Nashville, and I thought Byfield and Foegele played very well in that game. Should have started [in overtime], it went through my mind to start them in Nashville and I told them, next time we’re in overtime, I owe you one, you guys are starting.
On the way Foegele has come in and played as an offseason signing
He’s really competitive, he’s got size, which everybody wants size and likes size, but he moves really well, he is quick. So, you put size with a good skater and he’s extremely competitive. What I’ve come to really appreciate in getting to know him is what kind of a student of the game he is. How hockey, I’m sure his fiancé and family [come first], but besides that, hockey is so important to him and it means a lot to him that he does well. He really has a lot of pride in his game, he’ll probably end up coaching someday, I think, that type of personality, so that’s what I’ve come to appreciate. We didn’t know that about him, when you sign a guy and yeah, I just think he’s embraced the role, maybe a bigger role than he’s had in the past and he’s really running with it.
On the approach to overtime and getting the first OT/SO win of the season
We just wanted to go out there and play. Just survive. I thought we had the puck more in this overtime than we have in some of the other overtimes, which, against Edmonton in overtime, is difficult to do, but I was glad to see us hang on and also threaten, took it to the net a couple times. Of course it’s great when you score, but just generally, I thought we controlled some of the play in overtime, which we haven't done that much of this year.
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