Game Day Thread
Game #38/82 -- 01/04/25
>>6:00pm<<
on FanDuel
Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena | Los Angeles, CA
DODGERS NIGHT
Giveaway - Dodgers Socks
Last Season's Meetings
03/23/24 -- Lightning 3, Kings 4 (OT)
01/09/24 -- Kings 2, Lightning 3 (OT)
**Game Time 6:00pm**
TV: FanDuel
Radio: ESPN LA app only
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Andre Lee (video), Darcy Kuemper, & Jim Hiller 1/1 Post-Game Quotes
Darcy Kuemper
On getting that type of victory against New Jersey
It was just a big game for us. We love playing against the other top teams in the league and this is a tough team to play against, they’ve got a ton of skill. We came with the mindset that we were going to just play hard from start to finish and make them make mistakes. I thought our d-men in front, they were very incredible tonight. We just had a team mindset, start to finish and that’s a huge win for us.
On closing the door on a shutout
Shutouts usually take a whole team, it’s a team stat really. There’s games where, for instance, they made a great pass in the second there and Foegs has a great block, so it takes plays like that to get a shutout. It takes everybody and we had everyone tonight.
On seeing Andre Lee get his first career NHL goal from the opposite end of the ice
I try to wave at him from the net and hopefully he looks my way. It’s always super exciting whenever somebody gets their first and he works so hard out there. To get rewarded with a beautiful goal like that, in such a meaningful moment, that’s a pretty one to have as your first, so that was awesome.
On his point of view on the coaches challenge
He pushed me back onto the goalline and then my stick kind of got tangled up in his feet, so I didn’t really have a chance to make the save. I would have been in a way different position if he had not bumped into me, so I thought it was a great challenge.
Jim Hiller
On the win today, versus the 3-1 loss in New Jersey in December
I think it was a fairly similar game, there weren’t a lot of chances in that December game, but we had even less. So, I think the difference in this game is at 5-on-5, I thought we were way more dangerous than we were in Jersey and both goalies played really well, I thought their goalie played well too.
On seeing Andre Lee get his first NHL goal
Yeah, it’s just one of the best things, one of the best things to be part of that and see somebody score their first NHL goal. It’s such a journey for everybody, twists and turns in different ways for all players. He’s 24, some guys get it when they’re 20, when they’re younger, so he took a longer road. It’s just really exciting. You couldn’t wipe the smile off his face.
On the importance of a penalty kill unit that went 5-for-5 in the win
We talked about that, and it has been, all year, I know we’ve been scored on but we’ve put a lot of pressure on teams. It’s difficult to go against that type of penalty kill, but it’s equally as difficult to penalty kill that way. It requires a ton of energy, a ton of quick reads and, most importantly, a very good stick. You see primarily, it’s Edmondson, Gavrikov and Anderson back there and then when it does break down, and it did in the second period, you see Gavy just laying down and cleaning up anything to the back door. I’m really proud of those three in particular, they do a lot of work there and they have really bought in and understood how that system works and they do it as well as anyone.
On the decision to go for the coaches challenge, which kept the Kings ahead
[Video Coach Samson Lee] called that from the back. It was 50/50, I thought. I didn’t know. I didn’t want to make the call, I’ll tell you that. I probably wouldn’t have challenged it myself if I was one making the decision. Sammy came in late and said let’s challenge it. Obviously it was the right decision.
On the team’s defensive effort and playing well in the middle of the ice
We liked our game a lot. Through the first two periods, the chances that they had primarily were our giveaways, when we had the puck and we gave it away. They didn’t slice and dice us and kick it out and drive through us, we were really good there, we controlled the middle of the ice. Then I thought in the third period, what we did better was we cleaned up those turnovers, so we didn’t give them anything easy.
On completing the shutout, after seeing some fall short at home this season
It looked good until we get the penalty, now they’re going to go back at 6-on-4 and 6-on-4 is tough against that team. I felt we were going to win the game, but I didn’t want to give one up in that situation, because Darce had been so close so many times.
On Joel Edmundson’s game tonight
The guy that you guys haven’t mentioned, that I thought in particular maybe had his best game of the year, was Joel Edmondson. Penalty kill, net front, those type of players and when you acquire a guy like Eddie, he’s not flashy, but big and strong and mean and been there. I thought in that third period, the last 8, 10 minutes, the physicality, the presence at the net, the boxing out, the strength on the stick, you start to see why those guys become so valuable in games that are tight and they’re hard.
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KINGS INJURIES
Drew Doughty - LTIR
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LIGHTNING PROBABLE LINEUP
Former Kings
Erik Cernak (draft pick)
Michael Eyssimont
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**Today’s Poll Question Game**
Part 1 - Who is going to score the GAME WINNING GOAL?
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Part 2 - In which period will the Game Winning Goal be scored?
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(Both games were decided in OT last season)
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PREVIOUS GAME'S WINNERS
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed the game winning goal within +/- 2 mins or less of 6:23 of the second. Nobody pegged Andre Lee with the first goal of the year:
5:23-7:23 (2 points):
Liz4LA
4:23-8:23 (1 point):
Drum4Pigs
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POLL GAME WIN TOTALS
King of the Mountain - 34 points
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33 pts
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32 pts
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31 pts
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29 pts
VCRW
28 pts
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26 pts
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25 pts
Drum4Pigs
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24 pts
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23 pts
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22 pts
CIrvine
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21 pts
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20 pts
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19 pts
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16 pts
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15 pts
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12 pts
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10 pts
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6 pts
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4 pts
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