Game Day Thread
Game #55/82 -- 02/22/25
>>6:00pm<<
on FanDuel
Utah Hockey Club vs. Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena | Los Angeles, CA
Armenian Heritage Night
**Game Time 6:00pm**
TV: FanDuel
Radio: ESPN LA app only
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Trevor Lewis (video), Drew Doughty, & Jim Hiller 2/8 Post-Game Quotes
Drew Doughty
On his takeaways from tonight’s game
We didn’t play very good, I don’t think, in the first. I think they hadn’t played since Tuesday, we were on a back-to-back, a lot of times that seems like an advantage to the back-to back team, but we came out a little flat, didn’t have the energy needed. Second and third we were much better, I thought we kind of dominated the game for those two periods. Their goalie played well, our goalie played well. We weren’t at our best but we didn’t play terrible.
On David Rittich’s game tonight, giving the team a chance to win
He played great. I think his last three outings have been really good, going back to Tampa. We could have easily lost that game by a large margin. David is a competitor, he tries his butt off out there every night and he cares about winning. That’s all you can ask out of him.
On getting the call to play in the 4 Nations Faceoff next week
I got the call today, right before my nap. Exciting, exciting day. I’ve had this on my mind ever since I’ve come back and put a little bit too much pressure on myself to perform at a very high level. The game was kind of up and down and ever since I knew I had a really good chance the last two games, I got back to myself.
On how he feels physically, coming off 3 games in 4 nights
I feel good. I finally feel like I’m not getting tired in games, the last two games, I’ve felt fresh and I played a lot of minutes and felt good. I’m happy that I’ve turned the corner.
Jim Hiller
On his takeaways from tonight’s game
I didn’t really like our game through 40 minutes at all, but give them credit, we got it together for 20 minutes at least. Came up a little short.
On what he felt was perhaps lacking over the first two periods tonight
I didn’t really like us anywhere over the ice for the first 40 minutes. I mean, we can point to different things or make excuses, I don’t look at it that way. We just weren’t very good, it was disappointing, but we did get it together in the third period and I’ve got to give the guys credit for that.
On the energy of the team tonight versus the connectivity
I just don’t think we were ready to play as hard as we needed to, as hard as we had to physically. I think it took us some time to get into the game and understand how hard it is and was going to be. That, to me, is where it was, it’s mental. It’s partly physical, but [the mind] drives [the body], and I think until [the mind] got right, we weren’t very good.
On turning to Adrian Kempe as a defensemen with the team trailing in the third period
Time was running out, so we don’t like to do that necessarily, but I think we did it when it was like five minutes left or six minutes left. When we put him on defense, we can get him out every second shift, it’s hard to do that as a forward sometimes, unless there’s whistles. He’s dangerous, so we put him out there.
On seeing Drew Doughty named to Team Canada during the first period
Yeah, wow. I mean, wow. That’s the reputation, that’s the pedigree, that’s the resume, all in one. To get announced for that, you’ve got to be a special player, you know what I mean, and thought so highly of by Hockey Canada, Team Canada, everything he’s accomplished so far. Awesome for him and I look forward to watching him play.
On the factors that go into a player like Trevor Lewis playing 1,000 career NHL games
There’s so many and I think in Lewie’s case, you know, sometimes you’re just a star player and you’ve been better than most everybody in the world in your age group for 20 years plus, so there’s that element. Then there’s other guys who just have to find a way to stay in the league, find a way to stay wanted, find a way to stay important on a team. It used to be that you can play until you’re 37, 38 years old. Now, you’re a unicorn if you play to that age, and I think it just gets younger every year. To be able to survive, you’ve seen it, we watched [the video], I don’t have to repeat it, I think his teammates say it the best. Just a special guy, special player.
Subject to Change
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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UTAH HOCKEY CLUB PROBABLE LINEUP
Former Kings
Sean Durzi
Olli Maatta
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**Today’s Poll Question Game**
Part 1 - With Durzi expected back tonight, plus Olli Maatta on the UHC, let's go with: How many TOTAL POINTS by all DMen in tonight's game?
You can take 3 guesses
Part 2 - How many TOTAL Power Play Goals will be scored by BOTH teams in tonight's game?
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PREVIOUS GAME'S WINNERS
Congratulations to the many following posters who correctly guessed Kempe to score the final goal before the break.
Nobody had the time correct for the first goal of the previous game:
Rogie-Vachon, Dr. Tran, JayWells24, Drum4Pigs, Guinevere, Hockey53, Forum Gold, jammer06, Rusty, KernCoKingFan, Byron, AngelEyes, VegasHockey, VCRW, DRice, Rog or Reg?, randdog, SirJW, sonnyboy11, kingsmen93, empire, pray4mojo, motalare, TooCool, Liz4LA, Nyssa42, Chateau Bow Wow, mugs, hornman, dannybuoy1
POLL GAME WIN TOTALS
King of the Mountain - 47 points
Rusty
46 pts
Vegas Hockey
44 pts
sonnyboy11
42 pts
Chateau Bow Wow
40 pts
Cross Traffic
Liz4LA
VCRW
39 pts
Byron
38 pts
Forum Gold
Hockey 53
mugs
37 pts
Sir JW
36 pts
Drum4Pigs
HiFi
35 pts
JayWells24
34 pts
Dr. Tran
Guinevere
KernCoKingsFan
Nyssa42
pray4mojo
33 pts
DRice
empire
hornman
32 pts
Angel Eyes
jammer06
Rogie-Vachon
30 pts
CIrvine
Shackleford
29 pts
Kingsmen93
27 pts
randdog
26 pts
Clif
dannybuoy1
25 pts
Rog or Reg?
23 pts
notbob
TooCool
21 pts
RinkRat
18 pts
DRGinLBC
mik999999
15 pts
motolare
14 pts
JETS GARAGE
12 pts
beady eye
7 pts
KHenry14
6 pts
Surf Nutz
5 pts
sloppydog
4 pts
Bill Hicks
ICE24
3 pts
kurisu
2 pts
JC6388LAKings
symbology
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