Game Day Thread
Game #71/82 -- 4/2/22
Los Angeles Kings @ Winnipeg Jets
Canada Life Centre | Winnipeg, MB
WASAC Night
(it stands for Winnipeg Aboriginal Sport Achievement Centre)
Previous Meetings
11/13/21 - Kings 2, Jets 3 (OT)
10/28/21 - Jets 3, Kings 2
**Game Time 4:00pm**
TV:**BSW**
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
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Viktor Arvidsson (video), Cal Petersen & Todd MacLellan 3/31/22 Post Game Quotes
Link to Viktor Arvidsson Video
https://twitter.com/i/status/1509744384362831874
Cal Petersen
On the team’s comeback mentality again tonight
Yeah, when they came and took that 2-1 lead, knowing that it was on a back-to-back, it could have been really easy for us to just pack it in, we had a built in excuse, but I don’t think that’s the kind of group that we have. Everybody battled back and made the most of this opportunity and we were able to get an extra pint out of it. It was a tremendous effort by everybody, and a really good character win.
On the team playing to its identity tonight in Calgary
I think it’s one of those things that you have to work for your opportunities, and your chances, for the ability to have things go right. We knew, to play against a team like Calgary, we would need to play the way that helps us win, not try to play their game. I think we stuck to what we do best, checked for our opportunities and played good defense. We sacrificed for each other and I think that’s a good recipe against anybody.
On the shootout and making all three saves
I don’t know, I don’t want to give up any of my secrets, it’s just being patient. You keep tabs on different guys that go in the shootout, around the league, and hopefully you have somewhat of an idea of what they’re going to do. You just have to read and react and hope you can come out on the right side.
Todd McLellan
On if it’s fair to say that was a massive win for the Kings
Yeah, probably a good way of putting it. It was huge to come back. We’re running on fumes, somebody asked me [earlier] today about the heart of the team. These types of wins, the heart just gets bigger and stronger as we go on. I thought tonight was a more complete team effort, because we rolled four lines and played all six D. It’s good for us and I know we’re not skating tomorrow.
On if tonight’s game was one of the toughest tests the Kings have faced this season
Yeah, I would say so. They’re a hell of a team, they do so many things well and they don’t give up a lot. They test you in all three zones, we checked well, we did the things that we needed to do at certain times and Cal did what he needed to do. We’ll take ugly wins, we’ll take good team wins, this time of the year you’ll take anything you can get. We’re happy to have the points in the bank.
On selecting Lias Andersson to lead off the shootout
It’s not surprising at all for us. He’s often going to be the number one guy for us when he’s in the lineup. It’s what he does really well. He’s very good at it.
On Alex Iafallo’s goal and getting off the schneid
Happy for him, because he’s had a lot of chances that haven’t gone in for him. You could see him squeezing the stick a little bit, but in the meantime, he’s paid attention to the other details in his game. Often, when top-end players go dry for a while, they begin to cheat and it doesn’t go well for them. Al isn’t that type of player. The whole bench was happy for him. If I’m him now, I’m shooting every puck I get my hands on, because maybe he’ll turn hot.
On the resiliency tonight to fight back in the third
That’s not surprising for us. We were down 3-1 in Edmonton, we have a pretty good pushback mentality after we get scored on, bump-up shifts we call them. We’ve learned some hard lessons when we didn’t have that, but now we do, so the team doesn’t quit. It’s who we are, it’s in our DNA, it’s a good quality to have at this time of the year.
On the ability to play four lines successfully tonight
It’s huge. We expended a lot of energy last night to get a point in Edmonton. 65 minutes, shootout, playing against a heavy, hard team like Calgary, it zaps you quickly, so you need everybody. That was the plan going in tonight, to roll lines as much as we could. We were fortunate, until the third period, to stay out of the penalty box, so we don’t have to waste a lot of energy there. I thought Cal got us timely whistles when we needed them, so we could shorten the shifts up. We didn’t worry as much about matching, just get fresh guys out all the time. It helped.
Subject To Change
FORWARDS
Kings Injuries
Mikey Anderson (LTIR)
Andreas Athanasiou (IR)
Dustin Brown (IR)
Drew Doughty (IR)
Brendan Lemieux (IR)
Blake Lizotte
Matt Roy (IR)
Sean Walker (LTIR)
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Jets Probable Lineup
courtesy of dailyfaceoff.com
FORWARDS
NO Former Kings
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GOALIE STATS
PLAYER STATS
WESTERN CONFERENCE WILD CARD STANDINGS
Tonight’s Poll Question:
The Jets’ leading scorer, Kyle Connor, will be out on Covid Protocol tonight. He has an incredible 82 points on the season (41g, 41a). How many TOTAL POINTS will be scored by ALL FORWARDS in tonight’s game (from both teams)?
You can take 3 guesses.
1 point if you get it right.
Previous Game’s Winners
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed the former Kings would get just 1 point :
Kurisu
srm1105
DRice
Dr. Tran
Helvetica
beedee
Ecktore
sonnyboy11
JayWells24
Busted Chops
John a90
randdog
AngelEyes
Nyssa42
Bill Hicks
VegasHockey
hokiecat
kingsmen93
LeftyKing
hihocarp
Clif
SirJW
Rogie-Vachon
Poll Win Totals
***NOT UPDATED***
King Of The Mountain
with 50 points:
srm1105
45 Points
VegasHockey
44 Points
AngelEyes
John a90
Liz4LA
Reg or Rog?
43 Points
LeftyKing
Sonnyboy11
42 Points
41 Points
Kurisu
40 Points
Bill Hicks
DRice
39 Points
Rusty
38 Points
Chateau Bow Wow
jammer06
pray4mojo
37 Points
36 Points
hornman
35 Points
Helvetica
hokiecat
notbob
34 Points
Nyssa42
33 Points
Dr. Tran
32 Points
kingrussell
31 Points
Busted Chops
JayWells24
30 Points
KHenry14
Shackleford
29 Points
Byron
dannybuoy1
28 Points
27 Points
26 Points
STONE
25 Points
Rogie-Vachon
SirJW
24 Points
23 Points
CIrvine
empire
22 Points
forum gold
Sevenhole
21 Points
20 Points
19 Points
JETS GARAGE
TooCool
18 Points
17 Points
Clif
16 Points
randdog
15 Points
cokingsfan
DRGinLBC
14 Points
13 Points
Dirtweazle
PuckMaster
12 Points
11 Points
beedee
Greg33
kopinator
10 Points
beady eye
9 Points
8 Points
7 Points
kingsmen93
MaxwellSmart
6 Points
Joe Laviguer
5 Points
waynet
4 Points
3 Points
2 Points
Ice24
rinkrat
1 Point
lurker
MBreeden
Ragbone
RoS
Salami
Stormy2213
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