Game Day Thread
Game #40/82 - 1/3/26
>>6:00pm<<
on FanDuel
Minnesota Wild vs. Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena | Los Angeles, CA
STAR WARS NIGHT
Giveaway - Neck Gaiter (first 10,000 fans)
**Game Time 6:00pm**
TV: FanDuel
Radio: ESPN LA app, Kings app, & Sirius
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Corey Perry & Jim Hiller 1/1 Post-Game Quotes
Corey Perry
On his takeaways from tonight’s game
Tough last five minutes. They pushed, they found a way to tie it and they found that. Once they tied it, we really didn’t have a response. We’ve got to learn from it.
On the frustration from losing a game the Kings should have won
Yeah, especially because we scored to go up 3-2 on the power play. It’s frustrating. We have to learn from it. You can’t anything away from them, they have some pretty good players over there, that’s a pretty good hockey team. They just kept pushing.
On losing what was an important game for a team battling to hold onto a playoff spot
You have to flush this one. It is what it is now. You move on and you go out there and get ready for the next one, it’s going to be another tough one.
On his unit scoring a power-play goal for the third straight game
I think we’re finding our spots and our movement. Guys are shooting the puck in the back of the net, that’s the biggest thing. Those feel good, but it would’ve felt better if we got the W.
Jim Hiller
On what he saw in the final five minutes tonight
I didn’t think we gave them that much in the third, I thought we pushed back. Second period wasn’t a good one for us. Then, whatever leads up to it, leads up to it and then there’s two scrambles at our netfront and it finds a way to go in twice. I thought the two best chances of the period were Laferriere’s breakaway and Kempe’s semi-breakaway off the side, but that’s not how hockey works. Sometimes, stuff goes in.
On the frustration levels that come from losing a game like that
I can’t tell you how disappointing is. It’s hard to explain. The players put in a great effort, so to come up empty, I don’t want to be over-dramatic, but it’s difficult. It’s difficult.
On what he would have liked to see the team do differently in those final five minutes
Yeah, I’m not going to get into it here, but there’s multiple players with chances to clean that up. Sometimes it doesn’t go in, nobody worries about it, right? It goes in, you’ve got to worry about it.
On taking the timeout in the third period to potentially challenge the third TB goal
We weren’t sure. Cirelli was in [the crease], did Clarkie help him in? There’s a history, certainly this season, of not overturning a lot, so you’re going to have to make sure at that moment that you’re pretty certain. We just felt like what we thought it was, not a high enough probability to challenge at that time.
On the consistency he’s starting to see from Clarke’s power-play unit
They’ve been dangerous. Some really good plays. Last one, a great play by Perrs, prior to that, Q had Perrs on the back door. That group, yeah, in particular, is moving it well, and they feel dangerous, as dangerous as we’ve been all year.
On the consistency he’s starting to see from Clarke’s power-play unit
We’re looking for the result. We talked about it after the Colorado game. Played a really good game in Colorado. It makes you feel good that you’re playing right there with them, doesn’t make you feel good you didn’t get the win. Tonight, again, another really good team. We should have won the game. We need to win that game, that’s the bottom line. There’s not a lot of moral victories in this one for us tonight.
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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**POLL QUESTION GAME**
Part 1 - *TWO GAME QUESTION*-
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Kings: Armia, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, Kuemper
Wild: Boldy, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Faber, Gustavsson, Hughes, Sturm, Wallstedt
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