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Game Day Thread
Game #36/82 -- 1/10/22
New York Rangers vs. Los Angeles Kings
at
**GAME TIME - 7:30pm**
TV:**BSW**
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
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Phillip Danault & Todd MacLellan 1/8/22 Post Game Quotes
Phillip Danault
On the team’s start to tonight’s game
I think we just built on last game, I thought we were the better team against Nashville 5-on-5, I thought we stuck with it tonight and we started right where we left off the game before. The guys were hungry, ready, obviously a big win.
On if he felt tonight was a “culture” win for the Kings
Absolutely. The culture was really on tonight, and even last game, we did give up two PK goals, but I thought 5-on-5 we were the better team. We’re building a good thing right now, with the culture and we’ve just got to bring it every game, it will give us a chance every single game.
On being an assist short of a Gordie Howe Hat Trick
I put some pressure on my winger there. I think we were the better team at the beginning and he wanted to get something going. I was better on draws, he just asked me and I said yeah.
On what the Kings did better on special teams tonight
I think it’s everything. Hunting the puck, structure, we didn’t give up anything in the neutral zone and Petey was awesome. Big comeback from him and some key saves to give us a chance to win the game.
On the pressure to start the second period after such a strong first period
Yeah, for sure. We talked with ourselves after the first, we knew they were going to push and do something better for sure. We just stuck to our game.
Todd McLellan
On the start to tonight’s game
I guess typical coach, you want our team to play that way throughout the whole night, and we fell off a little bit after that, but a tremendous start. On our toes, getting to a lot of loose pucks, winning faceoffs, playing the way we wanted to play. Goaltender makes his first save in a long time on a breakaway, which could have changed all of that momentum, but he stood his ground and did a really good job. Then, after that, I thought a little bit of our game got away from us a little bit. Shift length got a little long, we were disjointed, one fresh, two tired and then got a little bit sloppy, but sometimes that’s human nature, to have that happen. I guess the teachers want the classroom to be perfect all the time and there’s no such thing, so we found it a little bit frustrating.
On the penalty kill tonight
It did its job, starting with the goaltender, he made some saves. Faceoffs, clears, stuff that we talked about the other day that are really hard to practice, shot blocking, clearing attempts. You have some things that you can work on, but those parts of the game was a lot better than it was against Nashville.
On Cal Petersen and his play tonight
First start in a long time, his first save was a breakaway, it was a tremendous save, then he didn’t get a lot and had to be prepared for that last line of defense and mistakes that we had. He made some really good saves, he made one when they pulled their goaltender and everything gets a little bit tighter if it goes to 3-1, but he made a tremendous pad save there. I thought he looked really good. I’m happy for him, I’m glad that the guys dug in to preserve the shutout for him as well.
On if he believes any momentum in 5-on-5 play carried over from Nashville to today
I’ve said this before, I think each event is its own entity. I do think that the way you practice carries over into the game. We came out of the Christmas break, we were rehashing this again, not being prepared to practice. Our four-day period without a game, we were pretty good at practice. There was no whining from the coaching staff, we got done a lot of things that we needed to get done. Yesterday was light, but it still had purpose and they gave us what we needed from them and it was a pretty good game. Tomorrow is another test in practice, won’t be long, but there will be some things we’ll need against a good Rangers team.
On Sean Durzi and the assertiveness shown in his game tonight
For me, I saw that earlier, I saw that when he first got up here. He was running the power play, the power play actually changed when he arrived. We were better on the blueline than we were earlier, and I think that’s just continued. He’s rapidly playing his way into a full-time job in the National Hockey League, which is a real good thing for us with the number of injuries that we’ve had.
On the team’s start to tonight’s game
I think we just built on last game, I thought we were the better team against Nashville 5-on-5, I thought we stuck with it tonight and we started right where we left off the game before. The guys were hungry, ready, obviously a big win.
On if he felt tonight was a “culture” win for the Kings
Absolutely. The culture was really on tonight, and even last game, we did give up two PK goals, but I thought 5-on-5 we were the better team. We’re building a good thing right now, with the culture and we’ve just got to bring it every game, it will give us a chance every single game.
On being an assist short of a Gordie Howe Hat Trick
I put some pressure on my winger there. I think we were the better team at the beginning and he wanted to get something going. I was better on draws, he just asked me and I said yeah.
On what the Kings did better on special teams tonight
I think it’s everything. Hunting the puck, structure, we didn’t give up anything in the neutral zone and Petey was awesome. Big comeback from him and some key saves to give us a chance to win the game.
On the pressure to start the second period after such a strong first period
Yeah, for sure. We talked with ourselves after the first, we knew they were going to push and do something better for sure. We just stuck to our game.
Todd McLellan
On the start to tonight’s game
I guess typical coach, you want our team to play that way throughout the whole night, and we fell off a little bit after that, but a tremendous start. On our toes, getting to a lot of loose pucks, winning faceoffs, playing the way we wanted to play. Goaltender makes his first save in a long time on a breakaway, which could have changed all of that momentum, but he stood his ground and did a really good job. Then, after that, I thought a little bit of our game got away from us a little bit. Shift length got a little long, we were disjointed, one fresh, two tired and then got a little bit sloppy, but sometimes that’s human nature, to have that happen. I guess the teachers want the classroom to be perfect all the time and there’s no such thing, so we found it a little bit frustrating.
On the penalty kill tonight
It did its job, starting with the goaltender, he made some saves. Faceoffs, clears, stuff that we talked about the other day that are really hard to practice, shot blocking, clearing attempts. You have some things that you can work on, but those parts of the game was a lot better than it was against Nashville.
On Cal Petersen and his play tonight
First start in a long time, his first save was a breakaway, it was a tremendous save, then he didn’t get a lot and had to be prepared for that last line of defense and mistakes that we had. He made some really good saves, he made one when they pulled their goaltender and everything gets a little bit tighter if it goes to 3-1, but he made a tremendous pad save there. I thought he looked really good. I’m happy for him, I’m glad that the guys dug in to preserve the shutout for him as well.
On if he believes any momentum in 5-on-5 play carried over from Nashville to today
I’ve said this before, I think each event is its own entity. I do think that the way you practice carries over into the game. We came out of the Christmas break, we were rehashing this again, not being prepared to practice. Our four-day period without a game, we were pretty good at practice. There was no whining from the coaching staff, we got done a lot of things that we needed to get done. Yesterday was light, but it still had purpose and they gave us what we needed from them and it was a pretty good game. Tomorrow is another test in practice, won’t be long, but there will be some things we’ll need against a good Rangers team.
On Sean Durzi and the assertiveness shown in his game tonight
For me, I saw that earlier, I saw that when he first got up here. He was running the power play, the power play actually changed when he arrived. We were better on the blueline than we were earlier, and I think that’s just continued. He’s rapidly playing his way into a full-time job in the National Hockey League, which is a real good thing for us with the number of injuries that we’ve had.
Subject To Change
FORWARDS
Kings Injuries
Lias Andersson (IR)
Andreas Athanasiou (IR)
Alexander Edler (LTIR)
Martin Frk (CP)
Carl Grundstrom (CP)
Sean Walker (LTIR)
Christian Wolanin (CP)
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Rangers Probable Lineup
courtesy of dailyfaceoff.com
FORWARDS
Former King
Jonny Brodzinski
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GOALIE STATS
PLAYER STATS
PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS
Tonight’s Poll Question:
What will be the Shots on Goal DIFFERENTIAL in tonight’s game? (Difference between team with most SOG - team with fewer SOG)
You can take 2 Guesses
+/- 2 = 1 point, +/- 1 = 2 points, dead on = 3 points
(only your closest guess will get points)
Previous Game’s Winners
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed there would be no power play goals, nobody guessed a 4-0 final score:
Kurisu
jammer06
empire
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain
with 28 points:
pray4mojo
srm1105
27 Points
Liz4LA
26 Points
25 Points
LeftyKing
Rusty
VegasHockey
24 Points
hornman
Kurisu
notbob
Reg or Rog?
23 Points
Chateau Bow Wow
Dr. Tran
John a90
22 Points
AngelEyes
Byron
Helvetica
21 Points
Sonnyboy11
20 Points
jammer06
19 Points
DRice
kingrussell
18 Points
17 Points
Busted Chops
empire
Shackleford
16 Points
hokiecat
TooCool
15 Points
CIrvine
dannybuoy1
KHenry14
STONE
14 Points
SirJW
13 Points
Bill Hicks
Nyssa42
Sevenhole
12 Points
JayWells24
11 Points
Clif
cokingsfan
forum gold
Greg33
kopinator
10 Points
beady eye
Randdog
9 Points
JETS GARAGE
Rogie-Vachon
8 Points
Dirtweazle
PuckMaster
7 Points
DRGinLBC
MaxwellSmart
6 Points
beedee
5 Points
4 Points
Joe Laviguer
3 Points
Stone
2 Points
Ice24
waynet
1 Point
lurker
MBreeden
rinkrat
RoS
Salami
Stormy2213
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