Game Day Thread
Game #5/82 - 10/16/25
>>7:00pm<<
on FanDuel
& 710AM radio
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena | Los Angeles, CA
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Quinton Byfield & Jim Hiller 10/13 Post-Game Quotes
Quinton Byfield
On the team’s effort to comeback in the third period
It was good on us, for sure, but we can’t put ourselves in those holes. We’re taking too many penalties and I might be the main guy, I’ve taken a ton. So, that’s something that we’ve got to fix and you can’t be in those holes, but obviously it’s good resilience to get that point back. It’s better to take one point back than nothing.
On what he feels the team need to do to limit the minor penalties overall
It’s early season, they’re looking to call a lot of penalties but we’re not making it easy on ourselves either. There’s just some stick checking, we’ve just got to be a little bit more ready, battle a little bit more, move our feet and maybe get rid of some of those. Other than that, every game we’ve played 5-on-5, I feel like we’ve outplayed the other teams, so we’ve just got to clean that up.
On what he saw on his power-play goal tonight
I just saw Juice just kind of walking down far side there, I just wanted to kind of push away from the defenders. He made a hard pass and I just tried putting it on net. I think I went low, far side, so it was lucky, but that was a big one for us. It was good for the power play.
On if the 5-on-5 play tonight gives a building block to move forward on
I think it’s just, honestly, it’s when we put our head down and we just went to work. We got it behind them and we just forechecked and that’s when we kind of started turning the tide. Then everything else opened up, so I think we just have to start with that.
Jim Hiller
On what he liked most about the way the team fought back to earn a point4
You like lots about it, right? If you take away the start, which you can’t, it’s part of the game, I get that, but the last 50 minutes, if that’s what you want to call it, you like lots about it. We didn’t give them much and we didn’t create a whole bunch, but obviously we created enough. I’d have liked to see us score on the 4-on-3, we had some good looks, that would have made it a great night. In the end, we can’t be satisfied with just one.
On what he can takeaway from this game when the team played 5-on-5
We’re taking too many penalties and we’re getting scored on. I think the one positive there is we had a really good kill in the third period to hold it. 5-on-5, Winnipeg didn’t have much, Minnesota didn’t have much, so our 5-on-5 game is starting to feel a little bit more like how we play. We’re going to score goals, I’m not worried about that, but we just have to tighten it up. I think we’re getting there. We take some of the penalties away, we’ll be a good team.
On what can be done collectively to reduce the number of penalties
Sometimes, when it rains, it pours. It started that way last season too. I think in the last 30 games, we took the least amount of minors to put it short. I don’t know what it is. I can tell you I talked about it two days ago and that’s why I don’t like to talk about these things, because we took seven penalties in the first period of the next two games. There were some calls I didn’t really agree with, I would tell you that, so there’s some borderline calls, but, hey, we’re getting called, so we’re just going to have to clean that up completely. We can’t even be close.
On how he felt the new-look defensive pairs looked in Game 1 together
We played pretty well 5-on-5, they didn’t have a lot, so we’ll review it to get a real deep dive on exactly how it looked, but from the bench, there wasn’t much going on in our end. So, the defenseman, along with the forwards helping them out, did a really good job. We didn’t give much up, that’s the sign. I don’t care who plays with who, if you don’t give much up, you’ve had a good night, wherever anybody’s playing.
On Quinton Byfield’s power-play goal and the movement leading up to it
Juice ended up down there, that’s usually Kuzy’s spot, he made a nice play. Q actually faded out a little bit and didn’t hold himself under the hash. Just a really good play, just a really nice goal, good execution. That’s what you need to do when you’re on the power play. It’s really all about execution. Doesn’t matter who’s where, when you get your chance, you have to execute. Then, we missed a couple on the 4-on-3, where we hit skates and we just weren’t quite as sharp.
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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