Game Day Thread
Playoffs - Round 1 Game 3 - 04/25/25
>>7:00pm<<
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FanDuel (west)
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Los Angeles Kings @ Edmonton Oilers
Rogers Place | Edmonton, AB
*Game Time 7:00pm*
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Radio: ESPN LA app only
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Brandt Clarke, Warren Foegele & Jim Hiller 4/23 Post-Game Quotes
Brandt Clarke
On the emotions of scoring his first career goal in the Playoffs
It was awesome. The crowd erupted and it put us up 1-0, it was just awesome. My teammates were really happy for me, as happy as I was for myself. It was just a cool moment. It’s an emotional game, who can kind of weather that the best is going to come out on top. Right when I got back to the bench, the guys were saying congratulations to me, but the coaches made sure, let’s get back to square one here, same job, you’ve got your next shift coming up here and I think I did a good job.
On how he saw the play develop leading to his goal
Foegs made a really good play on the wall, Phil kicked it out to him and he had a really good play to keep possession of the puck and slip by the D. Once I saw it was a 2-on-1, the D slid, so if he didn’t pass it, I would’ve understood if he just kept wheeling to the net, but he found that little hole there, slipped it to me and I was just firm on my stick. Mooresie made a good play of being the decoy, made the D kind of stay back with him, so I was all alone the front and just was really happy that it went in.
On the team getting a bit of a momentum boost from another early power-play goal
We did good weathering the storm, they came out really hot, they had good possession out of the gates. When we got that power play, our first unit had really good execution, we had some good looks and then we got out there and we knew we only had 30 seconds, so we had to get something to the net and we did. We executed well. We were all pretty excited on the bench. It was just good that we kind of kept that energy going in the second period.
On the energy in the building in helping to maintain home-ice advantage through two games
Definitely. We’re happy that the fans were so involved, they were so loud for us and we’re so grateful that they’re so passionate, so it was cool. We’re happy we could reward them and give them goals and give them something to celebrate. We’re really happy with our performance, I’m really happy with how the crowd showed out tonight.
Warren Foegele
On what has gone well for the Kings in opening up a 2-0 series lead at home
I think we’re just sticking to the plan. We’re being even keeled up there and when we get our opportunities, we’re capitalizing on them. Guys have got to keep doing that, keep getting pucks on net and keep sticking to the plan.
On the biggest difference between the third period tonight and the third period in Game 1
Yeah, I just thought we were more composed. We were taking deep breaths. I know they scored that one there, and we took a deep breath on the bench, and then we come out and score one to get the lead again. It’s just staying even keeled, especially during the playoffs. You can’t be too high and you can’t be too low.
On maintaining home-ice advantage through the first two games of the series
It’s been huge all year for us. You know, we love playing in this building, we love playing in front of our fans. I don’t really know how to describe it, but it’s just a feeling. We really enjoy playing here.
On handling the primary matchup tonight against McDavid and Draisaitl
They’re the best players in the world. They’re so dynamic, you know you’ve got to respect them but you can’t respect them too much. It’s an opportunity for us to go against them and they’re obviously going to make plays because they’re so good, but you try to limit them as much as we can but they’re such good players that you know what’s going to happen, too.
Jim Hiller
On another strong performance in Game 2, taking a 2-0 series lead
I like how we’ve played. We’ve finished pretty well, if you score that many goals. I thought tonight in particular, we had some shots alone with the goaltender and beat him, we finished really well, so there’s some different things that go into when you’re finishing well, score goes up a little quicker. Just generally, overall, we’re playing pretty good, solid hockey, offensively and defensively, I think both parts are there.
On the Kings handling the transition from regular season to playoff hockey
For those who follow us, the local media, we’ve had a pretty good season and the second half of the season, I think we really started to get our footing. We like the additions to the team. I think there was a priority on probably some size and maybe a little bit grittier players, stronger players added into the mix this year by our GM. I think the regular season probably went as well as it did based on that. I think we established it in the regular season and carried it into the playoffs.
On continued emphasis on the special teams battle
We talked about it before the series began, we all had a few days to talk about what the series might look like. If you just reflect back to last year, their power play is really good and we didn’t score a power play goal last year in the series and that was a big difference. That clearly was going to have to be an emphasis for us this year and I think both the power play and the penalty kill, thus far it’s been two games, it’s performed pretty well.
On the play of Joel Edmundson in Game 2
He was really, in particular tonight, I thought played fine in that first game, but I thought tonight in particular, he was really good. He bumped into a few people with some aggression and he’s just a stabilizing force. He’s got a really good, I didn’t know this about him, just got a great voice in the room, getting ready to go to start a period. I hear his voice a lot. it’s his first year on the team, might have took him a little while, but he’s certainly taking charge of that now and he just backs it up with the way he plays.
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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GOALIE COMPARISON
PLAYERS TO WATCH
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King of the Mountain - 68 points
Rusty
67 pts
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65 pts
Liz4LA
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VCRW
63 pts
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62 pts
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61 pts
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CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS OTHERS MAY HAVE MISSED:
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