GDT ***Playoffs Round 1, Game 3 GDT LA Kings @ Edmonton Oilers 4/25/25 7:00pm on FanDuel, TNT, tru, max***

[SirJW]

WTF, why challenge when the refs and Toronto have already looked at it? Bad challenge, PP goal in seconds. Ugh. What a great game ruined.

 

[orpheus]

I am too mixed up to articulate my thoughts so I'll just say .

 

[Bill Hicks]

Even though we’re up in this series I feel like we have been heavily bullied threw 3 games

We're doing a good job of playing through it. Which is the right way to approach it
without Jeannot.

 

[Ice Rhino]

Game 1 - 5ga on 25 sog - .800sv%

Game 2 - 2ga on 26 sog - .923sv%

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Game 3 - 5ga on 34 sog - .853sv%

4 gaa and .858 save%


One good game out of three is not gonna cut it.
People were talking him up for the Vezina.
His positioning was solid all season and now he's a fish out of water a lot of the time.
What happened?
He better figure it out.

Which goals are you blaming on him? Over a 3 game set you're going to have big discrepancies, just like you show. I'd like to see some additional stats such as goals saved above expected. I see him making the saves he needs to make, plus several absolute bangers.

 

[emsomaso]

Hiller getting crushed in the press conference.

And he deserves that! Both for the stupid challenge (although the blame also falls on the video crew) but also for thinking that rolling 3 lines will work in a long and extremely physical series like this!

Especially when both Helenius and Malott are playing pretty good when they are allowed to touch the ice…

 

[Statue4Deano]

Which goals are you blaming on him? Over a 3 game set you're going to have big discrepancies, just like you show. I'd like to see some additional stats such as goals saved above expected. I see him making the saves he needs to make, plus several absolute bangers.

-2.23 tonight
-.30 Game 2
-2.68 Game 1.

 

[Halfwall]

What’s the point of having a 4th line if they not gonna play? I feel like that line can have an impact if they get a go. Mallott drew the penalty that led to a goal the last 2 games and had a couple a grade chances tonight.

It's simple, Hiller wanted to prove that a soon to be 38 year old Kopitar can proficiently play more minutes than a prime GOAT Conner McDavid.

 

[Statue4Deano]

It's simple, Hiller wanted to prove that a soon to be 38 year old Kopitar can proficiently play more minutes than a prime GOAT Conner McDavid.

Just looked this up:
Kopitar played 22:11 tonight. He played 22+ minutes just 4x in the entirety of the regular season. Game 1 21:29, Game 2 20:37.

Hiller is riding Kopi until the tires are bald.

 

[KingsFanInMA]

Loved the stellar defending by 84&44 on the 5th goal...

 

[emsomaso]

This one sucks big time for sure!! But I honestly think we are the better TEAM and hopefully that will decide in the long run…

 

[Tiranga]

As someone put it--McSorley's stick--remember?

Didn't the McSorley stick issue happen in Game 2?

 

[emsomaso]

Just looked this up:
Kopitar played 22:11 tonight. He played 22+ minutes just 4x in the entirety of the regular season. Game 1 21:29, Game 2 20:37.

Hiller is riding Kopi until the tires are bald.

That is a recipe for disaster…

 

[Tiranga]

I think they'll bounce back in Game 4. We're still up 2-1 and still have home ice. I'm not that worried.

 

[FoxDie]

IDK about 100% - Kings played turtle defense for 14 minutes and couldn't make a pass to anyone except the Oilers the entire 3rd period. 6 goals a game is what it's gonna take apparently.

I don't understand why we turtled in the third either. Spelled disaster in game 1 and cost us game 3. Such is life, moving on to game 4. Kings will split in Edmonton and take the series at home. That's 100%

 

[Statue4Deano]

That is a recipe for disaster…

It’s very annoying because Lewis and Malott were perfectly fine in their extremely limited shifts tonight.

Also Doughty and Anderson should not be playing 27 & 26 minutes per night.

 

[Codered2026]

That is a recipe for disaster…

So many clearing chances missed by kopi in the third

 

[MiketheKing]

WTF, why challenge when the refs and Toronto have already looked at it? Bad challenge, PP goal in seconds. Ugh. What a great game ruined.

My exact thoughts. Like going to mommy after Dad said no, now we get grounded!

 

[Codered2026]

And he deserves that! Both for the stupid challenge (although the blame also falls on the video crew) but also for thinking that rolling 3 lines will work in a long and extremely physical series like this!

Especially when both Helenius and Malott are playing pretty good when they are allowed to touch the ice…

And there the 2 big bodies we need on the ice when guys like nurse is out there running over our guys especially byfield

 

[Rog or Reg?]

Okay, well reality is not always a pretty thing, but it is what it is. Worst case scenario, we come back to LA tied up 2-2.

Once again, it could be far worse than that. Factoring in all possible scenarios before the series started, we could potentially have been looking at being swept Sunday and fighting for our first win.

instead we're looking at the possibility of going up 3-1 in the series.

So the glass is still more than half full, and we need to remain positive and optimistic.

I still say Kings in 6.

 

[emsomaso]

And there the 2 big bodies we need on the ice when guys like nurse is out there running over our guys especially byfield

Exactly!! I just don’t get this since the huge amount of bs moves from scumbags like Kane, Perry and Nurse makes it a no-brainer to play Helenius and Malott!!