Game Day Thread
Playoffs - Round 1 Game 5 - 04/29/25
>>7:00pm<<
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KCAL Ch9
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Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings
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Warren Foegele & Jim Hiller 4/27 Post-Game Quotes
Warren Foegele
On what happened in the third period and what allowed Edmonton to come back
A couple lucky bounces, to be honest. That second goal, it hit a stick and then it bounces off the ice. They pushed hard but I really liked our game today. I thought we came out with a high intensity and we just didn’t get the bounces there. We’re looking forward to going home. We like playing at home, we’re comfortable there and now it’s best of three.
On if he felt the third periods of Game 3 and Game 4 were played similarly
No, I thought they were different. Again, I think right before they tied it, I think Kevin came down and hit the post, right? So, we’re talking about bounces, game of inches. I thought we pushed a lot harder in this third than in Game 3 but we just didn’t get the bounces.
On if it is discouraging to play so well for 40 minutes and not get the result
Yeah, obviously, it’s unfortunate we didn’t get the result. I’m proud of the guys, the way they battled. I thought, like I said, we played hard and now we’re excited to go home.
On if he says anything to Quinton Byfield after the play on the game-tying goal
No, he tried to make the right play, he tried to chip it out and their guy just somehow got a stick on it. You know, it happens. It’s part of the game. Again, he’s trying to do the right thing and we told him don’t worry about it. We tried to push in OT and I don’t know if that was a penalty, but we’ll move on.
On if this loss is more painful than Game 3
I think they’re all painful, right? At the end of the day, you’re trying to get to the first one to four wins. Obviously we’re disappointed, but like I said before and we’re excited to go home.
Jim Hiller
On how the team needs to change their approach in the third period
Next question. We’re that far away on the empty net. Q chips that one out, Bouchard makes a good play or we’re not even talking about it.
On what he liked from the first 40 minutes and if he thought it carried over into the third
Our skating, I thought we skated all game. It’s something we wanted to do and I thought we skated a lot better tonight than in Game 3. We had plenty of opportunities and we did not [capitalize]. So, here we are, heading home 2-2. They got a power play in overtime, those are tough.
On how the group emotionally recovers from that kind of game
Well, that’s the beauty of the game. That’s the beauty of working with professional athletes. They’re men, they’re young men, but they’re men and they’ve got to go. At home, it’s easy, you’ve got 20,000 people cheering on. On the road, you’ve got 20,000 people getting after you. You’re fighting and that’s why they’re playing at this level. They suck it up, they answer questions, they get a rest, they get ready to go do it all over again. That’s the beauty of what we get to witness. They’re men. Professionals.
On if he says anything to Quinton Byfield after the game
He didn’t have to go through it on his own, his guys, his teammates got him. He’s made that play all year. I’m not worried about that play one bit for Quinton. I’m proud of the 28 minutes he gave us tonight, how hard he played and I know he’ll be ready to play the next game. You shake those things off. It doesn’t go your way every single time, you shake it off, you come back again.
On if he felt fatigue was a factor in the third period and overtime
I don’t know, it could be. They’ve got a pretty good team. They’ll come at you. I’m sure they didn’t feel very good about us coming at them. They got their legs under them and they came at us for a while, but I think they’ve got a pretty good team. It happens. It ebbs and flows.
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