Game Day Thread
Game #51/82 - 1/26/26
>>4:00pm<<
on FanDuel
Los Angeles Kings @ Columbus Blue Jackets
Nationwide Arena | Columbus, OH
**Game Time 4:00pm**
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Radio: ESPN LA app, Kings app, & Sirius
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Alex Laferrier & Jim Hiller 1/24 Post-Game Quotes
Alex Laferriere
On his takeaways from tonight’s game
Really resilient from our group, I thought. Giving up three goals in the second there and then being able to bounce back like that was huge. You look at our group, you look at Mooresie, the way he came back tonight was huge for us, he played unbelievable all night and was able to get a huge goal for us. I think that just goes to show the identity of our team and that everyone’s ready to go every single night.
On what the Kings did to halt the momentum at 3-2 and push back the other way
I think we just simplified it, right from the start. Right when they scored that third goal, we just got it in and we were able to win pucks back and just get it towards the net. I think we dominated them from that point on. I think we just kind of played a little bit more Kings hockey than we did at the start.
On his goal and the play Corey Perry made to set him up
Perrs just made an unbelievable play. He’s one of the best netfront guys in the league. Anytime you can get him the puck down low and behind their goal line, it’s going to create positive stuff I just tried to get open and looked like he had eyes in the back of his head there, and kind of just slung it towards me and was able to sneak it in.
On the opportunity that this trip presents for the Kings to string wins together
Yeah, it’s huge. We’ve been good on the road this year and I think it’s created a lot of momentum for us as a team. Being able to get wins here in tough buildings is going to be huge for us. We’re at a point in the in the year where every point is pivotal, I think it’s huge for us.
Jim Hiller
On having Trevor Moore back and the performance he gave the team tonight
Close to 20 minutes of ice time. Mooresie is such a reliable, dependable player, has been for a long time for the franchise. We clearly missed him, but he had to get healthy and you can just see how important he is to the team. He said it took him
On his takeaways from tonight’s game
We started good. Second period, the three goals in a short amount of time was really disappointing, when they made mistakes, obviously. So, when you make a mistake and it goes in, you want to hold it. We weren’t able to do that and gave them three, but I really liked the pushback after that, to tie it was important. I thought the third period was our best period. They scored a big one late, but the third period was good, we had other chances. It was nice to see the one go in, at least, to get us back ahead.
On what he felt the team was able to do at 3-2 to push the game back the other way
Everybody was disappointed. The bench was pissed off, as we should have been. We just did a few things that were uncharacteristic of us. Frankly, if we play that style and it’s going the other way, we have a hard time outscoring those mistakes, so we have to play it pretty, clean, or else we’re going to have a tough time. We got four tonight, so that’s excellent, but we don’t get four on a lot of nights. The guys cleaned it up. They were mad, they cleaned it up and again, proud of the effort in the third to come out and play our best.
On seeing Brandt Clarke in after the hit on Corey Perry
You love to see it, right? I think Sammy Helenius has been showing us that too and back at it again tonight for Sammy. To see Clarkie jump in there, this is what Clarkie is. He’s an ultra-competitive player and that shows in a lot of different areas on the ice. That was just another example of it.
On seeing Brian Dumoulin get his first goal of the season tonight
Yeah, we were all happy for Dumo, for sure. It was just a simple indirect and again, Corey Perry standing in front of the goalie, but it was a good shot. It was a really good shot, up high in the net.
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