Game Day Thread
Game #39/82 -- 01/08/25
Calgary Flames vs. Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena | Los Angeles, CA
Last Season's Meetings
04/11/24 -- Flames 1, Kings 4
03/30/24 -- Kings 2, Flames 4
02/27/24 -- Kings 2, Flames 4
12/23/23 -- Flames 3, Kings 5
**Game Time 7:30pm - WHAT??**
TV: FanDuel
Radio: ESPN LA app only
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Lewis (video), Anderson, & Hiller 1/4 Post-Game Quotes
Mikey Anderson
On logging 11:22 in the third period, after Joel Edmundson left the game
I feel good. It’s not fun when you see Eddy go down, so obviously things get shaken up a little bit, but it was good, I feel good.
[Reporter] – How good was it to see him come back on the bench there at the end, was that a little reassuring for the group?
Yeah, that’s huge. He’s a big part of this group, not only out there, but in the room, he plays a big factor into how we function. Seeing him come out just to sit with us for the end there is as nice as a teammate, a guy you pull for and a guy you want around you.
On getting the most difficult matchups, taking on Kucherov’s line throughout the game
They’re fun, they’re the matchups you want. I thought at the start, we weren’t very good. I think we gave up way too much, but you can tip your hat to them, they know how to make plays, they find space. Then, as it went on, maybe got a little more comfortable trying to slow them down, get stick on puck, just trying to maybe be a little more in their face. Obviously we did enough to come out with two points today.
On being a part of Trevor Lewis’ 1000th NHL game
He’s got a lot of moving parts right now, I would say it’s hard to even play a game, but it’s super cool. He’s done so much for this organization and then this group in particular, he’s kind of the grandpa of the group sometimes, but he’s awesome to have around. I’ve been lucky that I’ve gotten to spend a lot of time with him the last two years now, him and the family and what an accomplishment, what a day for him.
Jim Hiller
On his takeaways from tonight’s game
I thought it was probably our most lopsided game. I think after the second period, our forwards as a group had four shots on net. So yeah, Darcy stole it, but you know that can happen. I can remember earlier in the season we had a game, I think was against Chicago, that we probably should have won, we ended up giving one up late and they beat us in overtime. You hope that they balance themselves out, but we’ll take it.
On good teams finding a way to win games in which they didn’t play their best
First, you’ve got to look at the goaltender every night. We talked about it after two, Darcy gave us a chance. Game was still tied and Darcy gave us a chance to even have a chance. Then, great play by Turc. We needed somebody to make a play, Turc makes a great play, Juice finishes and then we hang on by our fingertips.
On getting continued contributions all over the ice from Mikey Anderson
Mikey’s game, we’ve talked about him a lot, where Mikey’s game has gone, where it is tonight, when I didn’t think we have many of our players……I didn’t think we had a lot of guys that were even up to an average level for the way they play. Somehow, some way, Mikey was elite with a group that really struggled. Power to him, he’s playing some hockey, boy.
On Trevor Moore’s first game back from injury
In the end, we moved the lines around and they had to go against Point’s line. Mooresie probably played a little more than I was going to play him out of the gate, but just for certain circumstances, we weren’t having a good game, that was obvious. We needed somebody to try and just contain that line just a little bit and that’s a good job for Mooresie.
On using Quinton Byfield as the center against Kucherov’s line tonight
Everybody was really excited for Q, he had a great preseason, scored a lot of points, but he’s got to play a good two-way game and he can. Even when he wasn’t scoring, I know there were a lot of people talking about it, he’s not scoring, but he was getting better and better defensively. He wasn’t cheating and he was learning the position defensively in the NHL all over again. Now he’s scoring a little bit more, and his defensive game is really solid. We’ve thought for some time that he’s going to start taking on some of the tougher matchups. Him and Foegs are a pair, Foegs is a penalty killer, a good forechecker, checking-type player, dependable, so for us, it was a natural progression.
On being a part of Trevor Lewis’ 1000th NHL game
It’s really special, what an achievement, what an incredible achievement. There are so many things that go into it. You have to be an excellent player, have to have such a great support system, have to remain healthy, you have to do the things the coach likes you to do, to keep playing late in your career.
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Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
KINGS INJURIES
Drew Doughty - LTIR
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FLAMES PROBABLE LINEUP
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GOALIE COMPARISON
PLAYERS TO WATCH
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PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS
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**Today’s Poll Question Game**
How many TOTAL SAVES will be made by BOTH goalies combined in tonight's game?
you can take 3 guesses
+/- 1 = 1 point, dead on = 2 pts
(only your closest guess will count)
Take your best guesses in your post below.
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PREVIOUS GAME'S WINNERS
Congratulations to the many following posters who correctly guessed Kempe and/or 3rd period for the GWG:
Both (2 points):
JayWells24
HiFi
AngelEyes
Cross Traffic
Byron
KernCoKingFan
Forum Gold
Shackleford
Guinevere
DRice
jammer06
Vegas Hockey
Rog or Reg?
pray4mojo
Rusty
sonnyboy11
VCRW
motalare
Chateau Bow Wow
SirJW
Nyssa42
hornman
kingsmen93
empire
Liz4LA
Kempe (1 point):
rinkrat
randdog
notbob
Rogie-Vachon
mugs
Dr.Tran
Clif
3rd (1 point):
Drum4Pigs
Hockey53
POLL GAME WIN TOTALS
King of the Mountain - 36 points
VegasHockey
35 pts
Rusty
34 pts
sonnyboy11
32 pts
Hockey 53
31 pts
VCRW
29 pts
mugs
28 pts
Byron
Chateau Bow Wow
Forum Gold
Sir JW
27 pts
Dr. Tran
Liz4LA
26 pts
Drum4Pigs
26 pts
Cross Traffic
DRice
pray4mojo
Shackleford
25 pts
Angel Eyes
24 pts
Guinevere
HiFi
JayWells24
Nyssa42
23 pts
empire
jammer06
22 pts
CIrvine
dannybuoy1
hornman
KernCoKingsFan
notbob
randdog
Rogie-Vachon
19 pts
Kingsmen93
18 pts
Clif
Rog or Reg?
16 pts
mik999999
TooCool
14 pts
RinkRat
12 pts
beady eye
10 pts
DRGinLBC
9 pts
motolare
6 pts
JETS GARAGE
5 pts
sloppydog
4 pts
Bill Hicks
3 pts
kurisu
2 pts
ICE24
JC6388LAKings
symbology
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