Game Day Thread
Preseason Game #6 -- 10/5/24
4:00pm
on
***KCAL Ch 9***
streaming on ESPN+
(out of market)
& FloridaPanthers.com
LA Kings vs. Florida Panthers
Centre Videotron | Quebec City, QC
Last Season's Meetings
01/11/24 -- Kings 2, Panthers 3 (OT)
11/16/23 -- Panthers 1, Kings 2
**Game Time 4:00PM**
TV: **KCAL Ch9**
& streaming on
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Radio: ESPN LA
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Kevin Fiala, Adrian Kempe & Jim Hiller 10/3 Post-Game Quotes:
Kevin Fiala
On seeing Quinton Byfield control tonight’s game offensively
Yeah, it was a good game and you could tell we were connected, Foegs too, we had a good game. It’s a lot of fun to see [Quinton] dominate, like you said, he’s using his big body now and his skill. So, I love to see him making plays and just being brave.
On finding a home on a line with Byfield and Foegele
I love to play with both of those guys. It’s not my decision, but I feel like everybody wants to play with the same line for the whole season. It’s fine to move around for the team’s sake, sometimes something doesn’t work, but as you can see now, it’s working out, so I don’t think there’s going to be any changes.
On tonight’s game being the first time everyone has played together this preseason
It’s awesome to play with the [full] team, see how good we are, they are, they also had their team kind of. You never know how we stand before the season, so it’s awesome to see good team. Good team win today and we just have to move on.
Adrian Kempe
On Anze Kopitar returning the favor from Saturday on that shorthanded 2-on-1
Yeah, it was good. Usually it’s Kopi finding me, but last game it was the other way. PK has been good, aggressive, we had a couple of chances tonight, not just us, but a couple other guys too. Odd-man rushes, which is fun when you’re on the other side of it. It was a good pass [from Kopitar], I just tried to find the open net.
On the overall aggression of the penalty kill
System wise, it’s pretty similar to last year, it’s just kind of being more aggressive. I think it’s a little easier to adapt to that part than it was maybe last year, adapting to a complete;y new PK forecheck and everything. So, I think it comes pretty natural, and I can only speak for myself, but being more aggressive in the d-zone, being on the other side of it, you hate when other teams just rush at you because you don’t have a lot of time. There’s going to be times when we do make mistakes, but as long as we can stay aggressive and do it all together, I think it will work well.
On wearing the “A” in the absence of Drew Doughty
I think I said this last year, obviously means a lot to me, wearing a letter. Whether I [have] it or not, I try to play the same way, be loud out there on the ice, talk to all the guys and try to help as much as possible. Like I said before, it’s nice to see that the coaches, players trust me in that area, so that’s a nice thing and it feels good.
Jim Hiller
On Quinton Byfield’s performance tonight
He played well. He has played well, though. I guess you could say he finished [tonight]. The second goal was just in front of the net, third goal was driving through, first goal was really nice, great play by Kevin. He’s played like, I think for me, he’s played like that since the beginning of camp. Maybe he didn’t score three goals, I guess that’s going to be part of the storyline, but he’s just playing. He’s just playing and I don’t think he did anything tonight that was extraordinary, just playing his game.
On the evolution of the penalty kill throughout the preseason
We’re still working at it, because we gave up a little bit too. They missed some chances in tight, where we maybe missed assignments, so we’re still working on it, but you can definitely see we are on our toes more, and we’re pushing. When you do that, you might give up some chances and some quality chances, but also you are going to create. If you’re, on your toes, you are going to get some chances on the penalty kill and you’re seeing that.
On what he liked best tonight and throughout the preseason
I think probably what I like best was just that it’s just been a continuation. I’ll go back from Day 1, we came out, we were focused, we played hard to a man, and we think we’re understanding our style of play better as we’ve got going here. I think it’s, from our side, you wouldn’t see it as much, we talk to the players about certain things we want to see and more often we’re seeing those. I just think it’s been a continuation of how we play and we like how we’re playing,
On the crowd and atmosphere in the building tonight
It was great. I mean, it really started with the Patrice [ceremony] and the nice ovation, I think multiple ovations that he got from the crowd. I thought that really brought a lot of energy into the building early. I don’t know what the shots were in the first period there wasn’t a lot going on, but the crowd stayed into it and they did get to see a few really nice goals. I think the building really lit up on some of those 2-on-1 goals.
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