PLAYOFFS!! Game Day Thread
ROUND 1 GAME #2 - 4/21/26
>>7:00pm<<
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Los Angeles Kings @ Colorado Avalanche
Ball Arena | Denver, CO
**Game Time 7:00pm**
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Radio: ESPN LA app, Kings app
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Mikey Anderson & DJ Smith 4/19 Post-Game Quotes
On his overall takeaways from today’s Game 1
I thought it was hard, I thought we didn’t give up too, too much. Obviously a few too many penalties, but the kill did a good job and Bergy came up big when we needed him. It just comes down to a couple bounces, a couple plays. They found a way to capitalize. So, we’ll watch it and figure out if we can change a few things and try to get better going into Game 2.
On how he felt the Kings handled the Colorado surges in play
I thought it was pretty good. They had however many points this year, best team in the league, so you know they’re going to have pushes and you’ve got to try and weather it, reset, take a breath and try and give a little push back. I thought they had some times when they had the puck for a good chunk, we bent a little, didn’t break and then you’ve got to try and turn the next couple shifts after those into maybe us doing the same to them.
On holding the Avalanche to two goals but not winning that game
I think we can finish [better], you get a few chances didn’t finish, maybe be a little bit harder in the o-zone. That’s the kind of hockey, we’re comfortable in the low-scoring games. I don’t think we can outscore them, so we’re going to have to keep it like that. Maybe we get the power play going, they had a couple good looks, another one goes in, different game too. We’re comfortable in the low-scoring games, so we’ve got to try and keep it tight, try and give them the least amount as possible.
On the team’s confidence coming out of Game 1
We’re confident the last little bit. I don’t know if you know everyone follows, we’ve been feeling good about our game. We’ve been playing pretty good hockey to get us in. We know what they have, everyone knows how good they are, but I think we have a good team in here, we’ve got a good game plan that guys buy into and want to play. The feeling around the room the last couple weeks, a month, it’s been very high and I expect it not to change at all going forward. Need to keep the morale in a good spot to try and get and get some wins.
D.J. Smith
On his takeaways from today’s Game 1
We started with some intensity. Checked hard, the compete level was there. Coming in after being on the road, little bit of concern, just a quick practice coming here, not a ton of prep time, but I thought the guys did what they had to do and played the right way. We fall short but there’s a lot of good things.
On how he believes the Kings can generate more offense in Game 2
At the end of the day, I mean, they score the most goals in league so I’m going to say that holding them to two, I think they could ask themselves the same question is, are they going to continue to win with two goals? We had a couple empty nets, we missed. Give the goalie some credit. I think we could be on the net more and I think the only thing I’d take away is we’ve got to be more physical. We’ve got to hit the D more and I expect that in the next game.
On how he felt the Kings handled the Colorado surges throughout the game
I thought we handled it well. I mean, they had pushes, they have elite players, 117 points, the number-one team in the league. They have pushes where they’re all over you and I thought we handled it well. With the chances they did have, Forsy was really good. That’s why we’re here, goaltending and some of those veteran D that can get you out of those situations. Now, one of the concerns is the way that they can hang on to it, hang on to it, and then quick up you and score and that’s the winner. We turn one over, they quick up it and they score.
On the confidence levels of his team coming off a Game 1 defeat
I think this is the game we’ve been playing. I don’t think it’s anything outside the ordinary. I think this is the game we’ve been playing for six weeks, seven weeks. We didn’t score tonight, we had some looks. We’ve been typically scoring more, but if you’d have told me at the start of the night that this is what it was going to look like, the score after two, we wanted to score, but we’d probably take it and have it come down to one shot. Whether it’s special teams or whatever, we’ve just got to bear down a little bit more on our chances. I think we can get more pucks to the net and again, I think we’ve just got to be a little meaner offensively.
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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