Game Day Thread
Game #14/82 - 11/04/25
>>7:30pm<<
on FanDuel
Winnipeg Jets vs. Los Angeles Kings
Crypto.com Arena | Los Angeles, CA
**Game Time 7:30pm**
TV: FanDuel
Radio: ESPN LA app & Sirius
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Anze Kopitar & Jim Hiller 11/01 Post-Game Quotes
On the team’s struggles on home ice to begin the season
Yeah I don’t think we’re scoring many goals, obviously. There’s not enough dirty goals, if you will. We’re not doing very good on our special teams and that usually translates into losses.
On his impression of where the team is at right now, bigger picture
Yeah, I mean, the record is not where we want it to be, also could have been worse. I don’t think we’re very far off from what we were last year. Now, it’s 12,13, games in, everybody’s starting to feel a little bit more comfortable, I think, just the chemistry is getting to a point where we’re making better plays just kind of feeding off each other. Qe’ll continue to build that and go from there.
On what the power play needs to do more of to break through
Maybe trying to be too cute, maybe not shooting enough. Maybe we need to take a bit of a deeper dive into it and analyze and see what we can come up with.
On if he feels the chances generated tonight would result in a win most nights
Yeah, I think so. There was some good o-zone time, but as I said before, I don’t think there’s enough stuff going on around the net, so we’ll correct that. When we get that going, I think those second, third opportunities are going to present itself and usually it’s a little bit easier to score on those. That’s what we’ve got to get to.
Jim Hiller
On if it was the type of game they’d usually win when they played the way they did
Well, you’d think so. If you think back to the San Jose game, probably little bit similar. We come out on the right side of it and maybe this is the payback for that one in a week. You’re happy when you got the two points in San Jose, and you’re disappointed with how you played. Tonight, you’re happy with the way you played, but you’re disappointed you don’t get the two points.
On if the team needs to get to the front of the net more often
There’s a lot of things that happen. We saw their first chance, quick shot from Hughes to the net. Hischier happens to be skating past, nice deflection and it’s in the back of the net. We launched about 50 of those similar type of plays. We had people in and around it, whether we didn’t get a stick on it or didn’t get in the goalie’s eyes, probably a combination of both things, but that’s the way hockey works some nights. You throw as many pucks as we did with people in and around the net, you usually come up with more than one.
On if the power play is in need of getting a goal to get going again
Yeah it didn’t generate when we really needed to generate. I think that’s the biggest thing. We weren’t dangerous and sometimes you don’t score, but you’re dangerous. I think the other night, we had eight chances on the power play that looked dangerous and the puck didn’t go in. Tonight, we didn’t execute and we weren’t dangerous. It’s something we have to look a little closer at as to as to why. I mean, we can say close, but at some point, if you don’t get the results or aren’t dangerous, then you got to look a little closer.
On if Kempe is pressing, not having scored the last four games
No, I wouldn’t say that. The only way he’d be pressing is he wants to win. He had some great looks the other night. He wants to win. I think sometimes that can come into a player, if you’re not scoring a lot, or the team’s not scoring, you want to win the game and that would be probably team wide. It wouldn’t be independent for Kempe.
On if Kuzmenko scoring can get him going on the right track
I hope so. Nice goal, great pass by Kopitar and great finish. It looked a little bit like those guys looked last year. So hopefully that sparks a little bit of relief. Kuzmenko puts a lot of pressure on himself too. Maybe a little bit of relief, nice goal, now let’s get going.
Lineups Courtesy of DailyFaceoff.com
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JETS PROBABLE LINEUP
Former Kings
Alex Iafallo
Colin Miller (Draft Pick)
Tanner Pearson
Luke Schenn
Gabriel Vilardi
(and Kale Clague is on their AHL team now)
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