The Kings are riding a franchise-record nine-game winning streak, but it’s certainly accurate to say they have not been dominating some of those games. Detroit controlled the first and third periods Saturday, and the Kings blew a three-goal lead in the third period against Anaheim and had to rally to win. Today, Terry Murray was asked what he thought his players needed to improve upon tonight…
MURRAY: “We have to manage the puck better. Anaheim, to me, is the same in that if you don’t make hard plays through the middle of the ice, they’re a team that transitions the puck so well, and they’ve got some real mobile people back on the blue line that are going to be a part of the attack. You just can’t make critical errors through the middle of the ice. That will be one of the keys to the game for me, to give ourselves an opportunity to get play going in their end and not constantly try to regroup and track into our D-zone.”
…and watch out for the cheap shots…
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Odonnell do not pass up the middle of the ice! If you do flip the puck outta the zone not on the ice. Will someone bury that whiny guy called getzlaugh??? Brownie, Greene? Would be classic if Odonnell really gotta hold of him.
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If Odie does pass it up the ice, let it be on a PK with a huge flip out of the zone over everyone’s head. You know, like Alex Zhitnik did when he tried to put the puck on net, but don’t let it go THAT high up or it’s a certain 2 minutes for delay of game.
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Mental let down allowed the Ducks to come back. Sure sign of a tired team and more so, goalie. Imagine if just one those posts had gone in.
This will be an interesting match as Carlyle is great on line match ups.
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look for simmions to have a big night ,he is due.
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The posts were a scary moment for sure. The Kings just have to continue to skate with confidence and they will be fine. Now it’s game time, let’s hear it for our Kings! Go out there and win another one!
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hope we dont fall behind again.
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Take it to them early and get a goal early to take the crowd out of it…and get the Kings fans in attendance going.
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The Ducks have had four days to plan their revenge. Kings, you need to be ready.
Sixty minutes of Hockey and you will own the third period.
Go Kings!!
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im taking bets on how long you guys think i can listen to hayward before the thought of suicide enters my conscience…any takers?
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conscience???? i meant consciousness…i guess “mind” works as well, anyway, you get the idea!
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that fool just said richardson centered the kings top line.
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Glad you said that Hayward is the worst anouncer in sports period.
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It’s a good thing the Kings brought Quick with them to OC.
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doesn’t some guy named kopitar center our first line?
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Wow. The Ponda Center is empty. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is more Kings fans than Ducks fans in the building.
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I wish we could push the “SAP” button and get the Kings radio synked to the game. I hate the SUX announcers! Biggest hacks in the business!
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i would be ok with hitting the SAP button and listening to the game in spanish
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Ducks announcers are say top glove hand corner is Quicks weakness and that the Ducks scouted this and practiced that shot in the warmups….Are we going to get lit up??
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Whoooo HOOOOO!!!!
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fck yeah!!!!
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Yeah!
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look at frolov taking it to the net AGAIN! that should shut hayward up for a couple minutes.
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Oh thats gotta hurt!
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What a pass!! Lol. On the replay, you can see the whole crowd behind the net celebrating. I guess I was right about there being more Kings than Ducks fans.
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I hate hayward so much that I have my radio on 1150 am, honestly, cant even deal..
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Selanne is crying cuz Brownie shoved him down at the end of the 1st……boo hoo!!!
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If the Kings are to be contenders, they must first realize that passing too much on a powerplay is a bad, bad thing. You’ve only got two minutes after all, and the idea is to skate down the ice set and SHOOT!!!!!!!! One timers work great and will usually catch a goalie off balance or out of position. The Kings have been used a formula such as PASS PASS PASS PASS and wind up losing the puck on turnovers. Just pass and shoot is the quickest way to a PP Goal.
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