Here’s my LAKings.com game story for tonight, with stats and video included. Thanks for reading… Kings lose to Islanders 3-0 With no games until Wednesday, the Kings are not scheduled to practice tomorrow and are scheduled to return to practice Monday morning in El Segundo.
Archive of entries posted on February 2011
Murray postgame quotes
Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…) (on the game…) MURRAY: “The first power play we get, we make a real soft, easy pass, and they jump on it. That’s kind of the way the whole thing went, all night long. I don’t think we completed three passes in a row tonight. We had a lot of plays [...]
Brown postgame quotes
Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts… (on the Islanders’ speed…) BROWN: “They have some really fast forwards, Grabner especially. He might be one of the fastest guys in the league. They got on our D pretty good, especially early, on the power play. They pressured and we weren’t ready for it, and it resulted in a goal.” [...]
Quick postgame quotes
Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) QUICK: “It was a tough one, as a team. We’ve been playing really well on the road here, and we would have liked it to have finished up the way it was going. Unfortunately it hasn’t, so we’ve got to go back, we’ve got to regroup and we’ve [...]
FINAL: Islanders 3, Kings 0
The Kings ended their six-game road trip on a low note, as they were shut out for the fifth time this season and had their point streak ended at 11 games. Despite the loss, the Kings will remain in the top eight in the Western Conference for at least one more day, as neither Calgary [...]
Islanders 3, Kings 0
Moulson’s second goal of the game gave the Islanders a 3-0 lead with 6:20 remaining. Moulson, stationed in front with his back to the net, steadied a pass from PA Parenteau on his stick, then spun and, with Matt Greene in front of him, put a wrist shot past Quick.
End of second: Islanders 2-0
The Kings went 0-for-2 on the power play in the second period and couldn’t score despite outshooting the Islanders 17-8. The Islanders have a 13-1-2 record this season when leading after two periods.
Islanders 2, Kings 0
The Islanders took a 2-0 lead 6:54 into the second period, as former Kings forward Matt Moulson beat Quick, his brother-in-law. PA Parenteau pushed the puck to the right circle where Moulson steadied it and then, with Rob Scuderi standing directly in front of him, whipped a high wrist shot past Quick.
End of first: Islanders 1-0
The speedy, aggressive Islanders gave the Kings fits for most of the first period, outshot them 11-7 and scored the period’s only goal, as the Kings put very little pressure on Al Montoya. Brad Richardson appeared to be in significant pain after being hit by a shot in the final minute, but was able to [...]
Islanders 1, Kings 0
The Islanders got on the scoreboard first, with a shorthanded goal 5:01 into the game. Jack Johnson’s pass was tipped, then controlled, by Michael Grabner at the Islanders’ blue line. Grabner the pushed the puck ahead to Frans Nielsen, whose sharp wrist shot from the high slot beat Quick to give the Islanders a 1-0 [...]
Scouting the Islanders
The New York Islanders certainly haven’t played many boring games of late. Their last seven games have had combined (regulation) goal totals of 8, 8, 6, 12, 12, 6 and 9 goals, respectively. The Islanders have scored at least three regulation goals in seven consecutive games, but they’ve also been giving up quite a few [...]
Big night in Pacific Division
It’s Showcase Saturday for the Pacific Division, as all five teams are on the ice tonight, with St. Louis hosting Anaheim, Nashville hosting Phoenix, Vancouver hosting Dallas and San Jose hosting Colorado. Will the division standings get even tighter, or will there be some separation? Phoenix leads with 71 points, followed by San Jose with [...]
Mitchell looks for good finish
Drew Doughty and Terry Murray gave their thoughts earlier, and after today’s skate, Willie Mitchell talked a bit about the importance of closing out this leg of the road trip on a winning note… MITCHELL: “We’ve done so many good things over the course of this trip to win games and, in games when you [...]
After further review…Loktionov still out
There were no lineup surprises for the Kings this morning. Jack Johnson and Willie Mitchell, who missed practice yesterday, both skated today and will play tonight (Mitchell said he had suffered a “bruise,” and nothing more). Terry Murray also stuck to his plan of playing Alexei Ponikarovsky, Trevor Lewis and Kevin Westgarth on the fourth [...]
Kings look to avoid `ambush’
As noted a couple weeks back, the Kings have reached the point of the season in which morning skates are typically optional, but this morning, all players were on the ice. It’s not tough to extrapolate the reason. With one game remaining in this six-game leg of the Kings’ road swing, they want to make [...]
Saturday skate update
Jack Johnson and Willie Mitchell participated in today’s morning skate and will be in the lineup tonight. As expected, the fourth line will be Alexei Ponikarovsky, Trevor Lewis and Kevin Westgarth, with Jonathan Quick in goal. Al Montoya will start in goal for the Islanders. More notes and quotes to come…
Morning in New York (Long Island version)
Here’s the final morning view for a while… In this case, the view is of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, America’s only fully-functional dungeon. The Kings are scheduled to start their morning skate momentarily…
Eight down, one to go
One game to go. After St. Paul, Edmonton, Calgary, Pittsburgh, Washington, Philadelphia, Columbus and Manhattan, the Kings have arrived at their final destination — scenic Long Island — with a chance to end their long stretch of games outside Southern California on a high note. So far, the Kings are 5-0-3 in this season-long stretch [...]
Puck skills a strength for Doughty
Drew Doughty’s offensive numbers have picked up of late — he has two goals in his last three games and four goals in his last seven games — and as part of that, Doughty has appeared to be more aggressive with the puck in both ends of the ice, either skating it out of his [...]
Richardson keeps it moving on the ice
Given his versatility and usually strong skating and forechecking ability, Brad Richardson had become a lineup regular for the Kings last season and this season, but the Kings happened to start winning when Richardson left the lineup, and Terry Murray decided to roll with the same forwards for a while. Given another chance, last night [...]
