Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…
(on any “message” he was trying to make by starting Jonathan Bernier…)
MURRAY: “No, there was no message there. Bernier has played very well the last outings that he’s had. Coming through that long road trip in February, he had a couple of real big games. You go into Washington, and you’ve got one of the better offensive teams in the league and he does a great job. There was not a message. It’s just a decision that I made. We’re a good checking team. I think we’ve done that very well over the last two-and-a-half years. It was just a matter of making a call and trying to win a hockey game.”
(on whether Bernier might start Saturday…)
MURRAY: “I haven’t thought about that. Bernier had a real good game. He had some plays coming at him where he worked very hard to find the puck, not only with his blocker and catching glove, but he got his body in front of some shots that were outstanding saves, outstanding reads on his part. Just to stay aggressive, and find and work hard at the end of the game, again, I thought he really was on top of his game. But the guys in front of him played well. It came down to a game of special teams, power play obviously, and the penalty kill. We had a couple of very big kills at the end with six-and-a-half minutes left. That’s a huge kill for us and these games are fun to play. They’re close-checking, they’re tight, every play is important and we’re having fun.”
(on the special-teams contributions…)
MURRAY: “That’s the way it is, isn’t it? You get into a big game, it’s going to be one play, one pass, one shot, one power play, whatever. It’s just the way it is at this time of the year, and the guys really dug down and executed very well on the power play, and then bounced back a few minutes later and had to do the same thing on the penalty kill. So, nice job by them.”
(on Dustin Penner’s game…)
MURRAY: “Penner was good here tonight. First game, it’s always interesting how new players play and how they join the team. I thought he had an impact on the game, with his size, he used it several times. He had some impact hits on the forecheck in the offensive zone. He’s very responsible away from the puck, made some good plays. He’s got excellent hands. We know that, but he made some good plays here tonight coming through the middle of the ice, on a couple of breakouts. It was a nice first game, welcome to the team.”
Bernier had a great game, obviously. His positioning is great, as is typical, but those rebounds are atrocious. He seems to have gotten his shakey start issue sorted, now if he can work on puck control….
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Forum67 Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 12:22 am
@Sparman,
Perfection in goaltending is elusive. Bernier has issues with rebounds and Quick has issues with puck handling AND rebounds. But all of that being said, the Kings are blessed to have two No. 1 goalies.
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Bkrs-Bud Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 12:35 am
@Forum67, You are so right, a big 2 points tonight.
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locdog1 Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 3:03 am
@Bkrs-Bud, yes… Quick should play infront of the net, not behinh it…
locdog1 Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 3:03 am
@Forum67,behind it..
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PRMan Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 4:34 am
@Forum67, Quick swallows pucks better than any goalie that I see us play against.
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jason Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 5:08 am
@Forum67, Quick has great rebound control… Bernier is alright too… just had the one tonight.. if the rebounds are going in the corner or against the boards that is good control..
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Buzzsaw Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 6:22 am
@jason, Bernier needs to thank Matt green for preserving the shutout.
USHA#17 Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 6:43 am
@buzzsaw, lame.
FKA PakiFro Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 7:43 am
@Buzzsaw, If you get a chance to see the replay, you’ll see Bernie got it with his glove I believe.
USHA#17 Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 6:45 am
@Sparman, Rebounds were not bad last night. Just two flubs. Good stick handling. And two key saves.
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harglebargle Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 7:54 am
@Sparman, You’re clearly not a goaltender.
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JB was good enough tonight to get his second shut of the season, and this time he also got the win.
Time to start getting ready for the Canucks Saturday afternoon.
Go Kings, go!
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The pass through the box to the weekside point man from Kopi to Stoll on the power play was nice. Noticed the cross ice feed down low that almost connected just before that. Maybe someone is starting to listen. I hope the Kings continue to work on finding ways to exploit those seams. Good job TM and Kompon.
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On Murray’s response that he hasn’t thought about who he is going to stat in goal on Saturday, I hope when he does think about it he’ll remember his comment about going with the hot goalie. Bernier should get a back to back start by playing against the Canucks on Saturday.
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CameronAC Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 1:58 am
@Forum67, Bernier is hot, and im all for starting him on Saturday. But lets get Quick back in there on Monday with a chance to bounce back with a good win
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It doesn’t really matter to me which goalie starts,I like them both i just want whoever starts to get the job done,there is no time for slumps and losing streaks, win your in lose and you are out.
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So does this mean the first line will stay together for another game?
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Jamesonafterawin Reply:
March 4th, 2011 at 10:38 am
@brymaster1, After last night play, I don’t see why it wouldn’t. We got to Simmonds on the first line and Williams. I was watching more of the back of the net in the last half then the play, so I didn’t get to see the differnace between Simmons or Williams.
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