*After opening a 3-0 shot advantage over Los Angeles, Nashville was held without a shot on goal over the final 16:19 of the first period and was outshot 10-3 after 20 minutes.
*The Kings allowed 14 shots on goal Thursday, 11 through regulation. The franchise record for fewest shots on goal allowed in a game is 10, set January 11, 1994 at San Jose. In that game, Kelly Hrudey stopped eight of 10 shots, while Arturs Irbe stopped 37 of 39 Los Angeles shots in a 2-2 tie.
*The Kings are now 47-38 all-time in shootouts. Jonathan Quick has a 29-16 lifetime record in shootouts.
*Thursday’s shootout went eight rounds. The franchise record is 10 rounds, set in a 3-2 loss to Edmonton on Feb. 11, 2010.
*Los Angeles will return to Toyota Sports Center for an 11 am practice on Friday.
*The next game is in Anaheim on Saturday, February 2 at 7:00 pm. It will be broadcast on FOX Sports West and KTLK 1150 AM.
I hope we will see a team that knows how to score more than 1 goal
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*After going a record 114 days without an Insider, the Los Angeles Kings hired Jon Rosen to replace Rich Hammond as resident manager of the cornfield.
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nykingfan Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 5:04 am
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
It should havbe been you Paul
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 9:40 am
@nykingfan,
We must all be Children, then…
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I realize it’s early in the am, but what happened to the blog here?
All the articles and comments are missing.
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Shakes Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 5:56 am
@nykingfan,
“it’s a new day. everything has changed. the past is gone forever.”
- Not The Real Jon Rosen
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nykingfan Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 6:01 am
@Shakes,
Does that include that snoozefest that I stayed awake for until 1:30 this smorning?
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Shakes Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 6:45 am
@nykingfan, yeah tell me about it. the best part about the lockout was that i got the best sleep in years…plus with the Lakers being so mediocre I haven’t been tempted to stay up super late for all their games.
DesertKing Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:31 am
@nykingfan,
The blog you are seeing is an illusion. There is no blog here. The Kings don’t exist. Stanly Cup? Ha! you silly rabbit, Stanley Cups are for other teams. When you wake up, you won’t feel or remember anything, kind of like last night’s game that didn’t happen.
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nykingfan Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 9:14 am
@DesertKing,
LMAO
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BakoCAkingsCondorsGuy Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 9:41 am
@DesertKing,
Still deep within the Cornfield…
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Welcome aboard Jon..don’t screw it up!
Tough to analyze last nights game. The Kings did a lot of really good things defensively, but offensively they have to find a way to get the shots thru. change the angles, do something, but get the friggin puck to the net. When they actually got pucks to the net, they had absolutely no net presence. Hence the 1 goal outburst.
I really liked the play of the D. I am slowly becoming a believer in both DD2 and Muzzin. Both looked very comfortable on the ice and made smart, heady plays.
They really haven’t missed Willie Mitchell all that much. They obviously miss his leadership, but the kdis are doing more than enough to lessen the loss of both Mitchell and Greene.
it’s going to be tough and perhaps not fair that one of them will be sitting in the press box when Mitchell returns.
Doughty continues to show his maturity and leadership more and more every game. He’s making smart end to end rushes when things become stagnant.
All 6 D’men are playing at a high level. The future is bright on the blueline for the Kings for years to come.
Great game by Scuds last night. I thought it was his best game of the year.
As for the offense……
nuff said
ok, catch you all later!
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IceGuy Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 6:47 am
@nykingfan,
You are right about the defense. Even Foxy was pointing out the subtle little adjustments and moves Muzzin, AMart and Voynov were making. But the O …
Bob and Jim pointed out – several times during the game – how many blocked shots the Preds have, and what that means in terms of where your shots are coming from: Outside. I’ll give the Preds their due, they really did work hard to pin forwards to the mid-wall throughout the game. But if you force the play that way, there should be someone open on the far side. Someone has to cut through the crease, crash the net, quite simply – move.
Doughty made one of his trademark end to end rushes, and no one followed him in. That says a lot I think. For whatever reason, the offense seems slightly out of sync. Brown’s goal was a “right time / right place” moment. I’m glad he knocked it in, but that was not an indicator of how the O is going. Someone has to strap their line on their back and say “follow me” and go inside, or at least feel the puck on their stick and wrist it in faster.
The time it takes to look before you shoot is equal to the time it takes for their defense to close gaps and adjust.
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This is deja vu all over again. What is going to have to be done to the this team fired up again? Fire the coach and trade somebody?
The part that’s frustrating is that for the most part, the effort seemed to be there. The offensive pressure was there, the fore check was good (for the most part), Quick wasn’t his best but still wasn’t bad. However, it’s the same problem as last season, put the damn puck in the net! This game shouldn’t have ended this way.
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Some thoughts:
* They need to send out search party for Justin Williams, Dwight King, and Fraser.
* Quick played well, but he had a couple of shaky plays during regulation and he looked almost spooked during the shootout. Very uncharacteristic of him.
* The PP will be the death of this team, causing it to either make or miss the playoffs.
* Unbelievable how many shots found a Predator skate, stick, leg, arm, etc.
* The Kings are trying to get each possible game outcome and now only need to win a game in OT to complete the cycle since they’ve already lost in regulation, won in regulation, lost in a SO, won in a SO, and lost in OT during the young season.
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“Jonathan Quick has a 29-16 lifetime record in shootouts.”
That is pretty awesome. Especially when you consider the Kings skaters are not your typical shootout prototypes.
And welcome @JonRosen! I admired your reporting on the Kings before this new gig. You always had information that I didn’t know even though I read everything possible on the Kings.
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luc20rules Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 7:54 pm
@LA_1968, The scary thing is Quick was like 90% in shootouts 2 years ago. Last year is were most of his SO losses started. His SO save % dived last year to about 65%, and to make things worse Handzus a very good SO guy not resigned last year, JJ traded midseason also a good SO guy, and Stoll & Kopi have trended down in SO%. So it really is a combination of all things.
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relax guys we only have to make the eight seed
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Was at the game last night. Got my ring and that was pretty much the highlight of the night.
Stoll: How long are we gonna put up with his zero offensive skills?
Richards: 2nd line center has to put up more points that that.
Brown: Dead last in plus minus still on a line with Kopitar and Willams.
Gagne: Welcome back to the bench.
King: Looking slow like his first stent with the Kings.
I’d say, Nolan, Carter and Clifford are the only King forwards that came into the season ready to play. I’ll give Kopitar a pass due to injury.
Sure wish there was a way to see Toffoli up here.
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Deirdre Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:22 am
@KC23, Gagne was fine and should be in the 2nd line, the shifts he took with Carter and Richards showed that.
Kopitar – 0 shots on goal again and didn’t have a good game.
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Gustavo Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:47 am
@Deirdre,
What game where you watching?
Gagne was an absolute negative every time he was on the ice. He has ZERO physical presence and his puck handling skills seem to have deserted him. He made one good pass that went nowhere, but got run over every other time he touched the puck.
I don’t know what’s going on between Penner & Sutter, but at this time I think DP is worth another shot. Bring up Toffoli, perhaps?
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luuc Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 12:20 pm
@Gustavo,
Funny how two people can watch the same game and see two totally different things. I actually thought Gagne had one of his better overall games. He handled the puck better, skated ok, and actually created a couple good chances. He had a great chance to win the game near the end if only he could have picked the corner a little better.
luc20rules Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 7:57 pm
@Gustavo, Is the panic button in the depressed position?
It’s a good thing we gave Quick a 10 year deal, he looked great in the shootout last night. Bernier is twice the goalie Quick will ever be.
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LA_1968 Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 7:59 am
@Kinger, You’re kidding right? #32 will be in the rafters at Staples one day. Last year alone was more of a career than 90% of NHL goalies ever have. Love Bernier but only one goalie can be #1.
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nykingfan Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:02 am
@Kinger,
You get the award for the dumbest post of the year hands down!!!!!!!
Call me when Bernier wins the Stanley Cup MVP award…
Somehow that “bum” Quick managed to win a cup for us. must have been luck.
How did we ever win without playing Bernier 1 second in the playoffs?
Bernier MIGHT be a special goalie somewhere down the road, but to compare him to JQ right now is completely assanine
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Michael J. Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:31 am
@nykingfan,
Bernier??? Who??? Oh, the backup…
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Gustavo Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 9:10 am
@Kinger,
My only criticism of Quick is that he’ll need to adjust somewhat for the shutouts. Shooters around the league know how well he covers the ground and how fast he is moving sideways, so they shoot high.
Other than that, I think you need to reconsider making such a nonsense comment about Bernier/Quick.
JQ already is today what JB aspires to become some day.
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vplaza Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 9:46 am
@Kinger,
Poorman is back?
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Good thing we signed Penner again, so he can be a healthy scratch all season! Lets bring some of the kids up, Hickey should be up not Drewiske and Muzzin. I watched all these kids play Junior hockey and most of them are ready to go.
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Shakes Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 7:44 am
@Kinger, junior hockey is a good benchmark for NHL ready
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KC23 Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 7:48 am
@Shakes, Not to mention Hickey is playing for the Islanders atm.
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LA_1968 Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 7:56 am
@Kinger, We didn’t sign Penner again. We traded for him and his same deal ends this year. Despite his trials, he came through when we needed him the very most. Deal can’t ever be a bust after the cup win.
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goldielocks Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:18 am
@Kinger,
Um … Hickey is with Isles now …
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P90X Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:20 am
@Kinger, Seriously, already with the we need to trade or replace this player with that player, and this player shouldn’t be here. WHATEVER. It’s 7 games in.ya the Kings aren’t playing at their capacity yet, but seriously. Did you honestly to expect them to play all tear at that level again. It’ll get figured out and be fine.
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Gustavo Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 9:11 am
@Kinger,
So you’re proposing a trade of Penner, a left forward, for Hickey, a defenseman who plays for the NYI farm team. Correct?
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Michael J. Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 9:49 am
@Gustavo,
LOL!
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puck73 Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 9:47 am
@Kinger, I always knew you were a Benier fan, and thats fine, but I had no idea that you were behind the times when it came to the Kings. Hickey? Really? He is with The Islanders now! The Kings lost him on the waiver wire! This tells me all I need to know how closely you follow this team….NOT WELL AT ALL
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Michael J. Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 9:55 am
@Kinger,
Call up Hickey? Why not call up Kevin Brown, David Steckel, and Laurie Tukonen as well???
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@Kinger, you do realize that not only did Quick win a Cup but a Conn Smyth. He earned it. Shot block totals for all the games are high but the seasons still young.
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DesertKing Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:34 am
@Dominick,
Don’t confuse the truth with facts. That is the new American standard
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vplaza Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 10:58 am
@Dominick,
Quick held the other team to one goal in regulation. You’d think the defending Stanley Cup Champions could give him more than one goal in support of his efforts. It’s deja vu all over again where Quick has to pitch a shutout (sorry, this ain’t baseball) every night in hopes of getting two points.
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Quickie seemed lost out there. Did we have the scout report about the shooters in SO? Who was that goalie who used the iPad in the bench before he faced the shooters? Do we have the iPad?
I guess it doesn’t matter when we can’t win against the team who had only 11 shots on goal in regulation. It was almost like we were waiting them to block the shot. They didn’t own us in our own zone by all means but they owned us in their own zone.
Small change can help like put Penner in and call up Toffoli.
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Neil Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:33 am
@goldielocks, ipad on the bench…really?? Is that legal???
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DesertKing Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:37 am
@Neil,
Sure, why not? The NHL allows players to use their sticks while on the bench, then lie about it on national TV, so why not use an iPad? The Preds were probably looking up the “My Little Pony” website or getting the operating hours for LegoLand.
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goldielocks Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:37 am
@Neil,
Yup. I think it was Carey Price. And it’s legal.
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goldielocks Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:46 am
@goldielocks,
Sorry. It was Brian Elliott. Not Price but his coach uses iPad, too.
http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2013-01-21/brian-elliott-ipad-shootout-blues-predators-score-vladimir-tarasenko
This is how I see the season going. We survive the first third of the season (so far, 6 points in 6 games). We then go on a tear in the middle third racking up a couple of 5-6 game win streaks. We then play slightly above average in the last third, guaranteeing us a #7 or #8 seeding. We roll in to the playoffs as the underdogs, again. The Kings find that playoff gear after lsoing their razors. Anticioating another month of complete Stanley Cup debauchery, the team focuses completely on another Cup run and repeats. Anheuser Busch is saved by the Kings Stanley Cup repeat and fuels the economic recovery of our nation. Jon Rosen becomes internationally famous for his incredible coverage of the Cup run and the ensuing economic recovery under a Bud-Light haze. When confronted by Bettman for reporting the truth, that the Kings are the repeat Stanley Cup champions despite Evil Load’s best efforts to deny them the repeat, Rosen quotes the most famous Laker fan of all, “You can’t handle the truth!”, thus desroying Bettman since even he can’t argue with Jack.
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I think Kings would of won the game if Sutter put Kopitar ahead of Stoll on the shootout..Other than Stolly being spectacular in the shootout a couple years ago Stolly is suck at shootout..
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This season is starting to be a mirror of last season and I love the image. GO KINGS GO!!!
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Why doesn’t the Post Game notes say something about last might miserable results of our even more miserable Power Play? Are the blog writers going the Brian ‘Homer’ Hayward way?
What are we at right now? 2-30? It was 1-6 last night. Brown scored on the 4-3 PP.
We could have had an extra minute of 5-3, but Kopi tripped Spaling right off the face-off in their zone.
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luc20rules Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 8:10 pm
@Gustavo, We have been horrible 5 on 3, and Kopi knew it took one for the team. I told @Puck73 as much that the 4 on 3 less players to pass on the shot. We would score and indeed we did.
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Only the Kings can allow only 11 SOG in regulation and still lose.
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Kopitar didn’t have a good game, and Quick did look shaky from time to time. These guys need to crash the net and move plays to the middle of the ice. The offense looks so predictable not enough movement or creativity. Its very very very very frustrating to watch. Nashville got 14 shots on goal and still won that should never ever happen.
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Nolon, Carter, Clifford, DD, DD2, Martinez, Kopitar and Munzin seem to be the players who came in this season giving 100% and wanting to win. The others are having flash backs to last year and dont seem to care right now. Bring up some players from Manchester, trade some away and give Pancakes his walking papers. What a waste of 3 miiion he is.
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I would be so happy if we can score just ONE PP goal per game. Am I asking too much?
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vplaza Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 10:57 am
@gr81scores,
Umm, they did last night. Problem is, they didn’t score on the many other PP chances they had.
Quick held the other team to one goal and still lost.
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