Martin Jones feels good with where his game is at

Martin Jones has received a healthy amount of work against since the Olympic break, leading the Kings to a 2-1-0 record since the season reconvened. With two of his starts coming against Colorado and Anaheim, he hasn’t exactly been shielded from the schedule.

Since the first two periods against the Avalanche, when Darryl Sutter acknowledged that “he probably would’ve liked, for sure, two or three back,” Jones has stopped 53-of-57 shots through his last seven periods of action and after earning in a win against the Flames on Monday returned to the crease with a quality effort against the Ducks on Saturday.

“He’s supposed to stay ready,” Sutter said. “He plays behind Jonathan Quick, and we’re going to try and get him in situations. He knew he was playing last night, so that means he’s played two of the last three. The bottom line for goaltenders? ‘W’s.”

Jones, on how he evaluates his performances against Calgary and Anaheim:
Good. Obviously we didn’t get the result we wanted last night, but I felt good about my game and where my game’s at. The margin for winning and losing is so small. It’s a puck off our defenseman’s skate. Just got to make sure we clean up some of the details and get better last game.

Jones, on pad saves:
Something I’ve worked on the last couple of years is just trying to get more flexible. You watch a guy like Quickie play, and he takes away the bottom of the net so well with that. It’s something I’ve tried to work on and incorporate in my game a little bit.

Jones, on whether he receives much reinforcement from Jonathan Quick:
Yeah, for sure. He’s really a good guy to pick his brain about. Just the way he reads the game so well, the way he plays different situations, and just watching him in practice and in games, he’s an awesome guy to watch for stuff like that, to see how reads the game and how he plays certain situations.