April 10 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter

On whether the Kings came “close to a perfect game”:
Solid road game.

On limiting Edmonton’s opportunities in the third period:
They were short a couple forwards. They were down to 10 forwards. We played last night. We were just trying to roll four lines.

On whether he can remember consecutive games in which a team didn’t take a penalty:
Not that I can remember. [Reporter: When the players talk about the detail that they want to work out in their game before the playoffs, is that discipline?] Well, the NHL is three-or-less penalties, if you check. If you can stay under that, you have a better opportunity in the playoffs

On whether he likes the direction of his team heading into the playoffs:
We’ll see. The regular season doesn’t have anything to do with playoffs. The only thing the regular season has to do with playoffs is you’ve got to get in. [Reporter: But are you liking what you’re seeing out of your team?] Yeah, we got 50 points on the road this year. So if that’s what you’re basing it on, then yeah.

On Jake Muzzin and Slava Voynov eating up heavy minutes on defense:
Well, Robyn Regehr and Drew Doughty eat up a lot of minutes for our hockey club. So with them not in the lineup, somebody has to do it. So can those guys play 25 minutes on the playoffs? Probably not. I don’t think other than there’s a handful of guys period that can do that. So this is giving some guys an opportunity to play some more minutes, play in different situations.

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