April 11 postgame notes
-The Kings are now 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. -The Kings are now 15-4-1 (31 points) at home this season. That’s tied for the best 20-game home record in club history (the 1972-73 club was 14-3-3). -Mike Richards now has points in five straight games (2-4=6). -Jeff Carter now has six goals in the [...]
April 11 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter
On the NHL being a “three-two league”: “It’s good when you win three-two.” On whether the team’s pressure game got away in the second period: “We were playing a team with nothing to lose, right? They score a lucky goal and get back in it, and…quite honest, I thought we played really well. They scored [...]
April 11 postgame quotes: Jeff Carter
On his shootout goal: “He’s a big guy, and he just kind of goes down and takes the bottom half, so you’ve got to make him go down and get it up.”
April 11 postgame quotes: Anze Kopitar
On the process of choosing and executing a shootout move with a chance to win the game: “Well, since I went third, you kind of get the read on the goalie, and I’ve played against Giguere enough years now where I guess I got to know him, and I guess he got to know me, [...]
Game 41: Colorado at Los Angeles
Los Angeles Kings 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 Final – Shootout SOG: LAK – 37; COL – 28 PP: LAK – 1/4; COL – 0/2 Attendance: 18,118 Three Stars: 1) LAK – Mike Richards 2) COL – Stefan Elliott 3) LAK – Jonathan Quick First Period 1) LAK PPG – Jeff Carter (24) (Mike Richards), 5:27 [...]
April 11 morning skate quotes: Darryl Sutter
On his impression of Colorado in last night’s win over Anaheim: “It’s a big difference when they’ve got their whole lineup. Three star centermen make a big difference in their team.”
April 11 morning skate quotes: Drew Doughty
On what the team learned from the Dallas game after meeting and watching video: “We didn’t come prepared to play. Our top players weren’t our best players, which we need every night. Right from our top forwards to our top D to our top goalie, we needed to be a lot better. So I think [...]
April 11 morning skate update
-Jonathan Quick left the ice first at today’s morning skate, indicating he will start in net for tonight’s game against the Colorado Avalanche. -Alec Martinez, Colin Fraser, Tyler Toffoli and Jonathan Bernier stayed on for an extra skate, indicating there won’t be any lineup changes for tonight’s game. -Matt Greene took part in the entire [...]
Waking up with the Kings: February 24
-Did the pre-game pageantry throw off Colorado’s timing? The Avs’ second shift of the game was inexcusable. Not to take anything away from the chemistry of the Brown-Kopitar-Williams line, but goals in practice don’t come as easy as Dustin Brown’s one-timed rocket. Did one Colorado player even touch one Los Angeles player? Rob Scuderi and [...]
