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January 6 Rapid Reaction: Blue Jackets 4, Kings 2

Zach DooleyJanuary 6, 20200 Comments

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Todd McLellan on if he feels the Kings could have led by more through 20 minutes It’s a pretty good observation, yes. We had a tenacity to our forecheck that we haven’t had for a little while, and it would have been nice to have been rewarded. It’s that theory about, again, are we stressing getting... Full Story

January 4 Rapid Reaction: Predators 4, Kings 1

Zach DooleyJanuary 4, 20200 Comments

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Todd McLellan on his evaluation of tonight’s game Disappointed. Quite disappointed in the group, haven’t said that very often with our team, but I just thought one team was so much more intense and hard and committed to doing it over and over again and another team was going to try and win it the e... Full Story

December 31 Rapid Reaction: Kings 5, Flyers 3

Zach DooleyDecember 31, 20190 Comments

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Todd McLellan’s impressions on the team scoring goals in all different ways That’s a pretty good summary right there. Everybody contributed. Special teams were outstanding, the penalty kill was even very good up until the end there and even in that situation, we did some of the things we wanted to ... Full Story

December 28 Rapid Reaction: Canucks 3, Kings 2

Zach DooleyDecember 28, 20190 Comments

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Todd McLellan on the team’s effort tonight, even in defeat Well the effort was really good. When I evaluate this game, we made 8-10 mistakes and three went in our net, which is unfortunate. At the other end, we created numerous opportunities, certainly not all 51 shots were of grade-A quality, but... Full Story

December 17 Rapid Reaction: Kings 4, Bruins 3 (OT)

Zach DooleyDecember 17, 20190 Comments

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Todd McLellan on tonight’s overtime victory I couldn’t be happier for the guys. They had to put a lot into that game to win, to stick with it to the bitter end and there’s a lot of happy Kings in the locker room after, they deserve to celebrate around each other. It’s not an easy place to play, not... Full Story

December 12 Rapid Reaction: Kings 2, Ducks 1

Jon RosenDecember 12, 20190 Comments

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Postgame Quotes Todd McLellan, on the win: One, it was on the road. It’s been said and written and talked about as far as road goes, a nd it was a good road win for us. Grind it out. The way we won was a lot more checking than cheating, which is always a good thing, too. We got a power play goa... Full Story

December 10 Rapid Reaction: Kings 3, Rangers 1

Jon RosenDecember 10, 20190 Comments

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Todd McLellan, on the win: Well, it was deserved. It wasn’t pretty by any means, but I think that’s how we have to win sometimes. We checked our butts off and got some really good goaltending when we needed it and earned some breaks at the other end. Also came out on the short end of some breaks. ... Full Story

December 7 Rapid Reaction: Flames 4, Kings 3

Jon RosenDecember 7, 20190 Comments

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Postgame Quotes Todd McLellan, on whether he got the start he was looking for despite the loss: Yeah, we got it. Power play got us two, and then after that they worked their way back into the game. I thought that the fatigue factor began to take over. I think somebody asked me a week or 10 days ... Full Story

December 6 Rapid Reaction: Oilers 2, Kings 1

Jon RosenDecember 6, 20190 Comments

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Postgame Quotes Todd McLellan, on the strong performance despite the loss: Yeah, for the people here in Edmonton, we’ve been playing like that a lot. We come in after the game, we sit there and we look at each other, and we just keep telling the same story over and over again. Close, work hard, ... Full Story

December 4 Rapid Reaction: Capitals 3, Kings 1

Jon RosenDecember 4, 20190 Comments

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Postgame Quotes Todd McLellan, on what the team lacked in at the start of the game: The start again seems to be a bit of an issue for us. I think tonight was a repeat of our night in Anaheim where we fell behind and then we started to dig our way out, and it’s admirable that our guys will do th... Full Story

December 2 Rapid Reaction: Ducks 4, Kings 2

Jon RosenDecember 2, 20190 Comments

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Postgame Quotes Todd McLellan, on the “fight” shown in the loss: Well, the ‘fight’ is the end part, and picking ourselves off the mat. Disappointed in the start, and it’s been that way on the road for a little while. We reflect back to the games where we won on the road, we came out swinging. We... Full Story

November 30 Rapid Reaction: Kings 2, Jets 1

Jon RosenNovember 30, 20190 Comments

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Postgame Quotes Todd McLellan, on the win setting a franchise record for home wins in November: Well, the record, obviously I wasn’t aware of. I haven’t been here very long. We have played well at home this month. We’ve played a lot of games at home this month. We needed to take advantage of it,... Full Story

November 29 Rapid Reaction: Sharks 4, Kings 1

Jon RosenNovember 29, 20190 Comments

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Todd McLellan, on the loss: We didn’t have a good night. I think that’s pretty evident. Legs weren’t there when we needed them. Some of our key players looked like they were skating a little bit heavy tonight, and that’s a tough thing to have when you’re playing against a team like San Jose, becaus... Full Story