Murray postgame quotes (Dec. 1)

The Kings are schedule to practice tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo…

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Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts…

(on Jonathan Quick’s game…)
MURRAY: “He needed to be (good). There were a lot of penalties, a 5-on-3 again, and just coming back with more power plays against us. It makes it hard. You’ve got to have good goaltending, and he was (good). It shortens the bench. It takes a lot of guys out of the game. Tough to get a flow going. That’s the way the game is, and the penalty killers did a big job, especially when you lose Willie Mitchell on the back end. He’s a very good penalty killer. He plays one shift only, and as the game goes along, Mike Richards is gone. He’s a pretty good penalty killer. So it put a little bit of pressure on some guys, but everybody stepped it up and got the job done.’’

(on the Kings’ physical play…)
MURRAY: “There was a little bit both ways. They battled, they competed. They used a lot of speed and a lot of their quickness. They took pucks to the net real hard. One player took Quick right into the net on the one play. So they were doing the same thing. They played hard, and it ended up being a good win for us. A great goal, actually, to win the game.’’

(on facing the Panthers without Kris Versteeg…)
MURRAY: “Versteeg is playing very well. That line, I think they have about 48 percent of their goals. They’re on fire. So it’s a tough line to contend with, especially when you’ve got a back line with Campbell and Garrison, who are putting up big numbers, and they’re on the ice most of the time with them. So you’ve got five guys involved in the deep offensive cycle, and you’ve got to sort it out. I’m not sure if it took a whole lot away from their game, with Versteeg out tonight. I think Weiss played a very good game. Fleischmann played a good game. I think they had some players, they rotated some guys through there and filled in pretty well for them.’’