December 10 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter

On a “big lift” from two early power play goals:
It certainly is. I think those major penalties or double-minor penalties early in the game, it’s good to score on ‘em, but a lot times they aren’t as sharp as they should be, and we were able to score, and then also when you have a whole five minutes, I think it takes a little bit away from your rotation on your bench, so you have to stay sharp. But, you know what? The power play wasn’t the difference in the game. The difference in the game was the ability to kill penalties. We killed three or four, and the first two were not good penalties that we took. We could just as easily be talking about scoring two on the five-minute, and then saying, ‘well, we took a couple bad ones and [they] scored two.’ So the difference tonight was I thought Greener responding to the hit on Tyler, which is not easy to do. Not everybody’s going to get in there and do that. Greener did that, and I think Jordie and Chris Neil was a big thing for our team, and then I think Lewie scoring with time running out in the second, because playing against a team – it answers a lot of your questions – because we’re playing against a team that’s won twice as much as they’ve lost, and they’re quite a bit better team. Their record says they’re one of the best teams in the league, and they are.

On more production from Jeff Carter and Alec Martinez:
It was on the power play. I think five-on-five, we’ve got a lot of work to do.

On Trevor Lewis continuing to pick up points:
I heard something that somebody said that ‘why’s he playing with Anze Kopitar?’ It’s because he’s the leading goal scorer on that line. [Reporter: So Kopitar should consider himself lucky to play with Trevor Lewis?] I think there’s three people on a line, and whoever’s out there, he’s the leading scorer. It tells you that we’ve got some guys that’ve got a lot of work to do. [Reporter: That was a goal scorer’s goal, though. Right on the right spot, right on the doorstep.] It was a forecheck goal. Kopi stood in front of the net, the puck went to the point, Brownie went to the slot and Lewie went off to the side.

On adjustments after Ottawa’s strong second period:
They’re a really good team. We’re not going to pull away from a top team. I think we’re going to have to stay in there and fight with them, try and salvage something.

On whether his 200th win with the Kings carries any special meaning:
No.

On how much Los Angeles game plans for Erik Karlsson:
They have a really dynamic back end in terms of skating. It’s not just Karlsson, I think Dion and C-E-C-I, are all really mobile guys and a big part of their team. They’re a really heavy forecheck team, but those guys were a big part of getting the puck out of the zone, skating up the ice and coming from behind.

On Lewis’ late goal, and the clock starting six seconds late to begin the second period:
On the goal? [Reporter: Yeah.] When I looked, there was still point-five, and then they reset it to one-eight, so there was lots of time. I think we’ve had enough trouble in here with clocks in prior years. Should be able to go one-one thousand, two-one thousand. It’s pretty crazy. [Reporter: Somebody said that the clock delayed six seconds to start the second period.] Yeah, I couldn’t tell you. Honest. I’ve got enough problem with my own clock, let alone that one.