Sutter postgame quotes (Dec. 23)

Darryl Sutter’s postgame thoughts…

(on the game…)
SUTTER: “The teams were creating chances both ways in the third period. I thought we got a little bit better as the game went along. I thought we had a really good third period.’’

(on the Kings’ effort, in back-to-back games…)
SUTTER: “The NHL is about back-to-back games. You’re either going to have it or you’re not. I don’t look at it like that. We tried to use four lines tonight. When you’re on the road, they [the home team] get the matchups they want, forward-wise. It was pretty much head to head. I was fine with the effort. We scored a power-play goal, our penalty killing did a heck of a job, and at the end of the day it was left to the two goalies.’’

(on Jonathan Quick’s effort…)
SUTTER: “I think both goalies. When it’s 1-1 and you go to the shootout and it goes to the fourth guys, I’m not disappointed in the effort at all. You’ve just got to bury one of those chances. Richardson, that’s the one that sticks out most, that chance. So, we’ll take the point.’’

(on the Kings’ net traffic…)
SUTTER: “The shots we were getting through, there was a lot of traffic. And we had a lot of pucks, because of our traffic, hit us on the way through. So, we’ve just got to stay with that.’’