***New York Islanders vs. Los Angeles Kings GDT 3/14/23 7:30pm on BSW***
Game Day Thread
Game #68/82 -- 03/14/23
New York Islanders vs. Los Angeles Kings
at | Los Angeles, CA
Pi Day presented by Knotts Berry Farm
Jewish Heritage Night
Previous Meeting
02/24/23 Kings 3, Islanders 2
TV:BSW
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
Please remember, DO NOT post links to Live Game Streams in the GDT or anywhere else on LGK
Check out articles on LA Kings Insider Here
Matt Roy (video), Adrian Kempe, & Todd McLellan 3/11 Post Game Quotes
Watch Matt Roys Post Game Interview Here
Subject To Change
Kings Injuries
Sean Durzi (D2D)
Kevin Fiala
___________________________________
___________________________________________
Predators Probable Lineup
courtesy of dailyfaceoff.com
Former Kings Draft Pick
Hudson Fasching
Former King on Coaching Staff
Doug Houda - Assistant Coach
___________________________________________
____________________________________________
GOALIE STATS
PLAYER STATS
Click Here For More Stats & Rosters
WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Tonights Poll Question:
Part 1 - What type of goal will tonights game-winner be? Even Strength (ES), Power Play (PP), Short Handed (SH), or Shootout (SO).
ONE GUESS ONLY FOR THIS PART from the above choices.
(I did not include Empty Netter - if its an empty netter that will count as SH)
Part 2 - How many TOTAL HITS will there be by both teams?
You can take 2 guesses (only your closest guess will count for points)
+/- 2 = 1 point, +/-1 = 2 points, Dead On = 3 points
Previous Games Winners
Congratulations to the many, many posters who correctly guessed the GWG in the previous game would be scored by Duschene :
KingzLA, Rogie-Vachon, SirJW, Dr. Tran, CIrvine, Shackleford, Byron, jammer06, Helvetica, Cross Traffic, beady eye, DRice, srm1105, TooCool, dannybuoy1, puckoff, pray4mojo, VegasHockey, sonnyboy11, randdog, AngelEyes, Joe Laviguer, cokingsfan, John a90, Bill Hicks, Kurisu, Chateau Bow Wow, hornman, kingrussell, LeftyKing, Liz4LA, hihocarp, Rusty, JayWells24, forum gold
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain
with 53 points:
VegasHockey
48 Points
LeftyKing
srm1105
47 Points
Rusty
sonnyboy11
46 Points
Kurisu
45 Points
hornman
44 Points
AngelEyes
43 Points
John a90
42 Points
Bill Hicks
41 Points
pray4mojo
40 Points
DRice
randdog
39 Points
DRGinLBC
forum gold
38 Points
beady eye
37 Points
CIrvine
Helvetica
Liz4LA
SirJW
TooCool
36 Points
35 Points
Chateau Bow Wow
34 Points
jammer 06
33 Points
32 Points
31 Points
Nyssa42
30 Points
29 Points
28 Points
dannybuoy1
notbob
Rogie-Vachon
27 Points
empire
JETS GARAGE
26 Points
Clif
hihocarp
25 Points
24 Points
KHenry14
23 Points
JayWells24
Sevenhole
22 Points
21 Points
kingsmen93
20 Points
19 Points
kingrussell
waynet
18 Points
Dr. Tran
RoS
Shackleford
17 Points
16 Points
Byron
15 Points
Cross Traffic
14 Points
13 Points
12 Points
11 Points
Busted Chops
10 Points
kopinator
9 Points
Dirtweazle
8 Points
7 Points
6 Points
beedee
5 Points
4 Points
Dexter
3 Points
HTK
salami
STONE
2 Points
05/29/93
jneol67
KingzLA
PuckMaster
SaltyPuck
1 Point
cokingsfan
HiFi
Ice24
Joe Laviguer
mugs
puckoff
RagBone
Rinkrat
twistedwrister
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Game #68/82 -- 03/14/23
New York Islanders vs. Los Angeles Kings
at | Los Angeles, CA
Pi Day presented by Knotts Berry Farm
Jewish Heritage Night
Previous Meeting
02/24/23 Kings 3, Islanders 2
**Game Time 7:30pm**
TV:BSW
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
Please remember, DO NOT post links to Live Game Streams in the GDT or anywhere else on LGK
Check out articles on LA Kings Insider Here
Matt Roy (video), Adrian Kempe, & Todd McLellan 3/11 Post Game Quotes
Watch Matt Roys Post Game Interview Here
Adrian Kempe on what it says about the group earning a point on a night that wasnt their cleanest
I think we had the chances to win the game, I think we played okay enough to win the game, it just didnt bounce our way, I felt like, at all tonight. It was difficult out there tonight. Nothing with the structure or anything, it just didnt bounce our way and didnt feel good out there in general. Just difficult, a little frustrating.
Kempe on the difficulty in playing a game tonight
Theyre a tough team to play against, but I think we had the puck a lot, had it in their zone and got a lot to the net, but we didnt bear down on our chances. It was just a little bit frustrating out there tonight and on special teams, it was bouncing weirdly out there, just not really going our way. We got one point, I think its a positive thing we can take from here and move forward.
Kempe on what adjustments the group tries to make when conditions are less than stellar
Just playing simple. Maybe it wasnt going our way, with the power play, 5-on-5, but in the second period, I. thought we played alright. Our mentality going into the third was just to keep doing what were doing, stay patient and hopefully go out and win a game. Unfortunately just the one point tonight, but its something we can build on, a good test for us.
Todd McLellan on two teams with similar styles of play and if he got the game he expected
I think the two teams tonight play a very similar type of game, where you just snuff a lot of plays out. Im not sure its going to be like that all the way through the playoffs, I think the tight-checking and the tenacity will be there, but I think itll be a sharper game from both teams home and away than what we saw tonight. A couple of things, youve got to give them credit, they checked really hard, I thought we checked really hard. It probably wasnt an overly entertaining game, there werent a lot of plays being made or connected passes, whistles just in the mud if you will, is probably the best way to describe it.
McLellan on if the team needs to simplify the game on a night when ice conditions were subpar
Yeah, you do, but its, I guess when it comes to the ice, all 20 players have to participate on the same sheet of ice, so it didnt favor one team or the other, but these guys are pretty talented people, on both teams. You carry around a frustration because you cant connect one pass to the other, because the surface youre playing on is as bad as it was tonight. It was bad for both teams.
McLellan on the power play tonight and where he sees that unit
Its not necessarily a lack of personnel, you lose people and you should be able to keep it going. Our power play fell off a little bit about five or six games ago when Kevin and Durz were still in the lineup. So, it is a lack of execution, its a little bit slow right now, a little more predictable. Perhaps looking for something thats pretty or perfect versus slugging it out, especially again tonight in these conditions. At the end of the night, we lost a special teams battle penalty kill, power play and the shootout so were fortunate to get a point.
McLellan on Pheonix Copley tonight and how hes responded to the rotation with Joonas Korpisalo
I think he has done an excellent job with alternating back and forth, I think both of them have done that. You look at the goals against that weve given up 2, 2, 2, 2 and 1 tonight. You consider the role the goaltenders play in that, theyve both been excellent. I thought again tonight that Phoenix was really good.
McLellan on the play of the fourth line tonight with the ingredients that were assembled
I thought they played fairly direct. They understood what they were playing on and they played with some pace. They had some really good offensive-zone shifts and then they came back and frustrated the other team by catching them from behind and killing plays. They did their job tonight.
McLellan on getting another goal from Mikey Anderson and his offensive improvements
I think his shot has improved a lot. Hes worked hard on it and its more accurate, hes got a little more velocity on it and hes more confident using it, we saw that tonight. More than once tonight he tried to wire a few in there and you have to give him credit for working on something that he needed to. Its showing up in his game.
I think we had the chances to win the game, I think we played okay enough to win the game, it just didnt bounce our way, I felt like, at all tonight. It was difficult out there tonight. Nothing with the structure or anything, it just didnt bounce our way and didnt feel good out there in general. Just difficult, a little frustrating.
Kempe on the difficulty in playing a game tonight
Theyre a tough team to play against, but I think we had the puck a lot, had it in their zone and got a lot to the net, but we didnt bear down on our chances. It was just a little bit frustrating out there tonight and on special teams, it was bouncing weirdly out there, just not really going our way. We got one point, I think its a positive thing we can take from here and move forward.
Kempe on what adjustments the group tries to make when conditions are less than stellar
Just playing simple. Maybe it wasnt going our way, with the power play, 5-on-5, but in the second period, I. thought we played alright. Our mentality going into the third was just to keep doing what were doing, stay patient and hopefully go out and win a game. Unfortunately just the one point tonight, but its something we can build on, a good test for us.
Todd McLellan on two teams with similar styles of play and if he got the game he expected
I think the two teams tonight play a very similar type of game, where you just snuff a lot of plays out. Im not sure its going to be like that all the way through the playoffs, I think the tight-checking and the tenacity will be there, but I think itll be a sharper game from both teams home and away than what we saw tonight. A couple of things, youve got to give them credit, they checked really hard, I thought we checked really hard. It probably wasnt an overly entertaining game, there werent a lot of plays being made or connected passes, whistles just in the mud if you will, is probably the best way to describe it.
McLellan on if the team needs to simplify the game on a night when ice conditions were subpar
Yeah, you do, but its, I guess when it comes to the ice, all 20 players have to participate on the same sheet of ice, so it didnt favor one team or the other, but these guys are pretty talented people, on both teams. You carry around a frustration because you cant connect one pass to the other, because the surface youre playing on is as bad as it was tonight. It was bad for both teams.
McLellan on the power play tonight and where he sees that unit
Its not necessarily a lack of personnel, you lose people and you should be able to keep it going. Our power play fell off a little bit about five or six games ago when Kevin and Durz were still in the lineup. So, it is a lack of execution, its a little bit slow right now, a little more predictable. Perhaps looking for something thats pretty or perfect versus slugging it out, especially again tonight in these conditions. At the end of the night, we lost a special teams battle penalty kill, power play and the shootout so were fortunate to get a point.
McLellan on Pheonix Copley tonight and how hes responded to the rotation with Joonas Korpisalo
I think he has done an excellent job with alternating back and forth, I think both of them have done that. You look at the goals against that weve given up 2, 2, 2, 2 and 1 tonight. You consider the role the goaltenders play in that, theyve both been excellent. I thought again tonight that Phoenix was really good.
McLellan on the play of the fourth line tonight with the ingredients that were assembled
I thought they played fairly direct. They understood what they were playing on and they played with some pace. They had some really good offensive-zone shifts and then they came back and frustrated the other team by catching them from behind and killing plays. They did their job tonight.
McLellan on getting another goal from Mikey Anderson and his offensive improvements
I think his shot has improved a lot. Hes worked hard on it and its more accurate, hes got a little more velocity on it and hes more confident using it, we saw that tonight. More than once tonight he tried to wire a few in there and you have to give him credit for working on something that he needed to. Its showing up in his game.
Subject To Change
Kings Injuries
Sean Durzi (D2D)
Kevin Fiala
___________________________________
___________________________________________
Predators Probable Lineup
courtesy of dailyfaceoff.com
Former Kings Draft Pick
Hudson Fasching
Former King on Coaching Staff
Doug Houda - Assistant Coach
___________________________________________
____________________________________________
GOALIE STATS
PLAYER STATS
Click Here For More Stats & Rosters
WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Tonights Poll Question:
Part 1 - What type of goal will tonights game-winner be? Even Strength (ES), Power Play (PP), Short Handed (SH), or Shootout (SO).
ONE GUESS ONLY FOR THIS PART from the above choices.
(I did not include Empty Netter - if its an empty netter that will count as SH)
Part 2 - How many TOTAL HITS will there be by both teams?
You can take 2 guesses (only your closest guess will count for points)
+/- 2 = 1 point, +/-1 = 2 points, Dead On = 3 points
Previous Games Winners
Congratulations to the many, many posters who correctly guessed the GWG in the previous game would be scored by Duschene :
KingzLA, Rogie-Vachon, SirJW, Dr. Tran, CIrvine, Shackleford, Byron, jammer06, Helvetica, Cross Traffic, beady eye, DRice, srm1105, TooCool, dannybuoy1, puckoff, pray4mojo, VegasHockey, sonnyboy11, randdog, AngelEyes, Joe Laviguer, cokingsfan, John a90, Bill Hicks, Kurisu, Chateau Bow Wow, hornman, kingrussell, LeftyKing, Liz4LA, hihocarp, Rusty, JayWells24, forum gold
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain
with 53 points:
VegasHockey
48 Points
LeftyKing
srm1105
47 Points
Rusty
sonnyboy11
46 Points
Kurisu
45 Points
hornman
44 Points
AngelEyes
43 Points
John a90
42 Points
Bill Hicks
41 Points
pray4mojo
40 Points
DRice
randdog
39 Points
DRGinLBC
forum gold
38 Points
beady eye
37 Points
CIrvine
Helvetica
Liz4LA
SirJW
TooCool
36 Points
35 Points
Chateau Bow Wow
34 Points
jammer 06
33 Points
32 Points
31 Points
Nyssa42
30 Points
29 Points
28 Points
dannybuoy1
notbob
Rogie-Vachon
27 Points
empire
JETS GARAGE
26 Points
Clif
hihocarp
25 Points
24 Points
KHenry14
23 Points
JayWells24
Sevenhole
22 Points
21 Points
kingsmen93
20 Points
19 Points
kingrussell
waynet
18 Points
Dr. Tran
RoS
Shackleford
17 Points
16 Points
Byron
15 Points
Cross Traffic
14 Points
13 Points
12 Points
11 Points
Busted Chops
10 Points
kopinator
9 Points
Dirtweazle
8 Points
7 Points
6 Points
beedee
5 Points
4 Points
Dexter
3 Points
HTK
salami
STONE
2 Points
05/29/93
jneol67
KingzLA
PuckMaster
SaltyPuck
1 Point
cokingsfan
HiFi
Ice24
Joe Laviguer
mugs
puckoff
RagBone
Rinkrat
twistedwrister
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