GDT: 2021-22 Season game 57 LA Kings vs Buffalo Sabres @10:00am 3/6/22

[MarkusKetterer]

He's been a pleasant surprise. Becoming, if not already, the best piece of the Muzzin trade.

I actually forgot that we had a Leafs pick and not a Kings one

 

[tny760]

love it when kaliyev just rips shots every time it hits his stick

 

[Mully12]

love it when kaliyev just rips shots every time it hits his stick

He and Arvy just out there wanting to score goals, not looking for anything fancy, just let it rip.

 

[tny760]

mikey's gotta be hurtin now

2 yawning nets and he just can't bury it

 

[Mully12]

So close Mikey, wish you were more offensive minded sometimes.

 

[Bandit]

8,000 chances and dick to show for it. Kings hockey baby.

 

[Bandit]

Hey Petersen made a save.

 

[Omni Owl]

Petersen bailing out Doughty and Anderson there.

 

[Mully12]

Wow Cal coming up big right now.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Peterson saves us from a needlessly bad 30 seconds. Almost wasted what was an otherwise solid period.

 

[tny760]

some subban-esque floating out there from doughty

i don't think shooting the puck away after the horn is gonna change anything

 

[KingsFan7824]

That's the kind of save Petersen has to make to keep them in the game.

 

[funky]

Tage Thompson looking great for Buffalo.

 

[johnjm22]

Petersen makes a "save above expected".

 

[johnjm22]

Not a bad first period.

I really enjoy NHL hockey when there's minimal play stoppages.

 

[Mully12]

Not a bad first period.

I really enjoy NHL hockey when there's minimal play stoppages.

Tokarski seem to really like moving the puck, its nice to keep the game flowing.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Hypothetical.. assume season ended today and Kings in playoffs, who is your starter for game 1?

 

[Mully12]

Hypothetical.. assume season ended today and Kings in playoffs, who is your starter for game 1?

Quick, until he proves he can't do it anymore.

 

[johnjm22]

Tokarski seem to really like moving the puck, its nice to keep the game flowing.

I wish there was a way for the NHL to encourage that.

Less play stoppages = Better hockey

When we talk about rules changes, the focus is always on goal scoring, but the focus should be on trying to minimize whistles.

 

[AbsentMojo]

I wish there was a way for the NHL to encourage that.

Less play stoppages = Better hockey

When we talk about rules changes, the focus is always on goal scoring, but the focus should be on trying to minimize whistles.

May have something to do with advertising revenue why they dont focus on that

 

[Mully12]

May have something to do with advertising revenue why they dont focus on that

Probably, but with the picture-in-picture ads they run and the helmet ads it would be nice to not have to deal with so many commercial breaks.

 

[johnjm22]

There's an adorable segment on the Buffalo feed right now. Okposo's daughter is interviewing him.

This kid is asking more interesting questions than anything Carrlyn Bathe or Heidi Androl ever has.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Doughty not even awake, not expecting much from the 1st pairing today

Tage Thompson another excellent example of a huge guy who took a while to put it together, take notes for Byfield. Tage is the best player on the ice today.

Kings showing why their expected goals for is below the titanic post-iceberg, lots of cross ice half-empty nets and they can't convert

This has the feel of a 'look good lose bad' loss

No comment on AA over Grundstrom other than gonna be poetic when Tonka is scoring 20-25 goals for Seattle next year

Jeff Skinner auditioning for a trade?

 

[johnjm22]

May have something to do with advertising revenue why they dont focus on that

Indeed.

They should just get rid of intermission reports entirely. They're worthless and boring. Make the entire 15 minutes commercials to compensate.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Kempe in a mini slump no points -3 in last 6