GDT: 2023-24 season game 53 LA Kings vs Pittsburgh Penguins @3:00pm 2/18/24

[Steve Zissou]

Laferriere was throwing hits all night.

Daddy like.

 

[killermiller]

Great defensive game tonight. Doughty, Gavrikov and Roy stood out for me, Talbot did a decent job in net despite a couple wild rebounds.

Kempe with a nice comeback third period after a rough first 40 minutes.

Turcotte looked good with his limited time, Kaliyev was kind of meh. I know his usage hasn't been ideal but neither has his play been.

Edit: Also props to Laf and Kopi. Laf was physical and Kopi was intercepting passes left and right.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Im glad Kempe heard me yelling at him to play better.

Also been a long time since Cam has had a win so that’s gotta feel good.

It does feel good when a player listens to your calls to shoot.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I laughed and got just as pumped up as Drew did when he just skated the puck into the corner for the last four seconds

Honestly, not the optimist when it comes to the Kings, but Todd era kings would still be in a black hole after a 7-0 loss like the one in Buffalo. Impressive that the Kings have made this road trip into a success like that. f*** you Todd.

Amen.

The mental fortitude they've displayed on this trip is impressive. Just sticking with it, not breaking. That was an incredibly strong game by Talbot too.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

4-1-0 in the Jim Hiller era.

 

[unicornpig]

back to back gut check games with 2 wins. starting to believe this team is closer to the 1st half then the 2nd half.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Good game.

 

[johnjm22]

We're back to having a winning record. 27W, 26L.

We're within striking distance of EDM and VGK. I doubt we'd catch EDM, but Vegas is possible.

 

[jgs]

Great road trip. Hoping the Kings can keep winning. Hiller is doing a good job.

 

[BringTheReign]

4-1-0 in the Jim Hiller era.

With a whopping +0 goal differential as of tonight…

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

With a whopping +0 goal differential as of tonight…

Which is a bit miraculous considering the 7-0 ass kicking.

 

[AbsentMojo]

The PP is very sus. None of the lines are really clicking. But coming out with 3 wins while things are in flux is pretty impressive. We still dont know what this team will settle into. Im not sold on Hiller yet, but he is getting results so far.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Had no idea we had a back to back!

This

Just noticed we have won a game

 

[fsanford]

4-1-0 in the Jim Hiller era.

Kings cup teams lost in Buffalo. So going to Buffalo and losing is normal regardless who the coach is.

The other 4 wins are impressive.

When Kings were winning all those games early on they had multiple 3rd period ccomebacks. Seems they have found that part of their game, again

 

[DAkings20]

4-1-0 in the Jim Hiller era.

 

[Choralone]

With a whopping +0 goal differential as of tonight…

When the Kings lose, they REALLY lose.

 

[Steve Zissou]

In case you missed the ceremony... gotta love Jags.



I remember my first coach Bob Johnson always said,"Today is a great day for hockey." And I'm gonna use it and change it a little bit... Today is a great day for me."

 

[ru4reals]

That's funny as hell.

 

[aceofpace]

We're back to having a winning record. 27W, 26L.

We're within striking distance of EDM and VGK. I doubt we'd catch EDM, but Vegas is possible.

Why not EDM? We are exactly one point behind them although they do have two games in hand. Having said that I would rather finish fourth and face VAN and let VGK and EDM duke it out in the first round.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Also worth mentioning that it seems like Byfield creates scoring chances every time he steps onto the ice. His play seems to be rather infectious, as Dubois now appears to be playing like he's engaged with what's happening on the ice.

QB is showing us why the organization valued him so much, and he's proving his critics wrong.

 

[ru4reals]

Also worth mentioning that it seems like Byfield creates scoring chances every time he steps onto the ice. His play seems to be rather infectious, as Dubois now appears to be playing like he's engaged with what's happening on the ice.

QB is showing us why the organization valued him so much, and he's proving his critics wrong.

Kid is still only 21 and is just getting started. He will be our Number 1 center once 11 hangs them up. He's been our best forward for the past few months now. So much fun to watch how he has turned it around. Once they put him with Kopi and Kempe last year he has been fantastic.

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

Honestly, not the optimist when it comes to the Kings, but Todd era kings would still be in a black hole after a 7-0 loss like the one in Buffalo. Impressive that the Kings have made this road trip into a success like that. f*** you Todd.

Aww, such class.

Kempe is so useless

Yah, totally.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I didn't even think about the Czech connection for Rittich, what a cool moment for him being around Jagr

 

[Nasti]

There has never been a player more fun to watch for me than Jagr. I could watch highlights all day. That was a great ceremony.