GDT: GM#38 LA Kings vs Vegas Golden Knights@7:00

[Sol]

Perron always scores on Quick lol.

 

[kingsfan28]

Watching Kempe shot in OT, I'm not sure he even looked up to see how much more room he had. He could've walked right in instead of shooting it into the pads.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Perron always scores on Quick lol.

Eh, Quick has a pretty good history of stoning the f*** out of him in the playoffs, i enjoy their rivalry

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Just hoping Iafallo isn't hurt...

 

[tny760]

Really eager to see how we look when Carter returns. I remember once upon a time we were hoping just to not fall out of a playoff spot when he went down. Obviously plenty of time left, but we're jockeying for a Pacific spot, not a Wild Card spot, and that's great.

Even when Carter is back, it's clear the D needs an upgrade to really compete. Youth ain't taking a big enough step fast enough.

i thought the wheels were coming off when carter went down, i'm still pleasantly surprised with how well they're doing.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Eh, Quick has a pretty good history of stoning the **** out of him in the playoffs, i enjoy their rivalry

At least he didn't run over Quick 4-5 times like usual.

What was Quick's penalty for anyways? They never showed it at Staples.

 

[kingsholygrail]

At least he didn't run over Quick 4-5 times like usual.

What was Quick's penalty for anyways? They never showed it at Staples.

He yelled something at the ref from the bench on the way to the locker room when the 2nd period ended.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

He yelled something at the ref from the bench on the way to the locker room when the 2nd period ended.

Must've been really, really bad to get a penalty for something that soft. Guys bang their sticks on the ice or glass all the time and never get called.

 

[tny760]

and knights players slash and then crosscheck kings players in the chest after whistles but don't get called

but that's none of my business.

 

[KingsFan7824]

I've been reading it in articles every off-season cause 3 on 3 is so successful and exciting. Always gets voted down but gets brought up every year.

I'm pretty confident they won't do that, because 3v3 is chaos, and bad teams are good at it, and good teams are bad at it, and it's something they threw out there for people complaining about the lack of offense in the league. However, if they did somehow go 3v3 in the playoffs, they might as well go 4v4 full time in regulation for the whole year. The suspense of playoff OT is enough that you don't have to do 3v3 to add anything to it.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

and knights players slash and then crosscheck kings players in the chest after whistles but don't get called

but that's none of my business.

I like how Fox mentioned in the telecast that Neal called out that the Kings were going to take the next penalty. VGK knew they weren't getting called for shit.

5PPs to 1 is really stark when you're watching Brodzinski get hauled down by two guys, Kempe hooked by two guys cutting in for a scoring opportunity, Toffoli getting his stick broken in two going for a clear rebound, Toffoli getting slashed right in the hands on a release on a clear scoring opportunity, at least one too-many-men call similar to what we got against us the other night, and that's just what I remember offhand...the second period was incredibly lopsided, but at 5v5 in the 1st and 3rd, the Kings had the vast, vast majority of the CF% and high-danger chances, so that theory about having to generate chances to get calls is bad. There was no in-game consistency tonight, hell at the end the Kings got away with a few things for sure, too.

Edit: 1st and 3rd Kings were 55% CF, 54% SCF, and 62% HDCF.

At 5v5 it was actually a very evenly played hot game, really good game so I'm not even mad about it in general, it's just that at the top of the standings vs. divisional rivals, those momentum swings can be huge. Look at what was generated just from our 1 PP.

 

[tny760]

yep, it's the accumulation that bothers me

miss a call here and there, OK. sucks but OK. miss that many, and combine it with calling a large bias in the other direction? i'm asking questions..

 

[Sol]

Eh, Quick has a pretty good history of stoning the **** out of him in the playoffs, i enjoy their rivalry

Hasn't been that way for a while my friend.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Hasn't been that way for a while my friend.

Perron has 7 goals in 31 regular season games vs. the Kings. That's shooting for about his career average. Any other team he's played more than 30 games against, he's in double digits, and quite a few he's played less against he has much lower goals per game. Maybe something sticks out in your memory differently, probably because Perron is always in Quick's grill, but stats say otherwise. David Perron Career Splits | Hockey-Reference.com

Also, 0 goals in 10 playoff games vs. Quick, so.

 

[kingsfan28]

I like how Fox mentioned in the telecast that Neal called out that the Kings were going to take the next penalty. VGK knew they weren't getting called for ****.

5PPs to 1 is really stark when you're watching Brodzinski get hauled down by two guys, Kempe hooked by two guys cutting in for a scoring opportunity, Toffoli getting his stick broken in two going for a clear rebound, Toffoli getting slashed right in the hands on a release on a clear scoring opportunity, at least one too-many-men call similar to what we got against us the other night, and that's just what I remember offhand...the second period was incredibly lopsided, but at 5v5 in the 1st and 3rd, the Kings had the vast, vast majority of the CF% and high-danger chances, so that theory about having to generate chances to get calls is bad. There was no in-game consistency tonight, hell at the end the Kings got away with a few things for sure, too.

Edit: 1st and 3rd Kings were 55% CF, 54% SCF, and 62% HDCF.




At 5v5 it was actually a very evenly played hot game, really good game so I'm not even mad about it in general, it's just that at the top of the standings vs. divisional rivals, those momentum swings can be huge. Look at what was generated just from our 1 PP.

And right after he said that, the Kings got another penalty. It was 5-0 in pp before Perron got called, and I was sure they were going to let it go. There was also a missed slash to the hands that you could hear on tv right before the Lewis tripping in the second. I thought they were cracking down on that shit?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Just also want to give props to VGK, love their game. Glad we matched up really well because it makes for good hockey. There's no room to breathe out there because guys are just going full bore all the time, nice breath of fresh air from the Ottawa types who just play not to lose. Vegas plays hard and plays to win, and it's easy to root for them (minus against us obviously) since as Fox pointed out they're just so supportive of each other too.

 

[HookKing]

Every division team that has come into LA has left with at least a point, and most have left with 2. The Kings need to fix their own issues.

What does you comment have to do with my post?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Well, Stevens just said Iafallo's not hurt. So that's good. What did he do to get benched?

Also, he's pretty dipomatic given they weren't even told

"On what led to Jonathan Quick’s unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at the end of the second period:
I’m not sure yet. Something happened there. We looked at the sheet. The sheet we got never had a penalty on it. We didn’t really have much time to get into any kind of explanation of what happened there. I heard that might be a penalty there and checked the sheet. Up until we went out, there was no penalty listed on the intermission sheet, and then obviously there was penalty. A penalty, and then a five-on-three, and then a penalty, so not a recipe for success. [Reporter: How did you learn there was going to be a penalty there?] We heard something that might’ve happened at the end of the period, so we kept checking the sheet, but the sheet never indicated – I’m not sure why. I would think by the end of the period, but it didn’t. At the end of the day, there was a penalty called. We had a suspicion that there might be, even though it wasn’t on the sheet, but I’m not sure yet."

"I'm not sure yet" and they didn't even put it on the game sheet tells me everything I need to know about tonight's reffing crew.

 

[Winger23]

Perron has 7 goals in 31 regular season games vs. the Kings. That's shooting for about his career average. Any other team he's played more than 30 games against, he's in double digits, and quite a few he's played less against he has much lower goals per game. Maybe something sticks out in your memory differently, but facts say otherwise. David Perron Career Splits | Hockey-Reference.com

Also, 0 goals in 10 playoff games vs. Quick, so.

But I thought his opinion and facts went together...

 

[kingsholygrail]

Kings have averaged 2 or less PPs for the last 16 games, according Nick and Evans.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Also, finally, Drew Doughty was a hockey god tonight. 66.67 CF% (32.77 rel!), 71.43 HDCF% rel, 60% SCF%, goal, assist, +2, 27:30 TOI of which 4:21 was PK and 1:29 PP. Amazing performance against a stellar team.

The really crazy thing is when you factor in ALL playing time, including the 4:21 of PK , those numbers hardly budge.

Kings have averaged 2 or less PPs for the last 16 games, according Nick and Evans.

I'd be fine with that if they weren't handing them out like candy to opponents.

 

[KingsFan7824]

What does you comment have to do with my post?

If you can't protect home ice against the division, I don't think you can be pissing off the rest of the division. Vegas gained a point tonight. Calgary didn't lose a point. SJ gained a point. Vancouver is sort of out of it, but they gained a point. The Ducks are always a threat.

Pacific division opponents have gotten 2 points in almost every game in LA. They are coming into LA, and sticking it to the Kings. So far, fairly consistently this season. Trash talk is great, but not when you can't defend home ice. It feels a little empty, that's all.

Well, Stevens just said Iafallo's not hurt. So that's good. What did he do to get benched?

He's a winger with 2 ES goals in almost half a season while averaging the 3rd highest ES ice time on the team up front?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

He's a winger with 2 ES goals in almost half a season while averaging the 3rd highest ES ice time on the team up front?

And the end of the second period tonight was just the last straw or what?

I think it was predictable that he'd hit a wall, and I wouldn't be TOTALLY opposed to letting him sit a game or two to rest, watch, learn, but really random time to sit him.

 

[kingsfan28]

"On whether Alex Iafallo was hurt, given that he played his final shift in the second period:
He’s not hurt."

So benched then...

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

If you can't protect home ice against the division, I don't think you can be pissing off the rest of the division. Vegas gained a point tonight. Calgary didn't lose a point. SJ gained a point. Vancouver is sort of out of it, but they gained a point. The Ducks are always a threat.

Pacific division opponents have gotten 2 points in almost every game in LA. They are coming into LA, and sticking it to the Kings. So far, fairly consistently this season. Trash talk is great, but not when you can't defend home ice. It feels a little empty, that's all.

I'm pissed about some of the previous ones, and definitely the recent SJ one, but losing a game to the hottest team in the league...there's never a 'good loss' but this one I can stomach. It's a blown opportunity and a bummer vs. a division opponent, but I'll only start getting worried about the divisional if we blow the Canadian trip coming up too.