GDT: Los Angeles Kings 4, Minnesota Wild 0 (Final)

[DocWest]

Solid ****ing game. Scored a ton and then drowned the Wild. Well deserved shutout for Jones too.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Woot woot, go Jones!

 

[L25d]

2 points and a shutout. I like.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

A road win, thank you Kings.

Looks like Sutter has had it a little, Kopitar only played 15.58.

Kopi in a slump.

And THAT is why center depth like we have is awesome.

 

[MynameisKing]

D-ficien............oh wait! Was that our D? When did we get Mitchie, Voynov, and Amart back? I'm confused.

 

[KingsKnight]

Great game all around. Felt like we had possession almost all night.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Beautiful full 60 min game. Nice way to cap off a road trip and things are trending in the right direction

 

[The Night King]

When was the last time the Kings went up 4-0 in the first period?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Also, nice to see us finally use our size advantage vs. the wild and just ragdoll them all night.

 

[Ollie Weeks]

When was the last time the Kings went up 4-0 in the first period?

game 2 vs St. Louis comes to mind.

 

[tigermask48]

The girlfriend losses another bet and now has to wear a Dustin Brown jersey when we go to the Kings game over christmas break. I'm ok with this. So classless.

 

[Reclamation Project]

LOL Wild.

 

[Ron*]

LOL Wild.

At this rate, Thomas Vanek will be making about $1.625 million per goal scored.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Let's bet on it Ron.

 

[KOPITARRULEZ11]

The girlfriend losses another bet and now has to wear a Dustin Brown jersey when we go to the Kings game over christmas break. I'm ok with this. So classless.

you guys go to the game

 

[tigermask48]

you guys go to the game

We didn't sadly. Couldn't find tickets cheap enough. We will be there in March for sure though.

 

[TonySCV]

That was satisfying.

 

[King RAZZ]

At least I won't take a loss to my first kettle (on Friday)...

Any Kings fan that just happens by my Smith's kettle location should ask me why I won't be giving out candy canes this year... Trust me...it will be one of my running gags this year...

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Just imagine how good will be when Kopitar remembers how to play hockey.

 

[Ron*]

At least I won't take a loss to my first kettle (on Friday)...

Any Kings fan that just happens by my Smith's kettle location should ask me why I won't be giving out candy canes this year... Trust me...it will be one of my running gags this year...

Where will you be?

 

[damacles1156]

Brown/Stoll/Williams have all picked up their play.

Time for Kopitar to come out of his slumber.

 

[Captain Mittens*]

Now I know what it feels like to play us on the road, lol. Feels good. Pretty, pretty good.

[Yt]O_05qJTeNNI[/MEDIA]

 

[Ollie Weeks]

Its nice to see Richards, Brown, Williams and Stoll cashing in a little more regularly, of late they all deserve it with how they've been playing.

McNabb with another terrific outing too. The hits and assists are starting to add up.

 

[Quattro]

I'm curious, why don't we have PGTs anymore?

 

[bob77]

Should be interesting game tonight. If you think Kings D have trouble breaking the puck out, well, wait until tonight. In the first game in LA vs. Wild, the Wild were all over them. Quick was the difference. MN is going to want this one bad. Also, this is back to back for Kings.

In reference to last nights game, still no Kings forecheck of any consequence. All three goals were scored on plays that materialized while coming up the ice, and things just happened to work out. First, McBain going to the net from the other side of the rink. Carter flipping it high to Gaborik (nice pass by Carter), and Doughty rushing coast to coast. While they all count, the Kings need to start getting goals from a sustained puck possession attack on the forecheck. Seems to be missing from their game.

Much better start to game from Kings last night! Clogged the neutral zone and passing lanes, and Mn kept making horrible passes into these areas. La countered well. And after 4-0, it gave the Kings practice on how to sit on a lead. Game over early. This will happen to a team every now and then. The stat flashed that was interesting was that the Wild had only given up 7 first period goals all season prior to last night.