***Vegas Golden Knights vs. LA Kings GDT 4/14/21 7:00pm on NBCSN***
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Official Game Day Thread
Game #42/56 -- 4/14/21
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Los Angeles Kings
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Center | Los Angeles, CAPrevious Meetings:
04/12/21 Golden Knights 4, Kings 2
03/31/21 Kings 4, Golden Knights 2
03/29/21 Kings 1, Golden Knights 4
03/21/21 Golden Knights 1, Kings 3
03/19/21 Golden Knights 4, Kings 2
02/07/21 Kings 3, Golden Knights 4
02/05/21 Kings 2, Golden Knights 5
**GAME TIME - 7:00 PM*
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Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
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Blake Lizotte & Todd McLellan Post Game Quotes 4/12/21
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Blake Lizotte
On what he feels the forwards can do against the transition game Vegas brings:
Just be more responsible on the puck, the bluelines, both the offensive and defensive bluelines. We had a lot of turnovers tonight, theyre a good transition team and they had quite a few chances off of our turnovers. Thats one of those things where you shoot yourselves in the foot, when you turn the puck over in that area.
On the play of his line, and the feedback they received:
I think we were just rewarded with more ice, we were out there for a lot of opportunities, whether it was in the d-zone, to win a faceoff, or the o-zone, creating chances. For the most part, our line did create, probably could have scored a couple more tonight, the puck was just bouncing and thats just the way tonight went, unfortunately. You get feedback from the guys, when you go out there and have a good shift, it lifts the bench up. Hopefully look to continue with that.
Todd McLellan
On the tougher goal to concede, the shorthanded goal, or the rush early in the third:
Do I have a C choice to say both? The power-play one was the toughest for me, because they had chances before that. We got sloppy, we got careless. If the power play isnt scoring, it should at least gain you a little bit of momentum, and it did none of those things tonight, all it did was give back momentum. I thought that was the turning point. Obviously, the end-to-end rush was very poorly played, thats disappointing as well, but the power play one was the one that came late in the period. It wasnt the first breakaway, or the only breakaway, on the power play situation tonight, so thats disappointing.
On if he was happy with tonights start to the game:
Well, it was a better start than what weve had. We didnt want to go to the penalty box 25 seconds in, that could have been a real tough thing to overcome, to give that team a power play on real good ice right off the bat, before a lot of players even got on the ice, but we killed it. Then we did a good job of getting out to a 2-0 game against them, but theyre that strong, that you go to sleep, you make a poor play, or combine 2-3 bad plays or get caught out long and theyre making you pay for it. Thats what championship-caliber teams do and were working towards that, we want to become that, we cant quite put it all together yet. But, the start itself, was better than some weve had lately.
On Brendan Lemieux and how hes settled in so far:
I think hes still trying to fit into the group, figure out how we play, get to know his linemates. I think were going to have to give him a little bit of time.
On what changed between the first and second halves of the game:
Power play. The lack of execution on the power play, as I said before. If youre not scoring, your job is to create a little bit of momentum and energy, and a lot of the life got sucked out of us on the power play, and it opened the door for them to come back in and strike, and they did.
On what he feels the forwards can do against the transition game Vegas brings:
Just be more responsible on the puck, the bluelines, both the offensive and defensive bluelines. We had a lot of turnovers tonight, theyre a good transition team and they had quite a few chances off of our turnovers. Thats one of those things where you shoot yourselves in the foot, when you turn the puck over in that area.
On the play of his line, and the feedback they received:
I think we were just rewarded with more ice, we were out there for a lot of opportunities, whether it was in the d-zone, to win a faceoff, or the o-zone, creating chances. For the most part, our line did create, probably could have scored a couple more tonight, the puck was just bouncing and thats just the way tonight went, unfortunately. You get feedback from the guys, when you go out there and have a good shift, it lifts the bench up. Hopefully look to continue with that.
Todd McLellan
On the tougher goal to concede, the shorthanded goal, or the rush early in the third:
Do I have a C choice to say both? The power-play one was the toughest for me, because they had chances before that. We got sloppy, we got careless. If the power play isnt scoring, it should at least gain you a little bit of momentum, and it did none of those things tonight, all it did was give back momentum. I thought that was the turning point. Obviously, the end-to-end rush was very poorly played, thats disappointing as well, but the power play one was the one that came late in the period. It wasnt the first breakaway, or the only breakaway, on the power play situation tonight, so thats disappointing.
On if he was happy with tonights start to the game:
Well, it was a better start than what weve had. We didnt want to go to the penalty box 25 seconds in, that could have been a real tough thing to overcome, to give that team a power play on real good ice right off the bat, before a lot of players even got on the ice, but we killed it. Then we did a good job of getting out to a 2-0 game against them, but theyre that strong, that you go to sleep, you make a poor play, or combine 2-3 bad plays or get caught out long and theyre making you pay for it. Thats what championship-caliber teams do and were working towards that, we want to become that, we cant quite put it all together yet. But, the start itself, was better than some weve had lately.
On Brendan Lemieux and how hes settled in so far:
I think hes still trying to fit into the group, figure out how we play, get to know his linemates. I think were going to have to give him a little bit of time.
On what changed between the first and second halves of the game:
Power play. The lack of execution on the power play, as I said before. If youre not scoring, your job is to create a little bit of momentum and energy, and a lot of the life got sucked out of us on the power play, and it opened the door for them to come back in and strike, and they did.
Subject To Change
FORWARDS
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Vegas Golden Knights Probable Lineup
(courtesy of www2.dailyfaceoff.com)
FORWARDS
NO INJURED PLAYERS
Former Kings
Alec Martinez
Brayden McNabb
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GOALIE COMPARISONS
PLAYER STATS
BRENDAN LEMIEUX and GABRIEL VILARDI
HONDA WEST DIVISION STANDINGS
CHRISTIAN WOLANIN
Tonights Poll Questions:
Part 1: How many Shots on Goal will the Golden Knights get? (they had 41 on Monday)
you can take 2 guesses
Part 2: What is the final score of the game going to be? (Doesn't matter which team, just the score)
You can take 2 guesses
Take your best guesses in your post below. The only prize is the glory of seeing your name in the next GDT if you get it right.
Previous Games Winners
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed Kopitar and / or Pacioretty to score their respective teams final goal:
Both (2 points)
CIrvine
Rusty
notbob
sonnyboy11
LeftyKing
JETS GARAGE
hokiecat
Tiranga
Liz4LA
Kopitar (1 point)
MaxwellSmart
pray4mojo
STONE
AngelEyes
hornman
Pacioretty (1 point)
srm1105
Stormy2213
KHenry14
Busted Chops
SirJW
John a90
Helvetica
cokingsfan
PuckMaster
JayWells24
Dr. Tran
Chateau Bow Wow
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain with 28 points:
Dr. Tran
25 points
AngelEyes
Helvetica
Liz4LA
Rusty
24 points
John a90
LeftyKing
Stormy2213
23 points
CIrvine
Rusty
VegasHockey
22 points
hornman
21 points
hokiecat
MaxwellSmart
notbob
20 points
VCRW
19 points
cokingsfan
srm1105
18 points
Rogie-Vachon
17 points
Clif
KHenry14
pray4mojo
sonnyboy11
waynet
16 points
Chateau Bow Wow
15 points
dannybuoy1
14 points
forum gold
jammer06
JETS GARAGE
13 points
DRGinLBC
Nyssa42
SirJW
12 points
JayWells24
TooCool
11 points
Puckmaster
Sevenhole
10 points
Busted Chops
kingsmen93
Rawley19
9 points
MBreeden
8 points
7 points
Joe Lavigueur
6 points
5 points
Byron
Histiking
Ice24
4 points
beedee
empire
Ragbone
randdog
Shackleford
3 points
05/29/93
FAN4LIFE
Greg33
LAKingSteve
STONE
Tiranga
Zombitar
2 points
NobleSavage
1 point
beady eye
Dexter
Dirtweazle
Ecktore
jom
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