***LA Kings @ Nashville Predators GDT 1/21/23 5:00pm on BSW***
Game Day Thread
Game #48/82 -- 01/21/23
Los Angeles Kings @ Nashville Predators
Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, TN
Yoga Night - yes, Yoga Night!
Purchase a special theme ticket for this night and receive a Preds-branded yoga towel with your purchase
Previous Meeting
10/18/22 - Kings 4, Predators 3
TV:BSW
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
Please remember, DO NOT post links to Live Game Streams in the GDT or anywhere else on LGK
Check out articles on LA Kings Insider Here
Anze Kopitar (video) & Todd McLellan 1/19 Post Game Quotes
Watch Kopis Post-Game Interview Here
Todd McLellan on his takeaways from tonights defeat
I think this whole four days off, we didnt take a century off, we took four days and every team has a four-day break here and there. We didnt perform well in the first period. I thought, as the game wore on, we found some legs a little bit, we started to put two or three passes together. We created more momentum and more chances in the offensive zone, but we also have to think about their mentality. They played back-to-back, they had a three-goal lead in San Jose last night, theres no way that team down the hallway with the leaders, at least I know one of them in there for sure and the coach real well, they werent giving up a three-goal lead in back-to-back games. We self inflicted our own misery early in the game and tried to find our game as the game wore on. We kept stressing find your game, find your individual game, find your legs, find your hands, find your head the whole night. As they drive home tonight, they have to self evaluate how am I feeling, what did I get out of that game because were obviously going on the road and were going to need to perform at a higher level than we did tonight.
McLellan on if he felt that most areas of the game were just a little bit off all around
I think thats an obvious yes to the answer. I think you could watch that game, the disconnected passing, how many times did we ice it? We had our fourth line on the ice, were looking to make a simple pass, we dont get a touch on it, they score on the faceoff. Those things have to be executed. We can whine about the ice, yeah its not good, we can whine about the passer or the receiver, but it happened too many times tonight. Wasnt obviously good enough.
McLellan on getting right back into games this weekend, as opposed to another long layoff
Some of you are going to be on our flight tomorrow, you know how fast that days going to come and what time were leaving at, we dont have the luxury again of practicing. We just had practice for two good days, so its time to get playing again. I think weve got to get our engine running again and understand moments and McLellan on the team needing to remember how hard certain areas of the game are
If I look at the first 7 to 8 minutes of the game, which were really important, right up to the first goal, I felt like we had some jump, we had some energy, guys wanted to go, but we werent making good decisions. Wed enter into the zone, theyd have five guys in the middle of the rink and we slung a puck into there instead of going to the goalies pads and playing in the offensive zone. We talked about it prior to but you have to feel it, you have to live it a little bit again and understand it. Its frustrating, but our group is a do and feel group as much as they are a visual and a hearing group. They did and they felt and it didnt work.
McLellan on the decision to switch to Jonathan Quick early in the second period
Pheonix obviously has played well for us lately and it wasnt his best night, maybe his poorest that hes had with us. We thought about it after the first period, but he hadnt played in eight days, so we wanted to get him more more time, but it was a real good time for Quickie to go in and I thought Quickie played well. He didnt get a lot of action, but he was in the game, he made some good puck handling touches and some stops right off the bat on the penalty kill. If theres a positive, he got some good minutes in and got to feel good about himself.
Subject To Change
Kings Injuries
Carl Grundstrom (IR)
Arthur Kaliyev (IR)
Trevor Moore (IR)
Gabriel Vilardi (D2D)
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___________________________________________
Predators Probable Lineup
courtesy of dailyfaceoff.com
NO Former Kings
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
GOALIE STATS
PLAYER STATS
Click Here For More Stats & Rosters
PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS
Tonights Poll Question:
Just one question for tonight - How many total points will be scored by former Predators Viktor Arvidsson & Kevin Fiala?
You can take 2 guesses
Previous Games Winners
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed that the 850+ game club would combine for 5 points:
Rogie-Vachon
Chateau Bow Wow
CIrvine
dannybuoy1
randdog
empire
waynet
Kurisu
kopinator
kingrussell
Shackleford
KHenry14
kingsmen93
JayWells24
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain
with 37 points:
VegasHockey
33 Points
Kurisu
32 Points
Rusty
31 Points
LeftyKing
randdog
30 Points
Bill Hicks
29 Points
sonnyboy11
srm1105
28 Points
beady eye
DRGinLBC
hornman
John a90
27 Points
Liz4LA
SirJW
26 Points
DRice
pray4mojo
25 Points
AngelEyes
forum gold
Helvetica
24 Points
Clif
23 Points
22 Points
Nyssa42
TooCool
21 Points
Chateau Bow Wow
CIrvine
20 Points
empire
19 Points
jammer 06
18 Points
hihocarp
RoS
17 Points
Sevenhole
16 Points
JETS GARAGE
KHenry14
Rogie-Vachon
15 Points
dannybuoy1
Dr. Tran
waynet
14 Points
13 Points
notbob
12 Points
kingsmen93
Shackleford
11 Points
kingrussell
10 Points
Busted Chops
kopinator
9 Points
Dirtweazle
8 Points
Byron
7 Points
JayWells24
6 Points
beedee
5 Points
4 Points
3 Points
Cross Traffic
Dexter
HTK
salami
STONE
2 Points
05/29/93
PuckMaster
1 Point
RagBone
Rinkrat
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Game #48/82 -- 01/21/23
Los Angeles Kings @ Nashville Predators
Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, TN
Yoga Night - yes, Yoga Night!
Purchase a special theme ticket for this night and receive a Preds-branded yoga towel with your purchase
Previous Meeting
10/18/22 - Kings 4, Predators 3
**Game Time 5:00pm**
TV:BSW
Radio: LA Kings iHeartRadio app
Please remember, DO NOT post links to Live Game Streams in the GDT or anywhere else on LGK
Check out articles on LA Kings Insider Here
Anze Kopitar (video) & Todd McLellan 1/19 Post Game Quotes
Watch Kopis Post-Game Interview Here
Todd McLellan on his takeaways from tonights defeat
I think this whole four days off, we didnt take a century off, we took four days and every team has a four-day break here and there. We didnt perform well in the first period. I thought, as the game wore on, we found some legs a little bit, we started to put two or three passes together. We created more momentum and more chances in the offensive zone, but we also have to think about their mentality. They played back-to-back, they had a three-goal lead in San Jose last night, theres no way that team down the hallway with the leaders, at least I know one of them in there for sure and the coach real well, they werent giving up a three-goal lead in back-to-back games. We self inflicted our own misery early in the game and tried to find our game as the game wore on. We kept stressing find your game, find your individual game, find your legs, find your hands, find your head the whole night. As they drive home tonight, they have to self evaluate how am I feeling, what did I get out of that game because were obviously going on the road and were going to need to perform at a higher level than we did tonight.
McLellan on if he felt that most areas of the game were just a little bit off all around
I think thats an obvious yes to the answer. I think you could watch that game, the disconnected passing, how many times did we ice it? We had our fourth line on the ice, were looking to make a simple pass, we dont get a touch on it, they score on the faceoff. Those things have to be executed. We can whine about the ice, yeah its not good, we can whine about the passer or the receiver, but it happened too many times tonight. Wasnt obviously good enough.
McLellan on getting right back into games this weekend, as opposed to another long layoff
Some of you are going to be on our flight tomorrow, you know how fast that days going to come and what time were leaving at, we dont have the luxury again of practicing. We just had practice for two good days, so its time to get playing again. I think weve got to get our engine running again and understand moments and McLellan on the team needing to remember how hard certain areas of the game are
If I look at the first 7 to 8 minutes of the game, which were really important, right up to the first goal, I felt like we had some jump, we had some energy, guys wanted to go, but we werent making good decisions. Wed enter into the zone, theyd have five guys in the middle of the rink and we slung a puck into there instead of going to the goalies pads and playing in the offensive zone. We talked about it prior to but you have to feel it, you have to live it a little bit again and understand it. Its frustrating, but our group is a do and feel group as much as they are a visual and a hearing group. They did and they felt and it didnt work.
McLellan on the decision to switch to Jonathan Quick early in the second period
Pheonix obviously has played well for us lately and it wasnt his best night, maybe his poorest that hes had with us. We thought about it after the first period, but he hadnt played in eight days, so we wanted to get him more more time, but it was a real good time for Quickie to go in and I thought Quickie played well. He didnt get a lot of action, but he was in the game, he made some good puck handling touches and some stops right off the bat on the penalty kill. If theres a positive, he got some good minutes in and got to feel good about himself.
Subject To Change
Kings Injuries
Carl Grundstrom (IR)
Arthur Kaliyev (IR)
Trevor Moore (IR)
Gabriel Vilardi (D2D)
___________________________________
___________________________________________
Predators Probable Lineup
courtesy of dailyfaceoff.com
NO Former Kings
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
GOALIE STATS
PLAYER STATS
Click Here For More Stats & Rosters
PACIFIC DIVISION STANDINGS
Tonights Poll Question:
Just one question for tonight - How many total points will be scored by former Predators Viktor Arvidsson & Kevin Fiala?
You can take 2 guesses
Previous Games Winners
Congratulations to the following posters who correctly guessed that the 850+ game club would combine for 5 points:
Rogie-Vachon
Chateau Bow Wow
CIrvine
dannybuoy1
randdog
empire
waynet
Kurisu
kopinator
kingrussell
Shackleford
KHenry14
kingsmen93
JayWells24
Poll Win Totals
King Of The Mountain
with 37 points:
VegasHockey
33 Points
Kurisu
32 Points
Rusty
31 Points
LeftyKing
randdog
30 Points
Bill Hicks
29 Points
sonnyboy11
srm1105
28 Points
beady eye
DRGinLBC
hornman
John a90
27 Points
Liz4LA
SirJW
26 Points
DRice
pray4mojo
25 Points
AngelEyes
forum gold
Helvetica
24 Points
Clif
23 Points
22 Points
Nyssa42
TooCool
21 Points
Chateau Bow Wow
CIrvine
20 Points
empire
19 Points
jammer 06
18 Points
hihocarp
RoS
17 Points
Sevenhole
16 Points
JETS GARAGE
KHenry14
Rogie-Vachon
15 Points
dannybuoy1
Dr. Tran
waynet
14 Points
13 Points
notbob
12 Points
kingsmen93
Shackleford
11 Points
kingrussell
10 Points
Busted Chops
kopinator
9 Points
Dirtweazle
8 Points
Byron
7 Points
JayWells24
6 Points
beedee
5 Points
4 Points
3 Points
Cross Traffic
Dexter
HTK
salami
STONE
2 Points
05/29/93
PuckMaster
1 Point
RagBone
Rinkrat
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