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Amazin69 · 03-15-2025, 07:18 PM

KIngs have played two games since the win in Las Vegas, and have been both awful and awesome, at the same time.

They are taking waaaaay too many penalties (8 against the Islanders, 5 versus Washington), but killed them all (first time they've gone 13-for-13 in 2 games since 2006) and the PK is now up to 4th in the League. A large part of that was Darcy Kuemper, which is good because you want your #1 GK to be hot this time of year.

And also because it was rather sickening seeing Washington coming in to our place with the best record in the League and P-L DuBois having a strong season and recalling how much we gave up to get him (and to get rid of him) and now we only have Kuemper as Kuempensation. But if Darcy wins his 2nd Cup for us, I suppose I'll get over it.

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We've also been scoring (7 goals in the past 2 games), which is nice. Andrey Kuzmenko is still waiting for his 1st point as a King, but Kopitar has 5 in the 4 games that Kuzy has been on his line, so perhaps he's benefited from the upgrade.

Quinton Byfield, you'll recall, hasn't done nearly as well centering for Fiala this season as he did playing with Kopi and Kempe last year, but he's getting hot now. Goals in 5 consecutive games, which is the first time a King age 22 or under has done that since the pre-Gretzky days of 1987. (Both Robitaille and Jimmy Carson did it that year.)

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And so these past two wins push the League-best home record to 22-3-4. Not quite as impressive as when we were 17-3-1, but it's good that we've actually won the majority of the recent home games, rather than struggling through 60 and collecting the Pity Point. Especially as we still have 12 home games to go, vs. only 6 on the road. Stay dominant, kids!

We've even moved past Edmonton into 2nd place in the Division which, as we're likely to play the yet again in the first round of the playoffs (we're a bit behind VGK, the Oilers are nicely in front of Calgary/Vancoouver) means we'll take all the home-ice help we can get.

(In case you've forgotten, here are the Kings' last 3 playoff series:

2021-2022, lost to Edmonton in 7 games
2022-2023, lost to Edmonton in 6 games
2023-2024, lost to Edmonton in 5 games.

Really not thrilled with how this trend is running, obviously.)

03-15-2025, 07:18 PM	#64
Amazin69 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 3,367 Infractions: 0/2 (2)	KIngs have played two games since the win in Las Vegas, and have been both awful and awesome, at the same time. They are taking waaaaay too many penalties (8 against the Islanders, 5 versus Washington), but killed them all (first time they've gone 13-for-13 in 2 games since 2006) and the PK is now up to 4th in the League. A large part of that was Darcy Kuemper, which is good because you want your #1 GK to be hot this time of year. And also because it was rather sickening seeing Washington coming in to our place with the best record in the League and P-L DuBois having a strong season and recalling how much we gave up to get him (and to get rid of him) and now we only have Kuemper as Kuempensation. But if Darcy wins his 2nd Cup for us, I suppose I'll get over it. ************* We've also been scoring (7 goals in the past 2 games), which is nice. Andrey Kuzmenko is still waiting for his 1st point as a King, but Kopitar has 5 in the 4 games that Kuzy has been on his line, so perhaps he's benefited from the upgrade. Quinton Byfield, you'll recall, hasn't done nearly as well centering for Fiala this season as he did playing with Kopi and Kempe last year, but he's getting hot now. Goals in 5 consecutive games, which is the first time a King age 22 or under has done that since the pre-Gretzky days of 1987. (Both Robitaille and Jimmy Carson did it that year.) ************** And so these past two wins push the League-best home record to 22-3-4. Not quite as impressive as when we were 17-3-1, but it's good that we've actually won the majority of the recent home games, rather than struggling through 60 and collecting the Pity Point. Especially as we still have 12 home games to go, vs. only 6 on the road. Stay dominant, kids! We've even moved past Edmonton into 2nd place in the Division which, as we're likely to play the yet again in the first round of the playoffs (we're a bit behind VGK, the Oilers are nicely in front of Calgary/Vancoouver) means we'll take all the home-ice help we can get. (In case you've forgotten, here are the Kings' last 3 playoff series: 2021-2022, lost to Edmonton in 7 games 2022-2023, lost to Edmonton in 6 games 2023-2024, lost to Edmonton in 5 games. Really not thrilled with how this trend is running, obviously.)