The Kings did almost everything right in Game 4….and it wasn’t enough in a tough 1-0 loss to the Oilers. We break it down the special teams, goaltending and more on this edition of Locked on LA Kings.
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23 Comments
The better team has the 3-1 series lead. Period. If you play your best game and still lose, you are not the better team.
You could also maybe argue that because oilers are dominating special teams play so much that the refs calling so little in the game itself was a little unfair. At least is favoured the kings. Still not enough.
What the HELL Are you talking about they did everything? they didn't score on the PP They couldn't with the PK THEY WERE SHIT!!!
lol, half your Kings rant was about 1 penalty call over the course of a 60 minute game. If I can think of one word to describe your analysis, it would be “whiner”.
On home ice… having lost the first game in convincing fashion… you gotta score more than once. You just gotta.
Special teams tell the tale. The only thing worse than the kings PK is their PP. Just pathetic.
I hope Hiller isn’t lying when he said they gotta wash rinse repeat, on the game. That will produce the same result.
I disagree, they don’t decide at the end of the game who played better defense, it’s who has more goals . This is not the tough to play against heavy cup winning kings , this is high offense roster being used all wrong.
We simply don’t have the horses to compete against the big boys, Laferriere is Iaffalo 2.0, lots of heart but zero scoring talent,unfortunately..Lewis and Lizotte, just taking up space. If Dubois and Blake is still here next year ,we’re in trouble..
Skinner the week link lol this is where other teams in the league haven't got a clue. Skinner is easily one of the best in the west. And last night was not a fluke Oilers have played this way more than once this season.
The defense was on top of it most of the night, but so many of the shot attempts were from poor angles and were deflected. The Oilers were great at gumming up the slot. The Kings have certainly been out hitting the Oilers, but the idea of hitting being the deciding factor is about 10 years behind the current NHL. (Not saying it’s nothing, but not the X factor anymore) Regardless of the penalty calls, our PP has been 0%, PK like 47%. The “experience signings” from this past summer are not really helping. And ummm, a certain trade that already wasn’t great has gone from shaky to very poor in quality. Simply, the Oilers are just the better team…
That being said, while I wholly agree Clarke, Fagemo, Turcotte and Thomas should be with the Kings right now, if they can win a Calder, it makes it even more undeniable that they MUST be on the Kings next season. (Looking at you Rob👀)
Comment section full of oilers fans whining about winning. Typical Edmonton online presence.
Two words = Special Teams
Why is fialla on the 3rd line?
Bro how are we blaming the refs when the kings PK is like 50%. Buddy talks about the refs for like 5 straight mins what you think the kings won’t take a penalty all game 😂
Nobody can stop the Oilers if they get good/great goaltending like they got on Sunday night.
Oilers shut the kings down. Kings had 1 shot in the last 11 minutes of the third and 0 shots in the last 6mins.
To get shutout on potentially the last home game and not fight or show any emotion for the fans is pathetic.
This guy cant even pronounce his own players names. Not worth listening to unless you like listening to babies cry.
Oilers dominating in every category this series – it aint even close. Kings stole game 2 which was nice, but this series is over. If the oilers can maintain the same defensive game they've applied to games 3 and 4 they've got a chance to go beyond the next round and skinner will have to continue playing error free. Kings top players have woefully under-performed this series and PP and PK has been a farce. Looking forward to new coach and GM for next season – GKG!!
And the Oilers penalty was a legit penalty too? Bottom line is Oilers ST is excellent and Kings ST is hot garbage right now. They both had a PP opportunity and the Oil prevailed.
Oilers beat the Kings at their own game. Simple as that
OK Eddie, We need to come to the realization that we are not as good as the Oilers. We have some good, but not great players. We lack the killer instinct, and have a confidence issue. It feels like the Kings know they cant keep up with the Oilers. Moore, Fiala, Kempe, Dubois, Byfield are all players who look like they are overmatched. The defense is good against bad teams, but the system doesnt work against world class players. The good news is, we will have a new GM, a new goalie, a new Coach, possibly a new President, and Captain. Blake bringing in Dubois left us with a cheap goalie that has never accomplished what the guy who he traded away last year. If we had Vilardi, we would have money to address that. We spent all that money only to get bounced is less games than last year. Its time for drastic changes. Its sad, because of all the series going on right now, only the Kings, and Capitals seem like its over right at puck drop. We just arent good enough. The scoring by comitee thing doesnt work when it comes to the Playoffs.
You saying Skinner didn’t have an amazing game undermines your point that the Kings “dominated the game” and “deserved to win”. The Oilers actually out chanced the Kings, you’re just upset that the kings best effort still can’t beat Edmonton.
The Kings system works against the Sharks, or Ducks, but not against the Oilers, or Stars. If we drew Dallas we wouldve been done as well.