The LA Kings score FOUR goals, get TWO much needed points and have a big effort in a key moment on special teams BUT star goalie Darcy Kuemper suffers a concerning injury. Details on all that and more on this edition of Locked on LA Kings.
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29 Comments
Forsberg absolutely stood on his head tonight
Clarke having a +3 with only 16 mins is kinda sick
Didn’t lose our star goalie, that first game on a back to back with the ducks the team got the lead 2-0 then they came back due to kuemper leaving the net empty from sliding around and not being in position hell he slid around in the Vegas game I thought he was going into the crowd teams get empty net goals bc he decides to be “aggressive” the players can’t play when they are scared that he’ll leave the net empty can’t expect to take chances if your scared kuemper will be in the stands when a puck comes towards him forsberg stays in position in so glad he got hurt that’s how I knew we’d win tonight
Great game by Forsberg coming in and the rest of the team. Hopefully Jarrett Stoll calls more games.
They took Darcy out so He can play in Italy
I’d like to say the kings won , however they were outshot and not as desperate as I they should have been , foresberg stole the win ! I’m still pissed at the coaches and the team .
Clarke time and time again displays why he is the real #1 defenseman on this team.
The team affiliated media and Hiller essentially crack it up to “his sheltered minutes are why he does well”. They also constantly defend playing the statistically worse defensemen more often. With the record we have and GFPG we have, it keeps being nonsensical.
We did win, which is great, the forwards showed up, the PK was good, but for playoff and long term success… you need more than 1 d man that can get you some points.
Fingers crossed that Kuemper isn’t out for too terrible long. Maybe we’ll see Portillo get a game or two 🤷♂️
Hiller has zero confidence in Clarke. Hiller needs to go after this season.
Played better with Doughty being out once again. He was once my favorite King but it’s time to help the team by trading him
REBUILD
QB NEEDS TO FINISH ON THOSE BREAKAWAYS
I’m not looking forward to the Olympics.
Surprised Hiller didn’t somehow find a way to play Doughty top minutes. 😂 In all seriousness, Drew is a strong defender but at this point in his career should not be leading the team in TOI.
A win yes, but soft, outplayed by a near last place team who played the night before? Again, the team seems to do just enough so ownership will make no changes! I’m sure Kuemper will be out until the Olympic break then magically be ready to go.
Byfield is horrible. 1 for 15 in faceoffs and a -2. He is -3 for the season with 9 goals. He’s not a center.
Brandt Clarke is not proven…yet. We need a win, not his brand of flashy play. I believe that once he learns to not cheat on the defensive side, then turn him loose. Also Byfield-ugh
If I'm Kuemper, when I return, if it appears any opponent is gonna make contact with me, I'm going full Ron Hextall, regardless of the consequences
Byfield was better as a winger, remember when he used to actually score a lot of goals??
27:32 That's at HOME only
Why is Kemper getting hurt so easily it seems like not much contact and he's out I mean got to be able to take something if you're going to make it through the season and I don't know?
I'm curious to know what the Kings' scoring percentage is on breakaways this year. It seems as though they get one or two a game and never score. I think the last successful breakaway was Armia, shorthanded, in early December.
It's crazy to see how badly the Kings are playing this season compared to last season. From what I've seen they're playing like the Sharks last season. It's rough to see.
Kind of a bummer Quick didnt show more love to LA considering how long he spent here. Could have kept it short and sweet like you said.
You are so right about Quick. Loved him while he was here…. But guy is totally classless ! Really unfortunate. It wasn’t the fans that traded you from LA Quick ! What a jerk.
I think Forsberg has been playing great since December.
I think Kuemper reactivated His Concussion last night, and has not been 100 percent back since the 1st concussion he got at the hands of Raantanen of Dallas.
It’s now or never!! Time to go,12 fat points on this road trip and we need 10.. How bout Holland picks that everyone dump on? 31 has been great, 40 has been extremely good, 10 has been good 5&2 not so good but they were really good yesterday.. Year defining roadtrip, let’s freaking go..
Our goaltender got hurt again
I'm from NYC my LA KINGS beat the Rangers 💪
I WANTED QUICK GONE AFTER HE WON OUR 2 🏆🏆 , he had bad seasons after