Some raw post-game quotes following the Kings 5-3 loss to the Jets in Winnipeg on Friday – followed by some pretty funny Darryl Sutter audio…
- Justin Williams on if he can put a finger on where things went off the tracks: “It was just a balance thing. They got stronger and we slowly got weaker as the game went on. They pushed the tempo in the second period in a response to our first period. We weren’t able to get it done. They were just better and our comeback came back one short.”
- Williams on if back-to-back games are harder at the start of the season: “I don’t know. We relish back-to-backs. I like playing when people expect you not to play hard, not to come out and dictate a game. We challenge ourselves through these back-to-backs. We came on this road expecting two wins and we failed and got one.”
- Coach Sutter on what he takes from the first two games of the season: “Two points.”
- Sutter on whether the back-to-back games were too much, if they were too tired: “Nope. It was a pretty close game, wasn’t it? [Reporter: They came on strong, they evened the shots, they dominated…] You’ve got to ask them why they came on strong. I thought we were pretty good.”
- Sutter on if there was anything he’d want to change: “Nope.”
- Sutter on the decision to pull Jonathan Quick: “There are three reasons you pull goalies from a coach’s standpoint. Number one, momentum. Number two, goalie’s performance, and number three, team performance. I think at that stage, I would say momentum.”
- Sutter on what he saw from Ben Scrivens: “You change goalies when you’re down in a game. The goalie goes in and his job is to hold the fort. He did that. They didn’t score on us.”
- Sutter on what he saw from Mike Richards: “He was real good, early. I think you’d like to have a turnover dock in the two-one goal or the three-one…Olly’s goal. I’m sure he’d like to have that back.”
- Sutter on if the lapse in the middle of the game was a byproduct of playing last night and then coming to Winnipeg: “Could be it.”
- Sutter on when the opposing goalie stops 17 out of 18 in the first period and chances are generated, if he says anything to the players or lets them talk: “That was the same thing last night. So it’s not just about shots, is it? There was a point last night where they were outshooting us that same score, but I wouldn’t say we were being outplayed. Last night we were outshooting them by that same margin but we were putting pucks on the net. Not much difference. Teams were pretty close. The score is up 4-3, empty net goal.”
Now, listen closely to this Sutter audio from after the game. Following a local media guy pressing him on what the Jets did, LA’s coach answers the question… then, under his breath, it sounds like he tells you what he really thinks of the guy’s question…
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Special thanks to David Minuk of IllegalCurve.com for supplying the post-game audio from Winnipeg.
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