FINAL – Kings 0, Sabres 6 – Kopitar, McLellan
# FINAL – Kings 0, Sabres 6 – Kopitar, McLellan
| Date | Site | External Link |
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| 2022-12-13 | LA Kings Insider | FINAL – Kings 0, Sabres 6 – Kopitar, McLellan |
# Contributors
# Summary
The LA Kings conceded six goals in the third period in a 6-0 defeat against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday evening at KeyBank Center.
| Date | Site | Title / Internal Link |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-13 | LA Kings Insider | FINAL – Kings 0, Sabres 6 – Kopitar, McLellan |
# Players
- Tage Thompson
- Anze Kopitar
# Staff
# Notes and Quotes
# Anze Kopitar
The effort was there for the first 40 and then unnecessary penalties obviously. PK goals against. On the flip side, we couldn’t get anything going on the powerplay either.
Yeah, obviously it’s not ideal, whichever way you take penalties. We’ve got to find a way to avoid them.
I don’t know if I can pinpoint anything specifically, but the bottom line is we got to figure it out and not allow that to happen.
You want to finish a road trip with a win. As very average as this trip has been going, we can still go home with a .500 record. So, we’ll do whatever we’ve got to do tomorrow to get ready for Thursday and then we’ll try to win a hockey game.
# Todd McLellan
Well, it played a huge part in the game. We took six penalties in the last half of the game, a lot of them in succession, only one in our zone. So, that tells you enough about our game.
Responsibility, carelessness. The goal that they scored right after, we’re in a two-man forecheck and guys lose their man. We’ve been talking about it all year, so no I can’t explain it.
Penalties. Penalties, it’s as simple as that.
It doesn’t matter, we didn’t have it in the third. We gave up six goals in the third period, five of them came after the 10-minute mark, that’ll tell you enough.