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Game Thread: G48 26-15-6 Kings @ Cats 1/29/25

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Game day, 4pm start. TA is showing ESPN+ but my guess is TNT being hockey Wednesday and a national broadcast. My boss is in town from Sacto so I'm glued to his hip the next two days, probably won't be able to catch this one live (or tomorrow but maybe) and will watch the replay after I get home.

Havent seen too much coverage so far so I'm expecting no significant changes although I get the feeling Jill is about to go full line blender. The Kings have only scored 22 goals since Jan 1 in 11 games, do the math. Apart from Kempe the offense has completely dried up all over the lineup. I'm expecting some craziness like Lewis up with Kopitar and Kempe to see if anything can get going.

Being a B2B (Bolts tomorrow at 4pm) I expect Kuemper in tonight and Rittich in tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised to see that reversed either though, Kuemper has been a little off recently after a solid season to date. Both games are big, recent Cup winners and powerhouse teams.

Kings need to get that PP going, I think Doughty dresses tonight finally. I don't know how he will impact the PP but it can't hurt, I'd rather them decline a penalty than watch that pathetic PP. It's awful, send Newell Brown back to the Ducks.

Prediction: Panthers 3-1, Kings goal by Fiala. This road trip has not been good and I believe the Cats will exact some revenge for that 2-1 loss a few weeks ago to LA. After tonight Bowlby starts looking seriously for offensive help, the Buster/Dunno/Moore "slumps" are no longer slumps, they cannot salvage this season offensively and outside help needs to come in.

Let's Go Kings!
 

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Sounds like Clarke sitting out for DD8, good move him while you can
 

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Fiala a game time decision, illness. That'll factor into whether the Kings go 11/7 or 12/6.
 

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Do they pull out of this funk without a move? This is more like what I was expecting this season but they somehow kept winning. I hope they turn it around but I think Flames and Canucks pass them.....both have been slowly catching up.
 
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