NHL Highlights | Kings vs. Predators - January 31, 2024

[@TheGreyCrayon]

Wow, against all odds, the Kings manage to squeak out a win. Nice to go into the break with 2 points. Despite leading all game, the Kings by no means were in control. This game felt heavily in favor of the Predators from the initial puck drop, as they outplayed and outhustled the Kings at every turn. LA never looked like they wanted this game more than Nashville did. At least, outside of LA's 4th line, that is. With Alex Turcotte centering the 4th line in Lizotte's absence, he became the driving force that fueled LA's win tonight. He scored his first NHL goal and assist, and was a +3 on the ice. He's exactly what the Kings needed, and I sincerely hope he stays in the lineup consistently, because I love seeing him finally get some NHL ice time.

[@mitsanut5869]

Ok. So let me try to understand: 1. Preds wanted it more. 2. They outhassled Kings. 3. Kings won. OK. Makes sense.

[@BTBEV3469]

@@mitsanut5869 Exactly. About as important as SOG differential. All that matters is scoreboard. Good Win. GKG!!

[@stoozii74]

​@@BTBEV3469 Go Knights go?

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

Hell nah bro let's go Oilers@@stoozii74

[@SaveznaRepublikaJugoslavija]

He means Go Kings Go actually@@stoozii74

[@TheCityOfAngelsSports]

Alex Turcotte: 1 Goal - 1 Assist - +3 Kings, please. Keep him on the team. He has looked amazing in his first two games this season.

[@velipulla3936]

Lol he plays against 4th line

[@TheCityOfAngelsSports]

@@velipulla3936 No? 4th lines don't exclusively play other 4th lines. This is especially the case when on the road, where the home team gets the last line change, and usually dictates the matchups. In fact, on all 3 goals he was on the ice for tonight, none of them were against the Predators 4th line. Both the goal he scored, and the one he assisted on were mixed lines for the Predators. While the one where he drove up the ice with Grundstrom was the Predators 2nd line. He drove the play tonight for the Kings, and if he wasn't in the lineup, then I don't see the Kings winning this game.

[@mitsanut5869]

​@@TheCityOfAngelsSportsgood observation, good comment.

[@I-am-not-cat-I-swear-meow]

​@@velipulla3936 As someone stated above, that's not true at all, but even if it was, who cares? This was his 14 NHL game of his young career. Everyone has to start somewhere.

[@BenDover-vs7ih]

@@velipulla3936 Who cares who he plays against. LOL. First, second and third line played against the 4th line and how many points did they get. Pay attention next time rookie.

[@jamesdiato]

Tbh its nice seeing Rittich playin more often. He fell off since being traded from Calgary so good for him!

[@asterhogan1]

Thank you 4th line for carrying the team like you did earlier in the season, now please mix up the other lines

[@stephen9302]

WHAT?? KINGS WIN?? Had to rub my eyes before I saw the scores this morning. HUGE momentum win going into the break. BIG 2 points ‼️ Go Kings Go

[@huntressSara]

Safe to say, we gonna see Turcotte again soon.

[@ryanridder4576]

First kings regulation win in Nashville since December 22nd 2016, glad that streak finally ended!

[@MicoV94]

Adrian Kempe and the Los Angeles Kings win over Roman Josi and the Nashville Predators 4-2 🏒⚫⚪👑 Los Angeles Kings went up to 23-15-10, while the Nashville Predators dropped to 26-23-2

[@ИгорьКалинин-л4в]

Незасчитанный гол сломал игру плотоядных, а так играли очень даже хищно.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

The contact was out of the crease?

[@tionlover]

I don’t think it matters fam. If you’re battling for the puck, it’s a different story. But you can’t just tie up the goalie’s stick regardless of where he is.

[@audibletapehiss3764]

Kopitar and Doughty both were ready to let this game go and hop on a plane. Some of the worst hockey I've seen those 2 guys play. Drew can talk about guys playing for themselves, guess what though? When you only care about redeeming yourself for a bad penalty by coming out of the box and straight into the play, you don't get to just go stand in front of the net when there's already 2 defensemen on the ice. You either take the point, or you tell Englund to go do it. That's selfish play, no two ways about it.

[@АрианНазаров-м7и]

LA✌😎✊🙏🤝

[@ConfideKylie]

Thanks LA, since the Kraken messed up last night, needed Preds to lose (in addition to Blues) to somewhat fix it. Now we all get to rest for a week…

[@Cheyennemae.A]

I’m telling you Preds will be out of the playoff race. This week has been an underdog story of wins sharks, blue jackets, sens and kings all winning.

[@mxrob313]

Los angeles almost blew it again. And thank god they paid all that money to do not a damn thing dubois

[@BTBEV3469]

Money?? I'd be happy just to have the players back that they surrendered for that stiff.

[@maahes7139]

There's only one team worse then the LA Kings and that's the Nashville Predators

[@Cheyennemae.A]

What about the Blackhawks? Naw I have no room to talk I’ve been so disappointed by the Preds lately 1/6 wins in their last 6 games is ridiculous.

[@Hatsune_Riku]

Exactly how much free time do you have? I see you on every highlights video I watch, and all you do is troll. 😂

[@maahes7139]

@@Hatsune_RikuI haven't even been on here in a week like whatever you say

[@Hatsune_Riku]

@@maahes7139 I literally saw your comment on the Senators | Redwings highlights earlier, where you were trolling as well. I don't watch *every* highlights video, but the ones I do, I almost always see your comments needlessly trolling. Like, whatever you say though. 😒 It's not a crime to troll. Whatever makes you happy I guess.

[@black_panther527]

Nashville ain’t trash nice try dumb blind bandwagon

[@yourparentalfigure928]

Turcotte went crazy this game

[@USAwelsh]

The announcers suck. I can't stand watching national broadcasts, because they're always biased towards the "popular" teams. They were so GHEY for the Kings during this game. Also so lame.

[@dbrandon4528]

Finally

[@hughjass8383]

Time to ship O'Reilly back to STL since Trashville's wasting his talents

[@slavapronyakov5852]

😊

[@justingillis9254]

Turns out LA can win hockey games after all

[@dmonsef]

On the road. Home they are still atrocious.

[@matthewcarder9482]

🤮🤮Preds🤮🤮

[@TheFusionmix]

It's so good to see Turcotte play like this. Makes me really happy for him.

[@gateguardian44]

LA got bailed by the 4th line. Turcotte, please remain on the roster. Glad to see the Kings get a MUCHLY needed win into the break.

[@randypattie9524]

Yeah so on that disallowed goal... it's good that they waved that baby off, because, you know, heaven forbid that you have "incidental contact" between players on the ice. Sheesh. Give me an effin break.

[@Capo51]

The best date of Predators looks to be over. The team is too slow and too old. Missing freshness and young talent. This year too no access to Play Offs. Sad.

[@Cheyennemae.A]

Ya no playoffs this year, I wish they would bring up some guys like Stastney from Milwaukee. Unless they can start to play better again it looks like it’s over.

[@lukestange]

how did that first nashville goal get called back? guy in front of the net was doing literally everything he could to stay outta the blue.

[@audibletapehiss3764]

He used his stick to tie up the goalie's stick. You can't do that. Complete brain fart. Goalie had to push forward with his arms to get loose, which left him out of position.

[@seun9957]

😍😍😍😍Finally, the Kings won before going to break. The Soilers are leading the Kings by 3 points in the Pacific Division. What a shot by Alex Turcot. Ping off the post and into the net.

[@mitsanut5869]

Oil is winning left and right, Kings are losing left and right. Wildcard at best if they can start winning some games. I don't see Oil going down now.

[@POSS99]

L.a looks like 💩. The preds hit 4 goal posts, one goal called back. If all 5 goals goes in, the kings lose this game in regulation. Good luck beating edm, vgk, avs, van. The kings will be golfing in april.

[@velipulla3936]

Cope harder

[@ErwinChua-k1c]

What a moron, Kings will win the CUP, they will win all after the break.

[@BTBEV3469]

Unfortunately woulda coulda shoulda don't count on the Scoreboard. Kings hit a few pipes tonight as well. That's the game.

[@stephenresponts2935]

Someone's salty. Sit down you bum! 🖕🏻🤡

[@Cheyennemae.A]

I dont know how many times I can say “I’m done” before I actually stop watching these games. The Preds need some kind of change this isn’t it. There are still so many problems not to mention Saros having a hard time grabbing the puck tonight and the defense. Having won 1/6 of their last 6 games is ridiculous. This is not a playoff team like I thought earlier in the season. At least Tomasino has been cooking lately. Maybe they should bring up someone like Stastney after the break though.

[@TheGreyCrayon]

Well, the Predators underlying numbers don't suggest they're a playoff team either. Doesn't mean they can't turn it around, but it'll be tough. Blues are surging, and LA is free falling, but they're unlikely to lose a playoff spot. Arizona is hanging around, and the Kraken won't seem to go away either. The Wildcard race in both conferences is going to be fun.

[@Cheyennemae.A]

@@TheGreyCrayon I know that already about the teams in the race and I’m saying the Preds should be counted out of the race until further notice

[@TheGreyCrayon]

​@@Cheyennemae.A I mean, LA is 4-8-6 since Christmas. So it's could always be worse for the Predators. They've already overachieved this season imo, and besides, the All Star break might be what they need to mentally reset. Hoping that's the same for the Kings.

[@Cheyennemae.A]

@@TheGreyCrayon who knows what could happen after the break

[@DCdrumz59]

4 posters for my Smashville Preds..........some good looks from the boyz.........Juice left hangin' on a couple of those goals..... 0-3 I think it was on the peeper. Big Save Dave made some, well, big saves for LA.......Preds going into the break down the last three but did get a point against the Sens.....this was going to be the ebb and flow of this season for Smashville. We'll see what we can do after the break.

[@Cheyennemae.A]

Preds won more faceoffs and had more shots a positive. They haven’t scored the last 16 times they’ve been on the pp. I’m hoping for a change after the break I’m excited to see what will happen hopefully it will be positive and an improvement from these last 6 or so games.

[@stephenresponts2935]

GO KINGS GO!!!!! I was there!!! ⚫⚪👑👑🏒🏒