Ben Shelley: Kings earn important home win over Lightning

Defense is absolutely atrocious right now...

McLellan's management is atrocious. He has Durzi out there killing penalties and the 4th line out there with a minute and a half to go and down a goal.

McLellan's management is atrocious. He has Durzi out there killing penalties and the 4th line out there with a minute and a half to go and down a goal.
- Osprey

That 4th line shift started with 3:30 left... I remember looking at the clock thinking this must be a short shift just to get the top 6 a blow for the final three minutes, but nope... ending up sealing the game.

That 4th line shift started with 3:30 left... I remember looking at the clock thinking this must be a short shift just to get the top 6 a blow for the final three minutes, but nope... ending up sealing the game.
- Stu17

ShiftChart shows the 4th line leaving the ice with 6 minutes left (because it was scored on) and then returning to the ice with 2 minutes left:

http://www.shiftchart.com...ame/2022-10-27-jets-kings

That also shows that Fiala didn't take a single shift in the final 6 minutes. McLellan benched his $8M forward when his team needed a goal the most.

ShiftChart shows the 4th line leaving the ice with 6 minutes left (because it was scored on) and then returning to the ice with 2 minutes left:

http://www.shiftchart.com...ame/2022-10-27-jets-kings

That also shows that Fiala didn't take a single shift in the final 6 minutes. McLellan benched his $8M forward when his team needed a goal the most.
- Osprey

hmmm, now I'm going to have to watch the end of the game again. I thought I saw Lemieux out there with 3.5 to go... maybe it was an in-between shift. Either way, that is on TMac. and the shift they were scored on was due to Lizzotte over-handling the puck to the side of his net when he had an easy outlet to a defenseman behind the net. That was the second time in that game Lizzotte did that, the other being at their own blueline which caused an extended attack against when it should've been easily cleared.