MORNING SKATE NOTES<\/p>\n
Head coach Andr\u00e9 Tourigny shared there shouldn\u2019t be changes to the lineup from last game.<\/p>\n
Generating More Offense<\/p>\n
When it comes to scoring more and generating more offense, Tourigny wants to see his team create more traffic among other things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need more traffic in front of the goalie, not just at the net. We\u2019re at the net,\u201d\u00a0Tourigny explained. \u201cWe\u2019re in position for rebounds and stuff like that but we need to take the eyes of the goalie a little bit more. But there\u2019s as well, a swagger with the puck you need. We had a number of Grade A chances who end up by either not being shot on net or not being a quality shot and that is something in the last seven, 10 days (which has) happened as well.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026we need to make sure we have that killer instinct when it\u2019s time to have that chance,\u201d Tourigny continued. \u201cWe don\u2019t know when it will happen, but we know we will have a chance when it happens, we need to have that killer instinct.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keys on the Kings<\/p>\n
This is the second time Utah and Los Angeles will play this season. The Mammoth need to be aware of the Kings, especially when they are pushing offensively. Tourigny discussed what strengths LA brings to tonight\u2019s game following morning skate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a team who plays heavy,\u201d Tourigny shared. \u201cI think since they make the change, their defensemen are third in goals in the league. They generate a lot of offense. They put a ton of pucks on net. There\u2019s no hesitation in their game. They\u2019re connected in that way and they\u2019re heavy on the forecheck. You can see they work with a lot of desperation. It\u2019s a team where (they\u2019re) physically involved in the game so that\u2019ll be (key) for us to be around our net. We know the puck will get there so it\u2019s to go the distance, make good box-outs, make good reads. It doesn\u2019t change (our plan) in term of our pace, but it\u2019s really how our play around the net will make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
Utah\u2019s bench boss also discussed what the Mammoth need to do offensively to score against the Kings.<\/p>\n
\u201c(They\u2019re) one of the best teams in the past three or four years at defending in their zone,\u201d Tourigny explained. \u201cThey play man-on-man coverage, they block shots, they\u2019re heavy, and if you look at their personnel. For us it\u2019ll be to play very fast, to attack on quick strike, our rush will be important, but as well, in the offensive zone, if they get inside position, it\u2019s to create movement underneath at the net, not just moving the puck. But try to get open in our coverage by switching sides.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MORNING SKATE NOTES Head coach Andr\u00e9 Tourigny shared there shouldn\u2019t be changes to the lineup from last game.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-231603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-la","9":"tag-la-headlines","10":"tag-la-news","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","13":"tag-los-angeles-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}