A repetitive group of struggles emerged for Jim Hiller and the Los Angeles Kings (19-16-10) in a tough 3-1 loss in regulation vs. the Dallas Stars (27-10-9) in the West on home ice to start a short homestand on Monday night (Jan. 12) at Crypto.com Arena. Hiller and the Kings fell behind on the scoreboard in the game's first period in the opening frame on Monday vs. Dallas on home ice.
Defensive turnovers and bad bounces go against Jim Hiller and the Los Angeles Kings in a disappointing 3-1 loss to Dallas
The Kings responded early in the final frame in the third period, on a nice goal in front of the net from center Quinton Byfield. But the Kings and Hiller were unable to build on the momentum the team got from the Byfield goal in the offensive zone in the final frame in the third period.
Dallas scored a weird goal by Jason Robertson under 10 minutes later in the final frame on Monday vs. the Kings. The Stars sealed the win with an insurance goal on an empty netter in the third period.
Hiller gave his thoughts to the media on Monday night after the tough 3-1 loss to the Stars in regulation on home ice for the Kings in the West.
The Kings were unable to build on a potential winning streak in the West and string multiple solid games together in a row on home ice this regular season in mid-January early this week.
Here's a look at everything Hiller said postgame following the Kings' disappointing 3-1 loss to the Stars at Crypto Arena on Jan. 12.
Jim Hiller
On his thoughts on the loss to Dallas on Monday
"I thought we played well. We’ve played well for a while. So, we’ll just keep playing well and expect that it’s going to turn. We played well."
On how he felt the team played in the loss to Dallas
"You need the two points in Game 1 and most often, you need them probably right down to 80 and some nights, you need them right down to 82. It’s a long season. You need to accumulate points and we’ll just keep working our way at doing that."
On the differences he sees in how the Kings played in the past three games this past week
"I don’t see that at all. How many shots did Winnipeg have against us? We played pretty well there, we got a couple bounces off some skates and some sticks, had a bunch of chances Edmonton, before they went on the power play, I don’t know what they had, maybe 15 shots, something like that. Tonight, it’s a pretty good team, they had nine shots after two. I’m not worried about the effort or the structure. I think we keep going like this and we’ll win our games, that’s the way I look at it."
On why the Kings are struggling to get multiple wins consecutively this season
"It’s a hard league. I would say it’s a really hard league, and probably this year, it’s harder than it’s ever been. So, I would say there’s a lot of teams that have felt like, man, it’s hard to string games together. I know Vegas is on a little bit of a roll right now, but it’s a hard league to string games together. We’re trying.
We’re trying, and we’ve certainly come up short at home over this last little stretch where we’re right there at the end, and we’ve found ways not to get one and given them up, and that makes it harder. It’s a good league, it’s a challenge every night, there’s some really good teams, and we’re battling tooth and nail with them."
On Corey Perry getting 500 career assists vs. the Stars
"There’s some players that, and Corey, you can put him on that, you’ve got 500 assists and never mind the goals – they just need less opportunities than other people for whatever reasons. So, to hit that milestone, I can’t say enough about him. I talked about him the other night, but just what a player, and he finds a way. Some people can just find a way, and he’s sure one of them."