![]() ![]() We work hard to get the lead and then we do our thing.” Not always in age but mature being around each other and playing with each other. ![]() “I said the other day, we’re a mature team. We’re having a little more success with it this year. The quicker you can establish your game on the road, especially with a rivalry-type team, you want to get it done. “Everybody wants to do that,” McLellan said. Kempe alluded to the mindset the Kings have, even though fifth-year coach Todd McLellan insisted it’s one they wanted to develop in prior seasons. 750 points percentage that’s only matched by Vegas and bested by Boston and the New York Rangers. Their goal differential away from home is plus-27. So far, the Kings’ nine triumphs have all come in regulation play - another impressive feat. The next two road games are at Columbus and Montreal, winnable contests that would make them the first team in league history to start its road slate with 11 victories. Two more at Crypto follow within a restful eight-day stretch before they head back out to resume their role as the NHL’s kings. The Kings return home for another matinee Saturday in hosting Montreal after authoring their Black Friday special. Got to try to keep riding it as much as you can.” It’s just kind of a wave we’ve been riding. And the confidence is really good on the road as well, which helps. And that’s been leading to offense and leading to making the other teams frustrated. “It’s just going to be a tough game and a tough building but I think we’ve been doing a great job not just scoring goals but just playing good without the puck as well. ![]() “I think we have the same mentality going into every game on the road,” said Adrian Kempe, who had two assists as the Kings had five different goal scorers. This start-to-finish road win that lifted the Kings to 9-0-0 away from Arena and 12-3-3 overall resembled those of games in Winnipeg, Toronto and Vegas not because of the quality of opponent but in the manner of giving home crowds that could get revved up precious little to cheer for. It is a trait that could serve them well when the games become more important than besting a foe that’s just a bus ride away. It was reflected in the overflow crowd that was engaged and chanting - until the rolling Kings diffused a largely pro-Anaheim audience with an early lead and a system that squeezes out any momentum a home team tries to build. Still, there is a different energy when the SoCal rivals meet as they did for the first of four times this season. The other a youthful, rebuilding club with promise now working through the downturn of a losing streak after a surprising comeback-filled start. One a deep team that remained perfect on the road and steadily winning converts into the idea there could again be June hockey in L.A. The Kings and Ducks are in very different spaces in the present and Friday’s decisive 5-2 win at Honda Center for the former was a capital letters, bold font example. Next spring figures to be 10 years since that series and it’s a shame that it will be that long. One was the 2014 second-round matchup won in seven games by the Kings on their title run. The Kings answered the Ducks’ claim for Southern California hockey supremacy with the 2007 championship by one-upping them with the 20 bookends over a three-year span of 10 playoff series wins. They will result in an immediate ban.The early 2010s did, however, feature a stretch where the Ducks and Kings were in the same postseason on five occasions. NOTE: Posts to torrents and other unsanctioned download sources will not be tolerated. R/rpghorrorstories - Did your players do something that made you want to flip the table? Did your DM do something heretical with the lore and not in a fun way? (Cross)post it here! r/40klore - A good place to get help with obscure 40k lore, or just ask fun "what if" questions. R/warhammer - The Primarch to our Chapter Master, head to this excellent subreddit for all the latest news, theories and wild speculation about the Warhammer miniatures games and setting! ![]() Check the sidebar for even more great links and resources! R/rpg - A great resource for basic roleplaying tips and tricks. Ordo Discordia - Officially Unaffiliated 40kRPG Discord UPDATED! A subreddit for all things Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader, Deathwatch, Black Crusade and Only War - share campaign stories, shop around character ideas or try and find a group to play in! ![]()
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