Kings' Blake Lizotte was ruled out of Friday's Game 3 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers because of a lower-body injury.
The Kings cannot continue to expect to sleepwalk in the first period and come back later against the Oilers who have edges in scoring, skill and size.
“In an ideal world Gabe would have had more time with the group, but he did a real good job of coming into a game that was tough to play, obviously, with the start we had,” McLellan said, referring to the team’s flat early efforts. Lizotte, generously listed on the Kings’ roster as 5 feet 9 and 170 pounds, took many hits from the bigger, more physical Oilers in the first two games. He’s a defense-oriented center and had 11 goals and 34 points in 81 regular-season games. He had no points in the first two games.
Having home-ice advantage gives the Kings a chance to get matchups they want because they’ll have the last change, but McLellan said the advantage is real only if players are playing well. “Our home-ice advantage is going to be all those fans doing what they do, and the energy that they create, and us playing off of that,” he said. “We, just like Edmonton has, we have passionate fans that can energize the building and the team, and we’re hoping we can capture a bit of that.”
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