Fiset Appreciates Input from Edwards

Things hadn’t been going well. Still too fresh in Stephane Fiset’s mind was a trip east, when he was being blinded by the red lights flashing over his head in the King goal.

And, when he was guarding the goal well, he wasn’t getting any scoring to back him up.

Plainly, there was a need to talk with someone who understood. With that in mind, Fiset met with Donnie Edwards on Tuesday in St. Louis.

“He knows his job, and he’s a smart man,” Fiset said of the Kings’ former full-time goalie coach, now a consultant. “It’s good to have him around when I need him, and I was needing him right now.”

Edwards said he talked with Coach Andy Murray a few times and passed some things along to Fiset.

Technique was the topic.

“He gives you little things that give you confidence, and that’s good because he might see things other coaches don’t see because he played the game, he was a goalie,” Fiset said.

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Winger Craig Johnson, already nursing a shoulder injury, suffered thumb problems during the game at St. Louis and is questionable for tonight’s game against Florida. . . . Center Jozef Stumpel worked on his injured knee Wednesday but is doubtful for tonight. . . . Center Ian Laperriere will undergo a strength test on his knee today in an attempt to determine how long he might be out.

TONIGHT

vs. Florida, 7:30

Fox Sports Net

* Site--Staples Center.

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* Records--Kings 17-15-7-2, Panthers 22-13-3-3.

* Record vs. Panthers--0-1.

* Update--Florida has struggled a bit lately, going 3-3-1 in its last seven games.

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