Terry Murray put the Kings through a vigorous, intense hour-long practice that included a lot of skating and “battle” drills. The practice came on the heels of a somewhat odd game last night, in which the Kings probably didn’t put forth their best effort, but had enough late to beat a tired, beat-up Flyers team. Here are Murray’s thoughts about what he took away from the game…

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Question: What’s the message to the team after last night? Obviously you’re thrilled to get the two points but there are probably some things you felt could have gone better…

MURRAY: “Especially in the first two periods, the first period and a half. The Flyers are a very competitive hockey club, and they were coming out with more battles, more pucks, and I felt we needed more than our share of them. We needed more competitiveness along the boards and better support. We ended up, often, with one man versus their two in the offensive zone, for example, battling for pucks. We were kind of waiting for that one player to win the battle, come up with the puck and make a pass, so that we could get a play to the net. It really doesn’t work that way. Standing and waiting is the wrong approach to the game. You’ve got to get in there with two players and keep that third guy in good position. You’ve got to have the two of them in there that are going to support each other.”