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Gabe Vilardi and Jaret Anderson-Dolan are two of three LA Kings playing for Team Canada. Their coach spoke highly of both after Wednesday’s win.
A pair of 21-year-olds, Gabe Vilardi and Jaret Anderson-Dolan couldn’t have had more polar opposites finishes to the 2021 season with the LA Kings. Vilardi closed out the year by tallying five points in the final six games. Anderson-Dolan had just one point in the final six contests — a goal in the Coyotes series finale.
The latter was inserted into the lineup in early February after Blake Lizotte was placed on the NHL’s COVID protocol list, and he took full advantage, scoring five points in his first seven games.