The L.A. Kings picked up their first win of this young season by defeating the Red Wings 4-2 on Sunday night. Back-up goalie Jack Campbell deserves plenty of the credit for those two points by holding strong for 36 saves in an emergency start, but perhaps the most encouraging work of the night came from the KingsââŚ
Until the Capitals broke through to win their first Cup, the Penguins, Blackhawks, and Kings dominated the NHL as the most effective triumvirate since Roman times. Instead of ending with stabbings and civil war, the modern NHL version collapsed for more mundane reasons involving salary caps and aging stars.
Game 3 was going to be nasty, and the Golden Knights knew it. With the Kings down 2-0 and the series leaving Vegas, where the Knights have been so good at home (the âVegas Fluâ is real, but so is their home-crowd advantage), Los Angeles was going to come out pesty and physical, finishing their checks, talking a ton ofâŚ
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Another hockey guy upended, another close call for a fellow playerâs major arteries. Kings defenseman Derek Forbort had his ear butterflied in Mondayâs 4-3 win after Wild forward Zach Pariseâs skate caught him on the side of the head. Forbortâs lucky it wasnât his neck.
A month ago, Anaheim defenseman Kevin Bieksa took down Phillyâs Radko Gudas almost instantly with his right hand when Gudas dared to challenge him.
The L.A. Kings had 0.9 seconds last night to try to score off an overtime faceoff before their 1-1 game with Boston would head to a shootout.
The day after they ended the 2016-17 season with an overtime loss to their crosstown rivals in Anaheim, the Los Angeles Kings announced that they had fired head coach Darryl Sutter and longtime GM Dean Lombardi and promoted a pair of Hall of Famers. Rob Blake will replace Lombardi and Luc Robitaille will become theâŚ
Kings winger Jarome Iginla and Oilers forward Patrick Maroon finished the first period of Mondayâs game with matching minor penalties for roughing, after the two got into a shoving match near the Los Angeles goal. Iginla and Maroon were able to stew over the course of a full intermission, so when they left theirâŚ
The first reactions to Sundayâs Ben Bishop trade were naturally along the lines of What the hell? Bishop, probably the best goalie in Tampa Bay Lightning history, is headed to a Kings team that only the day before got back its own franchise goalie, Jonathan Quick, after a four-month injury rehab. But thereâs logic toâŚ
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If you had the entire NHL to draft from, you might not be able to construct a more logical top power-play unit than the one the Sharks can ice every night. Maybe not the âbestââthird best in the NHL this year, thoughâbut thereâs not another thatâs so well-defined, that offers such weapons from every angle. The skatersâŚ
Manchester Monarchs goalie Patrik Bartosakâwho was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the fifth round of the 2013 draftâwas charged Tuesday with 12 different domestic violence-related charges, according to the Union Leader.
For hockey fans who want a highlight in the non-McDavid, non-Eichel category, check out Kings center Tyler Toffoli working around Sharks goalie Martin Jones for a goal in Thursdayâs game. That looked much easier than it actually was.
Two weeks ago Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov completed a 90-day sentence (though he ultimately served just under 60 days) after pleading no contest to domestic violence charges. Upon his release from jail, Voynov was immediately scooped into custody by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, pending aâŚ
Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov was in Los Angeles Superior Court today to take a plea deal for his felony count of corporal injury to spouse with great bodily injury from the Oct. 19 alleged assault on his wife. Voynov pleaded no contest in order to reduce jail time, though he still could be deported.
According to TMZ, former Kings center Mike Richards was stopped at the Canadian border two weeks ago and âquestioned about oxycodone pills,â but has not been charged with any crime. (Update: According to the Winnipeg Sun, Richards was arrested at the border.) Rumors and allegations of substance abuse have doggedâŚ
The offseason hits are piling up for the Los Angeles Kings. Four days after center Jarret Stoll pleaded out his case after being arrested in Vegas for possession of ecstasy and coke, the Kings have terminated center Mike Richardsâs contract for a âmaterial breach.â Hereâs the full, terse, statement:
New Bruins general manager Don Sweeney definitely got aggressive with some moves before tonightâs NHL draft. The end goal of those actions is still unclear, though.
