Sheldon Souray took the long-range slap shot through traffic, and it worked as intended, as Ryan Potulny deflected the puck with his stick, past Jonathan Quick to give the Oilers the lead with 2:33 left in the first period.

Tonight’s Kings lineup will include five players who didn’t play for them on opening night on Oct. 3. Of course, that’s admittedly deceiving, since it includes Sean O’Donnell, who was simply serving a two-game suspension, but the Kings have also added Randy Jones, Andrei Loktionov, Scott Parse and Brandon Segal since the start of the [...]

The most popular group of men in Edmonton are Oilers. The second-most popular group is ex-Oilers. Matt Greene had a huge group of reporters around his locker after practice. Jarret Stoll avoided the mob because he was on the ice late, with the extra group, and Ryan Smyth didn’t make the trip because of his [...]

I’ve seen a couple questions about where to watch tonight’s Kings-Edmonton game. For those who are close enough to get to the South Bay, there’s a “watch party” at the Redondo Beach Cafe, which is located at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Avenue H in the south part of Redondo. (The owners are [...]

As mentioned the other day, Teddy Purcell — the Kings’ latest first-line left wing in place of Ryan Smyth — will become the first player to start a game on each of the four lines this season. He has gone from second to third to fourth to first, an unlikely trajectory, but one that presents [...]

A lot was made of Patrick O’Sullivan’s comments a few weeks back that seemed to take to task the L.A. market and saying that “nobody cared.” That wasn’t the politically correct thing to say, but when you spend time in Edmonton, you start to understand the difference in culture that O’Sullivan is experiencing, particularly in [...]

Rob Scuderi and Jarret Stoll both skated this morning, but neither will play tonight. The Kings will go with a fourth line of Brandon Segal, Brad Richardson and Raitis Ivanans. Much more from the skate, including interviews with Patrick O’Sullivan and Teddy Purcell…

For those who wonder about the Kings staff, and what they do to scout players and such, consider what Dean Lombardi has been through in the past 2 1/2 weeks. He started in Toronto, for Luc Robitaille’s Hall of Fame induction on Nov. 9, stayed there for the general managers’ meetings, left to do a [...]

If Brandon Segal, 26, gets to play in both games of this road trip, he will double his NHL experience, matching the two games he played with Tampa Bay last season. Segal might also get to play close to home, as he is a British Columbia native. Segal said that, most recently, he had been [...]

Tuesday’s line changes were certainly, in part, motivated by a desire to see if Teddy Purcell can get going, but they were also clearly designed to help Andrei Loktionov feel more comfortable by pairing him with Russian countryman Alexander Frolov. The joke at practice today was that their third linemate is going to have to [...]

General manager Dean Lombardi confirmed this afternoon that defenseman prospect Thomas Hickey will undergo shoulder surgery and will be out for the next four months. Lombardi indicated that Hickey had been attempting to play through the injury for some time. Asked if Hickey would be able to return for the end of the Monarchs’ season, [...]

One more before takeoff…an injury report on both Jarret Stoll and Rob Scuderi. Both players will make the trip to Edmonton, although their status for tomorrow’s game is not known. Based on what Terry Murray said today, it seems fairly likely that both players will sit out. Here’s a quick interview with Scuderi, followed by [...]

Flight is about to take off, and I’ll have more stuff, including quotes from both of the new guys, upon landing, but quickly here’s what Terry Murray had to say about newcomers Loktionov and Segal… MURRAY: “Loktionov, he’s a pretty creative guy. He had a good training camp, he sees the ice and he moves [...]

Teddy Purcell will become, I believe, the first Kings player to start a game on each of the four lines this season when he starts tomorrow’s game on the first line with Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams. Purcell has two goals and three assists this season. Here’s what Terry Murray said this morning about Purcell… [...]

Here’s how the Kings forwards skated this morning… Purcell-Kopitar-Williams Frolov-Loktionov-Brown Parse-Handzus-Simmonds Segal/Ivanans/Richardson/Harrold Scuderi and Stoll both practiced but are questionable for tomorrow. More updates ASAP…

I’ll be heading out to practice shortly before the flight to Edmonton, and I’ll definitely grab interviews with Andrei Loktionov and Brandon Segal and find out what the plans are for those two players. If you’re not familiar with Segal’s story, it’s quite a story. Only 26, Segal has been drafted (in the fourth round [...]

An interesting quick little note from practice today. After all the players got off the ice, Terry Murray called a group of players — I believe it included Brown, Greene, Kopitar, O’Donnell and Stoll — into the coaches’ office for a chat. After, Murray said they’re periodic talks he has with the captains/leadership group. What [...]

I would assume, given the role he filled in Manchester, the need with the Kings and the fact that teams don’t typically call up players just to sit them, that you’ll see Andrei Loktionov centering the second line in place of Jarret Stoll. Brandon Segal is a right winger, so we’ll have to see if [...]

The Kings made their moves, calling up Andrei Loktionov and Brandon Segal and putting Ryan Smyth on injured reserve. Loktionov leads the Manchester Monarchs with 17 points in 20 games, while Segal has 14 points in 21 games. Both would make their Kings debuts if they got into a game, and Loktionov would make his [...]

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick has played 1,309 minutes, 40 seconds, this season, which puts him just under five minutes short of Evgeni Nabokov’s league-leading ice time. Quick has started 22 games, tied with Nabokov for the NHL lead, and he’s one game and approximately 10 minutes ahead of third-place Craig Anderson in both categories. I [...]