Brandon Segal had an up-and-down 25-game tenure with the Kings. He started well, and at one point became a lineup regular and rose to a position alongside Michal Handzus and Alexander Frolov, but his play, at times, also fell off to the point that he was a healthy scratch. Segal had one goal and one [...]

It’s been a long road for Rich Clune. For those who remember the end of training camp, Clune was likely to earn a spot on the Kings’ roster, but then injured his groin late in the preseason. Clune returned, and was playing well in Manchester, then re-injured the groin. Now he’s back, healthy and has [...]

Jonathan Quick is suffering from flu symptoms, so Erik Ersberg will get the start in goal tonight. Quick would be available in case of injury. Also, Rich Clune skated this morning and will play tonight, alongside Ivanans and Moller in his NHL debut. Notes and quotes from practice to come…

TSN’s Bob McKenzie — a man who knows — is reporting that Brandon Segal has been claimed by the Dallas Stars. In that case, Rich Clune is expected to be recalled by the Kings — officially from Ontario — today, and likely will be at the morning skate this morning…

Brandon Segal skated in practice today, and he will learn his fate at 9 a.m. Pacific time tomorrow, which is the deadline for him to be claimed off waivers. In another move, the Kings assigned Rich Clune from Manchester to Ontario of the ECHL today. It seems very likely that some type of move will [...]

The Kings got another first line today, at least the seventh of the season that I can recall. Now, it’s Anze Kopitar centering Brad Richardson and Dustin Brown, sort of a hybrid of the last two games. In Monday’s loss to Anaheim, Ryan Smyth and Brown replaced Richardson and Wayne Simmonds as Kopitar’s wingers, after [...]

The Kings are doing a lot of things well these days, but if there’s one thing that they’re consistently having to overcome, it’s slow starts. The Kings are plus-11 in the second period, in terms of goals for and against, as opposed to plus-1 in the first period, but it’s not so much about the [...]

Could the Kings’ loss on Monday end up being a good thing? That might be a silly premise, but seeing the players smiling, laughing and having fun at practice today — to a much greater extent than in the past few days — made me wonder whether there had been a certain burden lifted by [...]

First, just an update on the Brandon Segal situation. If/when he clears waivers tomorrow, it doesn’t automatically mean he’s leaving the Kings, but obviously it’s likely. Rosters are frozen on Friday for the Olympic break, so the Kings need the ability to send him down. Another player could be called up, and then back, in [...]

Brandon Segal will be eligible to be sent to Manchester if he clears waivers at 9 a.m. tomorrow. A slightly different look with the forward lines in practice this morning: Richardson-Kopitar-Brown Smyth-Stoll-Simmonds Frolov-Handzus-Parse Ivanans/Moller/Purcell/Segal

If you have a moment, please check out my LAKings.com feature on the player formerly known as “The Piece,” Rob Scuderi. A Piece to the Playoff Puzzle I’ve seen the report that Brandon Segal has been placed on waivers. I’ve yet to independently confirm it this morning, although there’s no reason to disbelieve it, given [...]

It’s a day off for the Kings today, who will return to practice tomorrow in advance of Thursday’s game against Edmonton. It’s good timing for the walking wounded, such as Rob Scuderi (flu) and Ryan Smyth, who got smashed by a Drew Doughty first-period shot last night. Here’s a poll question for the day. What [...]

Here’s my game story from tonight, with stats and video. Thanks for reading! Ducks beat Kings 4-2 Also, a reminder that there are only a handful of tickets remaining for the LAKingsInsider.com suite at Thursday’s game against Edmonton, which is also Wayne Simmonds bobblehead night. For more information, click here.

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts… MURRAY: “It was a nice run, a very nice run. Guys really dug in, through some very hard games, a long road trip, come from behind, a lot of playing hard for each other, a lot of perseverance through some difficult games there. To find a way to stretch the streak [...]

Drew Doughty’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) DOUGHTY: “I thought we weren’t there to play in the first two periods. We were OK. we weren’t awful or anything like that, but we weren’t the team we were in the third. We took it to them the whole time, and we had so many chances, and [...]

Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on the end of the winning streak…) KOPITAR: “That was one of those games where Anaheim had a lot of energy and a lot of emotion. We fell a little short. I thought the nine-game winning streak was good, but now we’ve got to look at this game and learn something [...]

The Kings had their nine-game winning streak snapped, and also lost to the Ducks for the first time in four meetings this season. More from the locker room ASAP…

A Kings spokesman said Rob Scuderi left the game with flu-like symptoms and will not return tonight.

Rob Scuderi has been out since the latter part of the third period and is not on the bench at the start of the third period. No update on his status yet…

Shots were 17-12 Ducks in the period and are 26-19 Ducks for the game. The Ducks are 18-1-4 when leading after two periods this season.