Jonathan Bernier’s postgame thoughts… (on the first goal, and Drewiske’s deflection…) BERNIER: “We’ve had some tough luck since the beginning of the season, me and him. Unfortunately it was a goal. So we started off the game 1-0, and we came back but Turco played very good tonight. He made some big saves and we [...]

Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) KOPITAR: “The second period, we killed off a few penalties, then after that we really took off and took the fight to them. But we didn’t get any results. We had some quality shots on net, but they didn’t go in for us.” (on Turco’s game…) KOPITAR: “Most [...]

Justin Williams’ postgame thoughts… (on the game…) WILLIAMS: “I think the story of the game was blocked shots. I haven’t seen a stat sheet yet, but when we did force them and get them to run around a little bit, we got the puck up to the top but they blocked a lot of shots. [...]

The Kings outshot the Blackhawks 34-28 but got only Justin Williams’ first-period goal as the fell to the Blackhawks. More from the locker room to come…

The Kings had another handful of prime scoring chances in the third period, but Patrick Sharp gave the Blackhawks a 3-1 lead with 2:05 remaining. Sharp carried the puck into the Kings’ zone, put a speed move on Rob Scuderi to get to the net and slipped the puck past Bernier.

The Kings were outshot 11-9 in the second period, were able to kill both Chicago penalties in the period and got a handful of quality scoring chances but trail heading into the third period.

Chicago took the lead back 1:18 into the second period. Bernier made the save on a long-range shot by Duncan Keith, but led the rebound bounce right in front of him. Before Bernier could cover the puck, Viktor Stalberg beat Rob Scuderi to the front of the net and knocked the puck in with a [...]

Shots were 10-9 in favor of the Kings in the first period, and the Kings had two shots on goal in the period’s only power play.

The Kings tied the game at the 9:34 mark. Justin Williams made it happen, as he chased down a dump-in, beat Duncan Keith to the puck and beat Turco with a quick wrist shot from close range to make it 1-1. Davis Drewiske and Peter Harrold picked up assists.

The Blackhawks got the scoring started 5:16 into the game. Jake Dowell took the puck to the net and got around Davis Drewiske. Dowell’s shot deflected off the stick of Drewiske from close range and beat Bernier high.

Here’s the only view of Chicago anyone really needs…

With star defensman Drew Doughty out of the lineup, the pressure has been on two of the Kings’ less-heralded defensemen, Davis Drewiske and Peter Harrold, to step up and play larger roles, not only 5-on-5 but on special teams. In Monday’s game, Drewiske played more than 17 minutes — he played a season-high 20:12 against [...]

It’s still early in the season, so stats can swing dramatically. Consider the Kings’ power play. After the Phoenix game, the Kings were last in the NHL in power-play efficiency, at 4.6 percent. Over the last two games, they have gone 4-for-12 on the power play and shot up to 19th in power-play efficiency (14.7 [...]

The Chicago Blackhawks have started this season with a 5-4-1 record, and their roster had some moderate turnover from last season’s Stanley Cup-winning team, but don’t kid yourself. This is still a very strong Chicago team. Patrick Sharp has eight goals in his nine games and Marian Hossa has seven goals and four assists in [...]

As discussed a while ago, Saturday’s home game against New Jersey will be “Mattias Norstrom Night,” with the former team captain being honored in a pregame ceremony. Several of Norstrom’s former Kings teammates will be on hand, including Luc Robitaille, Rob Blake, Ian Laperriere, Craig Johnson, Glen Murray, Derek Armstrong, Jamie Storr, Mathieu Schneider and [...]

Trevor Lewis will be back in the Kings’ lineup tonight as the fourth-line right winger, alongside Andrei Loktionov and Kyle Clifford. Lewis has been a healthy scratch in seven of the Kings’ eight games this season. In his one appearance, on Oct. 20 vs. Carolina, Lewis played 7:44 with one shot on goal. Terry Murray [...]

The Kings will go with a fourth line of Andrei Loktionov centering Kyle Clifford and Trevor Lewis tonight, with Lewis playing his second game of the season. No other changes are expected, other than Jonathan Bernier’s planned start in goal. As for Drew Doughty, he continues to skate in Los Angeles but his status for [...]

The Kings announced today that five games have been added to the TV schedule, to be shown on KCOP Ch. 13. Now, all 82 Kings games will be televised, either locally or nationally. The games added are: Nov. 6 vs. Nashville, Dec. 18 at Nashville, Dec. 29 at Phoenix, Feb. 2 at Edmonton and March [...]

Was it something I said? I promise better pictures later… For now, here’s a selection of stories from the Chicago media in advance of tonight’s game… Hawks’ Kane knows he is able to do more (Sun-Times) Toews, Sharp might be in Skille’s future (Sun-Times) Blackhawks return to work with new look (Tribune) Joel Quenneville switches [...]

As posted earlier, Jonathan Bernier will get his third start of the season tomorrow against Chicago. For those keeping track of such things, it’s worth noting that this will be Bernier’s third start in the Kings’ ninth game. Last season, backup goalie Erik Ersberg didn’t make his third start of the season until Dec. 9, [...]