Philadelphia needed just 54 seconds to push its lead to 4-2, as Mike Richards picked up his second goal of the game. Danny Briere pushed the puck out front, from behind the net, and James van Riemsdyk alertly passed the puck around a sliding Kings defender and onto the stick of Richards, who tapped it [...]
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Flyers 3, Kings 2
The Flyers took their first lead, at 3-2, at the 4:05 mark of the second period. Claude Giroux centered the puck from the corner and Scott Hartnell, tied up in front, had the puck deflect off his skate and into the net. The goal was upheld after a video review.
End of first: 2-2
Tonight, there were only four first-period goals. The Kings outshot the Flyers 10-9 but twice lost first-period leads. The Kings will be on the power play for the first 48 seconds of the first period.
Kings 2, Flyers 2
Philadelphia took advantage of some good timing at the end of a penalty and tied the game 2-2 with 4:12 remaining in the first period. Mike Richards picked up the puck in the neutral zone just as Nikolay Zherdev was exiting the press box. Jack Johnson was there in coverage, but Drew Doughty couldn’t catch [...]
Kings 2, Flyers 1
The Kings took the lead back with 8:56 remaining in the first period, at the end of a lengthy delayed-penalty situation. Drew Doughty held the puck just inside the blue line and passed down low to Justin Williams. Williams took a couple strides toward the net and, with Smyth running traffic in front, scored on [...]
Kings 1, Flyers 1
This time, the Kings held the lead for four minutes before the Flyers tied the game 1-1. Mike Richards held the puck in the corner and fed a backhand pass to Danny Briere in the right circle. Briere had three Kings defenders around him but wheeled and fired a high wrist shot that beat Bernier [...]
Kings 1, Flyers 0
The Kings got off to a solid start and took a 1-0 lead at the 2:39 mark. Ryan Smyth held the puck behind the net and fed a backhand shot toward the net as he skated to the corner. Smyth actually released the puck from below the goal line, but it caught Flyers goalie Michael [...]
Scouting the Flyers
Given their situation — after last night’s rough loss — the Kings didn’t draw the best dance partner tonight. The Philadelphia Flyers were riding high, with a 7-0-1 streak, before they suffered a 5-0 loss to Florida on Monday and a 6-2 loss at Vancouver on Tuesday. Flyers goalie Michael Leighton, who has not played [...]
Manchester Monarchs update
Because of the weather, it’s been a light week for the AHL’s Manchester Monarchs, who had Monday’s home game against Springfield postponed. The Monarchs did play last night, and beat Adirondack 6-2. The Monarchs took a 6-0 lead less than seven minutes into the second period and won easily. Rich Clune had two goals, and [...]
Will home be sweet for Kings?
I’m no rocket scientist — this much has been proven, time and time again — but a simple look at the schedule and statistics would indicate that the Kings have reached an important part of the season. Let’s look at the raw numbers. The Kings have a 13-2-1 home record and a 9-11-1 road record. [...]
Bernier empathizes with Quick’s tough night
After last night’s game, Terry Murray said he wouldn’t alter his goalie plan and would stay with Jonathan Bernier as tonight’s starting goalie against Philadelphia. Jonathan Quick allowed six goals on 18 shots last night, and was pulled midway through the second period in favor of Bernier, who stopped all 13 shots he faced. Of [...]
Big nights for prospects Schenn, Toffoli
It seems as though yesterday was a much better day for the Kings’ prospects than for the Kings themselves. Brayden Schenn (pictured, right) totaled four goals and one assist for Canada as it earned a 10-1 pool-play victory over Norway in a pool-play game in the World Junior Championships. Schenn now has six goals and [...]
Postgame notes (Dec. 29)
Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings had their four-game winning streak ended with a 6-3 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night. – The Kings matched their season-worst by allowing six goals. It happened for the third time this season, and the other two games were also on the road, a [...]
The view from Phoenix
Here’s how the Arizona Republic presented last night’s Kings-Coyotes contest, with the game story, a sidebar and a blog item, followed by some additional postgame quotes from the Coyotes’ locker room… Phoenix Coyotes score a season high, end Los Angeles Kings’ win streak Phoenix Coyotes’ Brett MacLean has impressive debut `Alamo Line’ sparkles in debut [...]
Tonight’s game story (Dec. 29)
Here’s my LAKings.com game story for tonight, with stats and video included. Thanks for reading… Kings lose to Coyotes 6-3 UPDATE: The Kings have called off their morning skate for Thursday. There is no team activity scheduled at the practice rink.
Murray postgame quotes
Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts… (on the surprisingly poor effort…) MURRAY: “It surprised everybody here tonight. We didn’t play. We just didn’t play in any area of the game. Last night, I’m here watching the game and they got a 2-on-0 to start the game off, right on the very first shift. (Tonight) we have a [...]
Brown postgame quotes
Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) BROWN: “We didn’t give Quickie much help on the first few goals. They were all backdoor tap-ins. We weren’t ready to play, right from the start, and that team jumped on us. We still had a chance, being down one goal going into the second, and we missed [...]
Greene postgame quotes
Matt Greene’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) GREENE: “Tonight was just a bad game for us. A lot of things weren’t working, and that’s it. This is one of those games that maybe you just want to put behind you. We’re lucky to have back-to-backs here again, because I think everybody in this (locker) room [...]
Locker-room reaction; Bernier tomorrow
The Kings will stay with the plan, and Jonathan Bernier will get the start in goal tomorrow night against Philadelphia, Terry Murray said after the game. Little blame was put on Jonathan Quick tonight, though, as the Kings bemoaned their overall effort and said they simply didn’t come ready to play. Murray said he would [...]
