Jonathan Quick made 33 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, and the 13th of his career, as the Kings won consecutive games for the first time this month. More from the locker room to come…
Archive of entries posted on January 2011
Kings 2, Bruins 0
After the scoreless second period, the Kings killed a penalty early in the third then took a 2-0 lead at the 3:30 mark. Anze Kopitar picked off a pass at the defensive blue line, then skated the puck deep into the Boston zone. Kopitar passed to Brown, who shot from the right circle. Thomas made [...]
End of second: Kings 1-0
The Kings outshot the Bruins 12-9 in the second period, and killed two penalties, but a word of warning about Boston. The Bruins have a 5-9-4 record when trailing after the second period this season, and have outscored opponents by a combined total of 61-29 in the third period this season.
End of first: Kings 1-0
The Kings outshot the Bruins 13-11 and got the lone goal in an entertaining period. The Kings had the period’s only two power plays and went 1-for-2.
Kings 1, Bruins 0
The Kings got on the scoreboard first with a power-play goal, as they broke an 0-for-22 power-play skid. Ryan Smyth did a good job of keeping the puck in the Boston zone, then got rewarded a few seconds later. Jarret Stoll took a shot from just above the left circle and Smyth, parked at the [...]
Scouting the Bruins
There’s nothing terribly new about the Boston Bruins. They’re getting good goaltending and they’re playing well on the road. The Bruins are 15-5-4 on the road this season, those 34 points representing the second-most most in the NHL this season (Philadelphia is 17-5-3). Boston is 6-0-3 in its last nine road games. Goalie Tim Thomas [...]
To skate, or not to skate? That is the `option’
The Kings have reached the point in the season in which morning skates will start to become optional. It’s the same strategy Terry Murray employed last season, and the same strategy employed by most coaches around the league, at varying times. There’s a balance between keeping players sharp, through on-ice work, and making sure they’re [...]
Standing pat with power-play personnel
Once again, tonight, the Kings will look to break out of their power-play funk. They’re 0-for-22 with the man advantage in their last seven games and have fallen to 19th in the NHL in power-play efficiency, after climbing to a high of 12th just more than two weeks ago. Jack Johnson leads the Kings in [...]
The best offense includes some good defense(men)
The Kings broke out of their scoring drought with four goals Saturday, in large part because of contributions from the blue line. Of the four goals and six assists the Kings totaled, four of the 10 points went to defensemen, including goals by Drew Doughty and Alec Martinez. That was highest total for defense scoring [...]
The drive for 95?
It’s not too early to start looking at how many points it might take to make the playoffs in the Western Conference. Last season, it took 91. That’s measured by taking the point total of the ninth-place team, and adding one point. In 2008-09, it took 90 points. In 2007-08, it took 89. In 2006-07, [...]
Offensive game coming around for Doughty?
Perhaps the number zero next to Drew Doughty’s name was a bit of a wake-up call? In the Kings’ game last Tuesday at St. Louis, they lost 3-1 and recorded 25 shots on goal, but Doughty didn’t have any. In the next game, Doughty scored a goal, and on Saturday against Phoenix, he had another [...]
Monday skate update; Scuderi in
Rob Scuderi will play tonight, Terry Murray said today. Scuderi did not practice yesterday and did not participate in this morning’s optional skate, but Murray said Scuderi was on the ice this morning and gave him a “thumbs up.” The Kings aren’t expected to make any lineup/line changes tonight. More notes and quotes to come…
First look at the Bruins
Tonight marks the second and final meeting of the season between the Kings and Boston Bruins. In the first game — and stop me if you’ve heard this one before — the Kings took a 3-0 lead, then allowed three consecutive games and won 4-3. That was in a shootout, on Nov. 20 in Boston. [...]
Sunday practice update
Rob Scuderi was off the ice for a “maintenance day” at practice today, Terry Murray said. At one point last night, Scuderi was slow getting back to the bench, seemingly in some discomfort, but didn’t miss a shift, so it’s hard to imagine that he wouldn’t play tomorrow against Boston. Jonathan Quick will start in [...]
Postgame notes (Jan. 22)
Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings beat the Phoenix Coyotes for the first time this season, in four tries, with a 4-3 victory on Saturday night at Jobing.com Arena. – The Kings led 3-0 after less than 14 minutes in the first period and outshot the Coyotes 10-0 in the first eight-plus [...]
The view from Phoenix
The Kings and Phoenix Coyotes split their two-game, home-and-home series, with the Coyotes winning Thursday and the Kings winning Saturday. The teams won’t meet again until March 3 at Staples Center. Here’s how last night’s Kings-Coyotes game was presented in the Arizona Republic, followed by some additional postgame quotes from the Coyotes’ locker room… Los [...]
Tonight’s game story (Jan. 22)
Here’s my LAKings.com game story for tonight, with stats and video included. Thanks for reading… Kings beat Coyotes 4-3 The Kings are scheduled to practice tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo.
Murray postgame quotes
Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts… (on the game-winning goal…) MURRAY: “It was a special kind of shift. That’s a shift you would pull off (video) and show your team and encourage them to follow that template. It was a 35-, 40-second shift, cycling, moving their feet, finding people, and then a great effort at the end, [...]
Quick postgame quotes
Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on being able to enjoy a win…) QUICK: “I feel like we’ve had a few games here, over the past four or five, where we were right there and we deserved to win games, and it just kind of didn’t work out for whatever reason. Tonight, we battled hard. We came [...]
