Jonathan Bernier’s postgame thoughts… (on having to face 41 shots…) BERNIER: “It’s good for me, I guess, to get back in shape. There’s no better way than that. I saw everything tonight. I saw 4-on-3, 5-on-3, shootout. I saw a lot of screens. They were good at putting the pucks on the point, to the [...]

Here’s how tonight’s game went in Kansas City between the Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins, a 3-2 shootout loss for the Kings. SHOOTOUT In goal: It’s still Bernier vs. Fleury. Kings: Johnson, save. Penguins: Malkin, GOAL. Kings: Richards, save. Penguins: Kennedy, off post. Kings: Stoll, GOAL. Penguins: Letestu, save. Kings: Brown, save. Penguins: Neal, wide. Kings: [...]

This is one of the posters that was being used in and around the Sprint Center to promote tonight’s game. The Kings’ Drew Doughty and the Penguins’ Sidney Crosby. Crosby’s recovery from concussion symptoms isn’t funny, of course, but what a poster, huh?

A reminder that to follow tonight’s game — 5 p.m. Pacific start — you can listen to 1150-AM and other radio affiliates and/or follow the action here with regular updates on the blog. It’s a long day for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who weren’t scheduled to arrive in Kansas City until 4 p.m. local time, apparently [...]

There’s been a lot of talk, video and practice, but so far the Kings’ special teams are pretty much where we left them at the end of last season. Entering tonight’s game, the Kings are 2-for-19 on the power play and 8-for-8 on the penalty kill. Of course, there’s been a lot of personnel shuffled [...]

Slava Voynov seems to be getting the longest look on defense in the absence of Drew Doughty. Voynov will get his third preseason game tonight, and Terry Murray recently said he believed Voynov to be “ahead’’ of Thomas Hickey in terms of readiness to grab an NHL spot. Tonight, Voynov is scheduled to partner with [...]

A quick note first… Marc-Andre Cliche, Rich Clune and David Meckler all cleared waivers today, so they are now eligible to officially be assigned to Manchester of the AHL. Cam Paddock went on waivers today. Here are a few shots from inside Sprint Center, tonight’s venue for the Kings-Penguins game, including a look at the [...]

A couple notes from the impressive Sprint Center… – Jonathan Bernier is scheduled to play the entire game tonight, with Jeff Zatkoff as the backup. Jonathan Quick is slotted for tomorrow’s game. – As noted yesterday, Jake Muzzin and Kevin Westgarth are not on the trip. Terry Murray also said he doesn’t expect Colin Fraser [...]

Here’s the first morning view of the (pre)season, from Kansas City. For any new blog readers among us, this is exactly what it would appear to be, simply a view out the hotel window, just to sort of give you a feel for the city. Some (Chicago, Vancouver, etc.) are better than others (Detroit…Detroit). The [...]

First, here’s the roster that the Pittsburgh Penguins are expected to send to Kansas City for tomorrow’s game against the Kings… FORWARDS 10-Mark Letestu; 11-Jordan Staal; 12-Richard Park; 14-Chris Kunitz; 18-James Neal; 25-Eric Tangradi; 27-Craig Adams; 28-Nick Johnson; 33-Steve MacIntyre; 46-Joe Vitale; 48-Tyler Kennedy; 71-Evgeni Malkin. DEFENSEMEN 2-Matt Niskanen; 5-Deryk Engelland; 6-Ben Lovejoy; 7-Paul Martin; [...]

Here’s what Terry Murray said today about the status of Kevin Westgarth and Jake Muzzin. Westgarth left last night’s game after his fight with Anaheim’s Brian McGrattan — he took a big punch — while Muzzin has been out of action since he went face-first into the glass after hit from behind by Phoenix’s Mikkel [...]

The Kings entered training camp with the idea that Scott Parse would hold down the third-line right-wing spot and play alongside Kyle Clifford and Jarret Stoll. Now, less than 10 days into camp, Terry Murray has expressed continued displeasure with Parse’s play. Could that spot be up for grabs? Could a player such as Brad [...]

The Kings announced an official set of roster cuts, with goalie J.F. Berube and forwards Robert Czarnik, Justin Johnson and Rob Mignardi assigned to Manchester, defensemen Michal Cajkovksy, Colin Miller and Alex Roach assigned to their respective junior teams and defenseman Shaun Heshka released from his pro-tryout agreement. Also, forwards Marc-Andre Clich, Rich Clune and [...]

Neither Kevin Westgarth nor Jake Muzzin will make the two-game preseason trip, as both will stay back to continue to be evaluated after their respective big hits. Terry Murray spoke further about his displeasure with Scott Parse’s play and said there would be competition for that third-line right-wing spot. The Kings will soon announce that [...]

Still waiting for some post-practice information — there’s a team meeting at the moment — but here’s how the Kings are scheduled to line up against Pittsburgh tomorrow, with some unconventional lines/pairs… Penner-Richards-Hunter King-Stoll-Brown Nolan-Loktionov-Williams Clifford-Lewis-Moreau Scuderi-Johnson Martinez-Greene Drewiske-Voynov Bernier Quick

Here’s the list, numerically, of the Kings on the ice this morning. It doesn’t include Kevin Westgarth (status update to come after practice) or Jake Muzzin, whose absence might be tied to the “sore neck” that was reported by Terry Murray the other day. More notable no-shows today include Marc-Andre Cliche and Rich Clune. On [...]

Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings lost for the second time in three exhibition games as they fell to the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Sunday night at Staples Center. – Andrei Loktionov scored the Kings’ only goal, with an assist to Jarret Stoll. It was the first point of the preseason for [...]

Here’s how old friend Eric Stephens of The Orange County Register covered last night’s game, followed by a couple quotes from the Ducks’ locker room… Exhibition: Ducks 3, Kings 1 COACH RANDY CARLYLE (on the game…) “I like the effort and the tenacity that we showed tonight. It was a huge upgrade on where we’ve [...]

Here’s my LAKings.com recap of tonight’s game. Thanks for reading… Kings lose to Ducks 3-1 In a change, the Kings are now scheduled for a single practice session at 10:30 a.m. at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, followed by a late-afternoon flight to Kansas City.

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts… (on the Ducks’ play, and the game…)
 MURRAY: “They worked hard. I think, on our side of it, it showed that all the new players were in the lineup and we’re trying to get some of that team chemistry put together. We looked out of sorts for the first half of [...]