No photos of the crowd tonight. There are now several newly posted signs declaring that there is no photography in the Jobing.com Arena press box. Oops. Fortunately, television and radio are allowed, so you can follow all the action tonight on Fox Sports West and 1150-AM and affiliates, with all the game action updated here [...]

It’s only been nine days since the Kings last played in Phoenix, but the Coyotes have been busy. They traded forward Petteri Nokelainen to Montreal, acquired forward Cal O’Reilly for a draft pick and claimed Brett MacLean off waivers. O’Reilly has a groin injury and isn’t expected to play, while MacLean seems headed to the [...]

As expected, Jonathan Quick will get the start in goal tonight against Phoenix. As for tomorrow’s game against Colorado, Terry Murray initially indicated that he hadn’t made a decision on his starting goalie. Today, Murray gave a little more insight, as he noted that his inclination is to start Quick, and not Jonathan Bernier, against [...]

The Kings made it official today when they activated Drew Doughty from the injured-reserve list and assigned Slava Voynov to Manchester of the AHL. Doughty returns after a five-game absence, and today I asked Terry Murray whether he was confident that Doughty would be able to play a full complement of minutes in all situations. [...]

Stick around long enough and you’re bound to hear everything. Reporters used to joke that in the land of “upper body’’ and “lower body’’ injuries, eventually a coach would mention a “middle-body’’ injury. Well, Terry Murray did today, in describing what is keeping Simon Gagne out of the lineup tonight. Given that the Kings play [...]

The Kings and Phoenix Coyotes are certainly well-acquainted. Tonight’s game will be the teams’ fourth meeting in 39 days, if you include the two split-squad preseason games. The Coyotes, expected to be in a tough fight in the Pacific Division, are off to a solid 4-3-2 start and are 2-0-1 in their last three. The [...]

Simon Gagne’s day off the ice yesterday, it turns out, was more than a “maintenance day.” Gagne won’t play tonight, because of an injury that Terry Murray did not disclose. Trent Hunter will replace Gagne, who is considered day to day, and the Kings’ forwards are expected to skate as follows… Penner-Kopitar-Williams Parse-Richards-Brown Richardson-Stoll-Hunter Clifford-Lewis-Moreau [...]

Jonathan Quick was a guest yesterday on the “NHL Live” program on the NHL Network. Here’s the interview… Jonathan Quick on “NHL Live.”

Like the looks of Glendale, Ariz.? Come on out and buy and acre or two (or 12). It’s actually a nice, clear morning, not too warm. The Kings are scheduled for a 10:30 a.m. morning skate today, because it’s a 6 p.m. game.

The Kings made two notable lineup moves before Thursday’s game at Dallas, as they reinserted Scott Parse into the lineup in a second-line role — after a six-game absence — and moved Dustin Penner to the third line. Both moves seemed to work. Parse scored his first goal of the season — although he did [...]

The good: the Kings took a two-goal lead into the third period last night. The bad: eight minutes later, it was gone. The bottom line: the Kings avoided a complete meltdown and won the game anyway. Holding a third-period lead has been a Kings trademark under Terry Murray, and it’s a sign of mental toughness [...]

Terry Murray has another goalie decision to make. Jonathan Quick gets the call for tomorrow’s game at Phoenix. As for Sunday’s game at Colorado… “Tomorrow is going to be Quick, and that’s as far as I’m going right now,’’ Murray said. “But he is in.’’ More often than not, a coach will split his goalies [...]

For a second consecutive season, it happened. Drew Doughty went down with an early-season injury, and Jack Johnson was more than willing and capable to step up and help carry the defense. Johnson arguably turned in his strongest all-around effort of the season last night in Dallas, when he played 27 minutes, 27 seconds — [...]

Drew Doughty has not yet officially been cleared for game action, but that is considered a formality and Doughty is expected to play tomorrow night against Phoenix. Doughty has made it through three days of contact practices, and barring any surprises, will be removed from injured reserve at the same time Slava Voynov is assigned [...]

Barring any late-minute setbacks, Drew Doughty is expected to be in the Kings’ lineup tomorrow night against Phoenix, and the team will announce — perhaps not until tomorrow morning — that Slava Voynov will be assigned to Manchester of the AHL. Voynov practiced with the Kings today in case Doughty had any problems, but he [...]

The Kings are on the ice in beautiful downtown Peoria, Ariz. It’s a full practice but Simon Gagne is not on the ice. Kevin Westgarth has been taking shifts in Gagne’s place, which would indicate that it’s probably just a “maintenance day” for Gagne, but I’m sure there will be a post-practice update. Slava Voynov [...]

Never let it be said that Matt Greene doesn’t use his head. Greene spent three years at the University of North Dakota — his mother is a journalism professor, incidentally — and Greene has made a habit of being a “heady’’ player in a less-comfortable fashion. In the first period last night, Greene stood in [...]

Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings lost a two-goal third-period lead, then scored two late goals to beat the Dallas Stars 5-3 on Thursday night at American Airlines Center. – Slava Voynov had two goals — the game-winning goal in the third period and a second-period power-play goal — and one assist. [...]

It was not, in any way, a good night to be a sports fan in the greater Dallas area last night. The Stars lost for the first time at home this season and the Texas Rangers were one out from winning the World Series — twice — but lost and must play Game 7 tonight. [...]

Here’s my LAKings.com game recap for tonight, with stats, video and pictures included. Thanks for reading… Kings 5, Stars 3 The Kings are scheduled to practice in Arizona tomorrow at noon.