Don’t look now, but the Kings have one of the top five power plays in the NHL right now. Entering tonight’s games, the Kings are tied for fourth with a 26.1-percent success rate on the power play (Colorado leads at 29.2 percent). It’s still very early, and it’s worth noting that two of the Kings’ [...]

Simon Gagne was kept off the score sheet last night, and had his four-game point streak snapped, but so far, Gagne has justified the two-year, $7-million contract he signed with the Kings in July. Gagne is a two-time 40-goal scorer who has missed at least 19 games due to injuries in three of the past [...]

Mike Richards has yet to have a real “highlight’’ moment with the Kings, but the number of small, intelligent plays he makes is astoundingly high. Richards has essentially single-handedly boosted the Kings’ power play, as he has the first assist on four power-play goals this season — including Dustin Brown’s goal last night — and [...]

Terry Murray laughed deeply when the subject of tomorrow night’s goalie came up. “Go ahead, take a guess,’’ he said. Jonathan Quick, perhaps? Quick is coming off back-to-back shutouts, and the Kings have two days between games after they face Dallas tomorrow, so the answer was obvious. During training camp, Murray said he wouldn’t keep [...]

I stuck around after practice and talked to Drew Doughty, who skated and did some drills with assistant coach John Stevens for approximately 30 minutes today as part of his recovery from the big shoulder check he received from Philadelphia’s Zac Rinaldo last Saturday. Doughty is on injured reserve and can return on Tuesday at [...]

Drew Doughty came onto the ice at the end of practice and is now going through conditioning skating and some light passing drills under the instruction of assistant coach John Stevens. Terry Murray said Doughty also skated yesterday but Murray said he hadn’t received an update on Doughty’s condition from the training staff. Doughty is [...]

No surprises or changes based on the way the Kings are skating in practice today. Drew Doughty is not on the ice, but that’s not a big surprise given that Doughty can’t play until Tuesday at the earliest and isn’t yet in the 7-to-10 day timeframe for his return. Hopefully there will be an update [...]

It was not exactly what one would call a probable goal. Matt Greene (40 assists in 384 previous games) passed to Kevin Westgarth (three assists in 67 games), who passed to Kyle Clifford (seven goals in 81 games). Clifford shot and scored for a big fourth-line goal that gave the Kings a 2-0 lead. “That’s [...]

Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings recorded their second consecutive shutout as they beat the Phoenix Coyotes 2-0 on Thursday night. – It was the first set of back-to-back shutouts for the Kings since April 1-3, 2006, by goalie Mathieu Garon. – Jonathan Quick stopped 28 shots to win his 100th career [...]

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Here’s my LAKings.com game recap for tonight, with stats, video and pictures included. Thanks for reading… Kings 2, Coyotes 0 The Kings are scheduled to practice tomorrow at noon at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo.

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts… (on being able to roll four lines…) MURRAY: “The contribution was huge tonight from the fourth line. Right from the first period, their first shifts, they had the energy and the awareness to support each other, getting pucks in, and had good energy stuff going on in the offensive zone. Westie [...]

Kyle Clifford’s postgame thoughts… (on his goal…) CLIFFORD: “It was just a heads-up play by Westie. We practice that in practice a lot. We just read off each other. It was a great drive by Lewie there, and Westie made a heads-up play on the far side there.’’

Kevin Westgarth’s postgame thoughts… (on being able to make an impact in tonight’s game…) WESTGARTH: “It was good to lay a nice hit and make their guy come after me and get a good tilt in there. It was pretty good to get the season underway that way too. I felt a lot better. I [...]

Rob Scuderi’s postgame thoughts… (on the strong defensive and goalie efforts…) SCUDERI: “If there could be a textbook way for us to play the game, it’s going to be like the last couple games for us. (Quick) has made the real big stops when we’ve needed them, but for the most part I think we’ve [...]

Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on recording a second consecutive shutout…) QUICK: “We’ve been playing some good hockey, the last few games here. I think it comes from a little bit of team chemistry building. We did the big three-week road trip, and the guys are feeling good. Everybody is loose, everybody is playing well. We [...]

It’s warm outside but cool inside as the Kings prepare to take on the Phoenix Coyotes, with the game action on Fox Sports West and 1150-AM and affiliates. Keep it here for all the game updates as well… THIRD PERIOD In goal: It’s still Quick vs. Smith. End of game: Quick made 28 saves for [...]

Tonight is the first of six meetings this season between the Kings and Phoenix Coyotes. Shane Doan is sitting on 299 career NHL goals. Of those, 28 have come against the Kings. What are the chances that he nets No. 300 tonight? The Coyotes are expected to go with goalie Mike Smith, who allowed six [...]

The on-again, off-again run continues for Trent Hunter. Hunter played the season opener, sat the second game, played the third game, sat the fourth game and played the fifth game. Now he’s out again, as a healthy scratch, as the Kings turn to Kevin Westgarth on the fourth line, no doubt with one eye cast [...]

Jobing.com Arena hasn’t been the most hospitable place for the Kings. The Kings had a 3-3-0 record against the Phoenix Coyotes last season, but dating back to the previous season, the Kings have lost three of their last four games in Arizona. The Coyotes are expected to start goalie Mike Smith, who has fared well [...]