The Kings are trying something new tonight: a home game on North American soil. It’s the Staples Center opener, with the action on Fox Sports West and 1150-AM and affiliates. Check back here for all the game updates as well… THIRD PERIOD In goal: It’s still Quick against Halak. Kings 4, Blues 0: The Kings [...]

The St. Louis Blues finished 11th in the Western Conference last season and ninth the previous season, but they have given the Kings fits in that span. The Kings are 0-6-1 against the Blues in their last seven meetings, and the Kings haven’t defeated the Blues at Staples Center since Dec. 11, 2008. The Blues [...]

The Kings started the season with Kyle Clifford on the third line and Ethan Moreau on the fourth line, but over the past week, there’s been a flip. That’s attributable to the play of both players. Moreau has been solid, particularly in the defensive end and on the penalty kill, while Clifford has struggled to [...]

Alec Martinez’s forced sabbatical is over. Martinez was made a healthy scratch for Saturday’s game at Philadelphia after coach Terry Murray expressed some displeasure with Martinez’s defensive-zone play. Martinez will be back on the ice tonight, though, in his normal blue-line spot opposite Matt Greene, and Martinez might take on extra importance now. With Drew [...]

The big day has arrived for defenseman Slava Voynov, who will make his NHL debut tonight. Voynov, a second-round draft pick in 2008, dealt with injuries early in his pro career but was an AHL All-Star last season and earned strong reviews last month for his efforts in training camp and preseason games. With Drew [...]

After today’s brief morning skate, Dustin Penner efficiently worked in the dressing room to get all his gear together, a sure sign that he would be able to play in tonight’s Staples Center opener. That had been in doubt yesterday, when Penner left practice early and went to a doctor to have his knee examined, [...]

It’s a bit tough to know exactly what to make of the Kings’ power-play numbers right now. They’re 4-for-16 this season, and that 25-percent success rate puts them sixth in the NHL. Then again, two of those goals have come in the unconventional 4-on-3 variety. (Is it strange that the Kings have so often failed [...]

Dustin Penner made it through today’s morning skate without issue and is expected to play tonight against St. Louis. Penner indicated that there are inflammation issues with his knee but that a doctor’s evaluation revealed nothing more serious. As expected, Slava Voynov will make his NHL debut tonight and Terry Murray said Voynov will get [...]

Dustin Penner is on the ice for the start of today’s morning skate, which would indicate that he at least has a chance of playing tonight against St. Louis. More updates to come after the skate…

A couple notes on tonight’s Staples Center home opener. First, a reminder that the Kings’ wives will be selling silicone bracelets outside section 103, for $10, to benefit the families of the Lokomotiv KHL team that perished in a plane crash. The bracelets, which feature Kings logos and the phrase “Love for Lokomotiv,’’ will be [...]

A quick note about tomorrow’s home opener. In order to support the families of the KHL team Lokomotiv that perished in a plane accident last month, the Kings’ wives will selling silicone red bracelets during all home games in October. The bracelets, which will be sold at the KingsCare booth outside section 103, cost $10, [...]

The St. Louis Blues were certainly not the kindest of opponents to the Kings last season. The Kings went 0-4 against the Blues, were outscored by a total margin of 15-6 and scored more than one goal in only one of the four games. The Blues are off to an up-and-down start, as they’ve gone [...]

Drew Doughty is out of the Kings’ lineup, and if this all seems a little familiar, it should. Last season, Doughty suffered a concussion during the fifth game of the season and was sidelined for two weeks. This season, Doughty got hurt in the fourth game of the season and is expected to miss 7-10 [...]

When the Kings assigned Slava Voynov to Manchester, two days before the start of the regular season, they did so with praise for the rookie defenseman, noting how well he had performed in the preseason. For logistical reasons, Voynov stayed with the team until it got back to North America, and as it turns out, [...]

Before Saturday’s game even ended, general manager Dean Lombardi said that Drew Doughty would be out 7-10 days because of the undisclosed upper-body injury he suffered in the first period against Philadelphia. The Kings put Doughty on injured reserve Sunday, meaning that the earliest he would be able to return would be the Oct. 25 [...]

Here’s how the Dustin Penner situation has played out. In Philadelphia, Penner played approximately five minutes, and after the game Terry Murray said Penner had suffered a “contusion” but was fine. Today, Penner came out for practice but left 20 minutes into the 60-minute session. Below, Murray gives an update. How much reading between the [...]

A few things from practice… – Terry Murray said Dustin Penner is still feeling the effects of the “contusion” — now called a knee contusion — that he suffered in Saturday’s fight. Penner’s status for tomorrow’s game is still to be determined. – Murray said the original timetable for Drew Doughty’s return — 7 to [...]

Dustin Penner left the ice after 20 minutes of practice. Update to come on that after the skate, hopefully. A trainer brought out a gray jersey for Scott Parse, who will apparently take Penner’s place in drills.

Slava Voynov made it to L.A. and is on the ice for this morning’s practice. With seven defenseman, the Kings are rotating in drills a bit, but for the most part this seems to be how they’re skating… Gagne-Kopitar-Williams Penner-Richards-Brown Richardson-Stoll-Moreau Clifford-Lewis-Hunter Parse-Fraser-Westgarth Scuderi-Johnson Mitchell-Voynov Martinez-Greene Drewiske Quick/Bernier

You might remember that, last week, I solicited some questions for Danny Zollars, the Kings’ new director of game presentation and events at Staples Center. You, collectively, came up with some very good questions/issues, and since it’s impossible to ask 200-plus questions, I tried to narrow them down to the most popular themes (after eliminating [...]