The Kings will announce a couple roster moves soon, with Drew Doughty going on injured reserve and defenseman Slava Voynov being called up from Manchester of the AHL. [update: It's now official.] Even if Doughty, with his “upper-body” injury, is out for the minimum of the 7-10 days he is estimated to be out, he [...]

Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings ended their two-week road trip with a win, as they beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in overtime on Saturday night. – The Kings now have five points in four games (2-1-1), and at least one point in three of their four games but have yet to [...]

Here were Wayne Simmonds’ thoughts about facing the Kings last night. Simmonds didn’t get on the score sheet but did make his presence felt, jawing and getting involved in a little post-whistle jostling a couple times. Some of it appeared to be good-natured, but some of it didn’t… Q: I notice you talked to Drew [...]

Here’s some lengthy postgame reaction from the Flyers’ locker room… CHRIS PRONGER Q: Is it tough, Chris, to get any kind of flow going in the game when there seems to be so many penalties right from the beginning? PRONGER: “Yeah you’re not really in any flow, it is just a lot of stop and [...]

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts from last night… (on whether he had an issue with Rinaldo’s hit on Doughty…) MURRAY: “No.’’ (on Dustin Penner’s status…) 
MURRAY: “Yeah, Penner is OK. When he went down there, after the fight, he had a little bit of a contusion, just from falling, but yeah, he’s OK. He came out [...]

Here’s my LAKings.com recap for tonight, with stats, video and pictures included. Thanks for reading… Kings 3, Flyers 2 (OT) Sunday is an off day for the Kings but I’ll have further quotes, notes and post-trip stuff throughout the day.

Justin Williams’ postgame thoughts… (on reaching the end of the road trip…) WILLIAMS: “We’re looking forward to getting back and seeing our families, maybe staying in our time zone for a few days and getting some rest.’’ (on the importance of ending the trip with a win…) WILLIAMS: “Absolutely. We wanted to win this for [...]

Mike Richards’ postgame thoughts… (on his return to Philadelphia…) RICHARDS: “It was easy once we touched the ice, I think. Getting through warmups and getting ready for the game, I was maybe a little nervous or something, but it is what it is. I got on the ice and you feel comfortable after that. You [...]

Some quick Jack Johnson quotes before the flight… (on the overtime goal…) JOHNSON: “Mike (Richards) made the play. He kept it in on the blue and, as soon as he started kind of walking to the middle, I had a feeling he was kind of looking for the pass. He wound up and made a [...]

Terry Murray had nothing new to add on the status of Drew Doughty, who was not made available for comment after the game. Dustin Penner’s minutes were limited throughout the game, and Murray said Penner sustained a “contusion” during his first-period fight but was OK. Flight back to Los Angeles leaves very soon, so postgame [...]

The road trip concludes tonight with the game at Wells Fargo Center. Bob Miller and Jim Fox have the call on Fox Sports West, while Nick Nickson and Daryl Evans are on 1150-AM and affiliates. All the game updates can be found here as well… NOTE: Drew Doughty took only two shifts in the first [...]

Philadelphia is off to a flying 3-0 start. The Flyers were nearly impenetrable in 2-1 and 3-0 season-opening victories over Boston and New Jersey, respectively, then held off Vancouver 5-4 on Wednesday. Claude Giroux has three goals and two assists in three games, heading into the only meeting of the season between the Kings and [...]

As noted throughout yesterday, tonight will essentially be “Mike Richards Night’’ at Wells Fargo Center. It’s unknown whether the Flyers will do any kind of tribute/recognition for Richards, but he’s expected to receive a nice ovation from the fans and has already been the focus of significant media attention over the last few days. That [...]

The end, finally, as arrived. In less than three weeks, the Kings have gone from Kansas City to Denver to home (briefly) to Anaheim to Las Vegas to Hamburg to Stockholm to Berlin to Annapolis to Newark to Philadelphia. I counted, and over an 18-night span I slept in 11 different places, if you include [...]

As hinted at yesterday, the Kings will make two lineup changes tonight. At wing, Kevin Westgarth replaces Trent Hunter, likely giving the Kings the same look they had against Buffalo. On defense, Davis Drewiske replaces Alec Martinez.

The Spectrum is no more. The old arena where Terry Murray and Ron Hextall spent their memorable years in Philadelphia has now been completely demolished, replaced by a parking lot. The last time the Kings came to town, the skeleton of the building was still standing, but it was taken down in the spring. I [...]

One more Mike Richards item for the day, and a light-hearted one… In any hockey locker room, the assigning of nicknames is a highly important issue. Almost always, it’s some form of the player’s last name with an “o,’’ “er’’ or “ie’’ attached to the end. What to do, then, when Mike Richards arrived? The [...]

Heading into tonight’s games, the Kings lead the league in the fewest penalty minutes per game, with an average of 7.0. Last season, the Kings were right in the middle, at No. 15, with an average of 11.7 minutes. Of course, that’s a stat that will probably balance itself out over the course of the [...]

In past situations, Terry Murray has talked about the need for players to manage themselves in games that potentially have a lot of emotion. For instance, when the Kings play in Toronto, Murray talks about the need for Ontario-born players to not try to “put on a show” in front of friends and family. Along [...]

Before the Philadelphia media swarmed Mike Richards this afternoon, they formed a semi-circle around Simon Gagne, who played 10 seasons for the Flyers before being traded to Tampa Bay in the summer of 2010. Gagne already had his Philadelphia reunion when the Lightning faced the Flyers last season, so most of the questions for Gagne [...]