Anze Kopitar’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) KOPITAR: “If you get a two-minute 5-on-4, you’ve got to capitalize on that, or just under two minutes. We had enough power-play chances tonight, and we didn’t bear down. It came back to bite us in the (butt).’’ (on the aggressive Jets…) KOPITAR: “They were skating pretty hard. [...]

For the first time in 15-plus years, it’s the Kings in Winnipeg, taking on the (new) Jets. All the action is on Fox Sports West and on 1150-AM and affiliates, with all the game updates here as well… OVERTIME In goal: It’s still Bernier vs. Mason. Jets 1, Kings 0: The Jets won the game [...]

This is the only meeting of the season between the Kings and the Winnipeg Jets. Jonathan Bernier is expected to start for the Kings. The Jets, of course, are the former Atlanta Thrashers, who moved north after last season and have been playing in front of loud, sold-out crowds at MTS Centre. After a four-game [...]

The cliche in sports goes, you’re only as good as your next game, so the Kings have to be good again in a hurry. Last night’s impressive victory over Chicago left little time to celebrate, as the Kings must face the Winnipeg Jets tonight. The Jets have been a strong-than-expected group, particularly at home, where [...]

The Kings won last night…everywhere. The team won in Chicago and, in Edmonton, the team’s co-director of amateur scouting, Mike Futa, won $84,642.50. Futa was working at the World Junior Championships game between Canada and Czech Republic and was the winner of the 50/50 raffle drawing. You can bet that some scouts will be hitting [...]

Because of last night’s late arrival, and tonight’s game, the Kings did not have a morning skate but held a team meeting at the hotel. It’s not known if Darryl Sutter will make any lineup changes tonight, although one would think there’s a strong possibility that Jonathan Bernier will start in goal. As discussed a [...]

Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings recorded a rare victory in Chicago, as they beat the Blackhawks 2-0 on Wednesday night at United Center. – The Kings had lost seven consecutive games to the Blackhawks and had been 1-9-1 in their previous 11 games against the Blackhawks. The Kings hadn’t won in [...]

By the grace of Jonathan Quick and a couple gritty, net-front goals, the Kings recorded their first victory in Chicago since 2007. Jonathan Toews was a one-man force, in the offensive zone and the faceoff circle (14-for-20) and Patrick Sharp recorded a game-high eight shots on goal, but the Blackhawks were shut out for the [...]

Yes, it was cold when we arrived last night in Winnipeg, but not nearly as cold as I thought possible. We’ll see if that holds up for the rest of the day. After the late arrival, and with a game tonight, there won’t be much time for sight-seeing anyway. Here’s how things look in Winnipeg [...]

There were a lot of smiling faces in the hallway outside the Kings’ locker room last night, as 21 players’ fathers stood, wearing Kings jerseys featuring their sons’ names and numbers, and celebrated a win. And what a win it was. The Kings went on the road and shut out the Chicago Blackhawks, the highest-scoring [...]

Darryl Sutter’s postgame thoughts… (on Jonathan Quick’s strong game…) SUTTER: “Yeah, right through. I thought both goalies were pretty much, save for save, awesome.” (on the effort of the fourth line…) SUTTER: “The first period, there was a lot of special teams, so our fourth line did a really good job. As it went on, [...]

Justin Williams’ postgame thoughts… (on Jonathan Quick’s game…) 
WILLIAMS: “He was excellent, especially the one he made on Toews, with his toe, with five or six minutes left in the game, to keep it 2-0. A two-goal cushion is huge, so getting that goal right at the start of the third was obviously big in [...]

Trent Hunter’s postgame thoughts… (on his line’s play…) 
HUNTER: “It felt good. I think we were just trying to keep it simple. We were getting pucks in and getting pucks to the net, and it worked out for us. You kind of start to build some momentum and feel more confident and better out there. [...]

Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts… (on shutting out the high-powered Blackhawks…) 
QUICK: “That took four lines, six D and a goalie. That was a big effort by everybody. I thought we were outplaying them there in the first two periods. We were getting the better of them, because of which we jumped out to a two-goal [...]

How will the Kings fare, under the watchful eyes of their fathers? It’s the Kings against the Chicago Blackhawks, with all the action on Fox Sports West and 1150-AM and affiliates, with all the game action here as well… THIRD PERIOD In goal: It’s still Quick vs. Crawford. Kings 2, Blackhawks 0: The Kings took [...]

This is the second of four meetings this season between the Kings and the Chicago Blackhawks, and follows Chicago’s 2-1 victory at Staples Center on Nov. 26. Chicago coach Joel Quenneville, who apparently doesn’t know that “this isn’t baseball,’’ announced that Corey Crawford will start in goal tonight. Crawford stopped 57 of 59 shots in [...]

One can’t exactly say the Kings have a good recent history against the Chicago Blackhawks. Not at all, actually. The Kings have lost six consecutive games to the Blackhawks and are 1-9-1 in their last 11 games against Chicago, and the one victory came in a shootout. The Kings haven’t enjoyed a regulation victory in [...]

This is the Kings’ second “fathers’ trip.’’ They held the first one two seasons ago, a one-game trip to Phoenix, but this one is longer, with stops in Chicago and Winnipeg, and was timed nicely to allow the players to spend time with family during the holiday season. Such trips have become fairly standard around [...]

The trip to Chicago is a bit of a homecoming for Sutter. As a player, he was drafted by the Blackhawks in 1978 and made his NHL debut with them during the 1979-80 season. Sutter played in Chicago through the 1986-87 season and then retired, but then returned the following year as an assistant coach. [...]

Here’s an “uh-oh’’ statistic for the Kings. Chicago’s second-line wingers, Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa, have a combined 35 goals this season. The Kings’ second-line wingers tonight, Trevor Lewis and Andrei Loktionov, have zero. The Kings moved Loktionov into the spot vacated by Simon Gagne, who isn’t on the trip. Gagne left Monday’s game after [...]