Before long, the Kings will have played six games under three head coaches. Terry Murray coached last Saturday at home before he was fired Monday. Interim coach John Stevens has handled this four-game road trip and, when the Kings get home, newly hired Darryl Sutter will be behind the bench Thursday against Anaheim. It’s been [...]

It’s always interesting to observe the mood of a team the day after a bad loss, and losses don’t get much worse than the 8-2 mauling the Kings took in Detroit last night. The Kings were on the ice at 1 p.m. local time today, and things were quiet at the start, but coaches kept [...]

Willie Mitchell has missed five of the past six games with a groin injury, but barring any last-minute setbacks, it appears as though Mitchell will return tomorrow against Toronto. Based on practice today, it would seem that Mitchell will replace Alec Martinez, with Slava Voynov as the other spare defenseman. Asked about Mitchell’s ability to [...]

Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings allowed a season-high eight goals as they lost to the Detroit Red Wings 8-2 on Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena. – The Kings had not previously allowed more than four goals this season, and they are 0-5-0 this season when they allow more than three [...]

After practice, Willie Mitchell declared himself ready to play, and will likely return in a pairing with Jack Johnson. Mike Richards wore a red no-contact jersey later in practice, but John Stevens praised Richards’ conditioning and said he is showing improvement, although there’s still no timetable on Richards’ return. Jonathan Quick will start in goal [...]

The Kings are on the ice, with the 22 skaters split evenly in white and black jerseys, more of a scrimmage-type look, and so far that’s what the drills suggest as well. Mike Richards is once again skating, and he’s actually involved in high-tempo drills and taking shifts with a set of wingers. The Kings [...]

The Kings had won three consecutive games at Joe Louis Arena and were looking for their first four-game winning streak in Detroit since 1991-93. Well, it was a nice thought, anyway. The Red Wings have scored 10 goals on the Kings in two games this season, and the teams meet twice more this season. Here’s [...]

The Kings didn’t score, they didn’t defend well and, for long stretches of the game, they weren’t even moving their feet well enough to keep up with the Detroit Red Wings. Not surprisingly, that led to a blowout loss. The Kings had not allowed eight goals in a game since the Marc Crawford coaching era. [...]

John Stevens’ postgame thoughts… (on the game…) STEVENS: “Well, we got down 3-0 very quickly, which is never a good thing if you’re playing anyone, but it’s really a bad thing when you’re playing Detroit. Then I actually thought we kind of got our feet under us and got into the game, made it 3-1. [...]

Rob Scuderi’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…) SCUDERI: “I don’t know how many times we shot ourselves in the foot. I can think of at least three turnovers in the neutral zone that ended up in goals. Turnovers, goalie-to-D exchange. I’m not saying they didn’t do their part to earn the goals, but sometimes there [...]

Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts… (on the game…)
 BROWN: “We got our (butts) kicked, plain and simple. We made mistakes, and that’s a good team. They’re going to do that every time if we’re going to give the puck away and not make plays in our own zone. We just got our (butts) kicked, and there’s [...]

It’s been a cold, snowy day in Detroit. Can the Kings and Red Wings heat things up on the ice? All the action will be on Fox Sports West and on 1150-AM and affiliates, with all the game updates here as well… THIRD PERIOD In goal: It’s still Bernier against Howard. Red Wings 7, Kings [...]

This is the second of four meetings this season between the Kings and the Detroit Red Wings, following Detroit’s 4-1 victory on Nov. 19 at Staples Center. Special teams were big in that one, as the Kings went 0-for-5 on the power play and the Red Wings went 2-for-5. As always, the trip to Detroit [...]

Mike Babcock knows Drew Doughty well. Babcock, the Detroit Red Wings coach, gave Doughty huge minutes and responsibilities during the 2010 Winter Olympics, when Babcock coached Doughty and the rest of the Canadian team to a gold medal. Today, Babcock was asked about Doughty’s relative lack of production this season — two goals and seven [...]

To follow up on the previous post, Darryl Sutter’s multi-year contract has been signed, and he will be publicly introduced as the Kings’ new coach on Tuesday or Wednesday, a source close to the situation has confirmed. As noted before, immigration issues prevent Sutter from immediately joining the team, but he will take over when [...]

Andrei Loktionov has been a lineup regular since the Kings called him up from the AHL in mid-November, but tonight he will be a healthy scratch for the first time this season. Trent Hunter rejoins the lineup as the third-line right winger and Trevor Lewis slides over to center. It’s been a bit of a [...]

And now, your daily moment of Darryl Sutter zen. There’s really no change and no surprise. Sutter’s deal to become the next Kings coach is essentially in place, and it will be a multi-year contract to be announced in the coming days. Per franchise policy, no coach can have a contract longer than the general [...]

Today’s post-practice skating club included scratched players Andrei Loktionov and Slava Voynov, plus injured players Willie Mitchell and Mike Richards. Afterward, Mitchell, who is out with a groin injury, said he expects to play Monday in Toronto. For Richards, it was the most he had been pushed since taking a blow to the head in [...]

The Kings will make a lineup change tonight, with Trent Hunter replacing Andrei Loktionov. That will mean a third line of center Trevor Lewis with Brad Richardson and Hunter. Mike Richards had a lengthy skate this morning in a red no-contact jersey. Still waiting for an update on his status. Rob Scuderi is here, but [...]

The great cities of the world…there’s New York, Paris, London, Rome, Barcelona…a couple hundred thousand more…maybe a few dozen others…and there’s Detroit. Great people, outstanding Greektown dinner last night, but, well…