Hang out in the Midwest for four days, and you're likely to run the gamut in terms of weather. One day, it's clear and cool. The next day, thunderstorms. The next, cold and overcast. The next, warm and humid. Keeps things interesting, at least. It's an 8 p.m. local-time start tonight, but both teams... Read More

The St. Louis Blues have been here before. In their first-round series against San Jose, the Blues lost Game 1 at home in overtime, and it devastated them so much that all they did was win the next four games, by a combined margin of 12-5. The Kings know they haven’t accomplished anything by winning... Read More

What a strange postseason this has been for the Kings already, in terms of special teams. Through six games, the Kings are plus-3 on special teams. They have scored three power-play goals and allowed three, and have scored three shorthanded goals. So, is the glass half-empty or half-full. Penalty-ki... Read More

It was all quiet from the NHL office today, as the Kings didn’t receive word of a disciplinary hearing for Dwight King after his hit on Alex Pietrangelo in Game 1. King got a two-minute boarding penalty when Pietrangelo went face-first into the boards late in the second period. Pietrangelo didn’t pl... Read More

As noted a couple days ago, top junior prospect Tyler Toffoli and a group of 10 AHL players are set to join the Kings as a ``taxi squad.’’ Toffoli’s Ottawa 67s, along with the AHL’s Manchester Monarchs, were eliminated from their respective playoffs on Friday, which allowed the Kings to bring aboard... Read More

Some notes from last night’s game... -- The Kings recorded their first-ever playoff win over St. Louis, as the Kings beat the Blues 3-1 in Game 1 of their second-round series on Saturday night in St. Louis. -- The Kings recorded their first-ever playoff victory over St. Louis. The Blues swept ... Read More

A few hours before Game 1, St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock tried to argue that this second-round playoff series would ``shock and surprise’’ people who had been expecting a low-scoring matchup between the Kings and the Blues. Well, it’s possible Hitchcock might ultimately be correct, but Game 1 delive... Read More

The Kings are practicing at a suburban rink this morning, since Scottrade Center is being used by Van Halen today. Drew Doughty and Jonathan Quick got the day off today for maintenance. The Kings aren't expecting any supplemental discipline for Dwight King after last night's hit on Alex Pietrangelo... Read More

A Russian, an American and a Canadian skate into a playoff series... Start of a bad joke? Perhaps, but also the Kings’ formula for success, as Slava Voynov, Matt Greene and Dustin Penner scored goals last night. Some parts of the game went pretty much as anticipated. The Blues looked brilliant early... Read More

The NHL released the following interview, provided by a pool reporter, from officiating supervisor Kay Whitmore regarding Dwight King's hit on St. Louis' Alex Pietrangelo in the second period. King received a two-minute boarding penalty and the Kings scored a shorthanded goal on the ensuing Blues' p... Read More

Darryl Sutter’s postgame thoughts... (on Matt Greene’s shorthanded goal...) SUTTER: ``We talk about pressure as much as we can on the penalty kill, in certain situations. It was awesome to see Matt Greene go all the way down , 200 feet right to the blue paint and score.’’ (on whether he thoug... Read More

Dustin Penner’s postgame thoughts... (on the game...) PENNER: ``Obviously it was a tough start. They came in and took it to us pretty hard. They were over the top of us, and Quickie made a huge save on our first shift as a line. Then we killed off the ensuing power play, which was a huge turning... Read More

Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts... (on trying to limit the Blues’ scoring chances...) BROWN: ``That’s what the series is going to be like, is trying to limit the shots from the inside and make it really hard for them to get scoring opportunities. They had some good chances tonight, and again Qu... Read More