Several abbreviated thoughts on the San Jose Sharks’ 2-1 overtime win over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 3 of their Western Conference Semifinal series: -There were two late penalty calls that went against the Kings. You are aware of these calls. The first call, a hooking minor assessed on Robyn Regehr, occurred when the [...]
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Waking up with the Kings: May 17
-When a team wins 12 consecutive late regular season and playoff games at home, there are going to be episodes of the dramatic, and on Thursday night at Staples Center, 10 days after Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams’ third period go-ahead goals in Game 4 of the first round and six days after Dustin Penner’s [...]
Waking up with the Kings: May 15
-Jonathan Quick maintained his extraordinarily high level of play as the Los Angeles Kings built up a two-goal lead for the first time in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs and held on for a 2-0 win over the San Jose Sharks in a game that didn’t resemble much of what Kings fans witnessed in the [...]
Waking up with the Kings: May 11
-What other Los Angeles Kings home memory compares with Dustin Penner’s second period goal with 0.2 seconds remaining? There are obviously high points that capped off improbable comebacks – Daryl Evans’ overtime winner in the Miracle on Manchester, Bryan Smolinski’s game-tying goal and Eric Belanger’s game-winning goal in the Frenzy on Figueroa – but when [...]
Waking up with the Kings: May 9
-The Los Angeles Kings will bring a three-games-to-two series lead over the St. Louis Blues back to Staples Center, where they’ve won nine in a row since a 1-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on March 23. It’s a stat isn’t as important as it sounds, considering the tight nature of a series in which [...]
Waking up with the Kings: May 7
-Dustin Brown spoke on Monday morning about Darryl Sutter being excellent at “getting that emotional level where it needs to be for individuals and the group,” a characteristic relied upon by the Los Angeles Kings in a resilient 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 4. Sutter isn’t one for the “sexy rah-rah” [...]
Waking up with the Kings: May 5
-After a strong 20 minutes, the Los Angeles Kings weathered the run of play that was decidedly against them for the final two periods and relied on a goal – at even strength! Off a shot by a defenseman! – by Slava Voynov and more tremendous work in net by Jonathan Quick to earn a [...]
Waking up with the Kings: May 3
-The Los Angeles Kings are getting a thorough check of their mental fortitude in this best-of-seven series against the St. Louis Blues. The check comes specifically from the manner in which the first two games concluded following an overtime loss and St. Louis’ comeback in a game in which they were being outplayed for the [...]
Waking up with the Kings: May 1
-The Los Angeles Kings almost snuck away with one last night before the Hockey Gods rewarded the St. Louis Blues with a just and deserved 2-1 overtime victory in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. In a more acute analysis of the conclusion, Alex Steen used one of his many hustle plays to force [...]
