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Waking up with the Kings: October 18

Jon RosenOctober 18, 20190 Comments

Not quite adding up. Thursday’s Kings-Sabres game, deemed by shot and chance-based metrics to be a level of L.A. domination equivalent to a Cowboys-Bills Super Bowl, wasn’t a model of the combined fruits being greater than their individual labors. There were, again, encouraging signs in structure, a... Full Story

Kopitar/Krueger; Kovalchuk/Amadio; The Process/Get Points; Staples Center/L.A. History

Jon RosenOctober 17, 20190 Comments

Advanced StatsMorning Skate NotesStaples CenterVideo10 min read

A fine Wednesday evening to you, Insiders. Assorted notes and one non-sequitur in advance of tonight's game against Buffalo (7:30 p.m. / FOX Sports West / FOX Sports GO / LA Kings Audio Network): -- No line rushes today. We’re assuming Tuesday’s lines will hold. As shared, Tobias Bjornfot, Carl G... Full Story

October 16: Scoring chance rates; power play attention; Carter more comfortable?

Jon RosenOctober 16, 20190 Comments

Advanced StatsPractice notes8 min read

Notes time, Insiders. The best kind of notes. Wednesday notes. The Kings skated at 11:00 a.m. on the TSPC ice, but before Todd McLellan’s whistle sounded the start of practice, the second power play unit got some work in. Alec Martinez, Tyler Toffoli, Ilya Kovalchuk, Michael Amadio and Jeff Carte... Full Story

Chris Hajt returns to Ontario as assistant coach

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comJune 25, 20190 Comments

CoachingOntario Reign2 min read

The Reign announced earlier today that Chris Hajt has returned to the organization as an assistant coach. Hajt was an assistant under Mike Stothers from 2014-17, first with a season in Manchester, followed by two in Ontario. Hajt helped lead the Monarchs to a Calder Cup in 2015, as well as back-to-b... Full Story

December 11 Rapid Reaction (feat. Joe Yerdon): Sabres 4, Kings 3 (OT)

Jon RosenDecember 11, 20180 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame videoRapid Reaction7 min read

Rapid Reaction, feat. Joe Yerdon of The Athletic Post-game Quotes Willie Desjardins, on if he was impressed with the team’s effort: We had a pretty good effort for a number of games lately. I think we didn’t have as good a first period, but I thought we had a great second period. The ... Full Story

Doughty (upper-body), Phaneuf (upper-body) leave Kings OT loss in Buffalo

Jon RosenDecember 11, 20180 Comments

InjuriesVideo2 min read

The LA Kings' defensive group took a significant blow in a 4-3 overtime loss at Buffalo Tuesday as Drew Doughty suffered an upper-body and did not return for the second period, while Dion Phaneuf left the game after an awkward collision near the boards with the Sabres' Evan Rodrigues and did not ret... Full Story

Game 32: Los Angeles at Buffalo

Jon RosenDecember 11, 20180 Comments

Game Threads1 min read

Buffalo Sabres 4, Los Angeles Kings 3 Final -- Overtime Preview Box Score Ice Tracker Fox Sports Live Stream SOG: LAK – 29; BUF – 47 PP: LAK – 0/4; BUF – 2/8 First Period LAK - Jake Muzzin (2) (Anze Kopitar, Alex Iafallo); 6:11 BUF - Zemgus Girgensons (3) (unassisted); 13:26... Full Story

Waking up with the Kings: October 21

Jon RosenOctober 21, 20180 Comments

Game story3 min read

Why add anything when this piece by Helene pretty much nails it down to the punctuation? Recounting Saturday’s game isn’t too important at a micro level; again, it’s not hard to start thinking in broader themes. For a team that takes so much pride in preparation, approach and execution, how do inves... Full Story

October 20 Rapid Reaction (feat. Helene Elliott): Sabres 5, Kings 1

Jon RosenOctober 20, 20180 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame videoRapid Reaction9 min read

Rapid Reaction, feat. Helene Elliott Post-game Quotes John Stevens, on what will have to happen to turn the season around: I’ll be honest, I don’t have an answer at this second. I thought after the way we played the other night we’d have come and ripped the doors of the hinges tonight. W... Full Story

Game 8: Los Angeles vs Buffalo

Jon RosenOctober 20, 20180 Comments

Game Threads2 min read

Buffalo Sabres 5, Los Angeles Kings 1 Final score Preview Box Score Ice Tracker SOG: LAK – 20; BUF – 26 PP: LAK – 0/2; BUF – 0/1 First Period BUF - Jason Pominville (2) (Jack Eichel, Jake McCabe); 10:24 Second Period BUF - Jeff Skinner (2) (Jack Eichel, Jason Pominville); ... Full Story

October 19: Kopitar practices; Brown battles; Doughty reacts

Jon RosenOctober 19, 20180 Comments

InjuriesPractice notesPractice Quotes10 min read

INSIDERS. A fine Friday afternoon to you. Let’s get down to brass tacks. The LA Kings took the ice shortly after 11:00 a.m. and were color coded as such: Gray: Iafallo-Kopitar-Toffoli White: Kovalchuk-Carter-Rempal Yellow: Wagner-Kempe-Lewis Purple: Clifford-Thompson-Amadio Blue: Pearson-JAD ... Full Story

Waking up with the Kings: February 18

Jon RosenFebruary 18, 20180 Comments

Game story2 min read

Hello Insiders and good morning after what was a strong all-around victory by the Kings in beating the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 in Buffalo yesterday. The cynic may say that the Kings – a team with playoff aspirations – should beat the Sabres, the team with the worst record in the Eastern Conference. But i... Full Story

February 17 Postgame Notes

Jon RosenFebruary 17, 20180 Comments

Postgame notes1 min read

- The Kings beat the Sabres in Buffalo for the first time since Feb. 21, 2003. This broke a eight-game losing streak at the Sabres. - Los Angeles improved to 17-33-11 on the road in Buffalo and 46-57-20 all-time against the Sabres. - The Kings improved to 18-9-1 against the Eastern Conference ... Full Story