The Kings were once again in downtown Los Angeles in the morning, staying in their home-away-from-home – or is it their home that is actually also their home? A second home, maybe? Regardless, they stayed overnight at a hotel across the street from Staples Center. It housed them during select nights of the Stanley Cup [...]
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Game 2 lineup notes
Projected lineups and notes from Thursday’s morning skate at the Scottrade Center: Projected Lines – Los Angeles Dustin Brown – Anze Kopitar – Justin Williams Dwight King – Mike Richards – Jeff Carter Dustin Penner – Jarret Stoll – Trevor Lewis Kyle Clifford – Colin Fraser – Jordan Nolan Robyn Regehr – Drew Doughty Rob [...]
Quick to start; Ellerby in
Notes from the Kings’ morning skate on Saturday, April 27: -In what came as little surprise, Jonathan Quick left the ice first at the morning skate and is the projected starter for the Saturday’s season finale against the San Jose Sharks. -Darryl Sutter confirmed that Keaton Ellerby will take the spot of Matt Greene in [...]
April 21 morning skate quotes: Darryl Sutter
On whether he paid much attention to the Detroit-Vancouver game last night: “I watch all the games. I didn’t have much else to do after I left the rink yesterday.” On whether attention shifts to securing home ice advantage with Los Angeles clinching: “It turns to getting everybody to play well. Home ice advantage is [...]
April 21 morning skate quotes: Matt Greene
On whether there’s any relief that the team has officially qualified for the playoffs: “No. We’re shooting for home ice right now. That’s been the goal. That’s what Darryl’s been talking about all year. I mean, I’ve only been back for a few days, but that’s definitely the message around here is that we’re shooting [...]
Quick to start; no lineup changes likely
-Jonathan Quick was the first goaltender to leave the ice at this morning’s skate, indicating that he has been tabbed as tonight’s starter against the Anaheim Ducks. -Alec Martinez, Colin Fraser and Tyler Toffoli stayed on for extra work with Jonathan Bernier, indicating that there will be no lineup changes tonight. -Many of Anze Kopitar’s [...]
April 11 morning skate update
-Jonathan Quick left the ice first at today’s morning skate, indicating he will start in net for tonight’s game against the Colorado Avalanche. -Alec Martinez, Colin Fraser, Tyler Toffoli and Jonathan Bernier stayed on for an extra skate, indicating there won’t be any lineup changes for tonight’s game. -Matt Greene took part in the entire [...]
April 9 morning skate update
The Kings recently returned from the morning skate at the American Airlines Center. Among today’s developments: -Jonathan Quick left the ice first, indicating he has been tabbed as tonight’s starter. Not a big surprise, that. -Darryl Sutter confirmed that Dustin Penner will return to the lineup. He should see the majority of his ice time [...]
Bernier likely to start; Martinez out
Jonathan Bernier left the ice first at the morning skate, meaning he has been tabbed as tonight’s starter against the Minnesota Wild. Alec Martinez stayed on for extra work with Jonathan Quick; the two were joined by Dustin Penner. Robyn Regehr will skate five-on-five with Keaton Ellerby as not to disrupt the chemistry of the [...]
March 31 afternoon quotes: Darryl Sutter
The Kings did not hold a morning skate on Sunday, opting instead for meetings within the team hotel. Darryl Sutter spoke with the traveling media at 12:15 pm local time. On whether there’s anything emphasized when playing in the second game of a back-to-back: “You get a little bit more even minutes. That’s the most [...]
