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The Golden Knights completed the two-game sweep over the LA Kings this week at STAPLES Center, scoring early and often in a 6-2 victory, the final head-to-head matchup of the season. Vegas jumped out to a two-goal advantage from a first period that featured four total goals. The Golden Knights s... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 2, Golden Knights 4 – Wagner, Lizotte, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comApril 12, 20210 Comments

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The LA Kings started off fast, bright and energetic in the first half of tonight’s game, opening up a 2-0 lead in the process. It was all Vegas from that point on, however, with four unanswered goals, in a 4-2 victory at STAPLES Center. A back-and-forth, entertaining first period saw the shots o... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 2, Sharks 5 – Kopitar, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comApril 9, 20210 Comments

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For the second straight game, the Kings trailed 3-1 heading into the third period. For the second straight game, the Kings scored an early goal to cut into that deficit. Unfortunately, it was not the second straight comeback, as the Kings fell by a 5-2 final. Forward Alex Iafallo opened the scor... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 4, Coyotes 3 – Grundstrom, Clague, Kempe, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comApril 7, 20210 Comments

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The Kings overturned a two-goal deficit in the third period to earn a 4-3, comeback win over the Arizona Coyotes. In the process, the team snapped a three-game losing streak and earned a split from the two-game set versus Arizona. The Kings conceded the game’s first goal for the third straight ga... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 2, Coyotes 5 – Doughty, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comApril 5, 20210 Comments

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The Kings dropped their third straight game on home ice, as a slow start to the game did them in during a 5-2 defeat against Arizona. More on the factors behind that in post-game quotes from Drew Doughty and Todd McLellan below. The Coyotes came out firing, as they scored three goals in less tha... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 2, Sharks 3 – Moore, Clague, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comApril 3, 20210 Comments

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The Kings and Sharks played a level game for the majority of 60 minutes, but a late San Jose goal was the difference in a 3-2 LA defeat at STAPLES Center. With the win, the Sharks completed the sweep over the Kings on the weekend. Despite an 18-5 shots on goal advantage for the Kings, the teams ... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 0, Sharks 3 – Anderson-Dolan, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comApril 2, 20210 Comments

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For the first time at home this season, and the first time since October 2019, the Kings were shutout on home ice, as they fell by a 3-0 margin against the San Jose Sharks. San Jose scored the only goal of the opening period, as Tomas Hertl got a tip on a Nikolai Knyzhov shot from the left point... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 4, Golden Knights 2 – Andersson, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 31, 20210 Comments

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The Kings got scoring from throughout the lineup, and bounced back in a big way, with a 4-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday evening at T-Mobile Arena. It was nearly déjà vu for the Kings, as they scored inside two minutes in for the second straight game. Sean Walker hit Andrea... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 1, Golden Knights 4 – Kopitar, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 29, 20210 Comments

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The LA Kings scored an early goal, as they capitalized on a strong start to the game, but were unable to make the first-period momentum count in a 4-1 defeat against Vegas. The Golden Knights came back with four unanswered goals, including three in the second period, to win for the fourth time in fi... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 1, Sharks 2 – Roy, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 22, 20210 Comments

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Some night the puck just doesn’t go over the goal line, and tonight was one of those nights for the LA Kings. The Kings tied a season high with 42 shots on goal, and had their looks in spurts throughout the evening, but were not able to get that second goal, in a 2-1 defeat against the San Jose Shar... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 3, Golden Knights 1 – Petersen, Kopitar, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 21, 20210 Comments

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After falling in the first three games of the season against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Kings came out looking a bit different tonight. Behind a strong start, and two goals in the second period, Los Angeles was able to earn its first win of the season over its foe from Nevada, picking up a split ... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 2, Golden Knights 4 – Iafallo, Roy, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 19, 20210 Comments

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The LA Kings corrected many of the issues that plagued them earlier this season against Vegas, but found themselves with too many turnovers in their own end, leading to goals against, in a 4-2 defeat against the Golden Knights. Max Pacioretty struck twice in a span of less than three minutes, hi... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 4, Blues 1 – Moore, Anderson-Dolan, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 17, 20210 Comments

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The LA Kings struck early, they struck often, and a team that has struggled to get out in front early in games this season ended the opening 20 minutes with a three-goal advantage. Part of it was an early power play, earned by Matt Luff, which resulted in Drew Doughty’s fifth power-play goal of ... Full Story