Head Coach Todd McLellan, on drawing Vancouver in the first round: “Vancouver is our opponent. Now we can start working, they will be doing the same thing. We have a rivalry that exists with them. Had a series in the past where we were unsuccessful. They are a very talented group of players up there [...]
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This weekend’s clinching scenarios
The Los Angeles Kings could clinch a playoff spot as early as tomorrow. The simplest way for the Kings to clinch would be for Detroit to lose in regulation in Vancouver tomorrow night. Another scenario that would allow Los Angeles to clinch tomorrow is if Dallas loses in regulation tonight in St. Louis, coupled with [...]
The view from Vancouver
Stories from Vancouver writers and quotes from the Canucks locker room: Ben Kuzma, The Province: Power-saving Canucks preserve win streak with narrow win over Kings Ben Kuzma, The Province: One tough 20-save shutout for Schneider Brad Ziemer, Vancouver Sun: Canucks only need 13 shots and great goaltending to beat Kings 1-0 Harrison Mooney, Vancouver Sun: [...]
Waking up with the Kings: March 24
-The save that Cory Schneider made on the Mike Richards and Trevor Lewis two-on-one capped off an excellent sequence of Good Hockey. As the Kings were killing a penalty in their own zone, Mike Richards covered a lot of ice to disrupt the release of a Dan Hamhuis wristshot from the top of the circles. [...]
Video: Quick denies Ballard
Cory Schneider deservedly earned the game’s first star with a 20-save shutout and denied Trevor Lewis on a shorthanded two-on-one with Mike Richards, but this Jonathan Quick save on Keith Ballard was every bit as good as anything denied on the opposite end of the ice. Due to injuries up front, Ballard actually skated as [...]
March 23 postgame notes
-The Kings have played 25 consecutive games without heading to overtime. Los Angeles has appeared in three overtime games this year (1/24 – 1-2 OTL @ EDM; 1/28 – 3-2 SOW vs VAN; 1/31 – 1-2 SOL vs NAS), all over a span of four games. -The last time the Kings were shut out in [...]
March 23 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter
On the whether the team needs to be around the net more and “greasy” goals to go in: “I think it’s normal when you don’t score to produce more shots, but we have outshot our opponents two-to-one the last two games. We just need the odd one to go in.”
March 23 postgame quotes: Anze Kopitar
On teams being close together in the standings: “At this point, I don’t think you really need to look at the standings. You win a couple, you’re in fourth. You lose a couple, you’re down to five, six, seven, even. It’s about us. It’s going to be about our game and the way we perform.”
March 23 postgame quotes: Dustin Brown
On the lack of scoring: “I think we had some Grade-A scoring chances, and…their goalie played well. You see it when this team’s playing really well on the offensive side of the puck, it’s generally not the really pretty goals. A lot of goalies will make that first save. It’s getting around the net and [...]
March 23 postgame quotes: Jarret Stoll
On the loss to Vancouver: “We had some good quality chances that we missed the net on. You break them out, and you chase the game a little bit more than what you should. I don’t know if we out-chanced them or not. It was pretty close. I wouldn’t say we played bad. We just [...]
