Pregame reading

To catch up on today’s news and notes before the game, please check out my LAKings.com notebook…

Kings notebook (April 23)

Also, former Kings player Marty McSorley will be doing a live chat on the Fox Sports West website during tonight’s game. To check it out, click here.

Finally, Terry Murray talked this morning about the pressure his team will face tonight in Game 5…

MURRAY: “We had that meeting last night, when we arrived at the hotel. I’ve been very, very happy with how this group has progressed through the start of the playoffs to today. The first game, second game, I thought we were on our heels at the start of the game, like, `Wow, this is a big stage and we’re not sure how to deal with it.’ We got to Game 4, and I really liked our start. The first period was tremendous. Even through the second period, we did a lot of good things, had the lead going into the third. I want to go with that coming into tonight’s game. I want to be, `Stay on the attack, stay aggressive, keep our feet moving, on our toes, anticipate what’s going to happen,’ and good things will happen. Obviously, at the end we’ve got to be able to shut those games down and that’s the part we have to figure out yet. We have done it during the course of the year, and awareness to it here tonight is going to be critical, obviously, if we get to that position again.”

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