The first calendar month of the Kings' season is now in the books, and 11 games seems a fair total to evaluate, in terms of where the Kings stand in the league in some major statistical categories. This year's totals/averages and rankings are in bold and, for comparison, last year's full-season tota... Full Story

Some notes from last night’s game... -- The Kings lost in regulation on the road for the first time this season, as they fell to the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Sunday night at Pepsi Center. -- The Kings outshot the Avalanche 32-16, including 15-4 in the second period. The 16 shots were the fewe... Full Story

One could certainly say that the Colorado Avalanche were due to win last night. They had dropped their first three home games of the season and hadn't beaten the Kings at Pepsi Center in close to three years. The Avalanche spread it around, as they got an even-strength goal, a power-play goal and a ... Full Story

Here’s my LAKings.com game recap for tonight, with stats, video and pictures included. Thanks for reading... Avalanche 3, Kings 2 The Kings will not be on the ice tomorrow and are scheduled to return to practice Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo.... Full Story

Terry Murray’s postgame thoughts... (on again scoring only two regulation goals...) MURRAY: ``Well, I don’t think that was it tonight. The goals they got, they got a shorthanded goal. They got a real lucky bounce off the end boards. It’s hard to believe that the boards in the NHL would not be in... Full Story

Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts... (on the bad-bounce goal...) QUICK: ``It just took an unexpected bounce. It hit something and it jumped out. It was coming along the wall and I was just going to stop it and leave it. We were on the PK and I believe it was Scuderi who was coming in to do a ha... Full Story

Jarret Stoll’s postgame thoughts... (on needing more scoring...) STOLL: ``We’ve got to try to generate more. We got a lot of shots blocked in the second half of the game tonight. Teams, everyone is blocking shots, everyone is getting in lanes. We’ve got to find a way to work harder and get pucks... Full Story

The first month of the season concludes with tonight's game. Follow the action on Fox Sports West and on 1150-AM and affiliates, with all the pertinent game updates here as well... THIRD PERIOD In goal: It's still Quick against Varlamov. Avalanche 3, Kings 2: Colorado took a 3-2 lead 1:52 into... Full Story

Tonight is the first of four regular-season meetings this season between the Kings and Colorado Avalanche, and remember that it’s an early start ( 5 p.m. Pacific time). Watch out for the Avalanche. They’re hungry for a home win, after an 0-3-0 start, and they’re hungry to beat the Kings, who haven’t... Full Story

In terms of ``shot mentality,’’ Terry Murray got what he wanted last night, as the Kings recorded a season-high 39 shots on goal. Of course, it only led to two goals, so the mission was not accomplished, and Murray pointed to one of his other favorite terms -- net presence -- to describe what the Ki... Full Story

Tonight’s game is the first regular-season meeting between the Kings and Colorado Avalanche, but the teams did meet twice in the preseason. For what it’s worth, the games couldn’t have been much different. In the first, the Kings dominated the second and third periods and won 6-0. Three days later, ... Full Story

Here’s the expanded update, from Terry Murray, on some of the pertinent issues in advance of tonight’s game against Colorado... (on the status of Simon Gagne’s ``middle-body injury’’...) MURRAY: ``I don’t know exactly where he’s at (with the injury), other than he won’t play. I got a text from K... Full Story

Some notes from last night’s game... -- The Kings got a point on the road but lost 3-2 in overtime to the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night at Jobing.com Arena. -- The Kings fell to 2-1 in games decided in the five-minute overtime period. -- The Kings recorded a season-high 39 shots on goal... Full Story