As had been expected -- initial post here -- Kings winger Scott Parse had hip surgery yesterday in Nashville and is expected to be out for 4-5 months. Parse had two goals in nine games this season but the Kings had feared, since the summer, that Parse would require further surgery. He had the other ... Read More

It's Saturday afternoon hockey at Staples Center, with the Kings hosting the Montreal Canadiens. All the action is on Fox Sports West -- plus CBC, for our Canadian friends -- and 1150-AM and affiliates, and all of the game updates will be here as well... THIRD PERIOD In goal: It's still Bernier... Read More

This is the only meeting of the season between the Kings and the Montreal Canadiens, and remember that it carries an unusual start time of 12:30 p.m. It’s been an odd season for the Canadiens, who started 1-5-2, then pushed themselves over .500 and now are 0-2-2 in their last four games. This is the... Read More

There's been a lot of serious news and discussion today, so here's a little levity. For those who attended last night's game and didn't get to see the Fox Sports West telecast, Bob Miller and Jim Fox had one of those crack-up moments that happen on the air from time to time... What isn't seen... Read More

Dustin Penner is schedule to be activated from injured reserve and rejoin the Kings’ lineup tomorrow. Yes, really. Terry Murray indicated the same thing in advance of Thursday’s game, but decided that Penner needed more time to recover from his hand injury. Now, it seems, Penner is ready to go, afte... Read More

Davis Drewiske has sat patiently and waited. And waited, and waited. The Kings have played 25 games this season, and Drewiske has been a healthy scratch in 24 of them. Always a quiet, friendly, polite presence in the locker room, Drewiske has gone about his work -- countless miles of conditioning sk... Read More

The loss of center Mike Richards to injury and the return of left winger Dustin Penner forced the Kings into more lineup/position shifting today. Dustin Brown moved back to right wing, with Simon Gagne and Anze Kopitar. Jarret Stoll, who had been on right wing, moves back to his natural position to... Read More

Florida’s Sean Bergenheim did not face any supplemental discipline from the NHL today for his hit on Mike Richards last night, and the Kings were fine with that. What general manager Dean Lombardi didn’t like, though, was that the Kings ended up with a four-minute penalty kill after teammates stood ... Read More

Plenty of post-practice stuff to run through... -- Mike Richards will go on injured reserve tomorrow, meaning he will be out at least seven days. Willie Mitchell will not go on injured reserve, but Terry Murray said he fears Mitchell will miss multiple games. -- Both Murray and Dean Lombardi said ... Read More

The Kings are practicing without Mike Richards or Willie Mitchell. Hopefully there will be a post-practice update on their status. There's some rotation among the forwards, but the top two lines have been Gagne-Kopitar-Brown and Penner-Stoll-Williams. Alec Martinez is also practicing in a normal bla... Read More

Some notes from last night’s game... -- The Kings recorded their seventh consecutive victory over the Florida Panthers, as they won 2-1 on Thursday night at Staples Center. -- Through 25 games, the Kings have 30 points (13-8-4 record), the same total as in 2010-11 (15-10-0) and 2009-10 (14-9-2... Read More

Goal scoring is suddenly a problem for the Florida Panthers, who have totaled eight goals in their last five games. Of course, in last night’s loss to the Kings they were also without first-line winger Kris Versteeg, and they nearly got at least one point thanks to a strong effort from goalie Jose T... Read More

Time to try something new on the blog... Instead of the traditional game recap, we’re going to try to make it short, to the point and interactive. It’s called ``The Key Three.’’ I’ll identify what I believe were the three key aspects of the game -- players, moments, situations, etc. -- tell you why,... Read More