Darryl Sutter’s postgame thoughts... (on the first period...) 
SUTTER: ``I think our big guys had a big first period. I think Dustin Penner set the tone early, taking the puck to the net on Richie’s goal. The shorthand goal. Kopi had a real good first period.’’ (on trying to manage the rough ... Read More

Mike Richards’ postgame thoughts... (on the game...) RICHARDS: ``We’re a confident team on the road. We’ve had success all year. We just went out there and played hard. That was not the second and third period that we wanted. We took too many penalties and gave them momentum, but a win is a win.... Read More

Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts... (on the first period...)
 BROWN: ``We got off to a good start. Scoring 30 seconds into the game helps, but we didn’t let off the gas at all. We were able to get two late goals that kind of put the game out of reach. It was a battle, especially in the third (pe... Read More

Jonathan Quick’s postgame thoughts... (on the wild nature of the game...) 
QUICK: ``You’ve got to expect that, a little bit. We knew they were going to make a big push there in the second, which they did. We still had a three-goal lead on them there, and you know it’s going to get a little chipp... Read More

Who will take the momentum to the West Coast? It's the Kings facing the St. Louis Blues in Game 2 of their second-round series. All the action is on CNBC and on 1150-AM and affiliates, with all the game updates here as well, along with a live chat with Jim Fox... Western Conference Semifinals: Ga... Read More

This is Game 2 in the best-of-seven, second-round playoff series between the Kings and the St. Louis Blues. The Kings lead the series 1-0. As noted earlier, the status of Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo will be determined before pregame warmups and the Blues are expected to swap their first- and ... Read More

As noted earlier, this morning St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock was announced as one of the three finalists for the Jack Adams Award, along with Paul MacLean of Ottawa and John Tortorella of the New York Rangers. Asked this morning about the nomination, Hitchcock gave an eloquent answer, full of gratit... Read More

The last post mentioned poor power-play success rate as one area that can’t continue if a team hopes to have postseason success. Here’s another one. In six playoff games so far, the Kings have allowed the first goal three times, and they won all three of those games. In the regular season, the Kings... Read More

The Kings have officially called up 11 players, 10 from Manchester of the AHL plus Tyler Toffoli from the junior-level Ontario Hockey League. The players are scheduled to join the Kings on Wednesday. Here’s the list again, including the numbers they will be wearing... FORWARDS: Andy Andreoff (64)... Read More

The Kings have now gone four consecutive games without a power-play goal. The fact that they won three of those games is no consolation, because eventually a lack of power-play success will come back to bite a team in a playoff series. The Kings went 0-for-5 on the power play in Game 1 against St. L... Read More

Who will win the battle of the wingers in Game 2 between the Kings and the St. Louis Blues? Yesterday in practice, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock swapped his top-six wingers, as former second-line wingers Andy McDonald and Alexander Steen moved up to skate with center David Backes, while second-line cent... Read More

Most of the players were on the ice for the morning skate. No lineup changes expected. There was talk afterward about the need for more (and higher-quality) shots on the power play. Incidentally, the Kings did hear from Brendan Shanahan regarding Dwight King's hit on Alex Pietrangelo, and they were... Read More

Alex Pietrangelo participated in St. Louis' morning skate, and coach Ken Hitchcock said that if Pietrangelo participates in the pregame warmups, he will play tonight in Game 2, but Hitchcock didn't say if Pietrangelo would be in warmups. If Pietrangelo can't play, Ian Cole will go into the lineup. T... Read More