Last night is one that will never be forgotten for 27 players (11 Kings and 16 Devils), those who played in their first-ever Stanley Cup Finals game. Some, such as 36-year-old Bryce Salvador and 35-year-old Willie Mitchell, waited a long time for the experience. Others, such as 21-year-old Jacob Jos... Read More

Timing is everything. A few days ago, Colin Fraser agreed to do a series of blog diary entries for NHL.com, with his first offering scheduled to run today. Fraser had plenty of material after Game 1 last night. He scored a goal and was a part of a big effort on the Kings' fourth line, between winger... Read More

Down the road from the Kings’ hotel are three tennis courts. Perhaps the team can get in a little practice there tomorrow, although ice skates on a clay court might not work. It couldn’t be much worse, though, than what the Kings and New Jersey Devils faced last night at Prudential Center, where the... Read More

While arena workers furiously prepared Prudential Center for tonight’s Radiohead concert, there were signs of hockey everywhere. The New Jersey Devils, in their red hoodies, milled around and did off-ice work and media interviews. Some of the Kings kicked and headed around a soccer ball, rode statio... Read More

No doubt, there were some happy people with bleary eyes this morning in Jesenice, the town in northwest Slovenia with a population of approximately 20,000. That’s the hometown of Anze Kopitar, who scored the overtime goal in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Kopitar is one of Slovenia’s sporting her... Read More

Since the question/topic comes up from time to time, some folks might be interested to know that Kings owner Philip Anschutz and his wife, Nancy, attended last night’s game. I’m not sure if this is commonly known or not, but Mrs. Anschutz is an intense Kings fan. She was probably surprised and displ... Read More

Both teams' regulars stayed off the ice today, but the Kings and New Jersey Devils both came to Prudential Center for meetings and off-ice work. The arena, incidentally, is being used for Radiohead concerts for the next two nights, so the ice should be just great again on Saturday night. Players and... Read More

Some notes from last night’s game... -- The Kings opened another playoff series with a road victory, as they beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in overtime in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Wednesday night at Prudential Center. -- The Kings won Game 1 on the road in all four of their series i... Read More

Here’s the statistic that will keep the New Jersey Devils from getting too down on themselves this morning, and keep the Kings from patting themselves on the back too much. In the second round, the Devils lost Game 1 to the Philadelphia Flyers. They won the next four games by a combined score of 15-... Read More

The game arrived exactly as expected. No false advertising. The Kings brought their forecheck game, rolled four lines and got strong goaltending. So did the Devils. With all the bodies flying around, and all the sticks outstretched to deflect pucks, there wasn’t any room on the ice to make plays for... Read More

Darryl Sutter's postgame thoughts... (on the game...) SUTTER: ``(There) wasn't much going on offensively for either team. The way teams play, there's such tight quarters out there. (The) ability to stay with it, play four lines, six defensemen, I think both teams would say that.'' ... Read More

Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts... (on winning on the road...) BROWN: ``We’re comfortable on the road. We execute well, and so far this year, it’s been good defense, really good goaltending and timely goals.’’ (on getting a goal against the run of play in overtime, and what it says about the... Read More

Jonathan Quick's postgame thoughts... (on matching up against Martin Brodeur, ``step for step''...) QUICK: ``I'm not looking to match him step for step. I'm not trying to score on him. He's not trying to score on me. I'll leave that to the forwards and D. I'm trying to make saves and help my tea... Read More