October 2017 - LA Kings Insider

Waking up with the Kings: October 31

Jon RosenOctober 31, 20170 Comments

It’s a tough end to a successful road trip, but given the familiar adage that it’s not whether you win or lose, but rather whether you’re “winning” or “losing,” well, the Kings lost a narrow road game to another first-place team on a game partly decided by a borderline incidental contact/goaltender ... Full Story

October 30 postgame notes

Jon RosenOctober 30, 20170 Comments

Postgame notes2 min read

-With the loss, Los Angeles fell to 75-99-26 all-time against St. Louis, a record that includes a road mark of 27-62-12. Though the Blues have won only 10 of the last 30 regular season and playoff meetings, they are 5-2-0 in the last seven head-to-head match-ups. These teams will meet again at Scott... Full Story

October 30 scoring chances

Jessi McDonaldOctober 30, 20170 Comments

Statistics0 min read

Scoring chances from previous games: 10/11 Kings 18, Flames 10 10/14 Kings 15, Sabres 13 10/15 Kings 12, Islanders 16 10/18 Kings 17, Canadiens 11 10/21 Kings 19, Blue Jackets 18 10/23 Kings 15, Maple Leafs 24 10/24 Kings 20, Senators 24 10/26 Kings 14, Canadiens 22 10/28 Kings 16, Bru... Full Story

October 30 postgame highlights

Jessi McDonaldOctober 30, 20170 Comments

Postgame video0 min read

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October 30 postgame quotes: Brown, Pearson

Jessi McDonaldOctober 30, 20170 Comments

Postgame quotes3 min read

Dustin Brown, ...(joined in progress): Quite honestly I think all these challenges and reviews should be done in Toronto that way you have the same group of guys looking at every single play all year long. It’s a judgment call on refs and it’s tough for them—they’re looking at a eight-inch screen a... Full Story

October 30 postgame quotes: John Stevens

Jon RosenOctober 30, 20170 Comments

Postgame quotes3 min read

On what he saw from the narrow loss: Kind of as expected. Their team game is very strong, their defense is big and they play fast. They do a really good job on the boards at getting plays stopped and getting pucks moving. You could lose the first game, win the rest or have a really good trip and lo... Full Story

Game 12: Los Angeles at St. Louis

Jon RosenOctober 30, 20170 Comments

Game Threads1 min read

St. Louis Blues 4, Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Radio Feed NHL.com Preview Box Score Ice Tracker SOG: LAK – 28; STL – 30 PP: LAK – 1/4; STL – 0/2 First Period No scoring Second Period 1) STL - Vladimir Tarasenko (6) (Jaden Schwartz), 7:25 2) STL - Jaden Schwartz (8) (Brayden Schenn,... Full Story

October 30 morning skate notes: 700 for Doughty, Holiday Ice, Kings-Blues styles

Jon RosenOctober 30, 20170 Comments

Morning Skate NotesOpposition5 min read

Good afternoon from downtown St. Louis, Insiders. There's a really good game on FOX Sports West between the Kings (9-1-1) and Blues (9-2-1) tonight, with pre-game coverage beginning at 4:30 p.m. PT. Los Angeles is expected to ice the following lineup: Iafallo-Kopitar-Brown Pearson-Kempe-Toffoli ... Full Story

October 30 morning skate quotes: John Stevens

Jon RosenOctober 30, 20170 Comments

Morning Skate Quotes4 min read

On the team embracing tonight’s challenge at the end of a road trip: We’ve been curious every night, to be honest with you. Every team presents a little bit different challenges. We don’t look at this as the end of the trip. The toughest part of the trip was the first part of the trip when we had t... Full Story

Audio: Quick hits with Colton Parayko

Jon RosenOctober 30, 20170 Comments

AudioOpposition1 min read

6-foot-6, 230-pound defenseman Colton Parayko is an imposing presence for the St. Louis Blues circled by many opposing teams as a player to game plan around. Clearly able to insert himself in the more rugged aspects of checking and defending, he's also equipped with a booming slapshot and has emerge... Full Story

Anatomy of a shift: Iafallo, Kopitar and Brown on their late-game chemistry

Jon RosenOctober 29, 20170 Comments

Practice QuotesVideo7 min read

Tyler Toffoli’s overtime goal was rightfully the most talked about play of the Kings’ 2-1 overtime win over the Bruins Saturday night, but there was another memorable shift in a late-game situation that displayed both a possession and tactical advantage when several star players were on the ice, as ... Full Story

Stevens opens up on checking, analytics, scoring chances, much more

Jon RosenOctober 29, 20170 Comments

Advanced StatsCoaching10 min read

Instead of practicing at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Sunday afternoon, the Kings held off-ice workouts and team meetings in preparation for a road trip finale against a 9-2-1 Blues team. After holding meetings, John Stevens held court with broadcasters and assembled media and answered quest... Full Story

Waking up with the Kings: October 29

Jon RosenOctober 29, 20170 Comments

Game story4 min read

There’s not much more to read here that hasn’t been said already, but the only immediately accessible frame of reference for Anze Kopitar faceoff win to set up Tyler Toffoli’s buzzer beater isn’t even in hockey. It’s Derek Fisher’s catch-and-shoot off an inbounds pass from Gary Payton with 0.4 secon... Full Story