2021 - LA Kings Insider

In the words of their head coach, the LA Kings put together a strong 58 minutes and 30 seconds, but it was the other minute and a half that cost them in a 3-2 overtime defeat against the St. Louis Blues. Early in the game, the Kings took a too-many men on the ice penalty, that wound up in the ba... Full Story

Game Thread – Kings vs. Blues, 3/5

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 5, 20210 Comments

Game Threads1 min read

Los Angeles Kings 2, St. Louis Blues 3 FINAL - Overtime Game Previews: LA Kings Insider – NHL.com – St. Louis Blues Fox Sports Live Stream Pre-Game Live Show (Call-In 877-KINGS20) SOG: LAK – 30 STL – 22 PP: LAK – 1/4 STL – 1/3 First Period 1. STL – David Perron (8) - (Ryan O'Reilly, Brayde... Full Story

3/5 Preview – Kupari’s NHL debut & lineup projections, plus getting the PK back on track

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 5, 20210 Comments

Game PreviewGame PreviewsMorning Skate NotesMorning Skate Quotes7 min read

WHO: Los Angeles Kings (9-8-4) vs. St. Louis Blues (13-8-2) WHAT: NHL REGULAR SEASON GAME WHEN: Friday, March 5 @ 6:00 PM Pacific WHERE: STAPLES Center – Los Angeles, CA HOW TO FOLLOW: VIDEO: Fox Sports West – AUDIO – iHeart Radio – TWITTER: @DooleyLAK TONIGHT’S MATCHUP: The Kings continue ... Full Story

Mikey Anderson continues to make waves in an elevated role

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 4, 20210 Comments

Feature Stories8 min read

It’s never easy to ask a young player to step alongside Drew Doughty. In asking Mikey Anderson to do so, however, it’s provided an opportunity. An opportunity for a player who had just six NHL games to his name entering the season. An opportunity for a player who is just 21 years of age. And an ... Full Story

Practice News & Notes – Correcting individual mistakes, Kupari, Kempe video

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 4, 20210 Comments

Practice notesPractice QuotesVideo6 min read

The LA Kings returned to the ice here at Toyota Sports Performance Center for their lone practice day amidst a three-games in four days slate. The team skated today with a few different things in mind, perhaps the largest one being correcting some of the individual mistakes made yesterday. After... Full Story

Angeles Analysis – Series 12 vs. Arizona

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 4, 20210 Comments

Angeles Analysis5 min read

I think Gabriel Vilardi put it best last night – “This one kind of sucks, honestly.” The Kings were on the high end of a heavily-tilted shots on goal count, a heavily tilted Corsi, and led in almost every category you can quantify except for one – goals scored. The Arizona Coyotes won the game... Full Story

FINAL – Kings 2, Coyotes 3 – Doughty, Vilardi, McLellan

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 3, 20210 Comments

Postgame notesPostgame quotesPostgame videoVideo6 min read

The LA Kings fell for the third straight game, as they were unable to overcome their second period in 3-2 defeat against the Arizona Coyotes on home ice. The first period was scoreless, and was one in which the Kings seemed to have a lot of jump, leading in most analytical categories, but were u... Full Story

Game Thread – Kings vs. Coyotes, 3/3

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 3, 20210 Comments

Game Threads1 min read

Los Angeles Kings 2, Arizona Coyotes 3 FINAL Game Previews: LA Kings Insider – NHL.com Fox Sports Live Stream Pre-Game Live Show (Call-In 877-KINGS20) SOG: LAK – 42 ARI – 23 PP: LAK – 1/4 ARI – 2/3 First Period No Scoring Second Period 1. ARI – Clayton Keller (7) - (Jordan Oesterle, Ol... Full Story

3/3 Preview – Potential lineups, JAD Update, Athanasiou’s play, Grundstrom

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 3, 20210 Comments

Game PreviewGame PreviewsMorning Skate NotesMorning Skate Quotes8 min read

WHO: Los Angeles Kings (9-7-4) vs. Arizona Coyotes (9-9-3) WHAT: NHL REGULAR SEASON GAME WHEN: Wednesday, March 3 @ 7:00 PM Pacific WHERE: STAPLES Center – Los Angeles, CA HOW TO FOLLOW: VIDEO: Fox Sports West – AUDIO – iHeart Radio (Call-In 877-KINGS20) – TWITTER: @DooleyLAK TONIGHT’S MATC... Full Story

Practice 3/2 – Practice time at a premium, internal competition, Amadio, Anderson

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 2, 20210 Comments

Practice notesPractice Quotes8 min read

The Kings were back on the ice for Day 2 of 2 this week, their final team practice before facing off against Arizona tomorrow. Tomorrow’s game against the Coyotes is a rare one-off game this season, with the two teams playing a game that was rescheduled from later in the season, as a part of leag... Full Story

Remote Reactions – A look at the new normal for the LA Kings broadcasters

LA Kings InsiderMarch 2, 20210 Comments

Uncategorized9 min read

Good morning, Insiders! We asked both sets of Kings broadcasters - the TV team of Alex Faust and Jim Fox, and the radio team of Nick Nickson and Daryl Evans - about the life of broadcasting games in 2021's NHL. It's been different for sure. Broadcast crews are not traveling with their NHL clubs t... Full Story

3/1 – A look at Doughty’s play & presence, plus practice notes & Wagner video

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comMarch 1, 20210 Comments

Practice notesPractice QuotesVideo6 min read

Good afternoon, Insiders.....good to be home! Let's dive right in - We spoke with Drew Doughty today about a number of aspects of both his game, and the team’s game as a whole. Doughty has been a standout, in a positive way, for the Kings both offensively, defensively and as a leader - in short,... Full Story

Angeles Analysis – Series 11 @ Minnesota

By Zach Dooley For LAKingsInsider.comFebruary 28, 20210 Comments

Angeles Analysis5 min read

As I sat down to write this article, I found myself struggling to separate the 0-1-1 series in Minnesota from the 4-1-1 road trip as a whole. The Kings earned nine of a possible 12 points from their longest road trip of the 2020-21 season, and that’s a really good thing. Just one of those points, ho... Full Story