On Saturday, May 14, the Ontario Reign defeated the San Diego Gulls by a score 2-1 winning the best-of-seven series and advancing to the AHL Western Conference Finals. The Los Angeles Kings’ AHL affiliate team will either face the Lake Erie Monsters or the Grand Rapids Griffins beginning next weekend. Reign goalie Peter Budaj has […]

On April 27, the general managers of the NHL named Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick one of the three finalists for the 2016 Vezina Trophy and the following day, the NHL announced that Kings forward Anze Kopitar has been named a finalist for the Selke Award. Quick Up for Vezina After Reaching Career Milestones […]

The San Jose Sharks eliminated the Los Angeles Kings out of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs in the first round on Friday night. The Sharks defeated the Kings by a score of 6-3 in Game 5 and won the best-of-seven series thus ending the Kings 2015-16 regular season. With the Kings season ending, there is nowhere else […]

Since the recall of center Nic Dowd on March 22, the Kings and head coach Darryl Sutter have utilized three different players for the third and fourth line center position. Vincent Lecavalier and Nick Shore are the other two centers that have seem themselves in and out of the lineup. Prior to the start of […]

In a 2-1 loss against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday March 22, Nic Dowd played his first game with the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings recalled Dowd from the Ontario Reign on Tuesday night hours before the game as forward Tanner Pearson was a healthy scratch for personal reasons. The #LAKings have recalled forward Nic […]

In the second game on a two-game road trip, the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Dallas Stars with a 5-2 victory in a back-to-back situation. The Kings defeated the defending Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks at the United Centers by a score of 5-0 the night before. The Kings are league-high 9-1-1 record in the second […]

Kings goalie Peter Budaj was officially sent back down to the AHL to rejoin the Ontario Reign as Jonathan Quick returned to action last night against the Washington Capitals and although Budaj was called up to the Kings along with Kevin Gravel, Gravel will be staying on the Kings roster (for the time being). #LAKings […]

Less than 20 seconds into the first period and right after the opening faceoff, Kings’ center and leading scorer through the first 35 games Jeff Carter suffered an upper-body injury forcing him to leave the game after just a total of 48 seconds of ice-time on Saturday night against the Arizona Coyotes. The Kings are […]

On Dec. 21, Dwight King participated in a Los Angeles Kings’ practice for the first time since the 2015-16 NHL preseason. While King has began practicing, he is not expected to return to regular season action until after the New Year in a statement by head coach Darryl Sutter according to Kings’ Insider Jon Rosen. […]

Before the start of the season, the Kings acquired Milan Lucic via trade and signed free agents Jhonas Enroth and Christian Ehrhoff. The three newest players introduced to the Kings’ team have provided stability to a roster that had holes to fill over the summer. With an overtime win against Chicago last night, the Kings […]

The recent suspension of goalie prospect Patrik Bartosak leaves the Kings goaltending depth exhausted. According to CapFriendly, the Kings now have only four goalies signed (one on a professional tryout) with the youngest being Jhonas Enroth at the age of 27. New Hampshire Union Leader reported on Nov. 17 that Bartosak waived arraignment in a […]

Both Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar reached milestones early this season with the Kings organization, as Brown has now played 816 games in his NHL career, moving him up on the list for most games played by a Kings player, and Kopitar moved up on the list of most goals scored by a Kings’ player […]

Training camp brings about a steep level of competition for a lot of players fighting for the same roster spot. There are individual players that certainly have their spot on the roster and simply must show up in shape and ready to play, however there are players that do not have a definite spot nor […]

Christian Ehrhoff and the Los Angeles Kings agreed to a one-year deal while goalie Peter Budaj signed a professional tryout contract with the team this last week to bolster the depth of the Kings roster. But the timing and relevance to these deals draw uncanny comparisons to successful moves Kings GM Dean Lombardi has done […]

Before the emergence of Jonathan Quick as a number one goalie in the NHL, the Kings (and Kings’ fan base) were subjected to consistently bad goaltending and a weak goalie prospect pool. With almost twenty years of mediocre goaltending, Dean Lombardi came in as general manager and made it a point to draft from the back […]

The LA Kings still have one of the best forward groups in the entire National Hockey League. Worldly players like Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter and Marian Gaborik play key roles as players that can lead by example. Young stars like Tanner Pearson and Tyler Toffoli are establishing themselves as NHL professionals that want to stay […]

The best way to build a championship contending team is from the back out. Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi has made no reservations in choosing top defensive prospects in the drafts he has managed, even to the point of making questionable decisions like drafting Thomas Hickey with the number four overall pick in the 2007 […]

The conclusion of the 2014-2015 season ended on a sour note for Kings fans. Whether fatigue played into the season or it was a plethora of injuries and off-ice drama, it was not easy watching the defending Stanley Cup Champions miss the playoffs. In addition to that, Kings fans would watch former Conn Smythe winner […]

The second round of the draft has been fruitful the Los Angeles Kings ever since Dean Lombardi and his scouting staff have taken over. Of the 10 second round selections Lombardi and company has made since 2006, five of them have seen playing time in the NHL. Some have been released, some are still in […]

Young stars like Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel headlined the draft weekend, but the Boston Bruins made headlines of their own with a few big trades. One of those trades included […]