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Niklas Hagman's goal lifts Ducks over Flames, 3-2, in a shootout

Los Angeles Times ( By Lisa Dillman ) — He is the eighth shooter in the contest. Calgary hasn't won in Anaheim since 2004. Niklas Hagman wasn't exactly sure where he fit in the long-and-winding-and-head-spinning shootout between the...
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Up next for Kings: Tuesday night at Tampa Bay

Los Angeles Times ( By Lisa Dillman ) — Kings center Mike Richards has not had a point in his last eight games. The subject of numerous trade rumors, Tampa Bay's Ryan Malone has missed the last four games because of an upper-body...
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Kings fans may have to be more patient as upgrade chances dwindle

Los Angeles Times ( Helene Elliott ) — They will try to boost their anemic offense before Feb. 27 trading deadline, but the pickings are slim and the team is close to the salary cap. At some point promises to fans have to become...
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NHL: Pluses and minuses around the league

Los Angeles Times ( By Helene Elliott ) — Edmonton's Sam Gagner has an elite week, including a four-goal, eight-point performance against Chicago on Thursday. Nevertheless, overall scoring is down again in the NHL. Times columnist Helene...
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Sutter looks for more from top players

NHL.com (lakingsinsider@gmail.com) — TAMPA BAY -- In search of ways to improve the Kings’ offense, coach Darryl Sutter is looking at all of his forwards, but he’s looking longer, and more intensely, in the direction of a...
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Boot Camp On Ice

NHL.com By Sarah SotoodehOn Feb. 1, members of the LA Kings Alumni Association Presented By Toyota stepped onto the ice at STAPLES Center to play a game against members of the Camp Pendleton Hockey Club....
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Rangers continue dominance of Flyers with 5-2 win

Los Angeles Times ( Associated Press ) — New York beats Philadelphia for the fourth consecutive time this season and the sixth time in a row overall. NEW YORK — Artem Anisimov broke a 17-game pointless streak and Henrik Lundqvist...
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Reign Snatch 6-4 Victory Out of Jaws of Grizzlies

NHL.com WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah- The Ontario Reign (26-14-2-2), proud affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, came from behind in the third period to score a 6-4 victory over the Utah Grizzlies...
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Monarchs Mute Tigers At 12

NHL.com BRIDGEPORT, CT – The Manchester Monarchs snapped the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 12-game point-streak with a 3-2 victory at Webster Bank Arena on Saturday night. Manchester (27-20-0-2) is...
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The Key Three: Feb. 4

NHL.com (lakingsinsider@gmail.com) — Three key aspects of the Kings’ 2-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes...1. EARLY EFFORT NOT SECONDEDThe Kings, for the most part, got exactly the start they wanted. The Kings took an early...
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Kings take early lead, but fall, 2-1, to Hurricanes

Los Angeles Times ( Associated Press ) — The Kings' travels catch up with them after taking an early lead over the Carolina Hurricanes. They arrived in North Carolina at 2 a.m. and leave with 2-1 loss. After the Kings took an early...
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Soaring Penguins beat Bruins, 2-1, for ninth win in 10 games

Los Angeles Times ( Associated Press ) — Rested Marc-Andre Fleury makes 28 saves for Pittsburgh. BOSTON — Marc-Andre Fleury hardly looked like a goalie who had just finished a highly intense third period.
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Ducks can't stop Blue Jackets' rally in 3-2 overtime loss

Los Angeles Times ( Associated Press ) — Derick Brassard scores the winning goal for Columbus as the Ducks lose for a second straight time after winning nine of their previous 11 games. Derick Brassard scored his second goal with 1:05...
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Reign Fend Off Grizzly Attack in 3-2 Shootout Victory

NHL.com WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah- The Ontario Reign (24-14-2-2), proud affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, earned their fifth consecutive win with a 3-2 shootout victory over the Utah Grizzlies...
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Monarchs beat Senators in overtime

NHL.com MANCHESTER NH – In a rematch of the 2011 Calder Cup Atlantic Division Semifinals, the Manchester Monarchs conquered the Binghamton Senators and skated away with a 3-2 overtime victory at the...
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Kings' offensive woes return in 1-0 loss to Blues

Los Angeles Times ( Associated Press ) — St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak makes 21 saves as the Kings fall to 10-6-6 on the road. ST. LOUIS — A few days in the sun proved to be all St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak needed.
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Islanders beat Senators in overtime

Los Angeles Times ( Associated Press ) — Mark Eaton's goal, giving New York a 2-1 victory, is his first since Nov. 28, 2009. OTTAWA — Mark Eaton scored 2:35 into overtime in his 600th NHL game to give the New York Islanders a 2-1...
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Staples clock problem may not have been the first

Los Angeles Times ( By Helene Elliott ) — Video shows time stopped in Kings' Jan. 21 game against Colorado, but nothing happened that time. While the NHL investigates the addition of one second to the third period of the Kings' game...
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Kings' offensive woes return in 1-0 loss to Blues

Los Angeles Times ( Associated Press ) — St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak makes 21 saves as the Kings fall to 10-6-6 on the road. ST. LOUIS — Jaroslav Halak stopped 21 shots and Jamie Langenbrunner scored in the second period to...
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Blog Articles

Richards feeling good, but frustrated

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — Mike Richards has 14 goals in 45 games this season, a respectable total, but what an odd season it has been for Richards. In an 11-game stretch from early November to early December, Richards had...
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Scoring responsibility starts with top players

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — To borrow from Harry Doyle… In case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the comments, you have, the Kings still aren’t scoring. The Kings are still last in the NHL in goals per game, at...
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Kings staying with same lineup?

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — As noted earlier, the Kings used the same lines and pairs in practice today that they used in Saturday’s 2-1 loss to Carolina. Does that mean the lineup will look the same tomorrow against Tampa...
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Lombardi talks trade-deadline philosophy

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — Dean Lombardi joined the Kings in Florida, after a trip to see the Manchester Monarchs for a few days. Lombardi’s attention, of course, will be focused on the trade deadline, three weeks from...
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Monday practice update

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — The Kings are on the ice for practice, with some familiar-looking lines and pairs… Brown-Kopitar-Williams Penner-Richards-Stoll Clifford-Loktionov-Lewis Richardson-Fraser-Hunter/Westgarth...
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Analyst moonlighting in Tampa?

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — The Kings are in Tampa Bay until Tuesday night. Has TV analyst Jim Fox already found a side job in town? No, but it was pretty funny to open one of the local papers today, the Tampa Bay Times, and...
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Day off for big game

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — With no game until Tuesday, it’s a day off in Tampa for the Kings, officially listed on the schedule as “recovery day/treatments.” Practice is scheduled for 2 p.m. Eastern time...
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Quick, a man of the people

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — Not only did Jonathan Quick have to sit and watch last night’s game, he had to watch it from just about as far away from his teammates as he could get. The setups at NHL arenas are not uniform, so...
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Postgame notes (Feb. 4)

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings’ offensive woes continued, as they lost to the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Saturday night at RBC Center. – The Kings fell to 0-2-0...
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The view from Raleigh

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — In a way, it’s a shame that the Kings and Carolina Hurricanes don’t play each other more often. Six of the teams’ last seven meetings have been decided by one goal, including last night’s game and...
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The Key Three: Feb. 4

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — Present any NHL team with this scenario, and tell them to take it or leave it. Tell them they’re going to allow a total of only three goals in six periods while playing road games on back-to-back...
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Sutter postgame quotes (Feb. 4)

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — Darryl Sutter’s postgame thoughts… (on the play falling off after the first period…) SUTTER: “Not really. I thought we played a pretty solid game. I would have liked one more...
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Brown postgame quotes (Feb. 4)

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — Dustin Brown’s postgame thoughts… (on the play falling off after the first period…) BROWN: “We had a good first, and found a way to get a power-play goal. You said it. We just...
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Game 53: Kings vs. Hurricanes

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — It’s hockey in the South, as the Kings take on the Carolina Hurricanes. All the action is on Fox Sports West and on 1150-AM and affiliates, with all the game updates here as well…...
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Scouting the Hurricanes

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — [UPDATE: Jonathan Bernier is expected to get the start tonight.] This is the only meeting of the season between the Kings and the Carolina Hurricanes. The teams have played each other only five...
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Time for Bernier to get a game?

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — If Jonathan Bernier gets the start in goal for the Kings tonight — we probably won’t know until the start of pregame warmups — he couldn’t have been encouraged by what he saw...
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Postgame notes (Feb. 3)

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — Some notes from last night’s game… – The Kings were shut out for the sixth time this season, as they lost 1-0 to the St. Louis Blues on Friday night at Scottrade Center. – The...
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The view from St. Louis

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — It’s a pretty good time to be a Blues fan in St. Louis. Not only has the weather been unseasonably warm, but so has the hockey team. With last night’s win over the Kings, the Blues jumped back...
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What will back-to-back effort be?

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — After today’s team meeting, Darryl Sutter didn’t tip his hand as to lineup changes — including goalie — but did say, “We’re going to put some guys in who...
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Morning in Raleigh

LA Kings Insider (Rich Hammond) — Is there a theme developing here? Is this destined to not only be the “Grammy trip” but also the “freeway trip”? For the second consecutive day, you get a nice look at a...
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