by Brian Kennedy | Jan 3, 2025 | Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles, CA–As he is prone to do, LA Kings coach Jim Hiller went with an eleven-and-seven (forwards/defensemen) lineup against the New Jersey Devils. This was at least the third time in a row he’s done this. One reporter I spoke to said that he had tracked...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 30, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers
Kings coach Jim Hiller seems like the kind of steady hand who would not let his players have any excuses in mind as they came into the second game of back-to-backs. And indeed, the Kings came out flying on Sunday at an odd-for-LA 6pm start time. They even opened a...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 28, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings
Like all NHL teams, the LA Kings have to face their nemesis at some point during the season; in fact, several times. Who is that? Why, the Edmonton Oilers, of course. The teams played the first of four contests for the year on Saturday in LA, with eyes looking back...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 2, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings, Seattle Kraken
After a 1-0 loss Wednesday and lots of time to think about it, both before and after, this being their only game in the work week, the LA Kings faced off against the Seattle Kraken, who had an equal amount of time to think about a 3-0 win against the Nashville...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 17, 2024 | Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings
Come off the first half of a back-to-back, switch out your goalie. That’s the plan almost universally followed in this era when stats rule and the numbers say that goaltending drops off significantly in the second game. And that was the plan followed by the Detroit...
by Brian Kennedy | Oct 31, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings
The LA Kings came into the second game in a back-to-back trying to put a tempest in a teapot behind them. They had lost the night before in San Jose, 4-2, in a dispirited affair that saw them taking just two shots in the last period. It was a game played without the...
