by Brian Kennedy | Jan 14, 2022 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
It was a night of two debuts and a return as the Kings took on the Penguins in downtown Los Angeles Thursday. For LA, the game marked another chance to show what they can do after they upset the New York Rangers three nights prior. For Pittsburgh, it was the ...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 11, 2022 | Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, NHL
The New York Rangers came to LA Monday night with the chance to become the league’s point-leading team. Their opponents, the Kings, merely hoped to vault themselves out of a Wild Card spot and into their Division’s top three teams. The Rangers would have to do it...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 9, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, NHL
Has the Great Compression begun? That’s got to be a question that is starting to occur to West Coast hockey fans as teams battle a tight race for the Wild Card positions in the Conference. This is aided by the observation that at the very least, Anaheim is ...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 7, 2022 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Nashville Predators, NHL
It was supposed to be a big NHL double-header night uin SoCal Thursday. The Kings would host Nashville while down the highway the Ducks were set for Detroit. Never happened, as you likely know—the Ducks have Covid problems and had to postpone their contest until...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 1, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
It would have been advisable for the Kings to beat that Ducks Tuesday night. After all, they had two games in hand, and they came into the game having gone 1-3-1 in their prior five games, but winning the last of those, against Ottawa, 4-2. All of these contests, by...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 27, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Ottawa Senators
It was all LA Kings to start the game versus Ottawa at 4pm Saturday. Los Angeles got the first goal and dominated in the shots. But by the end of one period, the game was tied. What did this signal for a team that came in badly needing a win to get back to positive...