by Brian Kennedy | Apr 16, 2018 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Vegas Golden Knights
In a series dominated by two goalies at the peak of their games, it only made sense that Marc-Andre Fleury and Jonathan Quick would do it once more Sunday night with their series returned to LA. Save for save, they matched each other, Quick helped by a goal that...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 6, 2018 | Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, NHL
Playing for nothing. It’s not just the fate of the non-playoff team. It’s also what haunts the mind of the teams that have clinched but who could move up or down the standings pending the outcome of the last regular-season games. That’s the case for the LA Kings. They...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 3, 2018 | Archived Features, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Los Angeles Kings
In the ongoing saga of who wants and who does not want to get into the NHL playoffs from the Western Conference, the Avs blew a point and squeaked a point on Sunday (Anaheim beat them in OT), then headed up the freeway to faceoff with the Kings. Freeway. Faceoff....
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 31, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
If you were wondering where the Kings-Ducks rivalry went somewhere around 2012, and thought you saw it come back in 2014 when the Kings beat Anaheim in a come-from-behind seven-game win, you probably like this year a ton. The hatred is back. And it’s not just...
by Mike Stern | Mar 30, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Beware the Slide of March –A Hockey Soothsayer With apologies to William Shakespeare, the Dallas Stars should’ve heeded this chilling phrase of warning. On the morning of Saturday, February 10, the Stars were celebrating their fifth straight victory, a 4-3 win...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 19, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Leagues, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, NHL
What do you think of the mutual opponent hypothesis? What’s that? The idea that if team A and team B each play team C, then whoever does better against team C would do better against the other, as well. If it’s anything to go by, the Anaheim Ducks are in a sweet spot...
