by Brian Kennedy | May 9, 2022 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Friday night in LA, the two big guns of Edmonton cranked it up, got their team off to a fast start, and watched while mid-tier players took over the show and cruised to an 8-2 victory. After the game, the Kings, to a player, were saying what their coach had likely ...
by Brian Kennedy | May 7, 2022 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The LA Kings had debuted ten players to the playoffs by the time the puck dropped for their Friday evening contest at home versus the Oilers. Before the game was over, “make that eleven” was the lament. Why? Because Jonathan Quick got yanked after allowing four...
by Brian Kennedy | May 5, 2022 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
After one period of play on Wednesday night, it appeared that the LA Kings might just reprise their victory of Game 1 and go home to Cali on Friday night with a 2-0 series lead. This on the strength of two near goals early and hard physical play throughout ...
by Brian Kennedy | May 3, 2022 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The first night of the NHL playoffs a la 2022 was marked with high-scoring knockout games. 5-0, 5-1, 4-0. If you could have picked which one would the the mighty Oilers versus the much-injured Kings, you would have taken the first of those. Edmonton’s favor....
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 24, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The LA Kings and Anaheim Ducks finished their “Freeway Faceoff” series on Saturday night with the Kings playing to solidify their likely playoff berth and the Ducks trying to hold on and end the season respectably. Mostly, the Anaheim effort was worthy, though they...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 22, 2022 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Jonathan Quick was back in net Thursday as the Kings extended their efforts to make the playoffs in the Western Conference. This on the heels of an amazing performance in their last game, Tuesday versus Anaheim. It was a game that I described as featuring perhaps...
