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The Audible: What’s better than playoff time in L.A.? (Maybe free chicken?)
Jim Alexander: Before we get into what really is the best time of the year in this town – three playoff series going pretty much concurrently – one last charming NBA regular-season moment courtesy of...
View ArticleKings feeling healthy ahead of another playoff matchup against Edmonton
EL SEGUNDO – With the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs awaiting the L.A. Kings in Edmonton on Monday, the best-attended practice of the year featured a full house in the stands cheering on a full...
View ArticleKings vs. Oilers: First-round scouting report, prediction
SERIES SCHEDULE (Best-of-seven, all times PT) Game 1: Monday at Edmonton, 7 p.m. (Bally Sports Socal) Game 2: Wednesday at Edmonton, 7 p.m. (Bally Sports West) Game 3: Friday at L.A., 7:30 p.m. (Bally...
View ArticleKings search for different results against Oilers in postseason
There’s a copied-and-pasted feel to the circumstances surrounding Monday’s series opener –– the third-place Kings will visit the second-place Oilers for a first-round Game 1 in Edmonton for the third...
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Kings can’t overcome slow start in Game 1 loss to Oilers
The Kings’ Phillip Danault, left, and the Edmonton Oilers’ Mattias Janmark battle for the puck during the first period of Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Monday night in Edmonton,...
View ArticleKings’ woes ‘fixable’ in Game 2 in Edmonton, Hiller says
The Kings anticipated another playoff matchup with the Edmonton Oilers this season and envisioned it as being different from the past two years, when the Oilers sent them to golf tees and fishing boats...
View ArticleDucks ‘in a good spot’ to compete for a playoff spot next season
IRVINE — For the Ducks, it was another season of pain, both literal and figurative, as an injury-marred campaign crashed short of the postseason landing strip yet again. But it was also a period of...
View ArticleDucks banking on youth, promise and plenty of salary cap room
IRVINE — Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek might not have the commanding presence or steely stare of his former teammate and front office mentor Steve Yzerman, but the feisty, fiery forward turned...
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Anze Kopitar’s OT goal lifts Kings past Oilers in Game 2, ties series
Kings goaltender Cam Talbot, right, makes a save against the Edmonton Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl, front, during the second period of Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday night in...
View ArticleKings leaned on veteran strength to even series with Oilers
The Kings simply set out to win a playoff series for the first time in a decade, but they’ve already created themes of resilience, reversal and retribution as they evened their matchup and pickpocketed...
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