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LOS ANGELES -- Anze Kopitar scored the tiebreaking goal on a slick pass from Dwight King with 4:48 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied from a third-period deficit for their fifth straight victory, 2-1 over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday ni...

Anze Kopitar scored the tiebreaking goal on a slick pass from Dwight King with 4:48 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings rallied from a third-period deficit for their fifth straight victory, 2-1 over the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

LOS ANGELES -- It took longer than anyone would have liked, but the NHL lockout is finally over. Hockey will be back this month, and so will the Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings. It could be argued that no team benefited more from the pla...

Drew Doughty had a goal and his first assist in 19 games, Anze Kopitar had a short-handed goal and an assist, and the Los Angeles Kings stayed in the thick of the playoff chase with a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.

After the 1st period: Kings 2, Detroit Red Wings 0 The good: Looking determined to a avoid a four-game sweep against the Red Wings this season, the Kings came out red hot in the opening period and received an even-strength goal from Justin Will...

Detroit Red Wings 4, Kings 3 Eight keys to the game: THE FACTS: Holding a one-goal lead with just over four minutes remaining against an injury-depleted team who was struggling just to gets shots on net, the Kings gave away the victory Friday ...

Sean Allen looks ahead to the week of Dec. 26 and analyzes how teams have responded to in-season coaching changes.

Kings (14-13-4, 32 points) vs. Detroit Red Wings (19-10-1, 39 points) at Joe Louis Arena, 4 p.m. (PT) Five storylines to track: 1. Record pace - The Kings have officially nosedived into uncharted waters. They've gone 10 consecutive games withou...

Drum roll, please ... 10. Show stopper: The most spectacular scoring effort of the season belonged to center Jarret Stoll on Jan. 22 in Phoenix. Just under five minutes into the third period, Stoll dived for a loose puck near the Phoenix crease an...

Carey Price leads the first edition of the Conn Smythe watch, a statistical ranking measuring player impact in the playoffs.

Story | Conversation | April 18, 2011

Sean Allen offers his early rankings of forwards for the 2011-12 season.

Something about the month of March and angry hockey fans. Terrific rants this week, people. Let's take a look: Caesar9682: I think it's really pathetic how Canadians are going after Zdeno Chara. I personally think the hit was clean, Max Pacioretty...

In this week's edition of the Player Power Rankings, Daniel Sedin remains in the top spot, though Sidney Crosby appears set to rejoin the race.

Story | Conversation | March 14, 2011

Kings 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 Eight keys to the game: THE FACTS: Jonathan Quick stopped 28 shots at Joe Louis Arena and shut down the host Red Wings over the final two periods to extend Detroit's losing streak to a season-long four games. TH...

Dustin Brown scored with 5:17 remaining in the second period and Jonathan Quick made 28 saves in the Los Angeles Kings' 2-1 victory over the slumping Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night.

In this week's edition of the Player Power Rankings, Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks surges up the skater rankings, while Tim Thomas remains No. 1 among goalies and on the cusp of history.

Story | Conversation | March 07, 2011