Open Ice: A new play on the Rater

Sean Allen takes an alternate look at player values by evaluating only the scoring categories for the top players owned in ESPN standard fantasy hockey leagues.

Long-suffering Kings now contenders

GM Lombardi's commitment to draft choices pays off when the kids reach their potential.

Kings stop Oilers, move atop West with 8th win in last 10 games

Sean O'Donnell scored a tiebreaking goal with 4:33 left and the Kings beat the Oilers 3-2 on Tuesday night.

Your rants, my answers

...Jarret Stoll out of the lineup at various times; despite horrendous slumps for Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown; and an underachieving year from Alexander Frolov. Despite all of those negatives, they sit atop the...

Front Line: Deconstructing Mike Fisher

Sean Allen explains the disparity between his ranking of Mike Fisher and what Player Rater says about the Senators forward's stats.

Kesler goal, Luongo in net lift Canucks over Kings

Ryan Kesler helped the Canucks beat the West-leading Kings on Monday.

Open Ice: Return of the King

Sean Allen looks forward to the return of Ryan Smyth and the effect it will have on the Los Angeles Kings' offense in general and Anze Kopitar in particular.

...Auld #31 of the Dallas Stars makes the save as his teammate Nicklas Grossman #2 pushes Dustin Brown #23 of the Los Angeles Kings to the ice on December 12, 2009 at Staples Center...

Chat with Kings blogger

...to come together. The Kings have a ton of young, mainly home grown talent up front (Kopitar, Brown, Frolov), on defense (Doughty and Johnson) and in net (Quick). This summer they added two key high...

Brown's overtime tally carries Kings past Sharks

Dustin Brown scored 1:16 into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings overcame a blown third-period lead to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Wednesday night.

Coyotes-Kings Preview

Coyotes-Kings Preview

Front Line: Has Gaborik reached peak?

Marian Gaborik has risen up to No. 5 in the forwards rankings after a great start, but Sean Allen thinks he can't get much higher.

Parse, Stoll score as Kings beat Flames

The Kings beat the road-weary Flames on Monday for their fifth win in seven games.

Flames-Kings Preview

Flames-Kings Preview

Kariya nets 2 in 3rd period, then McDonald, Boyes lift Blues in SO

The Blues got goals from Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes in the first two rounds of a shootout to beat the Kings 5-4 on Saturday.