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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- There's a reason no team has won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and '98: It's damn tough. Reproducing the hunger and drive to go all-out over two months is mighty difficult. Once a play...

LOS ANGELES -- It's not just one hit. It's a Raffi Torres hit. And that's why it takes on a whole different meaning, for better or for worse. Torres faces a disciplinary hearing in New York on Thursday after knocking Los Angeles Kings center Ja...

The Kings leave last year behind and show they have plenty this year too.

Dustin Penner scored the tiebreaking goal in the final second of the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings advanced to the second round with a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 6 on Friday night.

The Los Angeles Kings have activated forward Dustin Penner from injured reserve.

The Los Angeles Kings traded Simon Gagne back to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday for a conditional draft pick, sending the struggling left wing back to the city where he had his greatest NHL success.

We all like to point to statement games without acknowledging that those games and their importance last exactly the amount of time it takes to play the game. So you can rest assured that, although disappointed at being beaten 5-2 at Staples Center o...

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Kings GM Dean Lombardi concurred with the assessment of a panel of statistical experts who believe Dustin Penner is due for a bounce-back campaign, but that's not why he re-signed him.

Blog | Conversation | September 27, 2012

Rob Vollman polls the NHL stats community to see which summer signings rated as the league's worst contracts handed out this offseason.

Story | Conversation | September 25, 2012

Rob Vollman polls the NHL stats community to see which summer signings rated as the league's best bargains.

Story | Conversation | September 24, 2012

Dustin Penner has re-signed with the Kings for a one-year, $3.25 million deal, a source told ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun...

Forward Dustin Penner has agreed to a one-year, $3.25 million contract to remain with the Los Angeles Kings.

AP Photo/Louis Lopez/CSM The biggest priority this summer is signing goalie Jonathan Quick to a long-term contract extension.Coming off their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history, the Kings face many of the same questions most organizations ...

LOS ANGELES -- What must have seemed like the longest elevator ride of his life finally came to a halt shortly before 8 p.m. Monday night. The Los Angeles Kings had just clinched their first Stanley Cup title in franchise history, and general mana...

Dustin Brown stood on a flatbed truck and raised the big silver trophy above his head once again. The air in downtown Los Angeles filled with a blizzard of silver-and-black confetti.