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Western Conference semifinals Game 4, Kings vs. St. Louis Blues at Staples Center, noon (Kings lead series, 3-0) Five storylines to track: 1. Broom town -- Sure, the Kings are up 3-0 for the second straight series, skating on home ice with ...

ST. LOUIS -- You can forget seeing Jaroslav Halak come to the rescue for the Blues. "He won't play in the series," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said in dropping a minibomb after his team's 5-2 loss Monday night to fall behind 2-0 in its second-round ...

Coach Ken Hitchcock ruled Jaroslav Halak out for the remainder of the second round following the Blues' Game 2 loss to the Kings on Monday night.

Western Conference Semifinals Game 1 Kings vs. St. Louis Blues at Scottrade Center, 4:30 p.m. PT Five storylines to track: 1. Back at it - After seven days off for the Blues and six for the Kings, the playoffs finally resume for two teams...

The Kings and Blues are scheduled to kick off their Western Conference semifinal Saturday at 4:30 p.m. PT at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. Here's a breakdown of what to watch for as the series unwinds. KINGS OFFENSE vs. BLUES DEFENSE Kings coa...

QUICK FIRST LOOK: Opponent: St. Luis Blues Regular-season records: Kings, 40-27-15, 95 points (8th in Western Conference); Blues 49-22-11, 109 points (2nd in Western Conference). Playoff Schedule: TBA Previous meetings this season: Oct...

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak will not play in the first two games of the upcoming second-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings.

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St. Louis Blues netminder Jaroslav Halak did not take part in practice Wednesday as a suspected ankle injury keeps him on the shelf. "He's not going to play obviously tomorrow," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said after practice. "He skated yesterday. ...

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak did not take part in practice Wednesday as a suspected ankle injury keeps him on the shelf in St. Louis' Western Conference quarterfinals series against the San Jose Sharks.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Still lots of buzz Monday morning at HP Pavilion about the craziness around the playoffs in terms of fisticuffs and dirty play. "A lot of the series [are in] borderline chaos right now," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said after h...

All that talk of cheap shots, sucker punches, cracked helmets and broken noses stayed behind in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS -- Brian Elliott didn't begin his day thinking he'd be seeing action in Game 2. But after starter Jaroslav Halak was hammered by teammate Barret Jackman and left the game 49 seconds into the second period, the Blues' backup netminder was pr...

Blues 3, Sharks 0

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Jaroslav Halak gets the start for Game 1 of the Blues-Sharks first-round series, St. Louis head coach Ken Hitchcock announced Wednesday.