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BOSTON -- Pittsburgh Penguins GM Ray Shero and agent Kent Hughes, who reps star blue-liner Kris Letang, are slated to meet here in Boston on Wednesday, a source told ESPN.com. It only makes sense because Hughes lives in Boston and Shero is in town...

Despite losing in five games, Los Angeles fought hard until the end

The old sports cliche says that you're never really in trouble in a playoff series until you lose at home. But, with all due respect to the wisdom of old sports cliches, right now the Los Angeles Kings look like a team that's in a lot o...

Adam Burish said the Los Angeles Kings look beat up against the Chicago Blackhawks, and he saw them "slowing down" during their tough seven-game series in the second round against Burish's San Jose Sharks. "They had guys as our series went on you ...

LOS ANGELES -- Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman made just one move at the trade deadline, acquiring forward Michal Handzus from the San Jose Sharks. It was the only additional piece Bowman thought the Blackhawks needed to make anothe...

The Los Angeles Kings had an optional skate Monday but most of the players, including center Mike Richards, took the time to rest and recover in the midst of playing three games in four nights in two cities to open the Western Conference finals.

Can we declare the Western Conference finals over yet? If this were a boxing match they'd call it a TKO after two rounds. That's how dominant the Chicago Blackhawks have been in sweeping their two home games against the Los Angeles Kings over the wee...

Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa scored in the second period, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Saturday in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll practiced Thursday without a no-contact jersey for the first time in over two weeks but his status for Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday is still uncertain.

Neil Greenberg examines how goalies have fared against dangerous shots this postseason, writing that Jonathan Quick has separated himself from his peers.

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We'll try not to get blinded by all the Stanley Cup bling in this season's Western Conference finals, what with the 2010 and 2012 NHL champions meeting up in a tantalizing matchup. The Chicago Blackhawks, champs in '10, have ruled since day one in th...

LOS ANGELES -- A titanic Californian fortnight is over, ending the way it began, with a Jonathan Quick gem. What else is new, right? A series that was incredibly close had to end, the reigning Stanley Cup champions raising their game one more t...

LOS ANGELES -- You were in the wrong dressing room here Tuesday night if you were looking for anyone to acknowledge what the San Jose Sharks achieved this season. No, in the visitors' room at Staples Center, there were only looks of despair and he...

Justin Williams scored two goals in the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings advanced to the Western Conference finals with a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks in Game 7 on Tuesday night.

LOS ANGELES -- Game 7. It explains itself. No matter how many you've played, it's special unto itself. "If you don't get butterflies, there's something wrong with you," said Los Angeles Kings veteran Justin Williams, who is 3-0 in Game 7s in...

TOP THINGS TO KNOW 1. There have been 147 series (entering Tuesday) that have gone to seven games. On 71 occasions, the team trailing 3-2 after five games went on to win the series (48.3 percent). The Sharks trailed the Kings 3-2 in this series. ...