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| Kings G LaBarbera out for season |
NHL Hockey |
03/05/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jason LaBarbera underwent sports hernia surgery on Wednesday and will be out the remainder of the season. LaBarbera has not played since February 18 due to the injury, meaning the goaltending duties will now fall on rookie Erik Ersberg and veteran Dan Cloutier. LaBarbera has a 17-23-2 record with a 3.00 goals-against average this season, his second with the Kings. "It is unfortunate, he has had a decent season for us," Kings coach Marc Crawford sai |
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| Johnson leads Blues over Kings |
NHL Hockey |
03/04/2008 |
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| St. Louis, MO (Best E Casino) - Ryan Johnson scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period as the St. Louis Blues snapped a six-game losing streak and edged the Los Angeles Kings, 3-2, at Scottrade Center. Andy McDonald and Keith Tkachuk both scored for the Blues, who hadn't won since downing Chicago, 5-1, February 19. Manny Legace stopped 30-of-32 shots to earn the win for St. Louis. Alexander Frolov and Dustin Brown each picked up a goal for the Kings, losers of five straight and seven of eight overall. |
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| Skoula's OT score lifts Wild past Kings |
NHL Hockey |
03/02/2008 |
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| St. Paul, MN (Best E Casino) - Martin Skoula scored with 1:15 left in overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild over the Los Angeles Kings, 2-1, at XCel Energy Center. Marian Gaborik, who was just named team captain for the month of March, got the puck near the goal line to the right of the net. He sent a quick centering pass right to Skoula, who poked it through goaltender Erik Ersberg's pads. "Gaborik made a great pass to get it in front of the net. I just swept at it. It was a slow pass, and I just tapped it thro |
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| Minnesota hopes Gaborik can go wild against Kings |
NHL Hockey |
03/02/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Marian Gaborik will try to post his first goal in six games tonight, as his Minnesota Wild play host to the Los Angeles Kings at Xcel Energy Center. Since going on a six-game point streak from February 9-19 that saw the forward post five goals and three assists to up his season point total to 63, Gaborik has failed to light the lamp in five straight games, notching just a single assist in that span. Not surprising, Minnesota is 2-3-0 in those five tests. Gaborik, who leads the team with 33 go |
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| Salei and Avs down Kings |
NHL Hockey |
03/02/2008 |
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| Denver, CO (Best E Casino) - Ruslan Salei posted a goal and an assist, as the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Los Angeles Kings, 5-2, at the Pepsi Center. Joe Sakic also scored and Jordan Leopold collected three assists for the Avalanche, who won three straight for the first time since January 12-15. Jose Theodore made 23 saves to pick up the win. Ryan Smyth scored two goals before was taken off the ice on the stretcher with 28.5 seconds remaining in the second period. "We've had some pretty good comebacks and |
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| Avalanche aim to get rolling versus Kings |
NHL Hockey |
03/01/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Colorado Avalanche will aim to halt a four-game home losing streak tonight when they begin a four-game residency against the Los Angeles Kings at the Pepsi Center. The Avs recently completed a five-game road trip with a 3-1-1 mark, including a 3-2 shootout win over Vancouver on Wednesday. Joe Sakic tied the game with 15 second left in regulation and tallied the deciding goal in the shootout. In the second round of the shootout, Sakic sold the forehand before pulling the puck to the backha |
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| Oilers and Kings tangle in LA |
NHL Hockey |
02/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The bottom two teams in the Western Conference will meet tonight in Alberta, where the Edmonton Oilers welcome the Los Angeles Kings to Rexall Place. The Kings are last in the NHL with 56 points and Edmonton is 14th out of 15 Western Conference teams with 63 points. However, Edmonton will aim for its third straight win when it takes the ice tonight. The Oilers ended a three-game slide and began a five-game homestand with a win over Colorado on Sunday, then downed the Detroit Red Wings in a cl |
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| Detroit Red Wings |
NHL Hockey Transaction |
02/26/2008 |
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| Acquired defenseman Brad Stuart from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth- round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft; assigned goaltender Jimmy Howard to Grand Rapids (AHL). |
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| Ducks acquire goaltender Aubin |
NHL Hockey |
02/26/2008 |
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| Anaheim, CA (Best E Casino) - The Anaheim Ducks found an experienced backup goaltender for the stretch run during Tuesday's trade deadline, acquiring Jean-Sebastien Aubin from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a 2008 seventh-round draft choice. The 30-year-old Aubin has participated in 19 games, including 12 starts, for the Kings this season and posted a 5-6-1 record with a 3.19 goals-against average and an .886 save percentage. Aubin is expected to serve as the No. 2 netminder in Anaheim behind fellow Mon |
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| Wings pick up Stuart from Kings |
NHL Hockey |
02/26/2008 |
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| Detroit, MI (Best E Casino) - The Detroit Red Wings acquired defenseman Brad Stuart from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth-round selection in the 2009 draft. Stuart has appeared in 63 games this season and has posted five goals with 16 assists for 21 points. He has 58 goals and 227 points in 570 NHL games over eight seasons with the San Jose Sharks, Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames and Los Angeles. The 28-year-old veteran signed with the Kings as an |
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