Los Angeles Kings News

LONDON _ The Los Angeles Kings were the forgotten team here this week, shunted to the background as their Southern California rivals paraded the Stanley Cup around London. Maybe they got tired of playing second fiddle. Mike Cammalleri scored twice and rookie Jonathan Bernier sparkled in his first-ever NHL start as the Kings dumped the defending champion Anaheim Ducks 4-1 ...

The Anaheim Ducks finally had things go their way in a shootout. Ryan Getzlaf faked backup goalie Mathieu Garon and scored the winning goal in the fifth round, helping the streaking Anaheim Ducks beat the rival Los Angeles Kings 3-2 Sunday. Getzlaf skated slowly toward Garon and faked to the right before pausing and going left, catching Garon sprawled flat on the ice. ``We talked before the game about what his tendencies are,'' Getzlaf said. ``I had an ...

Pacific Division rivals Los Angeles and Phoenix will play eight times this season. If the first game was any indication, the next seven should be bruising. Michael Cammalleri, Alexander Frolov and Anze Kopitar each had a goal and an assist, and the Kings beat the Coyotes 4-0 Thursday night in a testy game that featured a combined 77 penalty minutes. ``You get to know them very well,'' Cammalleri said. ``They get to know you very well. It ...

Marian Gaborik scored his first goal of the season in overtime, helping the Minnesota Wild beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Wednesday night for their franchise-record sixth consecutive win. Captain Brian Rolston scored the Wild's 1,000th regular-season goal in the first period. Los Angeles tied the game at 18:26 of the same period on Patrick O'Sullivan's first NHL goal, which survived a video review. The Kings dropped their fourth ...

Many hockey fans in Detroit were probably wondering where the goal-scoring and leadership were going to come from after the Red Wings lost Steve Yzerman to retirement and Brendan Shanahan to the New York Rangers. Robert Lang could be the answer. Lang scored twice in the third period and Kris Draper had a short-handed goal to lead the Red Wings to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night. The 35-year-old centre has had six ...

Brenden Morrow scored two power-play goals and Stephane Robidas had three assists to lead the Dallas Stars to a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night. The Stars' 4-0 start is the second-best in the franchise's 40-year history. They won their first six games in 1996-97, when they began a string of five consecutive division titles. Mike Ribeiro had a goal and two assists for the defending Pacific Division champions, who also got a ...

Goalie Jonathan Bernier has signed a three-year entry-level deal with the Los Angeles Kings, the team announced Friday. The Laval, Que., native was the Kings' first-round selection (11th overall) in this year's draft. Financial terms of the agreement were not announced. Bernier, 18, was the highest ranked North American goaltender in the 2006 draft and one of the Kings' two first-round draft choices, along with forward Trevor Lewis. He has played in eight regular season games this season with ...

Two of the best offseason moves the Dallas Stars made following their second straight first-round playoff flop were to obtain six-time all-star Eric Lindros and extend goaltender Marty Turco's contract. Lindros had three assists, one on Jussi Jokinen's power-play goal, and Turco made 32 saves to lead the defending Pacific Division champions to a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. ``I think we have a team this year that's going to play extremely well,'' Lindros ...

Brent Sopel scored the go-ahead goal on a power play with six seconds left in the second period and Alexander Frolov added a power-play goal with 17 seconds remaining in the game to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night. Michael Cammalleri and Tom Kostopoulos scored first-period goals and Dan Cloutier made 23 saves for the Kings. Richard Park and ...

Alexander Frolov scored the tiebreaking goal and rookie forward Anze Kopitar had three assists as the Los Angeles Kings beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 Saturday night. Mathieu Garon stopped 35 shots to help the Kings improve to 8-0-4 in their last 12 home openers. Lubomir Visnovsky, Michael Cammalleri and Brent Sopel also scored for the Kings, whose last loss in a home opener was a 5-2 defeat to Vancouver on October 6, 1993. Kopitar, a 19-year-old centre ...

Chris Kunitz had a goal and an assist, Teemu Selanne added two assists and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 41 saves as the Anaheim Ducks edged the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Friday night in the season opener for both teams. The Ducks' Ryan Getzlaf snapped a 2-2 tie when he scored with 13:15 remaining, and Kunitz added a goal moments later. Lubomir Visnovsky pulled the Kings within one with his goal with 5:07 remaining, but that closed the ...

Marek Svatos scored one of Colorado's three first-period goals and had the lone goal in a shootout to give the Avalanche a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night in the final exhibition game for both teams. Milan Hejduk and Tyler Arnason also scored for the Avalanche (5-1). Jose Theodore stopped 28 shots also made saves on shots by Alexander Frolov, Michael Cammalleri and Lauri Tukonen in ...