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Los Angeles Kings' Peter Harrold dives to block the slap shot of Ottawa Senators' Mike Fisher, in Los Angeles.

VS. CALGARY When: 1 p.m. Where: Staples Center. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 1150.

Jim Fox is a former Kings forward and the award-winning color commentator for Kings telecasts on Fox Sports West.

It's now 13 in a row. The Carolina Hurricanes simply cannot win a game, even after rallying from a two-goal deficit to tie the score and seemingly wrestle away the game's momentum.

Thursday October 22, 4:20PM: The Los Angeles Kings return home from a season-long six game road trip tonight when they host the Dallas Stars at Staples Center.A The team is back in black, but Justin Williams is momentarily black and blue.

Los Angeles Kings coach Terry Murray made an intriguing comment regarding his team's performance in their 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings to LAKingsInsider.com's Rich Hammond: October 16, LAKingsInsider.com : In talking with people after the game last night, the general sense was that the Kings had a golden opportunity to put away the Red Wings ...

DETROIT a ' You know ita TMs been a tough start to the season for the Detroit Red Wings when a couple of young fans Thursday put the giveaway drawstring bags over their heads during a particularly poor first period.

It took about a half of a period, but Detroit finally shook off whatever cobwebs lingered from its horrendous night in Buffalo on Tuesday and, behind a milestone night for captain Nick Lidstrom and a lot of help from goalie Chris Osgood, beat the Los Angeles Kings, 5-2, on Thursday at Joe Louis Arena.

KINGS TONIGHT VS. MINNESOTA When: 7:30. Where: Staples Center. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 1150.

L.A. blows a 4-0 lead, then comes back for a 6-4 victory. Teddy Purcell had the right idea.

Kings tonight VS. SAN JOSE When: 7:30. Where: Staples Center. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 1150.

It's understandable that Kings defenseman Alec Martinez was nervous in his NHL debut Saturday against Phoenix.

There were no major surprises among the Kings' last major roster cuts Monday, with goaltender Jonathan Bernier being assigned -- and unhappily so -- to Manchester of the American Hockey League with defenseman Thomas Hickey and winger Kevin Westgarth, and 2009 first-round draft pick Brayden Schenn being returned to his junior team.

Los Angles Kings Wayne Simmonds, right, battles New York Islanders Jesse Joensuu in the second period on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Paul Stastny and Milan Hejduk scored second-period goals and Craig Anderson stopped Marc-Andre Cliche's penalty shot in the Colorado Avalanche's 3-2 exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.

The second-largest market in the NHL is in danger of becoming a second-division franchise if this current cycle of perpetual rebuilding efforts isn't broken soon.

The Kings made progress on defense last season; now they need an improved offense to complete the package Matt Greene is among the Kings who included extra workouts in his offseason plan.

The 2009 NHL Entry Draft had just finished and Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi took a big sigh of relief before answering my question about stepping back after three drafts and a few other maneuvers since he took the job and what kind of progress he's seen.