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Kings' Raitis Ivanans hits the ice after becoming tangled with Flames' Dion Phaneuf during the first period of Monday's NHL game.

As the Los Angeles Kings prepare to host the Dallas Stars tonight at Staples Center, news came down today that Wayne Simmonds will be out of the lineup for an undetermined amount of time with a lower body injury.

Something had to give. Someone had to lose. The Kings had won five of their last six while beating the Western Conference's top three teams - Chicago, Calgary and San Jose.

Oscar Moller and Jack Johnson netted first-period goals, Justin Williams scored in the eighth round of a shootout, and the Los Angeles Kings capitalized on the absence of suspended Phoenix defenseman Ed Jovanovski in a 3-2 victory over the Coyotes on Thursday night.

Game 31: Kings 2, Flames 1 Much has been said about the Kings and their supposed rivalries with teams like the Ducks, Red Wings and Oilers.

Kings head coach Terry Murray went so far as to call the Calgary Flames "probably the best team in the NHL." Murray shouldn't be so humble.

Jack Johnson scored the go-ahead goal with 2:20 left in the third period and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Tuesday night in the first meeting of the season between the Southern California rivals.

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

Ilya Kovalchuk and Maxim Afinogenov each had two goals and two assists to help the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Los Angeles Kings 7-0 on Friday night for their third straight victory.

The Predators lead the Los Angeles Kings 1-0 after two periods. Nashville scored the game's first goal with 3:22 left in the second period, and it came on the power play after Raitis Ivanans was whistled for hooking Jordin Tootoo.

The development of a young player is always interesting to follow. Before this season, Anze Kopitar was already an above-average NHL player, but he had a decision to make.

AT PHOENIX When: 6 PST. Where: Jobing.com Arena. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 1150.

Tuesday 27 Oct 2009 Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 02:52AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-PRINCETON, N.J. Former Reading Royals right wing Scott Parse became the 412th player to play in the National Hockey League after the ECHL when he made his debut with the Los Angeles Kings in a 5-3 win at Phoenix on Saturday.

LOS NYI 0 0 LOS NYI 18:33 1 0 LOS NYI 5:31 2 0 18:05 2 1 Fast Facts The Kings have won four straight games against the Islanders.

Down 4-0 in the second period, Scott Nichol knocked Drewiskie off balance with a check along the end boards on an icing play.

MAGIC JOHNSON STATUE OUTSIDE THE STAPLES CENTER IN LOS ANGELES #45 JODY SHELLEY 2ND PERIOD FIGHT WITH #41 RAITIS IVANANS KINGS GOALTENDER #32 JONATHAN QUICK MAKES A DIVING EFFORT IN 3RD An NHL game is not over until the final whistle, and there were several game-within-a-games in the Kings 6-4 win over the San Jose Sharks at the Staples Center on ...

They were the same old Los Angeles Kings for 26 seconds, blowing a four-goal lead to the elite San Jose Sharks and their star-studded power play.

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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.

Two weeks of training camp and eight exhibition games didn't tell the Kings or Ducks much they didn't know before this whole sweaty exercise began.