The Official Los Angeles Kings Thread for 2013-2014

[Angel Oracle]

Jonathan Bernier returns to Staples Center on Thursday for the first time since the off-season trade to Toronto.

Bernier vs. Quick should be a great goalie matchup.

[disarcina]

8th straight tonight vs. Calgary at Calgary -- hey, folks -- Kings are maintaining the winning streak on the road -- good stuff.

 

Martin Jones in goal -- had a 3-0 shut out going until about 4 minutes left in the third and then gave up two pretty quick goals.

 

But KINGS win it 3 to 2.

 

Gotta Love these Kings -- hitting on all cylinders is right and now they've improved the team for the playoff run........

 

But you're right -- the West is tough........

 

Reminds me of the year the Angels won a bunch of games down the stretch and the A's did as well so it was nearly impossible to pick up ground.

 

Nice win.........

 

Hey, with all the TV coverage stuff (Dodgers on paid TV and other changes) isn't it great to have ol' reliable Bob Miller calling the games on FSN for our Kings???

 

He sure makes watching the LA Kings games a lot of fun and really great.

[disarcina]

Bernier back at Staples vs. Quick will be a good one.......I like Bernier.......he sure did well for us --as did Scrivens.....

 

Hey, speaking of Thursday at Staples -- wouldn't a Kings victory with Quick in net mark not only mean Quick ties or surpasses Rogie Vachon in all time goalies as a win.

 

and then, also, Daryl Sutter's 500th coaching win as well.........could be quite a night.

 

Oh yeah, for the hat trick -- a Kings win would tie a club record 9 straight wins.....

 

Big night at Staples Thursday!!

[Tank]

thought the local news last night would have some kind of teaser about how well the Kings have been playing. once again, i have assumed too much when it comes to local hockey coverage.

 

idiots.

[disarcina]

TANK -- well KCAL 9 had some coverage of it...........didn't watch any other stations........

 

Kings really playing well........

[nando714]

Should be a fun game tonight

Can't wait

[nando714]

gotta get back in the "w" column tonight

[Thomas]

Took care of business today. Rare for the Saturday matinee even against teams they "should" beat. Big road trip coming up. Pearson has looked great the past few games. Between Gaborik and him it really allows the Kings to stretch the ice out when taking it out of their own zone.

[Thomas]

Oh and Quicks save today. I had assumed it was a goal.

[Punk]

SOTY?

[Thomas]

After seeing Ward's save tonight I'm not even sure if it was the save of the day...

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?hdpid=49&id=583961&lang=en&navid=nhl:topheads

[Tank]

Quick passes Vachon as the all time leader in wins for the franchise. Congrats, Quickie. I think he needs another couple of shutouts to pass Vachon in that stat, also.

[Angel Oracle]

Ward's save was ridiculous.   You don't see many stick saves reaching out at that far of an angle.

[nando714]

Nice win in Philly

6 straight wins on the road

[Thomas]

Great effort by the Kings. Needed every bit of it for the win.

[Thomas]

Crazy game last night. Not often do you win games on the road only giving 2 + OT periods of effort. Funny how the Kings stole the game, got it stolen from them, only to snatch it back. 

[Angel Oracle]

SEVEN straight road wins, getting warmed up for a third straight serious Cup run 

Brown and Richards seem to finally be getting slowly untracked, and Gaborik continues to help.

That was an aberration for Quick (4 goals).

[nando714]

8 straight road wins. Ties club record

Even sweeter in PITT!

Road warriors imo

[Thomas]

The Pens are seriously scuffling right now. Good win for the Kings though. The officiating on the waived off goal was cringe worthy though. I mean the right call was made but to seriously troll the fans like that?

[Tank]

I was checking the score on my phone right as the Pens scored the tieing goal. The weird thing was the app didn't update the game score to show it was tied. Figured it was either a slow update or that the goal wasn't allowed. Glad to see it was the latter.

GKG!

[Angel Oracle]

One step closer to that very first Kings/Ducks SC playoffs series

 

Boston took over the lead in defense last night with their shutout over Chicago.

Boston seems to be on fire right now, and poised for another SCF appearance.

[Thomas]

We have a um...game out of hand over Boston though.

[Angel Oracle]

Boston has played one fewer game and has allowed 4 fewer goals. So they do lead the NHL in GAA.

The important thing is the Kings offense finally emerging this past month from their offense slumber. Gaborik 2014 = Carter 2012?

[disarcina]

Looking good so far at Staples tonight vs. Winnipeg........ midway third period, 4 to 1 Kings......

[disarcina]

KINGS/ DUCKS in ROUND ONE would be something.......

 

but somewhat concerned -- DUCKS have kind of owned us this year --- well, as of late, anyway.