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Sharks’ Celebrini shows off elite release for fifth goal of the season

Watch as San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini fools Los Angeles Kings goaltender David Rittich with beautiful wrist shot over the glove to give the Sharks a lead early in the third period.

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Published: 1 month ago

LA Kings Prospect Tracker: Week Ending February 4th, 2024

Once again, it’s time for our weekly recap of what’s been happening in the AHL with LA’s prospects. The following reports are from games played through end of day Sunday, February 4th. ONTARIO REIGN (AHL) Due to the Ontario Reign featuring a la

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Published: 11 months ago

Vezina Trophy Rankings: Shaping up to be a two-horse race

Welcome to the fourth in-season edition of theScore's 2023-24 Vezina Trophy rankings, a monthly look at the top goaltenders across the NHL.The All-Star break and bye weeks made for smaller sample sizes and resulted in two newcomers and one returnee f

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Published: 11 months ago

From here on out, it’s simply wins and losses that will define the LA Kings season

“We are win/loss. That’s exactly where our team is. Everything we dictate from this point and from this going forward is based off of wins and losses.” Rob Blake has always carefully set expectations for his teams. Heading into this season, the

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Published: 11 months ago

Kings name D.J. Smith as assistant coach

Not exactly breaking news, after reports yesterday afternoon, but the Kings have made it official here this morning – The organization has hired D.J. Smith as an assistant coach under Interim Head Coach Jim Hiller. Smith rounds out the staff under

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Published: 11 months ago

Analytics Perspective: Some Good, Bad, and Ugly from the LA Kings Season so Far

Kings GM Rob Blake brought up some of the more pressing numbers during Monday’s press conference in El Segundo, most notably that the Kings looked like two different teams over the first 24 games compared to their most recent 24. Once an offensive

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Published: 11 months ago

Key Takeaways From Rob Blake’s Press Conference – Timeline, Reasoning, Particulars Regarding Friday’s Coaching Change

There are two sides of today’s availability with Kings General Manager Rob Blake. There’s what we learned and there’s where we go from here. To me, it makes sense to start with the former, because without the former, there is no latter. So, for

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Published: 11 months ago

Los Angeles Kings to name D.J. Smith assistant coach

Smith previously served as head coach of the Ottawa Senators, who fired him in December.

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Published: 11 months ago

Kings hiring former Senators coach D.J. Smith as assistant

The Los Angeles Kings are set to hire former Ottawa Senators head coach D.J. Smith as an assistant coach on interim coach Jim Hiller’s staff.

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Published: 11 months ago

NHL RADIO REPLAY: Mayor’s Minutes – Why Hiller as Kings Coach and What’s Next

Follow @mayorNHL Enjoy a free replay of this week’s Mayor’s Minutes on NHL Network Radio, where John Hoven joined host Jim ‘Boomer’ Gordon to break down everything that went down with the LA Kings moving on from Todd McClellan and promoting J

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Published: 11 months ago

Will the Los Angeles Kings stay alive in the wild-card race?

Going into Monday night, the Kings have 56 points and are clinging onto one of the Western Conference’s wild card spots.

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Published: 11 months ago

Brandt Clarke takes home hardware at AHL Skills with perfect performance in Accuracy Shooting, defeats brother in Puck Control race

It was a busy night for Brandt Clarke at the AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday night in San Jose, which saw him play a big role in the Western Conference defeating the Eastern Conference by competing in four events during the league’s annua

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Published: 11 months ago

KOTP Ep.180 — Goodbye McLellan, Hello Hiller

The guys discuss the departure of Todd McLellan after 4 1/2 seasons behind the LAK bench. DB discuss his adventures at the NHL All Star weekend in Toronto. The Mayor gives his thoughts on the expansion of the international hockey calendar.  You can

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Published: 11 months ago