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Practice Notebook – Kuemper Update, Kopitar Maintenance Day, Expected To Play in COL, Today’s Focus

The LA Kings hit the ice for a short team practice today before taking off for Colorado. First things first, the Kings welcomed back goaltender Darcy Kuemper as a full participant for the first time since he suffered an upper-body injury earlier this month. Kuemper’s progression has been slow but steady. He began taking shots […]

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Alex Laferriere’s first career NHL hat trick was a long time coming, for a player “you notice every night”

Early in the first period of last night’s game against the Anaheim Ducks, Alex Laferriere worked his way into the low slot. Defenseman Drew Doughty moved the puck behind the net in the offensive zone to Anze Kopitar, who was stationed in Gretzky’s office behind the net, with some time to make a play. Laferriere […]

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12/29 Preview – No Lineup Changed Expected + Competing With The Best, Kopitar In, Anderson on Forsberg, Crown Jerseys

WHO: Los Angeles Kings (16-12-9) @ Colorado Avalanche (28-2-7) WHAT: 2025 Regular-Season Game 38/82 WHEN: Monday, December 29 @ 6:00 PM Pacific WHERE: Ball Arena Arena – Denver, CO HOW TO FOLLOW: VIDEO: FanDuel Sports Network – AUDIO – ESPN LA App & LA Kings App – TWITTER: @dooleylak & @lakings TODAY’S MATCHUP: As they […]

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FINAL – Kings 2, Avalanche 5 – Armia, Kempe, Hiller

The LA Kings were unable to make it two in a row coming out of the break, as they fell by a 5-2 final in Colorado, despite a good performance on Monday evening at Ball Arena. Against the flow of play, Colorado opened the scoring just shy of the halfway mark of the first period. […]

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Kings activate Darcy Kuemper from IR, assign Pheonix Copley to AHL-Ontario

The Kuemperor (str)I(ke)s Back! Good news, Insiders. The LA Kings have activated goaltender Darcy Kuemper off of injured reserve, which signals his impending return to game action off of an upper-body injury. In a corresponding transaction, the Kings have assigned goaltender Pheonix Copley to the AHL’s Ontario Reign. Not all that surprising. Kuemper was close […]

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REIGN FINAL – ONT 3 , HSK 2 (SO) – Lord, Alexandrov, Saville

The Ontario Reign (18-9-1-1) defeated the Henderson Silver Knights (14-10-3-1) Tuesday night by a final score of 3-2 in a shootout in front of 2,584 fans at Lee’s Family Forum. The Reign will host the San Jose Barracuda Wednesday, Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. (PST). Taylor Ward tied the score at 1-1 on his 12th […]

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A “phenomenal” day for Darcy Kuemper and Drew Doughty, with a trip to the Olympics now a reality

It started off as a regular morning for Drew Doughty and Darcy Kuemper. They were up, getting their kids ready for the day. And then, the phone rang. Suddenly, a regular day became a very special day – Doughty and Kuemper were both selected to be Olympics, representing Team Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics […]

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REIGN FINAL – ONT 4 , SJ 5 – Lord, Rego, Connors

The Ontario Reign (18-10-1-1) fell to the San Jose Barracuda (18-10-1-1) Wednesday night by a final score of 5-4 in front of 7,913 fans at Toyota Arena. The Reign will host the Coachella Valley Firebirds Saturday, Jan. 3 at 6 p.m. (PST). Lucas Carlson scored the game winning goal for San Jose with less than […]

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LIVE THREAD – Kings vs. Lightning, 1/1

Los Angeles Kings 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 3 3:19 Left, Third Period Game Preview WATCH: FanDuel Sports Network LISTEN: ESPN LA App + LA Kings App SOG: LAK – 20 TBL – 20 PP: LAK – 2/3 TBL – 1/2 First Period 1. TBL – Brayden Point (8) – (Jake Guentzel, Nikita Kucherov) – 3:34 […]

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FINAL – Kings 3, Lightning 5 – Ceci, Perry, Hiller

The LA Kings saw a late lead slip away as they dropped a 5-3 final against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday evening at Crypto.com Arena. Just over three minutes into the game, Tampa Bay opened the scoring with a tic-tac-toe power-play goal. Forward Nikita Kucherov made the first pass to forward Jake Guentzel, who […]

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Kempe, Armia talk Olympic selections, national pride Sweden/Finland rivalry

It’s awfully fitting that Sweden and Finland announced their Olympic rosters on the same day. For all that gets made of the Canada/United States games here in North America, in Europe it’s the Sweden/Finland rivalry that’s the biggest one out there. Just like the North American rivalry, Sweden and Finland share a border. Both of […]

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WJC Quarterfinals set to be played today, with all six Kings prospects advancing to knockout round

Six LA Kings prospects entered the 2026 World Juniors with gold-medal aspirations and as the tournament progresses into the knockout stage, all six remain in contention. Each team played four games in the group stage, with the top four teams in each group advancing to the single-elimination, knockout round. The six Kings prospects represented five […]

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LIVE THREAD – Kings vs. Wild, 1/3

Los Angeles Kings 3, Minnesota Wild 2 13:20 Left, Third Period Game Preview WATCH: FanDuel Sports Network LISTEN: ESPN LA App + LA Kings App SOG: LAK – 27 MIN – 16 PP: LAK – 1/2 MIN – 1/3 First Period 1. LAK – Adrian Kempe (14) – (Anze Kopitar) – 6:08 2. MIN – […]

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FINAL – Kings 5, Wild 4 (SO) – Clarke, Byfield, Hiller

The LA Kings were able to turn a good performance into two points as they skated to a 5-4 shootout victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday evening at Crypto.com Arena. The Kings opened the scoring just over six minutes into the game through forward Adrian Kempe. The Kings top line put together a strong […]

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REIGN FINAL – ONT 3 , IA 0 – Lord, Portillo, Chromiak

The Ontario Reign (19-10-1-1) defeated the Iowa Wild (10-20-1-1) Sunday afternoon by a final score of 3-0 in front of 7,155 fans at Toyota Arena. The Reign will host the Iowa Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. (PST). Erik Portillo made 19 saves in his first appearance since Nov. 12 for his third career shutout. […]

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Angeles Analysis – The Right Reason To Reference The Standings

Between games against Tampa Bay and Minnesota, Jim Hiller took a bit of a different approach in Friday’s team meeting. He said it is rare that the coaching staff references the standings in those types of settings. On Friday, they did. Perhaps it shouldn’t be all that surprising. For all that’s gone wrong for the […]

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LIVE THREAD – Kings vs. Wild, 1/5

Los Angeles Kings 0, Minnesota Wild 0 15:23 Left, Second Period Game Preview WATCH: FanDuel Sports Network LISTEN: ESPN LA App + LA Kings App SOG: LAK – 8 MIN – 14 PP: LAK – 0/0 MIN – 0/2 Tonight’s LA Kings Lineup – Tonight's @LAKings Line Rushes – Laferriere – Kopitar – KempeFoegele – […]

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FINAL – Kings 4, Wild 2 – Kuzmenko, Kuemper, Hiller

The LA Kings completed the mini sweep over the Minnesota Wild on Monday evening at Crypto.com Arena, as they skated to a 4-2 victory. The first period lacked goals but was certainly not short on pace, as the two teams skated to a very fast opening 20. Chances came at both ends of the ice, […]

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[Los Angeles Kings]

Kopitar (lower-body), Armia (upper-body) both out day-to-day + Kings options going forward

In an update provided earlier today by LA Kings PR, forwards Anze Kopitar and Joel Armia are both out day-to-day with injuries. Both players left last night’s game against Minnesota and did not return. Kopitar’s lower-body injury came in the first period and he did not return as the Kings came back onto the ice […]

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REIGN PREVIEW 1/7 – Ontario vs. Iowa

REIGN PREVIEW 1/7 – Ontario vs. Iowa WHO: Ontario Reign (20-10-1-1) at Iowa Wild (10-21-1-1) WHAT: AHL REGULAR-SEASON GAME #33/72 WHEN: Wednesday, January 7 @ 7:00 Pacific WHERE: Toyota Arena – Ontario, CA HOW TO FOLLOW: VIDEO: FloHockey – AUDIO: Reign Radio – TWITTER: @ReignInsider & @OntarioReign TONIGHT’S MATCHUP The Ontario Reign and Iowa Wild […]

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