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Kings Round 1 Scheduling Scenarios – Games 2, 5, 7 Locked In, Game 1 TBD

Some Round 1 updates, Insiders! Here’s what we know. The Kings will play the Oilers in Round 1. As has been confirmed now for a few days. The Kings have home-ice advantage for the first time since 2016, secured with Monday’s win over the Oilers at Rogers Place. With that, naturally, comes Games 1 and […]

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Game Thread – Kings vs. Flames, 4/17

Los Angeles Kings 1, Calgary Flames 5 5:05 Left, Third Period Game Preview WATCH: ESPN LISTEN: ESPN LA App + ESPN LA 710 SOG: LAK – 30 CGY – 26 PP: LAK – 1/3 CGY – 0/2 First Period No Scoring Second Period 1. CGY – Nazem Kadri (34) – (Adam Klapka, Brayden Pachel) – […]

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REIGN PREVIEW 4/18 – Ontario vs. San Diego

WHO: Ontario Reign (42-24-3-1) vs. San Diego Gulls (28-34-5-3) WHAT: AHL REGULAR-SEASON GAME #71 WHEN: Friday, April 18 @ 7:00 PM Pacific WHERE: Toyota Arena – Ontario, CA HOW TO FOLLOW: VIDEO: KCAL+ / FloHockey – AUDIO: ESPN LA App / Reign Radio – TWITTER: @ShafReign & @OntarioReign TODAY’S MATCHUP: The Ontario Reign and San Diego Gulls […]

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Gameday Forecast – April 19 vs. ABB

The Ontario Reign host the Abbotsford Canucks on Saturday night at Toyota Arena for the 72nd and final game of the team’s 2024-25 AHL regular season and it will decide which of the two teams will finish 2nd in the Pacific Division standings. Jared Shafran and Paige Capistran go back through Ontario’s 2-1 win over […]

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REIGN FINAL – Reign 3, Canucks 5 – Lee, Sturm

The Abbotsford Canucks (44-24-2-2) scored three times in the third period to defeat the Ontario Reign (43-25-3-1) by a score of 5-3 in the teams’ final game of the 2024-25 AHL regular season on Saturday night at Toyota Arena. Glenn Gawdin, Andre Lee and Kaleb Lawerence each scored for the Reign in a losing effort, […]

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As LAK/EDM Round 4 beckons, the question is simple – what’s different? The Kings feel its quite a bit…..

If you’re looking at this series from a wider lens, you’d probably wonder what could possibly have changed. I mean, it’s the Kings and the Oilers once again, for the fourth straight season. The Oilers have won the first three matchups, in increasingly shorter fashion, taking a seven-game series in 2022, all the way down […]

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2025 Playoff Preview – Kings v Oilers

Nick Nickson and Jim Fox join host Jesse Cohen to preview the upcoming playoff matchup between the Kings and the Oilers. The trio discuss the fourth consecutive first round matchup between Los Angeles and Edmonton and how both teams have changed during the 2024-2025 season.

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Game Thread – Kings vs. Oilers, Round 1, Game 1

Los Angeles Kings 5, Edmonton Oilers 5 1:12 Left, Third Period Game Preview WATCH: FanDuel Sports Network, ESPN2 LISTEN: ESPN LA 710 + ESPN LA App SOG: LAK – 30 EDM – 22 PP: LAK – 2/6 EDM – 0/2 First Period 1. LAK – Andrei Kuzmenko (1) – (Kevin Fiala, Adrian Kempe) – 2:49 […]

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Angeles Analysis – Game 1

I thought I had the story down for this morning. As I watched last night’s Game 1, I had a pretty defined direction that I thought the story was going to go. Because the game was unfolding a certain way. Pretty clear, I felt. Even as the teams traded goals in the first half of […]

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In his playoff debut, an excited yet composed Andrei Kuzmenko made his presence known

There is something more than endearing about watching Andrei Kuzmenko try to navigate a media scrum the day after the skilled winger’s first-ever NHL playoff game. In many ways Kuzmenko approaches the scrum with the same enthusiasm he appears to approach everything connected to his new life as a member of the Los Angeles Kings […]

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Game 2 Preview – Kings Focused On Bulk Of G1, Not Ending + PK Note, Hiller on First Timers, Broadcast Info

WHO: Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers (Kings Lead Series 1-0) WHAT: 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1, Game 2 WHEN: Wednesday, April 23 @ 7:00 PM Pacific WHERE: Crypto.com Arena – Los Angeles, CA HOW TO FOLLOW: VIDEO: FanDuel Sports Network SoCal & TBS – AUDIO – ESPN LA 710 & ESPN LA […]

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Gameday Forecast – April 24 vs. SJ (Round 1, Game 1)

The Reign begin the Calder Cup Playoffs tonight, hosting the San Jose Barracuda in Game 1 of the Pacific Division First Round at Crypto.com Arena. Jared Shafran and Paige Capistran preview the matchup and speak with captain Joe Hicketts and head coach Marco Sturm after the team’s final practice heading into the series.

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REIGN GAME 1 FINAL – Reign 0, Barracuda 2 – Ward, Sturm

Led by goaltender Yaroslav Askarov, who stopped all 16 shots he faced, the San Jose Barracuda (1-0) defeated the Ontario Reign (0-1) by a score of 2-0 on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to take a 1-0 lead in the teams’ 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs Pacific Division First Round series. San Jose […]

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Game 3 Preview – Kings Focused On Kings + Full-Team Morning Skate, Road Matchups, Greentree To ONT

WHO: Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers (Kings Lead Series 2-0) WHAT: 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1, Game 3 WHEN: Friday, April 25 @ 7:00 PM Pacific WHERE: Rogers Place – Edmonton, Alberta HOW TO FOLLOW: VIDEO: FanDuel Sports Network SoCal & TNT – AUDIO – ESPN LA App – TWITTER: @dooleylak & […]

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Angeles Analysis – Game 3

Make that two years in a row the Kings have lost their first playoff game of the season in Edmonton by a final score of 7-4. I think that’s where the similarities end, though. In Game 1 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Kings got shellacked. Only a pair of late consolation goals brought […]

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REIGN GAME 2 FINAL – Reign 1, Barracuda 2 – Hicketts, Copley, Sturm

A goal by Collin Graf with 2:18 to play in the third period was the difference for the San Jose Barracuda (2-0) on Saturday night, who defeated the Ontario Reign (0-2) by a score of 2-1 and earned a 2-0 series win to advance to the Pacific Division Semifinals. The Reign’s lone goal of the […]

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Game 4 Preview – Kings Focused On Opportunity + PPProduction, First Time Experience, G5 Broadcast Details

WHO: Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton Oilers (Kings Lead Series 2-1) WHAT: 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1, Game 4 WHEN: Sunday, April 27 @ 6:30 PM Pacific WHERE: Rogers Place – Edmonton, Alberta HOW TO FOLLOW: VIDEO: FanDuel Sports Network & TBS – AUDIO – ESPN LA 710 & ESPN LA App – […]

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Darcy Kuemper selected as Vezina Trophy Finalist

Quick one this morning, Insiders, as the Kings depart from Edmonton. Goaltender Darcy Kuemper was selected as one of three finalists for the Vezina Trophy, alongside Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck and Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy. “It’s pretty cool,” Kuemper said this morning. “I owe a lot of thanks to my teammates and to Mike Buckley, my […]

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After making 44 saves in Game 4, Darcy Kuemper’s Vezina Nomination is fit for a King

On June 19 of last year, Darcy Kuemper’s shower was interrupted by his wife bringing him the news that he’d been traded from the Washington Capitals to the LA Kings. He could have had no way of knowing exactly what would lie ahead for himself, his family and the LA Kings organization. But he did […]

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Angeles Analysis – Game 4

In the regular season, the LA Kings carried a +16 goal differential during the third period. Eighth-best mark in the NHL. In four postseason games, the number is -6. The Kings have led in the third period in all four games, including by multiple goals in three of the four games. That much is good. […]

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