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Location: Los Angeles, Calif. | Arena: Staples Center (18,118) | GM: Dean Lombardi | Coach: Terry Murray | Stanley Cups: 0
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Kings report: Inside shots
 

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After mixed results at home, the Kings' status as one of the NHL's "it" teams will be tested this week when they start a five-game road trip through the Midwest and South.

The Kings attracted national attention with their victory over Pittsburgh on Thursday and with their strong play through the early part of the season, but they laid an egg Saturday afternoon in a 3-1 loss to the Nashville Predators.

The Kings' road trip, which starts Monday in Chicago, includes games at Carolina, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Florida. On paper, that's a recipe for a better-than-.500 road trip, particularly since the Kings have been strong on the road so far this season.

Consistency is an issue for the Kings, not surprising for a team that is still among the youngest in the NHL, as it was last season. The Kings recorded at least one point in eight consecutive games but then followed that with arguably their worst effort of the season.

"We have a pretty good team in here, but if we're not going to work, we're not going to be better than any team in this league," team captain Dustin Brown said. "It's just about work, and we didn't have enough guys -- or not very many guys at all -- working consistently tonight, and that showed. We didn't have a lot of energy and we didn't make a lot of plays. We have a lot of skill in this room, but skill isn't going to win you games."

PREDATORS 3, KINGS 1: Kings coach Terry Murray knew he had a problem on his hands early -- he called a timeout eight minutes into a scoreless game. Murray had it right, but his team couldn't respond. The Predators scored a second-period goal and went up 2-0 in the third. Their biggest goal, however, came just 1 minute, 20 seconds after the Kings scored to close within 2-1, as Nashville took the air out of Staples Center with a goal to make it 3-1.

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November 6, 2009 11:03 am
Call them the Cardiac Kids. Call them the Captains of Comeback. Call them... the Kings.

For the second straight game, the Kings entered the 3rd period behind in the game. For the second straight game, they were victorious, improving their record to 10-4-2.

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November 3, 2009 8:14 am
It's a great relief knowing that he's playing for someone else now. Not that Quick has looked all that good at the beginning of the either. Hopefully it won't be a lingering problem all year. What's up with Bernier?...is he ever "going to be ready" It's not like Quick and Ersberg are All Stars, and if he's going to be the guy, I would rathe ...(more)
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November 7, 2009 6:41 pm
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November 6, 2009 1:55 am
We've had in a long, long time. That third period was just awesome.... Way to go Kings!!!!
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October 20, 2009 2:59 pm

On The NHL

<!-- sphereit start --> It wasn't one terrible pass in a loss at Columbus that led Kings Coach Terry Murray to scratch a healthy Alexander Frolov from the lineup Monday at Dallas.

It was the conviction a message had to be sent that the ...(more)

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February 4, 2009 10:57 am

Well Kings fans this is the official grand opening of the "royal courtyard", I will dedicate this thread to posting news, updates, wins&loses about the kings.

Any loyal kings fan, feel free to post here.

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October 25, 2009 9:33 am

LOS ANGELES — Going into the 2009-10 season, one of the keys to the success for the Los Angeles Kings was that their core players must be better than last season, especially center Anze Ko ...(more)

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October 23, 2009 3:17 pm
Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today that the Kings have signed G Jonathan Quick and D Davis Drewiske to 3 yr extensions. These deals will keep bo ...(more)
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October 19, 2009 10:56 pm
Although we started 2-0 on this trip and finished 3 - 3, it's still a .500 record on the road for the longest trip of the season. Not bad at all. Now let's string some wins together at home and see if this Kings team is for real. It sure feels like the real deal. Splendid and finally!
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April 14, 2009 2:32 pm
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 Who should the Kings go after to in free agency?? I would love to get Zetterberg but no chance the redwings let him slide away, but Marian Hossa is gone from detriot, He could help this kigs team out.

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October 12, 2009 5:09 pm
Im a Kings fan simply because I was born in Long Beach and dont follow Hockey all that closely.  I live in the DC area so I hear a lot about the Caps.  Lo and behold I happen to see the Kings were playing a matinee today and I noticed that they are undefeated.  Did the Kings improve or is this just an abberation?  Hockey ...(more)
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October 17, 2009 3:34 pm

The Columbus Blue Jackets are off to the best start in franchise history, but they have to try to continue it without one of their best defenseman.

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October 14, 2009 9:35 pm

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October 16, 2009 12:18 pm
Lidstrom's 1,000th point helps Red Wings defeat Kings

Nicklas Lidstrom reached a milestone -- and helped the slow-starting Detroit Red Wings get back to .500.

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October 4, 2009 2:54 am
Here is my quick 2 cents after watching their opening season loss..

I am very optimistic about this season. The Kings looked unstoppable on the power play. I think the offense is going to score a lot of goals. At first, I was skeptical about Ryan Smyth and
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