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Defenseman Robyn Regehr’s face is a road map of the Kings’ playoff series against the St. Louis Blues. His nose, broken in Game 1 when he was hit in the face twice by David Backes’ skate boot, was again swollen on Friday because he...

LOS ANGELES -- Years from now, Los Angeles Kings fans will fondly recall the 53-foot goal that Dustin Penner scored just ahead of the buzzer ending the second period of Game 6 in the first round of the playoffs against the St. Louis Blues on Friday night....

The Sports Xchange By Rob Rains, The Sports Xchange Kings 3, Blues 2 (OT) ST. LOUIS -- Turns out the early reports of the demise of the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings might have been a bit premature. Slava Voynov scored eight minutes...

After St. Louis ties it in the final minute of regulation, Slava Voynov's overtime goal gives the Kings a 3-2 lead in the series. ST. LOUIS — Kings Coach Darryl Sutter had no special message for his players after they came achingly close to beating...

  ST. LOUIS — Greetings from St. Louis, where the Blues just finished their morning skate in preparation for Game 5 of their opening-round playoff series against the Kings on Wednesday night. So far, home teams have won each game, leaving the...

The Sports Xchange Kings 4, Blues 3 LOS ANGELES -- The gloves came off between the Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series. Figuratively, if not literally. So, too, did the inhibitions....

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Kings 4, Blues 3 Kings 4, Blues 3: Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams scored 76 seconds apart in the third period to erase a deficit and host Los Angeles held on to even its Western Conference first-round series against fourth-...

Kings even series with two third-period goals LOS ANGELES -- The gloves came off between the Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues in Game 4 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series. Figuratively, if not literally. In the process, a...

During the Stanley Cup playoffs, you can't afford to miss a game. As the Vancouver Canucks consistently prove, a team can have one bad week and it's tee time instead of hockey time. Every single second of Twitter-mashing, mouth-frothing, under-your-...

The Kings won all three of their games this season to extend their winning streak against the Blues to eight, including a sweep of their second-round playoff series last spring. The Kings recorded a 4-1 victory on Feb. 11 at St. Louis, a 6-4 victory at...

The Sports Xchange By Rob Rains, The Sports Xchange Blues 2, Kings 1 ST. LOUIS -- Barret Jackman and the rest of the St. Louis Blues saw a goal in the final minute almost cost them a victory in the first game of their playoff series against Los...

Late goal gives Blues 2-0 series lead ST. LOUIS -- Barret Jackman and the rest of the St. Louis Blues saw a goal in the final minute almost cost them a victory in the first game of their playoff series against Los Angeles. Jackman didn't see the...