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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 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...

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...