Luc Robitaille expects Jim Hiller to return as Kings’ coach
A day after parting ways with his general manager, Kings president Luc Robitaille expressed confidence in his head coach, saying he expected Jim Hiller would be back with the team ...
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Kings general manager Rob Blake steps down in wake of latest playoff ouster
The Kings and long-embattled general manager Rob Blake have mutually agreed to part ways, the team announced Monday, four days after the team’s fourth consecutive first-round playoff loss to the ...
Why can’t the Kings beat the Oilers? A familiar pattern emerges in playoff elimination
EDMONTON, Canada — Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the summer is starting early for the Kings after a first-round playoff loss to the Edmonton Oilers. This one is a ...
Kings’ season ends in another playoff loss to Oilers: ‘This one hurts a little more’
EDMONTON, Canada — For the fourth time in as many years, the Kings’ season came to an end with a first-round playoff loss to the Edmonton Oilers. The coup de grace came ...
Edmonton Oilers rally to win Game 5, put Kings on the brink of elimination again
Edmonton’s Mattias Janmark pushed the Kings to the brink of playoff elimination, scoring off a rebound early in the third period to give the Oilers a 3-1 win in Game ...
Kings fail to stop another Oilers comeback, losing in Game 4 OT heartbreaker
EDMONTON, Canada — What started as a best-of-seven Stanley Cup playoff is now a best-of-three series after the Edmonton Oilers rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to beat the Kings 4-3 in ...
Kings must overcome power of rabid Edmonton Oilers fans after faltering in Game 3
EDMONTON, Canada — The streets of Edmonton were awash in blue and orange, the colors of the city’s hockey team, on Friday. From the Southgate Centre, on the city’s southern edge, to ...
Kings rally to take lead, only to collapse in third period of Game 3 loss to Oilers
EDMONTON, Canada — The Edmonton Oilers played like they couldn’t afford to lose Friday. And they didn’t, scoring two goals 10 seconds apart late in the third period to beat the Kings ...
How Koreatown seniors have become Kings’ playoff good luck charm with harmonica national anthem
The Kings are playing in Edmonton this weekend with a chance to sweep the Oilers and win their first playoff series since their Stanley Cup championship run in 2014. Hopefully ...
Adrian Kempe scores twice as Kings take 2-0 series lead over Edmonton
The Kings and Edmonton Oilers are old postseason foes, with this year’s first-round matchup marking their 11th meeting in the Stanley Cup playoffs. But with Wednesday’s 6-2 win in Game ...
