LA Kings 2024-25 Regular Season Game 15 Vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Tonight the LA Kings face off against the Columbus Blue Jackets from Crypto.com Arena for an early 6:00 pm matchup.

The Blue Jackets struck first on a 2 on 3 rush as Dimitri Voronkov tipped home a pass from Justin Danforth late in the first period. 

The Kings responded back with two goals of their own early on in the 2nd period, as Valdislav Gavrikov notched his second goal in two games.

Gavrikov scored as he shot the puck from the top as after a pass from Adrian Kempe and had help from Anze Kopitar and Trevor Lewis as they screened Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins.

Two minutes after Gavrikov's goal Kings forward Warren Foegele ripped a shot top self as he scored his 6th of the season.

30 seconds into the third period Kings forward Trevor Moore scored to give the Kings a 3-1 lead. Columbus cut right back into the Kings lead as Blue Jackets forward Ivan Provarov scored to make it a 2-3 game.

The Kings put the game out of reach as Alex Laferriere and Brandt Clarke scored to goals late to give the Kings a 5-2 win.

The Kings will be back home to close off the third game of this home stand as they take on the Calgary Flames at 5:30 PM.

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— LA Kings (@LAKings) November 10, 2024

LA Kings 2024-25 Regular Season Game 14 Vs Vancouver Canucks

The LA Kings came back from its two game road trip as the team takes on the Vancouver Canucks


Quinton Byfield created a great opportunity for himself as he sped down the right wing and walked in to give the Kings the lead early on in the period.

Kings forward Tanner Jeannot was given a game misconduct and 5 minute major penalty for a check to the head.


Vancouver tied the game up at 1-1 as Connor Garland picked up the puck off of a tipped shot and put it past Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper. 

Both teams headed into the 2nd intermission knotted up at 1-1.


The Canucks took the lead as forward Jake Debrusk danced around the LA defense and tucked home the puck from the side to make it a 2-1 game.


Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes fired a shot from the left top found its way into net to make it a 3-1 early in the 3rd.


The Kings got back on the board midway through the third as Valdislav Gavrikov ripped home a shot from the top to cut the Canucks lead at 2-3.


Vancouver sealed the game with an empty net goal to finish off the Kings 4-2.


The Kings next home game will be Saturday at Crypto.com Arena as they will take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at 6:00 pm.

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— LA Kings (@LAKings) November 8, 2024

LA Kings 2024-25 Regular Season Game 13 Minnesota Wild

The Kings played their second game of the back to back road trip as the faced the Minnesota Wild from the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN

The first period started out slow but Minnesota started the scoring as Wild forward Zach Bogosian fired home a shot from the point as it hit the post and went into the net.

The Kings came back and tied the game up at 1 a pierce as Warren Fogele jammed home a lose puck.

The Kings continued to keep the pressure on the Wild as Kevin Fiala scored in back to back games as this one came on the power play to make it a 2-1 game.

The Kings grabbed their third goal of the game as Trevor Lewis scored his 100th NHL goal,, as he hurried home his own rebound to make it a 3-1 game.

Quinton Byfield joined the scoring party as he deflected a shot from Kings defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov to make it a 4-1 game.

Trevor Lewis got his second of the game and 101st of his career as he put home an empty net goal to make it 5-1.

The Kings continue to do good on the road as they are now 8-3-3 on the season. The teams next game will be at home at Crypto.com Arena as they take on the Vancouver Canucks at 7:30

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— LA Kings (@LAKings) November 6, 2024

LA Kings 2024-25 Regular Season Game 12 At Nashville Predators

The LA Kings started off a two game road trip as they took on the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville TN the first game of the road trip.

The Kings got on the board about halfway through the first period as Anze Kopitar banked home a rebound of the back pads of Predators goalie Jusse Saros.

Early on both teams had some good chances in the 2nd period but neither team was able to get a goal throughout it. 

Just 35 seconds in the Kings grabbed their second goal of the game as forward Kevin Fiala walked down the right side in the offensive zone and ripped home the shot on his backhand. 

The Kings put home an empty net goal with about 3 minutes left to seal the win off by a score of 3-0, as Adrian Kempe grabbed his 5th goal of the season.

The Kings next game will be tomorrow night as they take on the Minnesota Wild from the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul Minnesota.

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— LA Kings (@LAKings) November 5, 2024

LA Kings 2024-25 Regular Season Game 6 At Anaheim Ducks

 The LA Kings continued it’s a long road trip to open up the 2024-25 regular season, as they head down to Anaheim as they take on the Anaheim Ducks in the first Freeway Faceoff of the season. 

The Kings headed into tonight’s matchup off of a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens and the Ducks are coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche.

The first period did not see much action as it was a low shooting affair despite the Kings taking a total of  two penalties late in the period.

The second period had a little more action to it as there were not a lot of shots early on, but the Kings got two power plays but were unable to capitalize on it and went scoreless through two periods.

The Kings broke through in the third as Anze Kopitar  made a stretch pass to Adrian Kempe who buried a shot that beat Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal short side on a breakaway. 

The Kings doubled its lead as Alex Lafferire stoke the puck Ducks forward Jackson LaConbe and ripped home a shot right past Lukas Dostal to make it a 2-0 game. 

The Ducks cut the Kings lead in half with a 1:44 left in the period as Ducks forward Ryan Strome tipped the puck past Kings goalie David Rittich.

The Kings scored a pair of empty net goals to make it 4-1 as Kevin Fiala scored the first and Mikey Anderson grabbed the second one.

The Kings next game will be the final game of the road trip as the team heads out to Las Vegas as they will face the Vegas Golden Knights.

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— LA Kings (@LAKings) October 21, 2024

LA Kings 2024-25 Regular Season Recap Game 1 Vs Buffalo Sabres

The 2024-25 LA Kings regular season began with the team facing off against the Buffalo sabers for the first game of the season.

The first period was a tightly contested contest between both goalies. Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper made an amazing save to rob Sabres forward, Ryan McCloud who tried a wraparound opportunity. With one second remaining in the first period the Sabres thought they had a goal, but it was called off due to the puck going into the net after the period horn sounded.

Throughout the 2nd period, The Sabres had more offensive zone time than the Kings. With about three minutes left in the. Sabres forward Alex Tuch fired a shot Past Darcy Kuemper to give the Sabres a 1-0 lead. The Kings could not really do anything in the period as the team could not clear the puck out of their own end most of the time.

The Kings scored 13 seconds into the period to tie the game up at 1-1, as Anze Kopitar sniped a shot off a great pass from Alex Lafferire

Kopitar grabbed his 2nd goal of the with just under two minutes left in regulation as he fired home the Kings first power play goal of the season and giving the Kings a 2-1 lead. 56 seconds after he got his second of the game Kopitar tallied an empty net goal to grab a hat trick and was his 19th career hat trick.

The Kings start of the 2024-25 NHL season with a comeback win and look to continue the success on the eight game opening road trip.

LA Kings Preseason Game 1 Recap LA Kings Vs Utah Hockey Club

The 2024-25 NHL season is officially here as your LA Kings start off the preseason with road test in Utah. 

The newly formed Utah Hockey Club as they relocated from Arizona to Utah starting this season. The Kings will have most of their players from the main team not playing tonight, as they will have most of the prospects and AHL players playing in the first preseason tilt.

Both teams had chances early on in the first period as Kings forward Charles Hudon had the first grade A opportunity on a breakaway but could not find the back of the net. Utah started to gain more momentum midway through the period. 

Kings goalie Erik Portillo made two saves to keep the game scoreless, but it wasn’t enough as Lawson Crouse scored the first goal in Utah history on the power play with 5 minutes left in the period.

The Kings and Utah had a pair of fights right after one another late in the period. 

Utah grabbed its second goal of the game also on the power play as Alex Kerfoot slotted right past Erik Portillio.  

Utah took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission. 

The Kings cut the Hockey Clubs lead in half as Jeff Malott tipped a shot from Caleb Jones to make it a 1-2 game. The Kings gained momentum right after scoring, but Utah’s goaltender Connor Ingram made a sprawling save on a Kings 2 on 0 rush in the 2nd period.

The Kings managed to get a five on three powerplay halfway through the period and with 2 seconds left on the powerplay Alex Turcotte put home the rebound to tie the game at 2-2.

Both teams headed into the 2nd intermission tied at 2-2.

To start the third period both starting goalies were swapped out for their backups. 

Utah goalie Matt Villalta robbed Kings forward Francesco Pinelli of a great goal scoring opportunity. 

Midway through the 3rd period Utah started to get more zone time and create some offensive chances. 

The Kings had a last ditch effort but couldn’t score as the game went into overtime. 

Clayton Keller picked up the puck off a LA turnover and scored to win the game 3-2 and earn Utahs first victory on home ice.

After the game there was an exhibition shootout which Utah won as well. 

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— LA Kings (@LAKings) September 24, 2024

LA Kings Free Agency Recap

The 2024 off-season for the Kings started off as an eventful one as the team was able to sign veteran forward Warren Foegele. Foegele recently finished his fifth season as he led the Edmonton Oilers to the Stanley Cup finals ultimently losing out to the Florida Panthers in seven games. Foegele heads into his eigth year in the NHL and looks to continue off of his scusess he had with the Oilers.

The Kings added some more veteran presence to the locker room as they picked up left shooting defenseman Joel Edmundson. Edmundson has perviously played with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Carolina Hurricanes, Montreal Canadiens and also won the Stanley Cup when he was a member of the St. Louis Blues in 2019. By the team adding Edmundson he will bring some leadership to the younger players on the Kings roster. 

LA also added players Caleb Jones, Jack Studnicka and Kyle Burroughs to the team as well. Both Studnicka and Burroughs were teammates last season when playing up in Northern California for the Sharks. Jones, Studnicka and Burroughs will most likely be playing in the AHL for the Ontario Reign for the up coming 2024-25 season. 

the most recent news for the Kings is that forward Quinton Byfield and defenseman Jordan Spence were re signed to the team. Byfield was signed to an eight year contract worth five years and will get an average salary of $6.25 million dollars, Spence was resigned to a two year deal worth $1.5 million. 

The Kings did end up losing forward Carl Grundstrom to the San Jose Sharks and also forward Viktor Arvidsson to the Edmonton Oilers. They also lost defenseman Matt Roy to the Washington Capitals 

The 202425 NHL season is right around the corner with training camps starting up in a few weeks time. 

LA Kings 2024 NHL Draft Recap

Your LA Kings made a total of four draft choices in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.

The Kings picked forward Liam Greentree from the OHLs Windsor Spitfires with the teams first round selection, Greentree is a right winger and has a lot of upside to his game as one of his strong suits is his hard shot. Greentree is also known to play a physical brand of hockey, and is seen as a power forward.

With the Kings second selection the team picked goaltender Conor George from the Owen Sound Attack.  Last season George posted a total save percentage of .907 and had a 3.30:goals against average throughout his second season in Owen Sound. The style that George plays with is the butterfly style of net minding. despite him only being 6'1 George is a goalie that handles the puck well and was rated one of the best goalies across the OHL in the 2023-24 season. He also started for Team Canada and took home the gold medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

Not only did the Kings get draft prospects, the team also made a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning to get forward Tanner Jeannot as the team traded two picks to get Jeannot. Jeannot will enter his fith seeason in the NHL as played with Nashville before getting traded to Tampa in the 2022-23 season.

The Kings third selection in the draft led to them drafting defenseman Jared Wolley. Wolley is a left shooting defenseman and has played two years with the OHLs London Knights. He was drafted in the 6th round by LA. Wolley is a left shooting defenseman, despite playing 37 games this past season with London he only managed to get 3 goals, 5 assists and racked up a total of 21 penalty minutes. One of his strong suits to his game is shown with his size and physical brand of hockey.

The Kings got Wolley from the pick they traded with Anaheim during the draft.

The final draft pick the Kings had was in the final round where they drafted forward James Reeder from the USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints. Reeder is a right winger who plays with a lot of speed and skill to his game, he recently finished his only year in the USHL and will now be taking his talents to Denver University next season.

Kings Unveiled New Rebrand For The Club

The Kings new logos launched for the franchise today, the team has gone back to their 90s era Chevy logo with a modern touch. 

The team wore a crown on its jerseys from their first ever game up until the 1988 season when the Kings launched the first iteration of the Chevy logo. 

The new Chevy logo will have thicker Los Angeles word mark on the top and also a new Kings word mark across the logo. A new crown based on what the team used on their jerseys from their inauguration season will be used as an alternate logo for the club. 

Along with the new updated look the Kings home and away jerseys are very identical to the ones they wore before, the difference being bigger waist and arm striping. For the home jerseys the team will be the first NHL team to wear matte black helmets. The away helmets will stay the same as they have been in previous seasons. 

Can’t wait to rock these at @cryptocomarena 🔥

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— LA Kings (@LAKings) June 26, 2024

 

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— LA Kings (@LAKings) June 26, 2024