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| Kings' Gauthier suspended five games |
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02/02/2009 |
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| Toronto, ON (MySportsbook) - Los Angeles Kings defenseman Denis Gauthier has been suspended five games, without pay, for a blow to the head of Montreal's Josh Gorges in a game this past Saturday. Gauthier was assessed a five-minute major for charging and was given a game misconduct for the hit in the second period of Montreal's 4-3 victory. Based on his annual average salary, Gauthier will forfeit $56,451.61. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund. Gauthier, who has two assists in 43 games t |
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| Montreal strikes twice late to edge Kings |
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01/31/2009 |
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| Montreal, QC (MySportsbook) - Saku Koivu scored on the power play with 23 seconds remaining in the third period, as the Montreal Canadiens came back to edge the Los Angeles Kings, 4-3, at the Bell Centre. Tomas Plekanec, Andrei Kostitsyn and Christopher Higgins also tallied for Montreal, which snapped a four-game losing skid and won for the first time since beating the Senators, 5-4, in a shootout at Ottawa on January 17. Carey Price turned aside 29-of-32 shots for the Canadiens. Dustin Brown and Jarret Stoll |
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| Sliding Habs host surging Kings |
NHL Hockey |
01/31/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Montreal Canadiens hope to break out of a recent funk when the struggling club returns to the Bell Centre for this afternoon's test with a Los Angeles Kings team trying to match its longest winning streak of the season. Montreal just completed a rough five-game road trip that saw the Habs drop four straight games following a shootout win at Ottawa to begin the trek. The latest setback was the most lopsided of the bunch, as the Canadiens were routed by a 5-1 score by the Florida Panthers T |
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| Kings F Richardson activated from injured reserve |
NHL Hockey |
01/29/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Kings activated forward Brad Richardson from injured reserve Thursday. Richardson, 23, missed the last 22 games with a foot injury suffered in practice December 3. He participated in a three-game conditioning assignment in Manchester, the Kings' American Hockey league affiliate, where he recorded a goal and two assists. The Belleville, Ontario native has one assist in nine games for LA this season, his first with the team after being acquired from Colorado in t |
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| Rested Kings return with home clash against Blackhawks |
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01/29/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Kings will try for just their second three- game winning streak of the season tonight, when they hit the ice for the first time following the All-Star break in a home clash with the Chicago Blackhawks at the Staples Center. Though they likely enjoyed the rest, the Kings may not have been too excited for the hiatus that comes with the All-Star Game. Following a four-game losing streak, Los Angeles ripped off back-to-back wins and scored 11 goals over that span. Tonight, the Kin |
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| Sharks visit Avs in Denver |
NHL Hockey |
01/27/2009 |
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| while then a member of the Dallas Stars. The Avalanche presently sit in last place in the Northwest Division with 47 points and dropped four of its five final games prior to the break. The most recent setback occurred at home on Wednesday, when the Los Angeles Kings outlasted Colorado in a 6-5 decision. The Kings erupted for five second-period goals in the triumph, with Avs netminder Peter Budaj being yanked five minutes into the frame after surrendering four goals on only 15 shots. Andrew Raycroft made 11 save |
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| Kings' Brown headlines NHL's weekly stars |
NHL Hockey |
01/26/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Los Angeles Kings left wing Dustin Brown, Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward and Edmonton Oilers right wing Ales Hemsky were named the NHL's Three Stars for the week ending January 25. Brown scored game-winning goals in consecutive road wins over Minnesota and Colorado January 20 and 21, respectively, to help move Los Angeles within six points of the Western Conference's final playoff seed. In a shortened week because of the All-Star break, Brown went on to tally an assist i |
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| Kings top Avs in battle of cellar dwellers |
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01/22/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - Dustin Brown's second-period goal proved to be the game-winner, as the Los Angeles Kings survived a late charge from the Colorado Avalanche and came away with a 6-5 win at Pepsi Center. Alexander Frolov scored twice, while Jarret Stoll registered a goal and an assist for the Kings, who have won two in a row on the heels of a four-game slide. Anze Kopitar, Patrick O'Sullivan, Michal Handzus and Kyle Quincey each collected two assists for Los Angeles, which enters the All-Star break |
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| Kings visit Avalanche |
NHL Hockey |
01/21/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Los Angeles Kings will try for their second win in six games when they visit the Colorado Avalanche for tonight's encounter at the Pepsi Center in the final test for both clubs before this weekend's All-Star festivities. The Kings, who are last in the Pacific Division with 43 points, snapped a four-game losing streak with Tuesday's decisive victory in Minnesota. Tonight, Los Angeles will aim for back-to-back wins for the first time since December 11 and 13. Kyle Calder had a goal and an a |
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| Wild welcome Kings to St. Paul |
NHL Hockey |
01/20/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Two teams currently headed in opposite directions will face off tonight at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, where the surging Minnesota Wild will host a Los Angeles Kings squad mired in a four-game losing streak. Los Angeles, which ranks 14th out of the Western Conference's 15 teams with a mere 41 points, did at least manage to get a point in Saturday's 3-2 shootout defeat at Dallas. Alexander Frolov sent the game into overtime when he scored off a feed from Anze Kopitar with just 17 secon |
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