Adam Cracknell

NHL playoffs 2013: Kings' Sutter considering lineup change

2013-05-08 12:17:00

ST. LOUIS -- The Kings tied their playoff series against the St. Louis Blues at two games each after Kings Coach Darryl Sutter switched from using six defensemen and 12 forwards to a seven-defenseman, 11-forward lineup that brought Alec Martinez into...

Kings reunite Brown-Kopitar-Williams line; Colin Fraser returns

2013-05-02 12:09:00

ST. LOUIS -- Kings Coach Darryl Sutter reunited the line of Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams in Thursday’s morning skate while preparing for tonight's Game 2 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the St. Louis Blues at...

Live discussion: Will the Kings and Ducks win in first round?

2013-05-02 09:07:00

Join Times Kings writer Lisa Dillman and hockey Hall of Famer Lisa Dillman at 1 p.m. today for a live discussion of the Kings and the Ducks. The Kings are down 1-0 in their first-round playoff series with St. Louis. As Elliott wrote Wednesday,...

Kings have to step up play going into Game 2 at St. Louis

2013-05-01 19:44:00

ST. LOUIS — From being overwhelmed by the Blues' frenzied forechecking at the start to losing on a stunning misplay by Jonathan Quick at the end, the Kings know they must improve in several areas to leave Scottrade Center on Thursday with a split of...

Goal caps Porter's rise this season

2013-05-11 03:04:02

Chris Porter finally was in the right place at the right time. Most people probably thought the 28-year-old Porter would be on the opening-night roster when the Blues started the 2012-13 season. But things never have come easy for Porter in his NHL...

Kings eliminate Blues again

2013-05-11 02:54:03

The disappointment level for Blues' fans in the playoffs continues to have no boundaries. After the excitement of a two-game lead in its best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal series against LA, the Blues bowed out of the postseason with a 2-1...

Elliott ready to shake off game-winning goal in OT

2013-05-10 02:54:03

Brian Elliott will be back in net for the Blues in Game 6 tonight and, according to his goaltending coach, won't have any lingering effects after giving up the game-winning goal in a 3-2 overtime loss to LA Wednesday. "'Ells' is fine," Blues assistant...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jeff Gordon column

2013-05-09 03:04:01

It very difficult to win a Stanley Cup without a great goaltender. The Los Angeles Kings have such a performer. Jonathan Quick led them to the Cup last spring, winning the Conn Smythe trophy in the process. He is starring again in this postseason. And...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Bernie Miklasz column

2013-05-09 03:04:01

The Blues are headed back to Los Angeles on a downbound train, seemingly en route to the same, inescapable fate that has cursed every team draped in The Note since this star-crossed franchise came into existence in 1967-1968. Generations of Blues fans...

Blues focus on limiting work after whistle

2013-05-09 03:24:04

To no one's surprise, the physical play continued between the Blues and the LA Kings in Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinal series Wednesday night at Scottrade Center. But what Blues players are planning to curtail as the series goes on is the...

Hitchcock calls Blues winger Oshie "our conscience"

2013-05-09 00:00:00

When one of the St. Louis Blues' lines is struggling, coach Ken Hitchcock knows he can provide an instant jolt of energy by inserting winger T.J. Oshie. "Wherever we put him, that line plays the right way," Hitchcock said of Oshie, who has been...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Joe Strauss column

2013-05-08 03:14:01

Somewhere during the Staples Center celebration of Anze Kopitar's game-tying goal in Monday's third period, the thought occurred that the next score could decide the Blues' conference quarterfinal series against the Los Angeles Kings. The thought was...

Kings center Trevor Lewis tries to slice between the defense of St. Louis' Adam Cracknell, left, and Chris Porter in the first period Saturday at Staples Center.

2013-05-04 00:00:00