Jay Bouwmeester

Kings' offense hit high gear in 4-3 win over Blues in Game 4

2013-05-06 23:09:00

addCustomPlayer('1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', 'eplayer15'); The Kings' offense, dormant through the first three games of their opening-round playoff series against the St. Louis Blues, awoke Monday...

Kings ready to face 'heavy' Blues

2013-04-28 08:00:00

Although the Kings squandered a chance to earn the No. 4 seeding�in the West and have home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs,�they weren’t allowing themselves to think of what might have been after they defeated the San Jose Sharks,...

NHL: pluses and minuses around the league

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Pluses Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis, who will be 38 in June, became the oldest player to win the NHL scoring title. He took over the lead Wednesday from Sidney Crosby, who had held it since suffering a broken jaw on March 30. St. Louis finished with 17...

A look at the Kings-Blues first-round playoff series

2013-04-29 00:00:00

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...

It's Kings and Blues again, but from a different angle

2013-04-29 21:54:00

addCustomPlayer('1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', 'eplayer15'); ST. LOUIS — Can a playoff matchup be familiar but strikingly different at the same time? The Kings will start their defense of the...

NHL Stanley Cup Playoff preview

2013-04-29 23:23:00

Wasn’t it just yesterday that the Kings were hoisting the Stanley Cup? Time flies when you follow a tedious, spirit-sapping lockout with a 48-game season that was crammed into 100 calendar days. The Kings will try to become the first team to win...

Looks like Matt Greene's out, Keaton Ellerby in for Kings' Game 1

2013-04-30 12:21:00

ST. LOUIS -- This being playoff time, NHL coaches are even more secretive than usual about changes they’ve made in their line combinations or defense pairs. So even though Kings defenseman Matt Greene missed the season finale because of an...

A Kings-Ducks hockey game at Dodger Stadium edges toward reality

2013-04-07 17:00:00

addCustomPlayer('1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', 'eplayer15'); An outdoor game between the Kings and the Ducks, to be played amid the palm trees and history of Dodger Stadium, is moving closer to reality....

Pittsburgh Penguins' acquisition of Jarome Iginla proves timely

2013-03-31 17:59:00

The Pittsburgh Penguins took most of the fun out of speculation leading up to Wednesday's noon Pacific trade deadline when they pulled off major deals last week for veteran wingers Brenden Morrow and Jarome Iginla and defenseman Douglas Murray. Their...

Ducks acquire center Matthew Lombardi on dull deadline day

2013-04-03 14:19:00

The Ducks acquired center Matthew Lombardi from the Phoenix Coyotes for left wing Brandon McMillan on Wednesday, a deal completed shortly before the NHL’s noon Pacific time trade deadline. The Kings made no trades on Wednesday. They made their big...

Penner's goal helps Kings close door on Blues

2013-05-11 02:24:03

Dustin Penner's long shot from the left wing with two-tenths of a second remaining in the second period Friday gave the Los Angeles Kings a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues, clinching the first-round playoff series for the Kings. The shot...

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 defenseman Drew Doughty tries to keep possession of the puck as he is brought down by St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester at Staples Center on Saturday night.

2013-05-04 00:00:00