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Goaltender Jonathan Quick #32 and Drew Doughty #8 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrate their teams 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game Six of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)

Kings Finish Off Blues With 2-1 Win, Wait For Ducks-Red Wings

LOS ANGELES (AP) Dustin Penner scored the tiebreaking goal in the final second of the second period, and the Los Angeles Kings advanced to the second round with a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis […]

2013/05/10

Jonathan Quick loses his mask but shuts out the Blues on Saturday night. (credit: Harry How/Getty Images Sport)

Kings Breaking Down Blues In Brutal Series Opener

Robyn Regehr broke his nose and got a puck in his ear, while captain Dustin Brown merely has a jagged cut on the bridge of his unbroken nose. Other Los Angeles Kings bear their own souvenirs, and several St. Louis Blues are similarly marked up.

2013/05/09

Jeff Carter #77 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrates his goal against the St. Louis Blues in Game Five of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Scottrade Center on May 8, 2013 in St. Louis, Missouri. (credit: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Kings Take 3-2 Series Lead With Overtime Win Over St. Louis

Slava Voynov scored on an odd-man rush eight minutes into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings beat the St. Louis Blues for the third straight time, 3-2 Wednesday night.

2013/05/08

Justin Williams #14 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrates his goal for a 4-3 lead over the St. Louis Blues during the third period in Game Four of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 6, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (credit: Harry How/Getty Images)

Kings Even Series With Blues 2-2

Anze Kopitar tied it with 12:46 to play, Justin Williams tipped home the go-ahead goal 76 seconds later, and the Los Angeles Kings evened their first-round series with the St. Louis Blues with a 4-3 victory Monday night.

2013/05/06

Blues goalie Brian Elliott stops Dustin Brown from scoring -- for now. (credit: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Sport)

Blues, Kings Playing Tense Playoff Defense

Three games into the Los Angeles Kings’ tremendously tense playoff series with the St. Louis Blues, it’s clear the scores are so low because the stakes are so high.

2013/05/06

Kings Make Quick Work Of Blues, 1-0

Jonathan Quick made 30 saves in his fifth career playoff shutout, leading the Los Angeles Kings to a 1-0 victory over St. Louis on Saturday night and trimming the Blues’ series lead to 2-1.

2013/05/04

Kyle Clifford #13 of the Los Angeles Kings looks to steal the puck from Jordan Leopold #33 of the St. Louis Blues in Game One of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Scottrade Center on April 30, 2013 in St. Louis, Missouri. (credit: Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Kings Drop Game 1 Of Playoffs In Overtime

Alex Steen stole the puck from goalie Jonathan Quick behind the net and scored a short-handed goal to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.

2013/04/30

Goalie Jonathan Quick #32 and Mike Richards #10 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrate the game against the Anaheim Ducks at Staples Center on April 13, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. The Kings won 2-1. (credit: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

Kings Prepare For Another Playoff Round With Blues

Coach Ken Hitchcock likes his team’s chances of making a deep playoff run, but scoffed away a suggestion that the Blues and Kings have a lot of similarities. After sweeping the Blues in the second round last spring en route to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup, Los Angeles won all three games this season, too, and have taken eight in a row overall.

2013/04/29

Alec Martinez #27, Jeff Carter #77, Slava Voynov #26 and Anze Kopitar #11 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrate Voynov's goal against the Vancouver Canucks in the last minute to tie the game 2-2 during the NHL game at Staples Center on January 28, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. The Kings defeated the Canucks 3-2 in shootout overtime. (credit: Victor Decolongon/Getty Images)

Down 4-1, Kings Rally To Beat Blue 6-4

Jeff Carter scored the tiebreaking goal with 13:51 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings roared back from a three-goal deficit for their seventh win in eight games, 6-4 over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

2013/03/05

Dodgers Officially Hire Mark McGwire As Hitting Coach

Mark McGwire was hired Wednesday as hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he’ll work with All-Star sluggers Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier.

2012/11/07

ST. LOUIS, MO - JANUARY 14: Head coach Davis Payne of the St. Louis Blues looks on from the bench during warm-ups prior to playing against the Minnesota Wild at the Scottrade Center on January 14, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)

Kings Hire Former Blues Coach Payne As Assistant

The Los Angeles Kings have hired former St. Louis head coach Davis Payne as an assistant to coach Darryl Sutter.

2012/07/27

Jordan Nolan #71 of the Los Angeles Kings celebrates his goal for a 1-0 lead over St. Louis Blues with Colin Fraser #24 and Dustin Penner #25 during the first period in Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 6, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

Kings Sweep Blues To Advance To Western Conference Finals

Dustin Brown scored two goals, Jonathan Quick made 23 saves, and the eighth-seeded Los Angeles Kings finished an improbable four-game sweep of the St. Louis Blues with a 3-1 victory Sunday, advancing to the conference finals for just the second time in club history.

2012/05/06