LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Kings fired coach Todd McLellan on Friday and named Jim Hiller the interim coach for the rest of the season. While the Kings are one of the league’s best road teams — they won an NHL-record 11 straight away from Los Angeles to start the season — they are one of the worst at …
The Kings’ Quinton Byfield is congratulated at the bench after he scored a third-period goal Tuesday night at Edmonton in Game 5. The Kings’ Quinton Byfield checks Oilers star Connor McDavid during Game 4 on Sunday night. “And if he just keeps those qualities in his game, then he’ll be fine.” At some point, though, the Kings will need Byfield …
The Kings celebrate a goal that tied the score in the closing seconds of regulation in Game 1 against the Edmonton Oilers. Despite facing the NHL’s top two scorers and being pelted with 40 shots by the Edmonton Oilers’ explosive offense, goaltender Joonas Korpisalo had a relatively painless night Monday in his postseason debut with the Kings. “And if it …
