Matt Roy Dishes Out Two Assists In Sunday's Win

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Matt Roy delivered two assists as the team skated to a 3-2 victory over Washington on Sunday. He tallied both of his helpers in the third period when the Kings turned a 2-1 deficit into a win. Christian Wolanin and Adrian Kempe scored the goals. Roy had produced some good numbers […]

Garret Sparks Guards The Goal For Los Angeles

Los Angeles Kings goalie Garret Sparks will mind the crease against Washington Sunday. Sparks last saw action in the 2019-20 season, suiting up one game for the Golden Knights. He's also played in contests in the 2015-16 and 2019-20 campaigns seeing action in 37 games in that period. The 28-year-old is faced with a challenging […]

Phillip Danault Drops Out Of The Lineup On Sunday

Los Angeles Kings center Phillip Danault has been ruled out of Sunday's clash with Washington after he was added to the COVID-19 list. The Kings now have three players unavailable because of COVID-19 protocols, with Danault joining Drew Doughty and Calvin Petersen. Danault has notched 14 points in 29 games as L.A.'s second-line center this […]

Blake Lizotte Pots Lone Kings Goal Saturday Night

Los Angeles Kings center Blake Lizotte scored the team's only goal in Saturday's 5-1 loss to Carolina, making it points in back-to-back games since returning to the lineup. He came off the COVID-19 list earlier in the week and produced an assist in a 4-1 win over Florida. The 24-year-old now boasts seven points in […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (12/19/21): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back RotoBallers! For those first-time readers, my name is Brandon and I write both “The First-Serve” and “The Kick-Off” for Tennis and Soccer, respectively. If you have not checked those out then make sure you do! It is the return of the NHL which means it's time to sharpen our MLB skills and partake […]

Jonathan Quick Looks To Stay Hot Against Carolina

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick will try to continue his recent hot spell with another good performance on Saturday against the Hurricanes. The veteran netminder has gone 4-0-2 across his last six starts, improving to 8-5-4 for the season. Quick has allowed only 2.03 goals per game this season with a .935 save percentage […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (12/18/21): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

Welcome back RotoBallers! For those first-time readers, my name is Chris and I write a ton on RotoBaller. The sports universe of writing here spans from NASCAR to football to college sports to of course, hockey. If you have not checked some of those articles out then make sure you do! It is the return […]

Anze Kopitar Tallies A Game-Winner Thursday Night

Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar provided the game-winning goal in Thursday's 4-1 victory over the Panthers, scoring his ninth goal of the season 3:27 into the second period. The Kings captain scored with his only effort on goal, and he's now tied with Marcel Dionne for second on the Kings' all-time list in game-winning […]

Jonathan Quick Comes Up With 41 Saves

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick faced a lot of rubber on Thursday against Florida, but he was outstanding with 41 saves in a 4-1 road win. Kings head coach Todd McLellan called him a "pretty deodorant" for some of the mistakes the team makes. Quick's 8-5-4 record is far from spectacular, but he's been […]

Drew Doughty Placed In COVID-19 Protocols

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty is a late scratch for Thursday's meeting with Florida, with the team announcing that he had been placed on the COVID-19 list. This is a major blow for the Kings, as Doughty does everything for the team and is having a very good season. He's picked up 13 points […]

Andreas Athanasiou Sustains A Lower-Body Injury

Los Angeles Kings winger Andreas Athanasiou had his night cut short by a lower-body injury on Tuesday against Tampa. He was hurt in the third period. The 27-year-old has struggled to stay in the lineup all season long. He had just returned after missing six games because of COVID-19 protocols and Athanasiou sat out the […]

Drew Doughty Nets A Power-Play Goal Against Tampa

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty opened the scoring with a power-play goal in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss against Tampa. He was set up by Alex Iafallo and Anze Kopitar. Doughty logged over 25 minutes on the ice and finished the game with three total shots, two blocks and one hit. Doughty has now scored […]

Olli Maatta Takes Over For Alexander Edler

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Olli Maatta will enter the lineup on Tuesday against Tampa, replacing Alexander Edler (lower body) on the second defensive pairing. The Swedish blue-liner was injured early in Saturday's 2-1 win over Minnesota, and the team has placed him on Injured Reserve. Maatta has been a healthy scratch for six consecutive games. […]

Brendan Lemieux Returns And Scores Game Winning Goal

Los Angeles Kings right-winger Brendan Lemieux played a hair less than ten minutes on Saturday. Despite that, he still made an impact on the game. Lemieux had just one shot on goal but made it count late in the third period. He was able to get the puck past Kaapo Kahkonen and give Los Angeles […]

Phillip Danault Lights Lamp On Saturday

Los Angeles Kings center Phillip Danault had quite a night against the Minnesota Wild. He played more than four minutes on the power play and piled up seven shots on goal. If that was not enough, he opened the scoring for Los Angeles just 1:18 after Minnesota took a 1-0 lead. Drew Doughty was the […]

Jonathan Quick Stops Minnesota Wild Streak

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick stopped 30 of 31 shots as Los Angeles held on for a 2-1 win on Saturday night. Quick only allowed an early second period power play goal. The goaltender now has allowed just two goals in his last three starts. Furthermore, he was able to withstand a furious Minnesota […]

Jonathan Quick Likely Starts Again on Saturday

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick is likely to start on Saturday at home versus the Minnesota Wild. The Wild are streaking winners of seven straight games. Quick has stopped 48 of the last 49 shots faced including a 27-save shutout of the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. His 6-5-3 record features three shutouts and […]

Adrian Kempe Nets Game-Winner With His 11th Goal

Los Angeles Kings winger Adrian Kempe registered the game-winning goal in Thursday's 4-0 victory over Dallas, lighting the lamp for the 11th time this season with 50 seconds played in the second period. Kempe leads the team in goals this season, and he's tied for second in overall scoring with 16 points in 25 games. […]

Andreas Athanasiou Returns With A Goal

Los Angeles Kings winger Andreas Athanasiou returned from COVID-19 protocols with his third goal of the season. He completed the scoring with an empty-netter in a 4-0 win over Dallas. The 27-year-old speedster skated for 11:35 and ended the game with a plus-two rating and two shots. Athanasiou missed six games and re-entered the lineup […]

Jonathan Quick Keeps Stars At Bay

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick picked up his second shutout of the season on Thursday, stopping 27 pucks in a 4-0 victory over Dallas. The veteran netminder has produced some very impressive performances lately, allowing only one goal and registering back-to-back wins against some hot teams. He beat the Oilers 5-1 in his last […]

Drew Doughty Endures Rough Night In Vancouver

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty had one of those nights in Vancouver on Monday night. It was not just the two Canucks' power-play goals but Doughty was on the ice for the two even-strength goals as well. The Kings' defenseman did little offensively or to fill the stat sheet for that matter. He had […]

Jonathan Quick Enjoys Easier Night In Win

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick had to make a few high-danger saves on Sunday. However, he was fortunate enough to face just 22 shots in a 5-1 road triumph. Previously, the goalie had faced 34 or more shots in four of five starts. That was not the case on Sunday. Los Angeles was able […]

Drew Doughty's Three-Point Night Sinks Oilers Sunday

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty had himself some night on Sunday in Edmonton. Doughty played 26:33 in all and scored once while dishing out two helpers in a 5-1 road win. His goal came on the man advantage with a bit less than four minutes to go in regulation. Anze Kopitar set Doughty up […]

Adrian Kempe Serves Up Revenge On Sunday

Los Angeles Kings right-winger Adrian Kempe had already scored one goal on Sunday night when he was boarded by Connor McDavid. It was a one-goal game late in the third period. On the ensuing five minute man advantage, Kempe converted quickly to extend the Kings' lead to two goals. His goal at 14:38 of the […]

Jonathan Quick Back In Goal On Sunday

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick led the Kings out to warm-ups on Sunday evening versus the Edmonton Oilers. Both Quick and the Kings need a win badly. The goaltender has gone just 1-2-2 in his last five starts and Los Angeles has dropped to .500 on the season. Quick's once sterling goals-against average and […]

Kale Clague Picked Up Off Waivers By Montreal

The Montreal Canadiens claimed former Los Angeles Kings defenseman Kale Clague off waivers on Saturday. Clague was the King's second-round pick in the 2016 NHL draft. Clague contributed five assists in 11 games played with Los Angeles this season. The 23-year-old should bring much-needed relief to Montreal's lineup, as several of the team's defensemen are […]

NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (12/4): Value Plays, Goalies, Stacks

The NHL season approaches the end of week number eight as well as the start of December! Some fun twists are definitely to come as trends are establishing themselves. As always, I'll give you the best tools to succeed and the info you need to build the best lineups possible for your GPP and cash […]

OwnersBox Week 9 NHL Lineup Picks: Contest of the Week - Weekly Fantasy Hockey

Welcome back RotoBallers! The NHL season is now into December with Week 9 and we have an excellent salary cap contest for you over at OwnersBox! For those who do not know, OwnersBox is a fantastic weekly fantasy sports platform that offers plenty of game setups to fulfill your desire to draft throughout the season. […]

Viktor Arvidsson Dishes Pair Of Assist On Thursday

Los Angeles Kings left-winger Viktor Arvidsson struck for two assists on Thursday night against the Calgary Flames. His first helper came early in the first period on Alex Iafallo's goal. Then Arvidsson set up Alexander Edler for Edler's first tally of the 2021-22 season. The left-winger did miss a few opportunities on Thursday, and he […]

Alexander Edler Scores Goal Against Calgary On Thursday

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alexander Edler broke into the goal column on Thursday night against the Calgary Flames. Edler, in his younger days, was like a Swiss-Army knife when it came to padding fantasy hockey stat categories. Thursday night turned the clock back a little bit. Edler scored with less than two minutes left in […]