Kings Score 4 in Win Over Wild.

Dwight King watches his shot as it finds its way past Niklas Backstrom and into the goal.

On the second night of a back to back for the Kings, they seemingly had no problems scoring tonight. On Monday night the Kings only goal came with less than 4 minutes remaining in the game. Tonight it only took the Kings 44 seconds to score against the Wild.

Why Can't the Kings Score?

Simon Gagne celebrates with Dustin Brown after goal scored on opening night at Staples.

It's no secret that the Kings have had trouble scoring this year. The Kings are averaging a league worst 2.06 goals per game this year and currently sit in 10th place in the western conference. The Kings currently have two top line centers in Anze Kopitar and Mike Richards. The Kings also have Justin Williams and Dustin Brown as two of their top six forwards. The Kings traded for Dustin Penner a year ago today, and signed Simon Gagne as a free agent this past off season, thus completing the Kings top six forwards; on paper.

Kings Still Can't Find the Back of the Net - Game Recap

Fresh off of a hat trick from captain Dustin Brown that led to a 4-0 victory over Chicago Saturday night, the Kings traveled to Nashville to take on the Predators. Would the Kings continue scoring goals? No, the Kings did the opposite and returned to looking like the team that averages a league worst 2.06 goals per game. The Kings lost to the Predators by a final score of 2-1.

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Hey Mr. Carter, Tell Me Where Have You Been?

Jeff Carter and Mike Richards take the ice as teammates for the first time since May 5, 2011

Mike Richards and Jeff Carter were both traded on June 23, 2011 from the Philadelphia Flyers. Mike Richards was the captain of the Flyers at the time. Richards and Carter were both huge reasons as to why the Flyers even made it to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010. In two blockbuster trades in the off-season, the Kings acquired Mike Richards, and the Columbus Blue Jackets acquired Jeff Carter. The two were obviously very shocked and hurt that they had been traded. Mike Richards eventually came to acceptance and has shown to actually enjoy living in Los Angeles and playing for the Kings. Richie got off to a hot start with the Kings before being sidelined with a concussion and has yet to return to pre-concussion form. As for Jeff Carter, he was also very upset, but never really came to accept the fact that he was a member of the Blue Jackets. He was hurt twice early in the season and clearly did not want to be a member of the Blue Jackets. He was playing for one of the worst teams in the NHL and he no longer wanted to be there and it seemed like the Blue Jackets no longer wanted him. Exactly 8 months after they were both traded from the Flyers, Carter and Richards were reunited once again. On February 23, the Blue Jackets agreed to send Jeff Carter to the Kings in exchange for Kings D-man Jack Johnson and a conditional first round pick. Both Richie and Carts are very excited to be playing together again because they know the damage they can do together on the ice. The Kings got their top-six forward they had been searching for, and Carter got out of Columbus just like he clearly wanted. Now let's hope the goals start pouring in the net, and Carter and Richards get each other going again.
-AllThingsKings

My First Post. Kings Win 4-0

Dustin Brown, after scoring his 3rd goal, celebrates around some hats.

So I'm just learning here, so pardon me if the posts are somewhat bare. Last night was the first game with Jeff Carter as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Jeff Carter has one of the best wrist shots in the game, and he was added simply because the Kings can not score. With the Kings ranked 30th in the league in scoring it is no wonder they were in the market for a top-six forward who can put the puck in the net. Like many were hoping would happen, the Kings went off and scored some goals. They scored 4. But none of them came from Carter. Dustin Brown, who earlier in the week was rumored to possibly be traded, recorded a hat trick for the Kings. Dustin Brown had 4 points by scoring 3 goals and an assisting on Willie Mitchell's goal. Was this our captain responding to the rumors that he was being shopped around? Not according to him, as he had this to say, "As a player, you definitely think about it when your name is out there. But, I don't think its a motivating factor. It's definitely in the back of your mind. Maybe its a coincidence."  Brown played a hell of a game and deserved a night like this. The Kings finally scored some goals, and Quick returned to form and recorded his 7th shutout of the year. The Kings won 4-0 and are tied with Colorado and Dallas for the 8th and final playoff spot in the west. Hopefully the Kings can continue to score some goals night in and night out, as they are only 5 points behind Phoenix and can still win the division and capture the number 3 seed in the west. The Kings have 20 games remaining and this is certainly a playoff push. We'll see what the Kings can do to try and make the playoffs.
-AllThingsKings