Up next for the Kings: Monday at Phoenix

By Helene Elliott

Nov. 2, 2009 12 AM PT

AT PHOENIX

When: 6 PST.

Where: Jobing.com Arena.

On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 1150.

Records: Kings 8-4-2, Coyotes 9-4-0.

Record vs. Coyotes: 1-1.

Update: The Kings have lost their last two games in shootouts but have earned standings points in six straight games (4-0-2). Goaltender Jonathan Quick will start his ninth straight game, a streak that’s likely to continue until the team’s five-game trip this month. Right wing Justin Williams is scheduled to return after missing five games because of a lower-body injury. He will rejoin Ryan Smyth and Anze Kopitar on the first line. Teddy Purcell was moved to the fourth line with Raitis Ivanans and Brad Richardson but will still get some power-play time. The Coyotes, ignoring the turmoil surrounding their ownership and future, have sustained their strong start by winning three straight games.

-- Helene Elliott

Hockey

Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

Up next for the Kings: Monday at Phoenix

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