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The Ducks reached into the free-agent pool Wednesday and acquired much-traveled winger Dany Heatley, attempting to add some experience after losing Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu.

Selanne retired after this past season and the Ducks parted ways...

Ducks front-office executive Bob Murray, not relishing the spotlight, survived the moment and his speech after being named the NHL’s general manager of the year.

Soon after, he received kudos from a crosstown rival and peer, Kings General...

Hockey is the ultimate team game, which is what makes the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded annually to the playoff's most valuable player, such an anomaly.

Individual versus team award?

Most winners will tell you that, as kids, they lie...

After becoming the first team to reach the Stanley Cup Final by winning three series in Game 7, all on the road, the Kings' five-game series victory over the New York Rangers to win the Stanley Cup almost seemed abrupt — except that all three...

It is proving to be a taut competition, changing by the game, shifting momentum and all that you come to expect at the highest level of sport.

The Stanley Cup Final?

Not exactly.

Things have a way of turning in a playoff...

The coach's words were firm and his tone suggested he wasn't asking the impossible of someone he knows well.

Kings center Anze Kopitar is leading NHL playoff scorers with 24 points in 22 games and has been instrumental in the run that has...

The Kings became the first team to reach the Stanley Cup Final by winning three series in Game 7, all on the road. That journey included coming back from a 3-0 series deficit to the San Jose Sharks in Round 1, rebounding from a 3-2 deficit in Round 2...

There were opportunities Monday during exit interviews for the Ducks to define their season as progress.

Ownership awarded General Manager Bob Murray a four-year contract extension and praised him for "meticulously [adding] youth, skill and...

Two Olympic gold medals, one Stanley Cup ring and an increasing position of leadership … does this all mean the Kings have seen the last of Dewey-isms?

That would be the often quirky observations of the uber-talented Drew Doughty (aka...

Teemu Selanne's devoted followers wanted a perfect ending.

He, and they, were denied that — by the Kings' emphatic 6-2 victory over the Ducks in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Friday night — and so began the next...

When it comes to winning a big game, the Kings' knowledge in how to do so was a mismatch over the Ducks.

That strength more than any other defined the Kings' 6-2 victory in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinal at Honda Center.

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Members of the Ducks and the Kings said they were a bit anxious about playing Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal series Friday night at Honda Center, but they also said they planned to embrace the moment.

“I&...

Players live for these games, for the chance to make a difference, make a mark, become the hero they pretended to be when they were shooting pucks in driveways or at their parents' garage doors.

The Ducks and the Kings will finish their Western...

Maybe the Kings should start every playoff series one game from elimination. It has certainly worked through two series thus far.

The Kings have reached the Western Conference finals for the third consecutive season,...

The nerves, uncertainty and inconsistent play that caused the Ducks' Game 7 defeat to the Detroit Red Wings last May were used as motivation — by personnel men, coaches and players alike — to ensure this year would be different.

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The Kings fended off elimination four times in their first-round playoff series against San Jose, sticking together when it would have been easy to fracture, playing an ever-tighter defensive game that complemented Jonathan Quick's confident...

John Gibson made it sound so simple.

"We knew they were capable of coming back. We just had to get the job done and find a way," the Ducks' rookie goalie said after his team stood up to a final, furious Kings rally Monday night at Honda...

The Ducks' Devante Smith-Pelly appears to be wise well beyond his 21 years. Or he just knows what he's doing.

Or both.

Smith-Pelly has spent the past month providing big goals at big moments. That continued Monday in the Ducks' 4-3...

The Ducks are one victory from advancing to the Western Conference finals.

The Kings are one loss from elimination.

Both those scenarios could play out when the two teams play Game 6 at Staples Center on Wednesday.

The Ducks...

Devante Smith-Pelly's unexpected production after arriving from the minor leagues has pushed the Ducks to two wins from the Western Conference finals.

The 21-year-old forward finds himself on the first line with Anaheim stars Corey Perry and...