Kings tonight

By Helene Elliott

Dec. 11, 2008 12 AM PT

VS. ST. LOUIS

Time: 7:30.

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

Where: Staples Center.

Records: Kings 11-12-4, Blues 12-12-3.

Record vs. Blues: 2-0

Update: Forward Teddy Purcell was recalled from Manchester of the American Hockey League, where he was leading the Monarchs with nine goals and 19 points in 23 games.

Derek Armstrong, hit hard into the boards Tuesday in Colorado, had a headache and didn’t skate Wednesday. He’s doubtful for tonight. Winger Raitis Ivanans has flu symptoms. This starts a four-game Kings homestand.

-- Helene Elliott

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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.

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