Kings play host to Red Wings

By Helene Elliott

Jan. 15, 2009 12 AM PT

VS. DETROIT

Time: 7:30.

On the air: TV: FS West;

Radio: 1150.

Where: Staples Center.

Records: Kings 17-19-6, Red Wings 30-7-6.

Record vs. Red Wings: 0-1-1.

Update: Defenseman Drew Doughty isn’t expected to play because of a deep thigh bruise he sustained Monday on a hit from Evgeny Artyukhin in the Kings’ 3-1 loss to Tampa Bay. He missed the third period and didn’t practice Tuesday or Wednesday. Forward Oscar Moller (fractured clavicle) was placed on the injured reserve list retroactive to Jan. 7. The Kings recalled Kevin Westgarth from Manchester of the American Hockey League. The 6-foot-5, 241-pound forward had one goal, five points and 104 penalty minutes in 37 games this season.

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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.

Kings play host to Red Wings

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