If there were any questions about how the Los Angeles Kings managed to win a Stanley Cup in 2012, then those questions should have been wiped out four games into their first round series in 2013. It was on full display on Monday night when the Kings battled through a third period to win Game [...]

Since the 2004-05 full season NHL lockout and the introduction of a hard salary cap ahead of the 2005-06 season, parity has ruled the day in the NHL. That can hardly be better exemplified than in the fact that in seven seasons since the lockout, the NHL has had seven different Stanley Cup champions. There [...]

The 2013 NHL playoffs kick off on Tuesday with three of the Western conference series opening their accounts on that day. The West’s top three seeds were wrapped up promptly, but the conference produced fascinating battles both for home ice advantage and its final two playoff places. Last year the eighth seed in the West [...]

The state of play in the Western conference entering Saturday’s action really is everything that the final day of the NHL’s regular season is and should be about. There are still two places in the postseason to be contested between three teams and none of the match-ups are set in stone. Hockey Schedule previews a [...]

We’ve entered the final couple of weeks of the season and the playoff race is heating up. In the Western conference the Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks are mathematically guaranteed a playoff berth. It seems pretty likely that the Vancouver Canucks will join them pretty soon. That realistically leaves eight teams battling for the five [...]

In 2011-12, the Pacific division was the most exciting competition in the NHL. The division title was up for grabs between four teams up until the last weekend and four Pacific teams were vying for three places at the end of the season. In the end the Los Angeles Kings won the Stanley Cup and [...]

It seems like the Stanley Cup hangover had hit even after the 2012 NHL lockout delayed the start to the 2013 season reducing it to just 48 games. However, despite injuries, the Los Angeles Kings are gradually turning their performance around and starting to look like the team that hoisted the Stanley Cup back in [...]

The 2011-12 season was a story of two different Los Angeles Kings teams. For most of the season they were a team with an anaemic offense ranking 29th in the league scoring 2.29 goals per game. From March onwards, and through the playoffs, they were one of the league’s most balanced and tough offense. Darryl [...]

The Pacific division produced the two Western conference finalists in the Los Angeles Kings and Phoenix Coyotes and the eventual Stanley Cup champions in the Kings. This division featured one of the most fascinating division races in 2011-12 as well and it looks set to be tight once again in 2013. Hockey Schedule offers a [...]

The NHL Lockout 2012 doesn’t really benefit anybody in the short-term. Owners and players are losing money, while fans of the game are being denied the game they love because of petty differences between two groups of extremely rich individuals. However, there may be one team that suffers slightly less from the lockout than other [...]