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Sharks defensemen Marc Edouard-Vlasic and Justin Braun are once again keeping the opposition's top line in check, as Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar has been held to one power play assist through the first four games of the Western Conference semifinal series.

Too many of North Devon batsmen got in and got out without making an anchorman score.

Justin Williams called out the Kings' best offensive players Monday. He was cool, calm and collected as he spoke after he and his teammates practiced at their El Segundo training facility and before they boarded their chartered flight for San Jose.

Not quite. But the Los Angeles Kings already have lost three times on the road during the playoffs, whereas they dropped only one road game through four rounds on their way to the Stanley Cup last year.

So, now we've covered the first round. I want to give you guys a recap of where I personally stand on these players in the draft, so you can get a sense of what we might be thinking for the second.

Previewing the Los Angeles Kings' 2012-13 season: West Semi Final, Game 3 @ San Jose; May 14/13, 6pm PST Having won the first two games of this series on home ice, the Los Angeles Kings are riding high as they continue their series with the San Jose Sharks .

Previewing the Los Angeles Kings' 2012-13 season: West Semi Final, Game 1 vs. San Jose; May 14/13, 7pm PST They've been rivals since the Sharks joined the NHL in 1991 but only in the past few seasons has this love-hate relationship intensified.

San Jose defenceman-turned-forward Brent Burns, right, has 'fit in surprisingly well,' Kings blueliner Robyn Regehr says.

With their first-round victory, the Los Angeles Kings became the first team in NHL history to win five straight playoff series despite opening each set on the road.

This will be the first time in 17 playoff series the Kings will have home-ice advantage.

When the Los Angeles Kings stunned top-seeded Vancouver to win their first-round playoff series a year ago, they had to acknowledge the importance of their long-suffering franchise's first postseason advancement in 11 years.

The Blues were dominant on the puck for pretty much the entire game. Puck possession in this series was heavily .

The Los Angeles Kings will try to earn a fourth straight win in the Western Conference quarterfinals on Friday, as the defending Stanley Cup champions aim to end the best-of-seven series in a home Game 6 against the St.

Los Angeles Kings' Justin Williams, left, tries to control the puck as St. Louis Blues goalie Brian Elliott and Blues' Alex Pietrangelo, right, defend during the first period in Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in St.

Fanelli makes most of remarkable comeback. Ben Fanelli, pictured when he returned to practice with the OHL's Kitchener Rangers in 2011, missed almost two years after suffering a serious head injury early in his rookie season.

The Los Angeles Kings have taken the momentum in their first round playoff series against the St.

JAMES Toms and Marnus Labuschagne both slammed centuries as Plymouth signalled their intentions for the season ahead with a crushing 150-run win over North Devon, A brisk stand of 65 between Callum Whittaker and Toms got Plymouth up and running, then South African new boy Labuschagne got stuck into the bowling.

Monday's games went deep into the night, but they are still worth talking about.

Anze Kopitar tied it with 12:46 to play, Justin Williams tipped home the go-ahead goal 76 seconds later, and the Los Angeles Kings evened their first-round series with the St.

Ron Rolston was in his second season with Rochester when he got the call to take over in the NHL.