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Yeah, I know, it’s a Van Hagar reference. The goal is to be able to use a Queen reference sometime in June, and the way things have gone through 13 games, that would be a plausible prediction to make. The haters can hate, and those who haven’t been paying attention will look at the NHL’s

Jonathan Bernier stopped all 34 shots he faced for his first career shutout, and Scott Parse and Sean O’Donnell (yes, you read that right) scored third period goals as the Kings beat Nashville for the first time in 8 tries by a score of 2-0. The win reduces the Kings’ magic number to clinch a playoff berth to 6 points in any combination of Kings’ wins and Calgary losses.
Bernier, was outstanding, earning the games first star (an honor he’s gotten in each of his two starts for the Kings this season).
While Terry Murray hasn’t tipped his hand yet, there has

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The Kings’ return from the Olympic break started out nicely with a good thumping of Dallas, improving upon the Kings’ already stellar record in their own division. On that night, Jon Quick set a new record for victories in a single season by a King goaltender with 36. With the amount of remaining games, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that Quick finishes the season with 45 or more wins, if the Kings manage to play .500 hockey for the remaining 18 games.
From Dallas, the Kings moved on to Nashville, a perennial thorn in the Kings’ side. There

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