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• ST. LOUIS -- Just like the first round, the St. Louis Blues dropped the series opener at home. Custance: King To Sit, Too? If Alex Pietrangelo is forced to miss playoff games, the NHL could sideline the Kings Dwight King, too, ESPN.
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• ST. LOUIS—Just like the first round, the St. Louis Blues dropped the series opener at home. Unlike the first round, they have serious injury issues heading into Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Los Angeles Kings.
(San Jose Mercury News)
• ST. LOUIS — After a raucous start, with the Blues showing no signs of a six-day layoff, the fact that they were still in striking distance late in regulation Saturday night seemed implausible.
(Boston Herald)
• The Vezina Trophy candidate stopped 28 shots to help the Kings take a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of this Western Conference semifinal series. Quick posted a 1.59 goals against average and a .
(USA Today)
• ST. LOUIS — Matt Greene scored a short-handed goal late in the second period for the lead and Jonathan Quick was strong in net throughout as the Los Angeles Kings beat the St.
(Seattle Times)
• ST. LOUIS -- A few weeks ago, before the Kings began their playoff journey, center Jarret Stoll said that as a young player with Edmonton in 2006, he and his No. 8-seeded Oilers teammates gained a lot of confidence from upsetting the No.
(Los Angeles Times)
• The Blues and the Kings began their Western Conference semifinal series under ominous circumstances. There was a minor earthquake in Los Angeles on Saturday morning, and a dangerous and damaging late-afternoon storm gusted through downtown St.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• The Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers both carried their NHL regular-season success over St. Louis and Washington into their second-round playoff series openers.
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• ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The talk of the St. Louis Blues locker room was this tongue-in-cheek prediction of a final score for the opener of their second-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings: Zero to minus-1.
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• ST. LOUIS (AP) - Matt Greene scored shorthanded late in the second period for the lead and Jonathan Quick was strong in net throughout as the Los Angeles Kings beat the St.
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