Darryl Sutter

San Jose 2, Kings 1 (end of regulation) Justin Williams of the Kings had a good look at a crossing pass but it slid by him. There’s a face-off in the Sharks’ zone. The Kings take a couple shots, nothing substantive. Patrick Marleau of...

addCustomPlayer('1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1pa1wyvorp5ui15bbnkmaphgbl', 'eplayer15'); SAN JOSE — If any doubts remained that the Kings' playoff journey this spring will be tougher than last year's relatively smooth path...

SAN JOSE, Calif. The Sharks did the necessary thing Tuesday night. They turned a best-of-seven series into a best-of-three. With momentum. And of course, it wasn't easy. Against the Los Angeles Kings, the Sharks are following a pattern. They tend to...

The Sports Xchange Hot start proves enough as Sharks even series SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Dominant through two periods, the San Jose Sharks held on for dear life in the third to beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 Tuesday and even their Western Conference...

SAN JOSE — Trying to pry injury or lineup information out of Kings Coach Darryl Sutter is an interesting and difficult process. Sometimes he flat-out refuses to answer. Sometimes he stickhandles around the question. For example: Based on the...

There is more than just a little bit of Ron Hextall living in the body of Kings goalie Jonathan Quick. That is, the once-hot-tempered goalie Ron Hextall, not the current calm corporate Ron Hextall, the Kings' assistant general manager, destined to run...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Kings at Sharks While they avoided facing the most difficult deficit against which to come back with an overtime victory on Saturday, the sixth-seeded San Jose Sharks still are in a virtually must-win situation when they...

SAN JOSE, Calif. Todd McLellan was blunt about the task that lies ahead. "We haven't accomplished anything," the Sharks coach said after Monday's morning skate. "We didn't get our work done in L.A., and that put us behind the eight ball. The fact that we...

Flawless at home and flawed on the road? Not quite. But the Kings already have lost three times on the road during these playoffs; they dropped just one road game through four rounds on their way to the Stanley Cup last year. “We can’t...

Gallery: Game 3, Sharks Versus Kings EL SEGUNDO -- The script has flipped on the Kings. It's the Kings turn to complain about a late-game penalty that led to an overtime goal for the San Jose Sharks in their 2-1 victory Saturday at HP Pavilion....

No one had to tell the Kings they were struggling on the power play. With only two goals through the early part of the playoffs, production had slipped from the regular season and the team was searching for answers. Mike Richards figured that he and...

Not all playoff victories are created equal. Nor are losses. But the way the Kings won Game 2 could loom large over this Western Conference semifinal series, with Game 3 on Saturday night at San Jose. The Sharks had rallied from a two-goal deficit and...