Another year, another first-round exit at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers for the LA Kings. Make that ten years now that it’s been since LA has seen the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but don’t worry, everything is going according to ‘The Plan‘. It might be time for someone to tell whoever is making the decisions in this organization that it’s time to change the approach. We are in the year 2024. Not 1994. Not 2004. Not 2014. A quick aside. While usually my analysis is statistical in nature, this isn’t going to really be that. While there is an underlying philosophical and statisti ..read more

The Ontario Reign were able to shut it down in the third period to propel themselves to game one victory over the Abbotsford Canucks. The #ReignTrain keeps on rolling in Round 2 #AllAboard | #ABBvsONT pic.twitter.com/HvK0HhOlYl — Ontario Reign (@ontarioreign) May 2, 2024 Goal Breakdown First period: None Second period: ONT: TJ Tynan (1), ASST: Wyatte Wylie (1) Third period: ONT: Alex Turcotte (1), ASST: Samuel Fagemo (2), TJ Tynan (2) ABB: Max Sasson (1), ASST: None ONT: Nikita Pavlychev (1), ASST: Kim Nousiainen (1) Stats Goals: ABB: 1 ONT: 3 Shots: ABB: 24 ONT: 21 Power plays: ABB: 0/2 ONT ..read more

The Abbotsford Canucks and Ontario Reign start their Pacific Division semifinals best-of-five series tonight at Toyota Arena. While we wait to see who wants to come for another visit to the IE, get your tickets to Games 1 and 2 of the Pacific Division Semifinals in Ontario now! : https://t.co/yy2pwux9Kj pic.twitter.com/MDjmB5THCi — Ontario Reign (@ontarioreign) April 28, 2024 The Reign and Canucks split the eight games in the season series, winning four games each, and will square off at least another three games to decide who moves on to the Pacific Division finals series. Tale of the tape ..read more

The Ontario Reign gutted out a 3-1 victory on Saturday night to sweep the Bakersfield Condors to advance to the second round. Next stop: ROUND 2!!!#AllAboard | #ONTvsBAK pic.twitter.com/X19SymzjT2 — Ontario Reign (@ontarioreign) April 28, 2024 Goal Breakdown First period:  BAK: PP Seth Griffith (1), ASST: Brad Malone (1), Philip Broberg (1) Second period:  ONT: Taylor Ward (1), ASST: Brandt Clarke (2), Joe Hicketts (1) Third period: ONT: Tyler Madden (3), ASST: None ONT: EN Charles Hudon (1), ASST: None CHARLES HUDON CEMENTS THE WIN WITH .8 SECONDS LEFT#AllAboard | #ONTvsBAK pic.t ..read more

The LA Kings settled into their game much more in Game 2 than in the playoff opener against the Edmonton Oilers. In the second game, per Natural Stat Trick, the Kings held the edge in shot attempts (51.9% CF%) and were pretty even in xGF% (49.7%) while Edmonton had the edge in Scoring Chances (57.7%) and High Danger Chances (63.6%). That’s something LA is going to have to try to live with against the high-powered Oilers. There shouldn’t be an expectation that the Kings will spend extended time in the Edmonton zone hemming in the Oilers, rather the chances for LA are most likely to come off the ..read more

After a drubbing in Game 1, the LA Kings answered back with a strong performance in Game 2, knocking off the Oilers 5-4 in overtime, knotting up the Round 1 series. Here we’ll look at some team and individual 5-on-5 on-ice numbers, courtesy of Natural Stat Trick. Using 5-on-5 metrics when adjusted for score, the LA Kings and Edmonton Oilers have played a pretty close series. LA has maintained a slight edge in shot share while Edmonton has had the better of the quality chances. The lack of high-danger chances that the Kings get offensively shouldn’t be much of a surprise against an Edmonton te ..read more

A four-goal second period paved the way for the Ontario Reign’s 5-1 victory in game one over the Bakersfield Condors Wednesday night. On-LEE need one more #AllAboard | #BAKvsONT pic.twitter.com/Fcr0vzpIap — Ontario Reign (@ontarioreign) April 25, 2024 Goal Breakdown First period: None Second period: ONT: Andre Lee (1), ASST: Taylor Ward (1), Brandt Clarke (1) ONT: PP Tyler Madden (1), ASST: Samuel Fagemo (1) ONT: SH Joe Hicketts (1), ASST: Akil Thomas (1) ONT: PP Akil Thomas (1), ASST: TJ Tynan (1), Charles Hudon (1) Third period: BAK: PP Lane Pederson (1), ASST: Seth Griffith (1), Raphael L ..read more

The Ontario Reign and Bakersfield Condors meet in the first round of the AHL’s Calder Cup playoffs. It will be a best-of-three series. The stage is set! : https://t.co/yy2pwuxHzR#AllAboard | #CalderCup pic.twitter.com/t5RYwfrCgy — Ontario Reign (@ontarioreign) April 22, 2024 The Kings and Oilers, who will square off in game two tonight, will see their AHL affiliates start their first-round series tonight. In the season series’ eight games, the Reign went 5-3-0, which was capped off by a Martin Chromiak overtime winner a week ago. Today we will preview the three-game series of the two teams a ..read more

As the great Yogi Berra once said, “It’s deja vu all over again.” For the third season in a row, the LA Kings will meet the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Maybe the third time will be the charm for Los Angeles? Once again, the Hockey Royalty staff is here to offer you their takes on the series, let’s dive in. We’ll start with the Captain of Hockey Royalty, Russell Morgan. Russell Morgan It sucks that it came down to rooting for a third playoff series between the LA Kings and Oilers but there are reasons Kigns fans can be confident. It’s an overly used cliche ..read more

The regular season has ended for the Ontario Reign, and it’s time to evaluate the four rookies under entry-level contracts. Ready for tonight #ReignTrain pic.twitter.com/A8tOLwa6Xy — Ontario Reign (@ontarioreign) October 13, 2023 Every year new players come to AHL teams, including high-end prospects that teams assign to the American Hockey League, allowing them to develop and be NHL-ready. This year saw four rookies under entry-level contracts (ELCs) for the Ontario Reign. Today, we will evaluate their season with the Reign. Let’s get started. Forwards Francesco Pinelli Stat line: 67 games ..read more