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Up next for the Kings: Monday at Minnesota

By Helene Elliott

KINGS TONIGHT

AT MINNESOTA

When: 5 PDT.

Where: Xcel Energy Center.

On the air: TV: Versus; Radio: 1150.

Records: Kings 5-2-0, Wild 3-3-1.

Record vs. Wild (2009-10): 2-2-0.

Update: The Kings had Sunday off after an early morning arrival from Colorado, where they had won for the fourth time in five games. General Manager Dean Lombardi said he had not heard from the NHL regarding a possible suspension for right wing Wayne Simmonds, who was assessed a major penalty for butt-ending and a game misconduct in Saturday’s 6-4 victory at Colorado. Former backup goaltender Erik Ersberg, whose contract was terminated Saturday by the Kings after he left Manchester of the American Hockey League without permission, is expected to sign with Salavat Yulaev of Russia’s KHL. Minnesota has the NHL’s top power play at 12 for 31 (38.7%). Matt Cullen leads the Wild with three goals and nine points.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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