They left this trip as the Kings. From the way it’s gone, they might return as the Los Angeles Reign.
The injury repercussions continued Wednesday and made the Kings take another dip into their minor league system. Dion Phaneuf returned home to get evaluated for an upper-body injury, interim coach Willie Desjardins said, while Drew Doughty remained with the team and is day-to-day with the same-type injury.
“We just have to see how he responds from treatment,” Desjardins said of Doughty. “We’ll have a better idea [Thursday].”
Phaneuf fell over Buffalo Sabres forward Evan Rodrigues into the boards and Desjardins said “he’ll be a little bit, for sure.