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title: "Another Rise and Fall"
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description: "In another back-to-back the Los Angeles Kings win one and drop the other over the American Thanksgiving holiday. On Wednesday they won against the Edmonton Oilers (3-1)."
published: 2026-08-19
updated: 2026-08-19
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# Another Rise and Fall

Published 2026-08-19

## NEWS

28 November 2009 · by Keith

In another back-to-back the Los Angeles Kings win one and drop the other over the American Thanksgiving holiday. On Wednesday they won against the Edmonton Oilers (3-1) but lost to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday (4-1).

[(LAKings.com)](https://kings.nhl.com/)

Since this weekend has altered my schedule a bit, I’m going to go back to the quick bullet-point style that I find so useful on this type of occasion. I hope everyone has had a great 4-day weekend because I definitely have.

- **Matt Greene**got his first goal of the season, which was also the game-winning goal against the Oilers. It was a pass out to the point and a lob to the goalmouth that beat Jeff Deslauriers over his shoulder.
- The **Andrei Loktionov** experiment halted to a standstill with a dislocated shoulder at the end of the game against the Oilers, which is completely unfortunate for him and the team.
- [Thank you, Patrick O’Sullivan](https://www.edmontonsun.com/sports/myoilers/2009/11/26/11930816-sun.html).
- The Kings were atrocious in the faceoff circle at 42% and 38%, respectively. A certain number 28 needs to get back in the lineup ASAP.
- I’ve actually liked **Teddy Purcell**‘s play in these two games on the top line. He’s not the greatest replacement but I think he’ll be an adequate stand-in while not adding too much in terms of offensive production. It’s a shame Terry Murray is changing it up again by putting [Alexander Frolov back on the left wing](https://lakingsinsider.com/?p=1860).
- **Michael Handzus** took out [Ales Hemsky and he is now out for the rest of the season](https://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=507722&navid=DL%7CEDM%7Chome) with shoulder surgery.
- The other rookie experiment of **Brayden Schenn** took only one game as well. He was signed to a one-game contract and will not be returning to the lineup for tonight’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks.
- The Vancouver Canucks presented a much harder challenge to the Kings than the Oilers on Thursday and they fell 4 to 1. Roberto Loungo was the wall for the Canucks and **Jonathan Quick** was playing well until the third period with a collapse of three goals against. The last goal was by Kyle Wellwood who is such a great player he hit the post before scoring in the empty net. Great job, guy.
- The player of these two games was definitely **Wayne Simmonds**. He had the most jump of everyone and was the only to get a goal in both games.

That’s all I got, folks. Thanks for stopping by. I truely appreciate it! Also, please check out the new episode of KingsCast titled Injury Bugged.

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