Mike Richards nets his 10th goal of the season in a 3-2 overtime loss Wednesday night. Kevin Westgarth scored a goal at 5:29 of the second period. Ethan Moreau and Dustin Brown each registered an assist for the Kings.

Mike Richards scored a goal and added an assist as the Kings outlasted St. Louis by a score of 3-2 Tuesday night. Richards has now recorded six points over his past four games and has increased his season total to 18 in 21 games. Anze Kopitar and Willie Mitchell also found the back of the net in the Kings victory.

Mike Richards scored a shorthanded goal in the 4-1 loss to Detroit Saturday afternoon. It was the second consecutive game in which Richards scored while the Kings were a man short. The last time a Los Angeles player accomplished that feat was a decade ago when Ziggy Palffy turned the trick. Richards has always been deadly when killing penalties and if your league values SHG he is certainly one to target.

Mike Richards scored an unassisted shorthanded goal in a 4-1 loss to Detroit on Saturday. Richards has six goals in his last six games, including two when his team was shorthanded. After Anze Kopitar, Richards has been the Kings best forward with 16 points in 20 games.

Mike Richards had two goals - one a short-handed, empty-netter - in the Los Angeles' Kings 5-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. The goals were his sixth and seventh of the year, and fifth in the past five games. The center is on pace to put up a very solid 60-70 points this season. Simon Gagne, Anze Kopitar (third-period tie-breaker) and Slava Voynov all chipped in with a goal and an assist each as the Kings won their third in a row.

Mike Richards netted his fifth goal of the season in a 2-1 shootout win Wednesday. Jack Johnson and Dustin Brown each registered an assist on Richards' goal. Justin Williams netted the deciding goal in the shootout.

Kings coach Terry Murray was supportive of Mike Richards' decision to fight Steve Ott on Saturday. "Those are the instincts that come out of his game; that's who he is," Murray said. "He's a talented guy but what makes Mike Richards a special player is his character, his leadership, and then the instinctive part of his game where he reacts and takes care of business in all areas of the game what he has to, which means fighting sometimes or saying something, doing something, blocking a big shot." Richards should get 60-70 points and 60-80 penalty minutes this season.

Mike Richards assisted on the game-winning goal in overtime Saturday night against his former team the Flyers. The goal must have tasted sweet for the former captain of the Flyers. To come back into Philadelphia after being exiled in the offseason is a tough task, but to his credit Richards excelled registering two points in the victory.

Mike Richards will return to Philadelphia for the first time on Saturday since the off-season trade that sent him to Los Angeles. You can bet that Richards will be pumped up for this one. There should be plenty of media surrounding Richards in the next two days in Philadelphia but it should be interesting. If you are in a daily pool and for some reason do not have Richards in your lineup for Saturday, get him in there.

Mike Richards scored a goal and registered an assist in the Los Angeles Kings' 3-2 overtime victory versus the New York Rangers. Richards was making his season debut after being acquired by the Kings over the summer. Anze Kopitar also netted a goal and an assist to help Los Angeles win their season opener. Jack Johnson scored the game-winning goal with 52 seconds left in the overtime period.