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Kings activate Simmonds and Segal, place Stoll on injured reserve

By Helene Elliott
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The Kings have activated forwards Wayne Simmonds (knee surgery) and Brandon Segal (knee) and placed center Jarret Stoll on the disabled list retroactive to Dec. 15 because of what they’re calling a lower-body injury (it has been described as a groin problem).

Simmonds and Segal are expected to play tonight against the Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz., with Teddy Purcell and Peter Harrold as the healthy scratches.

Stoll and defenseman Randy Jones didn’t accompany the team to Arizona. Jones had a stiff neck and headaches after a collision with Edmonton’s Dustin Penner last week and has been restricted to riding an exercise bike -- stopping when he becomes dizzy. Those are some of the classic symptoms of a concussion, but the Kings have not officially said Penner has a concussion.

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More tonight from Jobing.com Arena, where the Coyotes will hold a pregame ceremony to honor team captain Shane Doan, who recently appeared in his 1,000th NHL game -- all with the Jets/Coyotes franchise.

-- Helene Elliott, from Phoenix

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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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