Inside the NHL Broadcast Battle: Which 2025 Coverage Fans Can’t Stop Watching?

20. Los Angeles Kings

The Broadcast: FanDuel Sports Network West carries Kings games, with Nick Nickson on play-by-play and Jim Fox doing color. Josh Schaefer filled in for select games on play-by-play. Daryl Evans is an additional on-air personality from ice level. Blake Bolden filled in as the ice-side analyst on occasion.

Local score: 4.47 (20th)

National score: 2.88 (18th)

Last season rank: 15

The results: L.A. has seen significant turnover in the play-by-play chair following the legendary Bob Miller’s retirement in 2017. Alex Faust was tabbed as the first successor and was well-rated by fans, but his contract wasn’t renewed in 2023. The Kings merged their TV and radio broadcasts, with longtime radio announcer Nickson stepping up to handle TV duties in 2023-24.

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