3:08 PM - Mike Richards (Wsh) (illness) took part in warmups and will play in Saturday's game against the Penguins.

8:06 AM - Mike Richards (Wsh) is dealing with an illness and missed Friday's practice as a result, Isabelle Khurshudyan of The Washington Post reports.

8:49 AM - Mike Richards (Wsh) had a goal in Tuesday's 4-2 win over Ottawa.

9:04 AM - Mike Richards (Wsh) drug charge against Richards was stayed in court Wednesday, the Winnipeg Sun reports.

3:50 AM - Mike Richards (Wsh) found the back of the net Monday in a 3-2 win over the Coyotes.

2:50 PM - Mike Richards (Wsh) (undisclosed) will play in Thursday's game against the Wild, Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post reports.

8:20 AM - Mike Richards (Wsh) coach Barry Trotz said Richards (undisclosed) is questionable for Thursday's contest against the Wild, Isabelle Khurshudyan of The Washington Post reports.

7:33 AM - Mike Richards (Wsh) trial in Manitoba will not begin until Feb. 25, the Canadian Press reports.

9:24 PM - Mike Richards (Wsh) made his season debut Saturday in Washington's 4-1 loss to Buffalo. He fired one shot and laid five hits in the loss.

7:23 AM - Mike Richards (Wsh) took line rushes for Saturday's pre-game skate and is expected to play against the Sabres, Mike Vogel of Monumental Network reports.

12:24 PM - Mike Richards (Wsh) signed a pro-rated, one-year, $1 million contract with the Capitals on Wednesday, Isabelle Khurshudyan of the Washington Post reports.

3:59 PM - Mike Richards () is back on the ice, skating with his former junior squad in Kitchener, and looking to get back to the NHL, reports Josh Brown of the Waterloo Region Record. He is an unrestricted free agent after coming to a settlement with the Kings after they terminated him following his arrest for possession of a controlled substance.

1:44 PM - Mike Richards () reached a settlement with the Kings on the forward's terminated contract Friday, Josh Cooper of Yahoo! Sports reports.

6:39 AM - Mike Richards () was formally charged with possession of a controlled substance while entering Canada stemming from a June 17 border stop by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba, Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports reports.

4:13 PM - Mike Richards () had his contract terminated by the Kings on Monday after he was allegedly stopped by police June 17 and questioned about illegal presciption drugs near a Canadian border crossing, according to a report from TMZ Sports.

12:19 PM - Mike Richards (LA) forward Mike Richards is set to play on the top line Tuesday with Marian Gaborik sidelined bu injury,

8:37 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards' ability to perform in the clutch is one of the reasons they decided to pass on the opportunity to use a compliance buyout on him.

11:38 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Los Angeles Kings have confirmed that they won't buy out Mike Richards.

11:53 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Darren Dreger reports that the Kings aren't planning to use a buyout on Mike Richards, but that doesn't mean that he's guaranteed to be on the roster next year.

6:18 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press believes the Jets should target Mike Richards if he becomes available.

5:53 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards found the back of the net in the Kings' 3-0 victory Monday night.

5:10 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards continues to contribute to the Kings success, albeit on the fourth line.

5:00 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards could be a buyout or trade candidate this off-season.

5:49 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards had 11 goals and 41 points, his lowest production since he had 32 points in 59 games for the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2006-07 season.

2:07 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards was only on the ice for 9:50 minutes in the Kings' 4-3 loss to Anaheim on Monday.

6:02 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Angeles Kings coach Darryl Sutter played around with his lines in Game 4 of the team's second-round playoff series against the Anaheim Ducks.

6:01 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards felt the Ducks played harder than the Kings in Game 3 on Thursday.

6:17 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards doesn't want to get frustrated with his lack of offensive production in the playoffs.

5:30 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards is the only player in NHL history to win two playoff series after falling behind 3-0.

2:18 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards earned his first point of the playoffs on Thursday.

5:38 AM - Mike Richards (LA) that the Kings are down 3-0 to San Jose in their first round series, Los Angeles will probably turn to Mike Richards and Jeff Carter for advice.

3:29 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards picked up a double minor on Sunday for spearing the Sharks Logan Couture with less than six minutes left in the third period.

1:58 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Darryl Sutter is expecting to see a different Mike Richards in the postseason.

3:26 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards ended the season without a point in his last nine games and without an assist in his last 22 contests.

12:41 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards was apparently bothered this season by an illness in December.

6:14 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards practiced on the Kings' fourth line on Friday.

4:18 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards had an assist in the Kings' 2-1 win over Columbus.

2:33 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards has only one goal and seven assists in his last 25 games.

5:04 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards managed to pitch in two assists despite a 5-3 Kings loss to Colombus Tuesday night.

5:47 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards enjoyed a two-point night, however the Kings came up short 3-2 in the shootout against the Red Wings.

2:57 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards failed to score Saturday and now has not scored in his last 21 games.

1:56 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards hasn't scored a goal in his last 20 games.

4:34 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards registered two assists in the Kings' 3-1 win over Toronto on Wednesday.

5:13 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards had two assists in the Kings' 6-0 win over Montreal.

5:37 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards recorded two assists in Monday's 3-2 win over St. Louis.

4:50 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards took part in his 600th career game on Monday.

10:17 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards scored a goal and recorded an assist in the Kings' 2-0 win over the Sabres Thursday night.

4:43 AM - Mike Richards (LA) suffering from serious scoring issues to start 2013-14, Mike Richards is really revving up his production lately.

8:48 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards scored the Kings' lone goal in regulation time before the team recorded a 2-1 shootout victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Los Angeles Sunday night.

5:51 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards netted his 28th career shorthanded goal in Thursday's 7-4 win over the Phoenix Coyotes.

5:46 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards registered an assist in the Kings' 2-1 shootout victory on Thursday.

11:02 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards had a goal and an assist as the Kings beat the Rangers 4-1 in the first half of their annual Frozen Fury weekend in Las Vegas.

6:08 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards felt more comfortable in his second season with the Los Angeles Kings.

8:27 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards had a goal and an assist in Los Angeles' 4-3 double-overtime loss Saturday night.

4:03 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards (upper body) is in the lineup for Game 5 on Saturday.

2:54 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Mike Richards (upper body) plays on Saturday, he might start on the Kings' fourth line.

10:33 AM - Mike Richards (LA) coach Darryl Sutter thinks there's a "50-50" chance Mike Richards (upper body) will play on Saturday.

8:37 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards (upper body) participated in the Kings' Saturday morning skate.

7:43 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards, who has been sidelined for four consecutive games with concussion-like symptoms, is unlikely to join the Los Angeles Kings for Game 5 in the Western Conference final series against the Chicago Blackhawks tonight.

10:01 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards (upper body) has been ruled out for Game 4.

12:42 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards (upper body) skated for about 20 minutes on Wednesday.

9:59 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards (upper body) will not play in Tuesday's Game 3.

2:35 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards reportedly has concussion-like symptoms.

4:44 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards did not play in Sunday's Game 2 with what's being called an upper-body injury.

1:17 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Sutter glossed over the Dave Bolland hit and claimed that Mike Richards is "fine."

5:24 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards might have been hurt at the end of Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

5:48 AM - Mike Richards (LA) star Mike Richards was concise in his analysis of the San Jose Sharks series-tying, 2-1 win over Los Angeles Sunday night.

6:38 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards is leading all Kings players with nine points in 10 playoff games.

9:15 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards provided the only offense for the Los Angeles Kings with a third period power play goal in their 2-1 Game 4 loss to San Jose on Tuesday.

4:50 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Los Angeles Kings have been getting a lot more production from their second line of Mike Richards and Jeff Carter and whoever Darryl Sutter likes at the moment over their top line of Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams and Dustin Brown.

6:49 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards recorded an assist in the Kings' 4-3 win Thursday.

6:54 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards had a goal and an assist on Tuesday.

6:25 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards registered two assists on Wednesday.

8:55 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Mike Richards picked up two assists in the Los Angeles Kings' 4-3 triumph over the visiting St. Louis Blues in first-round playoff action Monday night.

7:49 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Los Angeles Kings have won only 40.2% of the draws so far in their playoff series against the St. Louis Blues, and that's well below their regular-season success rate of 52%.

5:43 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards did not play in the first period of Saturday's win over San Jose due to an illness.

6:42 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards had an assist on Thursday.

6:03 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards extended his point streak to six games with a goal on Saturday.

11:59 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards scored his 10th goal of the season and added an assist in the LA Kings 3-2 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche.

6:47 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards netted a power-play goal on Tuesday.

10:38 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards returned to action on Tuesday March 12.

4:06 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards left Saturday's game after being hit in the second period by Tim Jackman but later returned.

5:46 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards has been averaging roughly a point per game since his early season slump.

2:46 PM - Mike Richards (LA) as the Los Angeles Kings struggle, Mike Richards is really picking up his game.

5:35 AM - Mike Richards (LA) Darry Sutter hinted at the fact Mike Richards' conditioning could be an issue Saturday.

9:10 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards scored the game-winner early in the third period for the L.A Kings in their 2-1 victory over Columbus Friday night.

6:24 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards pleased his fantasy owners with a solid stat line in a 4-2 win over Columbus Tuesday.

1:27 PM - Mike Richards (LA) Richards hasn't scored a point yet after four games this season.