The NHL postponed the Los Angeles Kings' home game against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday with several massive wildfires still burning across the greater Los Angeles area. The Kings and Flames were scheduled to play Wednesday night at the Kings' downtown arena.

The NHL has postponed a Los Angeles Kings home game with several wildfires still burning across the greater LA area.

Wednesday night's game between the Los Angeles Kings and visiting Calgary Flames has been postponed due to ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

Wildfires near Los Angeles have prompted the Los Angeles Kings to postpone their scheduled NHL home game Wednesday and the NFL to monitor developments ahead of Monday's planned playoff game.The devastating blazes also have the NFL keeping an eye on matters ahead of Monday's scheduled playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings at SoFi Stadium.

An NFL spokesperson said Wednesday that the league is keeping tabs on the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area with respect to Monday's NFC wild-card game involving the Minnesota Vikings and host Rams in Inglewood,

Calgary was set to play in Los Angeles Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena. The game has been postponed due to multiple fires in the area.

The Kings play at Crypto.com Arena, formerly the Staples Center, located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.

There was no immediate date available for the rescheduled contest, which had been slated as the Kings’ final clash at home before a five-game road trip set to begin Friday in Winnipeg. Tickets for Wednesday’s game against Calgary will be valid for the rescheduled match.

It is not often that the NHL gets touched by outside factors but today we found out that the NHL will be postponing today's Kings game due to the wildfires.