LOS ANGELES -- Justin Williams and the Los Angeles Kings know theyre one of the NHLs best teams whenever their streaky offence measures up to their ever-sturdy defence. After a dominant win over an Eastern Conference power, Williams is confident the Kings are headed back into balance. Williams had a power-play goal and an assist in his 800th career game, Jonathan Quick made 20 saves and the Kings slowed their recent slide with a 4-2 victory over Boston on Thursday night. Jeff Carter, Alec Martinez and captain Dustin Brown also scored for the Kings, who won for just the second time in eight games by thoroughly outplaying the Atlantic Division leaders. After a prolonged slump, Los Angeles goal-scorers might be waking up: Carter launched 10 shots and scored his 16th goal, while Browns third-period score gave the Kings more than three goals for the first time in nine games since Dec. 19. "Sometimes things have a way of evening out when youre not scoring," Williams said. "I thought we were very assertive tonight. ... We should be proud of the way we responded when they pushed us, and we should be proud we scored four goals on a stingy defensive team." Although the Kings have allowed the NHLs fewest goals, their meagreoffence has knocked them off the scorching pace set by the rival Anaheim Ducks atop the overall league standings. But their defence is still dominant, no matter whos in goal: Quick earned his second win since his return from a 24-game injury absence, allowing just four goals in three games. "Being out for seven weeks, it seems like he didnt even miss a game," Brown said. "Thats why hes the best goalie." Justin Florek scored his first career goal for the Bruins, who have lost on the first two stops of their three-game California road trip. Tuukka Rask gave up three goals on 18 shots before Chad Johnson replaced him. "Were just not getting it done right now," Johnson said. "We just need to regroup and take as many positives as we can from these games and realize what we need to do to have success and win games. I think it just comes down to intensity and that passion to want to win games. Thats what were lacking. When were sitting back, were not a good team." Matt Fraser also scored for Boston, which had another frustrating offensive performance in its fifth loss in six road games despite the landmark goal from Florek, who tipped home a shot in front of Quick on a power play with 2:13 to play. "We know we can play much better than we are right now," Boston captain Zdeno Chara said. "Thats whats frustrating. We need to get our game back. Its not going to happen overnight, and its not going to happen by trying to make some high-risk plays. Weve just got to stay patient and slowly gain our game back. Weve just got to grind it out." Carters opening goal was his sixth in nine games, highlighting a 10-shot performance by the Canadian Olympic team selection. The Bruins killed off a penalty to Dougie Hamilton spanning the first intermission, but Hamilton stuck his stick out of the penalty box to play the puck as his penalty expired, putting him right back in the box for interference. Williams beat Rask with a wrist shot moments later for his 14th goal. Just 1:01 later, Martinez scored his first goal in three weeks on a long, wobbly shot, chasing Rask. Hamilton forced a turnover midway through the period that led to Frasers goal on a setup from Carl Soderberg. But the Kings clamped down on defence again, and Brown scored his ninth goal in the third period on a well-placed wrist shot. "We didnt get much from our top two lines, and you need that if youre going to win some hockey games," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "They were pretty quiet tonight." NOTES: Bruins F Shawn Thornton served the final game of his 15-game suspension for attacking Pittsburghs Brooks Orpik on Dec. 7. The notorious fourth-liner is eligible to return Saturday in San Jose. ... The Bruins hadnt visited Los Angeles since March 2012. The teams meet again Jan. 20 in Boston. ... Florek was playing in his third career game. He scored his first point two nights earlier in Anaheim. ... Milan Lucic returned to the Bruins lineup after missing one game with an illness. ... Quick earned an assist on Williams goal. cheap soccer jerseys free shipping .C. -- Even without captain Ryan Callahan, the New York Rangers kept rolling along. cheap mlb jerseys free shipping . Lynch was charged by the Alameda County district attorney with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol and driving while having a blood-alcohol level of .http://www.cheapjerseysfreeshipping.cc/ . The bogeys on the closing hole at TPC Four Seasons havent cost him the lead yet. Bradley overcame consecutive bogeys early and bogeyed No. 18 for the third round in a row Saturday to finish with a 2-under 68 that kept him in the lead. cheap nba jerseys free shipping . The club and defenceman Chris Phillips have agreed to a three year deal worth approximately $9.25 million. He is making $3. Cheap nfl Jerseys Free Shipping . Dallas wasnt counting on production from Tomas Vincour, too. Vincour scored his fifth NHL goal in the final minute of regulation, and then added the lone goal of the shootout in the fifth round to give the Stars a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. LOS ANGELES -- The day before his first game as head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, Darryl Sutter described the current NHL as a "3-2 league." He was right. Dustin Brown scored in the third period and got the deciding goal in a shootout, lifting the Kings to a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. Mike Richards scored in his return to the lineup from a concussion, Drew Doughty had two assists and Jonathan Quick made 20 saves. "Theres nothing like game day. Ive always said that," Sutter told reporters afterwards in very hushed tones as he began his 13th season behind an NHL bench and first since 2005-06 with Calgary. "Even when I was sitting upstairs (as a general manager), game day is still the best part of the whole game. I was pretty focused all day, but I was thinking more about how to use the players. These young guys are a big reason why I came here." Despite their second straight 3-2 shootout win, it was the 13th straight game in which the Kings scored fewer than three goals in regulation -- their longest such streak in franchise history. The previous worst was a nine-game stretch under interim coach John Torchetti during the 2005-06 season, when they beat San Jose 4-0 in the season finale. The Kings are one of six teams to make a coaching change since the start of the season, and the only one that needed an interim coach to bridge the gap until the replacement came on. John Stevens was 2-2 after the dismissal of Terry Murray, who was one victory shy of 500 when he was fired on Dec. 12. The Kings fired Murray just 12 days after the Ducks fired Randy Carlyle and replaced him with former Washington coach Bruce Boudreau, who is 2-6-2 since taking over -- including a 3-2 victory over the Kings that gave him his first win as Ducks coach. Niklas Hagman and Lubomir Visnovsky each had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who have lost four straight and are winless in their last 13 road games. Jonas Hiller made 32 saves. Anaheim is 0-9-4 away from Honda Center since its last road victory on Oct. 27, a 3-2 decision over Minnesota. Anaheims Saku Koivu missed his sixth straight game because of a groin strain and linemate Teemu Selannes point streak ended at nine games, the longest in league history by a player who was 41 or older. "We are a little desperate at this point," captain Ryan Getzlaf said. "We need to take a little bit away from tonight -- the fact that we battled hard and responded when we needed to and scored a big goal in the third period. Those are things we have to build on and get ready for a big push at the end of the second half." The Kings grabbed a 2-1 lead at 8:02 of the third. Anze Kopitar carried the puck into the Anaheim zone with Brown carefully straddling the blue line to keep from going offside.ddddddddddddKopitar left a drop pass for him in the high slot, and the Kings captain snapped off a 40-footer that beat Hiller high to the stick side through a screen for his eighth goal. "It was a hard-fought game," Sutter said. "We got off to a good start and did a lot of good things. I liked the way the forwards played in all three zones and we moved the puck pretty good." Visnovsky got the tying goal against his former club with 3:11 left in regulation, beating Quick through a screen with a 45-foot slap shot from above the right circle. Hagman opened the scoring at 13:55 of the second, redirecting a long screened slap shot by Visnovsky for his sixth goal of the season and fifth in 16 games since he was claimed off waivers from Calgary on Nov. 14. Richards tied it at 16:17 of the period, tipping in a shot by Doughty for his 12th goal overall and 10th in his last 12 games after winning a faceoff deep in the zone. Richards missed eight games with a concussion, which occurred on Dec. 1 when he was hit in the head by Floridas Sean Bergenheim. The Kings were 2-6-0 in his absence. "Mike Richards is a tenacious player and it was good to get him back in the lineup," Sutter said. "He makes a big difference." The Kings have allowed just three goals in 57 short-handed situations over their last 14 games, but are only 4 for 54 on the power play in their last 15 contests. They were 0 for 4 against the Ducks. Notes: The Kings are 10-11-0 with three ties in their first game under a new head coach, including a 4-2 win over Philadelphia in their inaugural game in 1967 under Red Kelly. Their home record under those circumstances is 7-4-0 with two ties. ... The Kings have made the playoffs three times when changing coaches during a season -- 1982 after Don Perry replaced Parker MacDonald, 1987 after Mike Murphy took over for Pat Quinn, and 1988 after Robbie Ftorek succeeded Murphy. ... The Kings will play all three of Sutters former teams -- Chicago, San Jose and Calgary -- within the next 3 1/2 weeks, starting with the Sharks on Friday night at San Jose. ... Sutter and Boudreau were teammates briefly with the 1985-86 Blackhawks, on a roster that also included current Ducks general manager Bob Murray. ... The Kings were 24-19-5 with five ties against teams coached by Sutter, but finished lower in the Western Conference standings than Sutters clubs in seven of his nine full seasons behind the bench. ... The last time Sutter coached a game at Staples Center was April 2, 2004, when the Flames clinched a playoff berth with a 3-2 win. ... The Ducks and Calgary are the only teams that havent scored a short-handed goal. cheap jerseys from china ' ' '

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