02-10-2020, 06:21 AM
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings will take having to work overtime every night if they keep winning.Jeff Carter tipped a shot past Pekka Rinne at 4:31 of overtime to lift Los Angeles to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night for the Kings fourth straight win.During the four-game winning streak, three have come in overtime and one in a shootout.Wed like to limit our overtime and shootout games and save ourselves a little bit, Carter said. But if it takes us to overtime every night to win games, then thats what it is.Jake Muzzin and Tyler Toffoli also scored for Los Angeles and Nic Dowd and Alec Martinez each had two assists. Peter Budaj stopped 24 shots while making his third straight start in place of the injured Jeff Zatkoff.Craig Smith and Viktor Arvidsson scored for Nashville, and Rinne finished with 42 saves.After scoring a power play goal in six straight games to open the season the Predators went 0 for 3 with the man advantage.Its not coming easy right now as far as offense, Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. The goals are just hard to come by right now for a lot of our guys. But I asked for a better effort. Our guys gave that today. But in the end weve got to find points. Weve got to find wins, and weve got to continue to push for that.The Predators werent satisfied with an overtime loss but were happy with how they bounced back after the Ducks game and were able to earn a point.All we can control is our effort and I liked that tonight, Predators defenseman Roman Josi said. I know theres a lot of things we can do better, but we cant get too frustrated.One night after giving up six goals to Anaheim, the Predators allowed the Kings to come back and tie the game twice before losing in the extra period.The Kings got an overtime power play when Smith hooked Anze Kopitar on the side boards 55 seconds in and had several quality chances, but the Predators killed it off. However, Kopitar found Carter in front of the net for the winner in the final minute.Just glad it went in, Carter said. Its been a little bit of a battle lately, but nice play by Kopi right off the draw. Kopi got it loose up top and it kind of bounced around in some skates and popped out to me.Smith opened the scoring in the second period when he scored on his own rebound at 10:56. Smith tried for the wraparound but Budaj kicked the puck out to the slot, where Smith muscled through his defenders to get the shot off and past the goalie.Muzzin tied it just over five minutes later with a point shot through traffic on the power play.With 19 seconds left in the second period, James Neal was awarded an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when he took Drew Doughtys stick and tossed it in the air. However, Nashville took the lead when Arvidsson broke away for a short-handed goal 1 minute into the third.Just as the power play expired 41 seconds later, Rinne lost track of Dowds shot from the right circle, letting it slip under his pads and into the crease, where a waiting Toffoli was there to sweep it in and tie the score.Game notes Nashville is now 3-0-2 in its last five trips to Staples Center. ... Kings coach Darryl Sutter got his 599th career regular-season victory. ... Carters goal was his 589th career point. ... 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Butler coach Chris Holtmann insisted his team didnt linger on the upset victory over then-No. 9 Indiana University on Saturday.We pretty quickly turned the page and are moving on to a pretty good Vermont team, Holtmann said. This is one of the better teams well play in the non-conference and we need to be ready. This is a really solid group. Our focus has been on improving and getting ready for Vermont.The No. 13 Bulldogs (10-1) host Vermont (8-4) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The two teams have never met before.Holtmann said the Catamounts have a well-coached veteran crew.Theyre skilled, they spread you out, Holtmann said. They really make you work. Its going to be a challenge for us. I think our guys are aware of that.The Catamounts beat Eastern Michigan on Saturday without junior forward Payton Henson, who is sidelined with a lower-body injury. Henson, who averages a team-high 13 points per game, will miss the Butler game, too, Vermont coach John Becker said.Anthony Lamb, a 6-6 freshman forward, scored a career-high 25 points in Hensons absence. Lamb is second on the team with an 11.4 scoring average, followed by Ernie Duncan at 10.3 per game. Duncan is from Evansville, Indiana, and is one of four players from Indiana on the roster.So its a game their families can see, said Becker, whose team played at Purdue last season.Vermont returns the majority of its production from last seasons team.Were a more experienced team, Becker said. Here at Vermont, weve had eight consecutive 20-win seasons and eight consecutive postseason tournaments. Were picked to win the league again. We play a very, very competitive schedule. We lost at Providence. We lost to Housston by one point.dddddddddddd We lost at (No. 22) South Carolina. We lost a heartbreaker to Northeastern, who beat Michigan State (Sunday). Were toughening up playing these good teams.The 8-4 start is the best in my six years. Were playing well and we hope we can hang around against a really good Butler team. Theyre very well coached and play the right way. Kelan Martin can score the ball. They shoot the ball well. They make the right play and are unselfish.Becker said he has been watching Butler top scorers Martin (18.6 points per game) and Andrew Chrabascz (11.3 points per game) for a long time.We recruited Chrabascz before he became a high major player because hes from New England, Becker said. I got to see Martin play (in AAU) a lot when we saw Ernie Duncan.Martin was named the Big East Player of the Week after scoring 28 points against Indiana.Kamar Baldwin, a 6-foot guard, was named Big East Freshman of the Week after scoring 14 points against the Hoosiers.Hes got a high basketball IQ and that helps him, Holtmann said of Baldwin. He wants to be good. Hes kind of a natural scorer. What weve seen is hes had some terrific moments and hes had some moments where he looks like a freshman. Ive had to say, He is a freshman. Hes not a junior. Hell continue to have those moments.Guard play has been solid for the Bulldogs in recent games.A lot of people have asked how we moved on after losing (departed seniors) Roosevelt Jones and Kellen Dunham, Holtmann said. Those guys have done a good job handling it by committee. Weve had different guys step up. ' ' '