LOS ANGELES (AP) There are goals struck so well it can be hard to see the puck until it hits the net. And then there are those like the game-winner in the Los Angeles Kings‘ 4-1 victory Thursday night over the Detroit Red Wings.This puck danced Custom Philadelphia Flyers Jerseys , took odd bounces, trickled off the back of unsuspecting goalie Jared Coreau and then landed behind the goal line to give the Kings a 2-1 lead at 8:22 of the third period.”When plays like that happen, it’s kind of in slow motion,” Kings forward Anze Kopitar said. ”I was right at the post seeing the puck tumble. I’m thinking, what’s going to happen? Can I get a stick on it? And then it rolled down his back. And I started celebrating.”The goal went to Kopitar, who had battled along the wall behind the Detroit net for the puck, finally flicking it out only for it to land on the roof of the net, take a slow bounce off the crossbar, fall on the back of Coreau and gently slide in for the tiebreaking tally.”It’s unfortunate www.officialpenguinsproshop.com ,” said Detroit coach Jeff Blashill.Misfortune is all the Red Wings have known of late. Thursday marked their season-worst eighth consecutive defeat.The Red Wings had tied the game 1-all just 45 seconds into the third on a power-play goal by Gustav Nyquist.But then came the fluke goal for Kopitar. Tyler Toffoli added a late score and Dustin Brown had an empty-netter, and the final score did not reflect the tightness of the game.The Kings moved two points in front of idle Anaheim for third place in the Pacific Division. They are one point behind second-place San Jose.Meanwhile, the Red Wings fell to 26-33-12 on the season.”If you watched that game tonight, you wouldn’t have known that team was out of a playoff spot, because they played like they were fighting for one,” Los Angeles coach John Stevens.The Kings jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first period when Kopitar won a faceoff in the Detroit end and passed to Alex Iafallo, who quickly sent the puck to little-used Paul LaDue.A healthy scratch the previous 13 games, LaDue fired the puck past Coreau for his third goal of the season.”It was a tough stretch there, but the team was playing well Pittsburgh Penguins T-Shirts Authentic ,” LaDue said. ”You just have to stay ready. To come out and get that win tonight was unbelievable.”Jonathan Quick stopped 20 shots for Los Angeles.The 6-foot-6 Coreau made 18 saves for Detroit.Stevens had an interesting observation on Kopitar’s goal, the forward’s 29th of the season.”There wasn’t a lot of room out there for either team,” Stevens said. ”Just one of those games where you have to stay with it and hopefully catch a break.”We obviously caught a break there. It’s not often you see a play like that. Maybe it helped us out that the goalie was so tall.”The Red Wings were left to lament another opportunity lost.”You won’t get a lot of chances against a team like that,” Henrik Zetterberg said. ”They play very solid defensively, but don’t create that much.”It’s especially tough when they get goals like they did today. That second goal was a tough one.”NOTES: LaDue was recalled from the minors Jan. 29 but hadn’t been active since Feb. 13. … It was the 200th meeting between the teams. . Kopitar was credited with an assist on LaDue’s goal, giving him 51 this season to tie his career high.UP NEXTRed Wings: Head down the freeway to play Anaheim on Friday.Kings: Host the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.— SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Sergei Bobrovsky and Artemi Panarin made sure the Columbus Blue Jackets didn’t blow another lead and got to head home from the California swing on a winning note.Artemi Panarin scored two goals, including an empty-netter to seal the win, and Bobrovsky made 34 saves to thwart a comeback attempt by San Jose as the Blue Jackets beat the Sharks 4-2 on Sunday night.”We found a way to get it done Pittsburgh Penguins Hoodies Authentic ,” captain Nick Foligno said. ”That’s what we need to do this time of year. I hope guys feel good about themselves that they can win these tight ones and it has to carry on to the next 16 games.”Foligno and Sonny Milano got Columbus started with first-period goals to help the Blue Jackets salvage the final game of their three-game trip to remain a point ahead of Florida for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.The Blue Jackets had scored first in Los Angeles and Anaheim to start this trip before losing both games. They nearly blew a 3-0 lead against the Sharks but Bobrovsky made a sliding save on a deflection by Joe Pavelski to keep it 3-2 and Panarin scored his 20th goal into the empty net to seal the win.”They’re a tough team because they’re so many deflections around the goal,” coach John Tortorella said. ”The save Bob makes on Joe Pavelski. That’s a set play with him and (Brent) Burns. They’ve played together for so long. They’re tough to stop.”Evander Kane scored his first goal since joining the Sharks and Joonas Donskoi also scored but San Jose was unable to erase a three-goal deficit.Martin Jones allowed three goals on 11 shots before being pulled early in the second period and the Sharks went a 12th straight game without a power-play goal, extending their drought to 28 chances.”Sometimes you have to give the goalie on the other team some credit,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. ”We generated some really quality chances on the power play and sometimes we missed the net and he made some really good saves.”The Sharks fell behind 3-0 early in the second when Panarin deflected Ian Cole’s point shot into the net to end Jones’ night. The Blue Jackets limited San Jose’s chances after that as they kept control of the game until a broken play late in the second gave the Sharks life.Kane’s pass was deflected right to Dylan DeMelo at the point. DeMelo fired the puck toward the net and Donskoi deflected it past Bobrovsky to make it 3-1.Kane then scored midway through the third, giving him five points in three games with San Jose. But the Sharks were unable to get the equalizer against Bobrovsky.”You get down by three goals, it’s tough to come back,” Kane said. ”We came up a little short. Late in the second period we started breaking down their defense and getting pucks to the net. We need to start doing that earlier.”The Blue Jackets bounced back from losses at Los Angeles and Anaheim by getting off to a fast start in San Jose despite being short-handed for six minutes in the opening period.The Sharks failed to convert any of those chances into goals with Bobrovsky’s glove save on a deflection by Pavelski the best chance as their power-play drought extended to 27.Columbus then scored seconds after the first penalty ended with Foligno beating Jones with a wrist shot to make it 1-0.The Blue Jackets added another goal less than a minute after killing a third penalty when Marc-Edouard Vlasic misplayed the puck at the blue line and Boone Jenner fed Milano on the 2-on-1 for the goal.NOTES: Aaron Dell stopped all 16 shots he faced in place of Jones. … Sharks C Eric Fehr returned to the lineup after missing one game and Marcus Sorensen was scratched. … Blue Jackets C Alexander Wennberg also returned after missing one game in place of Lukas Sedlak.UP NEXTBlue Jackets: Host Vegas on Tuesday night.Sharks: Host St. Louis on Thursday night.—