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SAN JOSE, Calif. Tedy Bruschi Patriots Jersey . -- Anze Kopitar broke a long scoreless drought for Los Angeles and Jonathan Quick earned his third shutout of the season to help the Kings snap a five-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Sharks. Kopitars goal late in the second period ended a stretch of more than 154 minutes without a score for the Kings, who avoided their first six-game skid since December 2007. They did it with defence as Quick needed to make only 23 saves, stopping a flurry in the final seconds to seal the win. The game ended a streak of 15 straight games between the California rivals that were won by the home team, including all seven contests in last years second-round playoff series won by the Kings. Los Angeles had dropped nine straight in San Jose since winning Game 5 of a first-round series in 2011 and had not won a regular season game here since Dec. 27, 2010. Alex Stalock made 20 saves for the Sharks, who had won six straight games. But he got little offensive help as San Jose got just nine shots the first two periods and came up empty on three power plays to lose at home in regulation for just the third time all season. The Kings broke their scoreless drought late in the second period on a nifty move by Kopitar. Brent Burns deflected a pass from Jeff Carter to a streaking Kopitar. But Kopitar still managed to gather it and stopped just outside the crease to make Stalock commit before tucking it into the net to give Los Angeles the lead with 2:05 remaining in the second period. The goal was the first for Los Angeles since Kopitar scored early in the first period of a 2-1 loss at Anaheim last Thursday night, ending a scoreless stretch of 154:43. It also ended Stalocks franchise-record scoreless streak at 178:55 for San Jose. The Sharks, limited to seven shots at that point, generated more pressure after falling behind with Quick making a good save against Bracken Kearns and San Jose drawing a late penalty against Willie Mitchell. But the Kings killed off that penalty that carried over into the third period. They negated another power play when Joe Thornton was called for hooking 16 seconds into Slava Voynovs cross-checking penalty and then got a strong save from Quick against Joe Pavelski midway through the third to preserve the lead. It was a typical tight defensive start to the game between two of the leagues stingiest teams with a combined 12 shots in a scoreless first period. While the Sharks had a season-low four shots in the period, they did have the best scoring chance when Quick made a sprawling glove save to rob Kearns on the backhand early with most of the net open. The Kings had two good chances late with Stalock stopping Kopitar alone in front with a shoulder save and Mike Richards hitting the post on a one-timer in the closing seconds. NOTES: The Sharks lost their second 1-0 home game this month, falling to Boston on Jan. 11. ... Stalock broke the record held by Evgeni Nabokov, who went 171:18 without allowing a goal in January 2009. ... Kings captain Dustin Brown was booed all night in his first game against San Jose since injuring rookie Tomas Hertl with a knee-on-knee collision last month. New England Patriots Jerseys . Amaro broke the NCAA all-time record for receiving yards in a season for a tight end with 1,352 during his junior campaign, eclipsing the mark of 1,329 set by Rices James Casey in 2008. Irving Fryar Patriots Jersey.A. Dickey earned an American League Gold Glove on Tuesday to become the first Toronto Blue Jays pitcher to win the award.John Bateman will bring up a century of Super League appearances in Wigans derby against St Helens on Friday, live on Sky Sports 3. The England international reached 99 appearances in the win at Castleford two months ago but has had a spell on the sidelines after being handed an eight-week ban and a £10,000 fine for an incident with a team-mate after a trip to Haydock races.The incident, which left a gym in Wigan town centre damaged, sparked speculation that Batemans career at the DW Stadium could be coming to an end but he resumed training last month. Coach Shaun Wane confirmed on Thursday that the 23-year-old will make his return in the derby match against Saints on Friday evening.  Hes trained for many weeks now and hes fit and raring to go, Wane said. Wigan v St Helens: Key Battles Tom Mordey examines three key head-to-heads in Fridays crunch Super League derby. Bateman was among the group of 31 Super League-based players who attended a meeting with England coach Wayne Bennett during his suspension and now has a chance to play himself into contention ahead of the Four Nations Series in October. Wigan will, however, be without the services of suspended duo of Josh Charnley and Taulima Tautai for the match but are boosted by the return of skipper Sean OLoughlin after his one match ban. Brian Carney previews all this weekends Super League matches including the mouth-watering clash between Wigan and St Helens Former New Zealand prop Frank Paul Nuuausala, who rejected an offer from St Helens, will make his home debut for the Warriors as they look to finish the regular season on a high.It will be good to introduce Frank to a Wigan and Saints derby, said Wane. He thought the atmosphere at Leeds was fantastic but hell not have had one like this before, even in Test matches.Hes a while off his best because hes not played for many months but when hes good hell be very good. Have a look at Barrie McDermott and Terry OConnors favourite hits from round 22 of Super League 2016 The biggest crowd of the Super League season is expected at the DW Stadium for the visit of St Helens, who are aiming for a fifth successive win after finding their best form of an inconsistent campaign. Drew Bledsoe Patriots Jersey. ts our most important game of the season, Wane said. St Helens are playing with a lot more confidence now.Like Leeds, I knew theyd come good. Theyve too many good players not to.Theres a lot of feeling, a lot of respect. Itll be the biggest crowd of the SL season so we cant wait now. Sean OLoughlin gets sent off for a high shot on Chris Annakin The match will provide Saints, who name an unchanged squad for the clash, with the chance to leapfrog fast-fading Catalans Dragons into fourth spot, ahead of the French sides trip to Widnes on Sunday, and coach Keiron Cunningham is hoping they can maintain their momentum against their arch-rivals.These are always big games and, because we have come off the back of some good wins, it means a little more to us to get over the finish line on Friday night, he said. There isnt any extra motivation needed for these games, itis an eagerly-anticipated match. Wigans Taulima Tautai will sit out the match through suspension All we can do is take care of ourselves. We cant influence the variables away from our games. The boys are working hard and getting the rewards they deserve.The players are working as hard now as they did back then. Sometimes things just click and as the confidence amongst the group gets better passes stick and the attack looks more clinical. The old adage that you make your own luck is true and we have found a little bit of that along the way.Wigan Warriors: John Bateman, Dom Crosby, Ben Flower, Oliver Gildart, Jack Higginson, Willie Isa, Dom Manfredi, Lee Mossop, Frank-Paul Nuuausala, Sean OLoughlin, Sam Powell, Dan Sarginson, Jake Shorrocks, Matty Smith, Kyle Shelford, Ryan Sutton, Lewis Tierney, Sam Tomkins, George Williams.St Helens: Jonny Lomax, Jordan Turner, Mark Percival,  Adam Swift, Luke Walsh, Alex Walmsley, James Roby, Kyle Amor, Atelea Vea, Jon Wilkin, Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Lama Tasi, Greg Richards, Luke Thompson, Joe Greenwood, Jack Owens, Shannon McDonnell, Matty Fleming, Morgan Knowles.Watch Wigan v St Helens live on Sky Sports 3 HD on Friday from 7.30pm. Catch the match for £6.99 on NOW TV. No contract. ' ' '

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