ASHBURN, Va. Adidas Ron Hainsey Jersey . - Of course Matthew McConaughey would want to hang with Robert Griffin III after a Washington Redskins practice. The Oscar-winning actor, a huge Washington fan who was in town to appear at a team charity event, wore an old-style Redskins yellow T-shirt and walked buddy-buddy with the franchise player as they strolled away from the field following Wednesdays off-season workout. Griffin was asked if he noticed McConaughey on the sidelines during practice. "I think if I was a woman, I would notice it a lot more," Griffin quipped. Still, RG3 was the player who drew the biggest scrum of reporters, and he remains the linchpin of the teams championship hopes. But this off-season is bit more tranquil for the 24-year-old quarterback with the disarming smile. Its not two years ago, when he was the shiny new centre of attention, the No. 2 overall pick with unlimited potential. And its certainly not last year, when he heaped attention on himself with his "All in for Week 1" campaign while recovering from a serious knee injury amid growing discord with coach Mike Shanahan. The RG3 of 2014 still loves his slogans — "The Movement" and "Win everything, win every day" are his current chart-toppers — but the knee brace is gone, and so is Shanahan. All is calm under new coach Jay Gruden, and, at least for the moment, Redskins stock doesnt soar nor crash every time Griffin opens his mouth. "Weve got a new coach, and weve got new additions, whether its DeSean Jackson, Ryan Clark, (Jason) Hatcher, all those guys that are here doing great things," Griffin said. "And the story lines dont all lead back to me. And thats fine." Its a firm reset for Griffin after a 3-13 year that included a late-season shutdown, but hes still the same image-conscious perfectionist. Hes learning a new offence, and his fundamentals are getting some tweaks under the new coach. Overall, however, Grudens take on Griffin sounds somewhat similar to Shanahans. "Hes mature beyond his years already," Gruden said. "Hes obviously got a lot more maturing to do, but as far as his work ethic is concerned, about how he handles himself on and off the field, I dont think thats going to be that big of an issue. Its just a matter of how you handle the media scrutiny sometimes. "Like I said, hes a perfectionist. He doesnt like negative publicity. He doesnt like negative plays to happen. He wants everything to be right. He wants everybody to love Robert, and thats not going to be the case at the back position." True to form, Griffin tried to set the record straight about his views on off-season work. A year ago, he was confident he could make a strong return from the knee injury despite missing off-season practices. He now wants all to know that he didnt mean to devalue the importance the April-June workouts. 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It was two good teams going against each other. It kind of had the same feeling as the Kings-Canucks rivalry.Those clubs have a rivalry, all right — but this local derby is a bit bigger. The playoff series added real spark to what had been a purely geographical rivalry, and the regular-season series continues Saturday at Staples Center.People know what the rivalry is all about now, said Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau, whose club had dropped its last three games in shootouts. We never quit. I thought we played so hard. We kept coming back, and I think we got tired of losing in the shootout.Jakob Silfverberg got his first goal of the season and scored in the shootout for the Ducks. Jason LaBarbera made 14 saves for Anaheim after relieving Frederik Andersen, stopping Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar in the shootout.Anaheim won four straight in the regular-season rivalry last season. The Ducks then took a 3-2 series lead in the franchises first playoff meeting, but Los Angeles won the series with a blowout victory in Game 7 at Honda Center, which is routinely filled with thousands of Kings fans.Our fans were louder than theirs, therees no doubt about that, said Kings defenceman Drew Doughty, who had a goal and an assist. Wholesale Penguins Jerseys. So that was a good feeling. That made it feel like a playoff atmosphere. Its a tough team to play against. Weve been battling with them for years, and were going to continue to battle with them this year. I think all of the games are going to be played that way.Marian Gaborik and Justin Williams scored third-period goals for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who blew a two-goal lead in the final six minutes of regulation.The third period got crazy after Kesler tied it with an early goal in the slot. Gaborik then put a wicked wrist shot past LaBarbera before Williams put the Kings up 5-3.But Kesler scored again with 5:40 left, and Getzlaf redirected a puck from Devante Smith-Pelly in front for the tying goal.Quick stopped 44 shots for Los Angeles, but Kings coach Darryl Sutter saw none of the entertainment value recognized by Boudreau.It was just a good pond hockey game, Sutter said. It looked like one of our preseason games. I dont think we had much energy and focus.In their first meeting since the Kings ended Teemu Selannes career, Kopitar opened the scoring with his first career penalty-shot goal. Doughty got his first goal of the season before Trevor Lewis chased Andersen, who whiffed on an innocent wrist shot by the Kings grinder.Anaheim stayed close with goals from Cam Fowler and Silfverberg. The Ducks outshot the Kings 31-12 in the first two periods.Corey Perry missed his fourth straight game, and defenceman Francois Beauchemin sat out his second straight for the Ducks. 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