The Kings are virtually a one-line team, and that becomes even more important with Anze Kopitar hurt, a Bruins defenceman rising up, an Islanders checker who can score and a lot more to wrap up the weekend in Scott Cullen’s Statistically Speaking. Adidas Ultra Boost 19 Rebajas . HEROES That 70s Line – The Kings’ trio continued their torrid start with a big game against Columbus Sunday. C Jeff Carter and RW Tyler Toffoli both tallied a goal and three assists, while LW Tanner Pearson scored a pair of goals, in the Kings’ 5-2 win over the Blue Jackets. All had strong possession stats, but Pearson was best of the three (18 shot attempts for, 4 against, 81.8%). The line has scored 16 of the Kings’ 21 goals this season. See how they compare with the top three goal-scorers on other teams, none of which comprises a regular line like those in Los Angeles. As a percentage of total team goals (minimum a dozen goals), there isnt a threesome close to Pearson, Carter and Toffoli. TOP-HEAVY TRIO TEAM GOALS TEAM GOALS %/TOTAL Pearson-Carter-Toffoli Los Angeles 16 21 76.2% Nash-Brassard-Kreider N.Y. Rangers 13 21 61.9% Perry-Beleskey-Getzlaf Anaheim 17 29 58.6% Benn-Seguin-Daley Dallas 14 28 50.0% Dougie Hamilton – In Boston’s first game without Zdeno Chara, Hamilton stepped up with a goal and an two assists, while generating 10 shot attempts (4 SOG) in a 4-1 win at Toronto. Frans Nielsen – The Islanders’ checking centre notched a hat trick, with six shots on goal, on a night in which he was matched most often against Dallas’ formidable top line of Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza and Tyler Seguin. ZEROES San Jose Sharks – Even though they had an impressive win in Anaheim Sunday, losing 2-1 on home ice, against Buffalo (!) Saturday can’t be ignored. While LW Patrick Marleau had a top-notch possession game (28 shot attempts for, 7 against, 80.0%), individually he generated one shot attempt (which missed the net) in 20:00 of ice time. Columbus D – The Blue Jackets defence pairing of Fedor Tyutin (4 shot attempts for, 29 against, 12.1%) and David Savard (4 for, 21 against, 16.0%) got dominated, possession-wise, against Los Angeles Sunday. Sean Couturier – The Philadelphia tough assignment centre was stuck in the defensive zone (1 shot attempt for, 15 against, 6.3%) vs. Detroit, getting controlled by the Henrik Zetterberg line (with Justin Abdelkader and either Gustav Nyquist or Pavel Datsyuk). SHORT SHIFTS Lightning RW Nikita Kucherov recorded three assists against Winnipeg Friday and added a goal against Minnesota Saturday…Stars RW Ales Hemsky recorded eight shots on goal and controlled possession (20 shot attempts for, 5 against, 80.0%) Friday at New Jersey…Avalanche D Tyson Barrie had three assists against Vancouver…Avalanche C Matt Duchene added a goal and two assists…Ducks D Sami Vatanen had another goal and an assist against Columbus Friday. All seven of Vatanen’s points have come on the power play…Lightning LW Ondrej Palat had a killer possession game (17 shot attempts for, 1 against, 94.7%) at Winnipeg… Oilers RW Jordan Eberle had two goals and an assist against Carolina Friday… Avalanche RW Jarome Iginla scored two goals and an assist against Vancouver Friday. Senators D Erik Karlsson generated a dozen shot attempts (6 SOG) against New Jersey… Devils D Damon Severson scored a goal and an assist, playing 27:31 at Ottawa…In Detroit’s loss to Philadelphia Saturday, the Red Wings’ line of Andrej Nestrasil (17 shot attempts for, 1 against, 94.1%), Tomas Jurco (19 for, 2 against, 90.5%) and Riley Sheahan (22 for, 3 against, 88.0%) dominated territorial play…Flyers LW Michael Raffl had two goals and an assist against Detroit Saturday…Wild LW Jason Zucker scored a pair of goals against Tampa Bay Saturday. Zucker now has four goals in six games while skating on Minnesota’s fourth line…Penguins C Sidney Crosby picked up a goal and two assists in 3-0 win over Nashville Saturday. Jets D Jacob Trouba had a dominant territorial game (33 shot attempts for, 8 against, 80.5%) against Colorado Sunday, generating 10 shot attempts on his own (3 SOG)…Kings C Mike Richards had a good possession game against Columbus (16 for, 3 against, 84.2%)…Sharks RW Tommy Wingels scored a goal, had a fight, generated a dozen shot attempts (10 SOG) leading to strong possession stats (17 shot attempts for, 9 against, 65.4%) vs. Anaheim Sunday…Avalanche LW Alex Tanguay was buried in his own zone (6 shot attempts for, 24 against, 20.0%) against Winnipeg Sunday, most frequently hemmed in by the Jets line of Bryan Little, Andrew Ladd and Michael Frolik. LINEUP NEED TO KNOW Kings C Anze Kopitar left Sunday’s game against Columbus with an upper body injury. In the aftermath of Kopitar’s injury, Jarret Stoll moved up to centre Dustin Brown and Dwight King. With Ryan Callahan and Alex Killorn hurting, Cedric Paquette was called up and inserted into the Tampa Bay lineup, but then RW Brett Connolly left Friday’s game against Winnipeg with a lower-body injury and is considered week to week, leaving Tampa Bay rather thin up front. Call-up Jonathan Marchessault played 12:33 against Minnesota Saturday. Blue Jackets LW Nick Foligno was taken off the ice on a stretcher in Los Angeles Sunday. Foligno collided with a linesman. Foligno has been playing, primarily, with Ryan Johansen and Scott Hartnell. Blue Jackets RW Cam Atkinson is day-to-day with an eye injury. Canadiens D Alexei Emelin played 26:06 against the Rangers Saturday, the second-highest regular-season ice time of his career. Avalanche C Nathan MacKinnon played 14:49 in Sunday’s overtime loss to Winnipeg, his second-lowest ice time of the season. The Avalanche inserted D Zach Redmond into their lineup over the weekend, taking the place of injured D Ryan Wilson, and he played 20:50 against the Winnipeg Jets – his previous team – Sunday. Blue Jackets D Ryan Murray played 17:55 in his first game of the season, Sunday at Los Angeles. His role should expand quickly as he gets up to game speed. Ducks D Ben Lovejoy reportedly broke his hand in a fight with Sharks RW Joe Pavelski Sunday. Mark Fistric appears to be next in line on the Ducks’ defensive depth chart. FIRSTS Blackhawks G Scott Darling stopped 32 of 33 shots to beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 Sunday. Darling, 25, was a sixth-round pick of the Coyotes in 2007 and the 6-foot-6 goalie climbed his way from the University of Maine through low-level minor leagues, including two full seasons for the Louisiana IceGators and Mississippi RiverKings in the Southern Professional Hockey League. Lightning LW Jonathan Drouin scored his first NHL goal, Friday against the Jets, adding an assist in the 4-2 Lightning win. Sabres C Sam Reinhart notched his first NHL point, an assist on the game-winning goal by Nicolas Deslauriers against San Jose Saturday. Blues RW Dmitrij Jaskin scored the game-winning goal against the Blackhawks Saturday in his first NHL game this season. Jaskin had four points four AHL games before getting the call once Paul Stastny was put on IR. Coyotes C Justin Hodgman, a 26-year-old playing his first NHL game after spending the past three seasons in Europe, scored a power play goal in the third period against the Panthers Saturday. Bruins D Zach Trotman played his first game of the season, called up from AHL Providence in the wake of the Zdeno Chara injury, posting strong possession stats (17 for, 7 against, 70.8%) at Toronto. Capitals LW Liam O’Brien scored the first goal of his NHL career, putting five shots on goal with nice possession numbers (10 shot attempts for, 3 against, 76.9%) in 8:04 of ice time, against Vancouver Sunday. Flyers D Shayne Gostisbehere played 12:27 in his NHL debut, against Detroit Saturday. A third-round pick in 2012, Gostisbehere starred for Union College and had two points in three AHL games before getting called up to the Flyers in the aftermath of injuries to Braydon Coburn and Andrew MacDonald. Stars D Jyrki Jokipakka played his first two NHL games on Friday and Saturday. A seventh-round pick of the Stars in 2011, Jokipakka replaced Kevin Connauton in the Dallas lineup. FANTASY FOCUS Keep an eye on what’s happening with Rangers LW Mats Zuccarello, who is playing a career-high 17:37 per game, but has only one assist in seven games and his shot per game is down (from 2.21 to 1.71) from last season. Wild D Jared Spurgeon has five points in six games and is plus-8 and is still available in nearly half of TSN leagues. Canadiens D Alexei Emelin, who had a career-high 17 points last season, has five points in six games this season, playing a career-high 23:19 per game. Much of the data included comes from www.war-on-ice.com, www.puckalytics.com, www.hockeystats.ca and www.naturalstattrick.com Scott Cullen can be reached at scott.cullen@bellmedia.ca Adidas Deerupt Baratas . - The Chicago Bears have agreed to a one-year contract with free-agent centre Brian de la Puente. Adidas Ultra Boost 19 Baratas .Corey Brewer had 19 points eight rebounds, five assists and five steals for the Timberwolves, who snapped a six-game losing streak and won for just the third time since Ricky Rubio went out with an injured ankle on Nov. http://www.baratasnmd.com/adidas-ultra-boost-baratas.html . Not bad for a defenceman. The goal, that is. Although the shuffling dance steps werent bad, either. Barrie scored 55 seconds into overtime, Semyon Varlamov stopped 29 shots, and the Avalanche moved a step closer to their first playoff berth in four years with a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.LONDON -- Fulham fired manager Rene Meulensteen and appointed Felix Magath on Friday, saying "action was required" in its bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League. Magath, who has won three Bundesliga titles as a coach, signed an 18-month contract, the London club said in a statement. The German has a reputation for brutal training and fitness methods. His nicknames include "Torturer" and "Saddam." Fulhams statement failed to mention Meulensteen at all, but he later said he had been relieved of his duties after less than three months in the job. "They have hit the panic button on emotion and fear -- but hey ho, thats football," Meulensteen told the BBC. The firing came as a shock to many because the Dutchman appeared to be turning things around, getting a result against Manchester United and putting in a good effort against Liverpool despite losing in the last minute. But it wasnt enough for Fulham owner and chairman Shahid Khan. "Our club has shown promise in recent matches, but the fact is we have not won a league match since Jan. 1," Khan said. "Given our form, we can no longer merely hope that our fortunes will finally turn. And with 12 matches remaining and at least four points separating us from safety, we certainly can no longer post empty results. Action was required." The club is bottom of the table with 20 points from 26 matches. Magath has vast Bundesliga coaching experience, guiding Bayern Munich to back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2006, and lifting the league trophy again with Wolfsburg in 2009. He has also coached other German teams, including Hamburg and Schalke. But he has never managed in the Premier League. The 60-year-old Magath recently ruled out becoming coach again at Hamburg, which is in its own relegation battle annd which he led to European glory as a player. Adidas Gazelle Mujer Baratas. He hasnt coached since leaving Wolfsburg in October 2012. "Here we go again. Im coming back into football," Magath said on his Facebook account. "I am manager of Fulham with immediate effect. Its a fantastic working environment for any coach and footballer." Khan welcomed the Germans experience, saying he had faith Magath could lift Fulham out of the relegation zone. "Im especially impressed with the reputation Felix has for coming into clubs at difficult times, often late in the season, and lifting them to their potential and beyond," Khan said. "Felix knows that is precisely the task awaiting him at Fulham, and he made it abundantly clear that he wants and is ready for the opportunity." Fulham said it would make an announcement soon about the clubs backroom staff. The teams next match is Saturday at West Bromwich Albion, which sits four points above the Cottagers in 17th place. Meulensteen, who previously worked under Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, was hired as Fulham manager after Martin Jol was sacked on Dec. 1. "I knew the owners were freaking out a little bit that there was the possibility of the club going down," Meulensteen told the BBC. "The way forward that we have discussed with the club was about longevity and in this case it is clearly an act of fear." Fulham held United to a 2-2 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday, but the team was beaten by a late penalty in a 3-2 loss to Liverpool on Wednesday at Craven Cottage. "I have not had a lot of time and people who came to the Manchester United and Liverpool games could see what I was trying to put in place," Meulensteen said. "I couldnt care less what they put in the statement, to be honest." ' ' '