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LOS ANGELES -- After a sluggish start, Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella is pleased with the way his club has responded the past two games.Were coming together, Tortorella told NHL.com. We all play together, were all on the same page and we (have) each others back.The Blue Jackets open a three-game West Coast swing at Staples Center on Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Kings.The Blue Jackets (2-2-0) fell to Boston 6-3 and to San Jose 3-2 to open the season before recording triumphs in their last two outings, a 3-0 shutout of the Dallas Stars on Saturday being their latest victory.Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stopped all 32 shots he faced and recorded his 100th win against the Stars. Bobrovsky has started all four games, posting a 2.28 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage.The guy has been everything the Blue Jackets need him to be and more, and while were only four games into the season, he is a big reason why the team is 2-2-0 and heading to California with positive vibes after two consecutive wins over quality opponents, Tortorella said, according to NHL.com.The Blue Jackets also have gotten solid play on penalty kills. They have been successful 93.8 percent of the time playing shorthanded, which is currently fifth best in the NHL.The Kings (2-3-0) also have come up winners in their past two games despite being forced to shuffle goaltenders. After Jonathan Quick went down with a significant groin injury that could sideline him for three months in the opener at San Jose, his backup, Jeff Zatkoff, was scratched after sustaining a lesser injury to his groin in the teams skate-around Saturday morning. Zatkoff, though, is expected to only miss a week.Instead, Peter Budaj made 22 saves in his 300th NHL game in a 4-3 shootout win over the Canucks, handing them their first defeat of the season. Budaj is only the second Slovakia-born goaltender to accomplish the feat, joining Jaroslav Halak (371 games).I just want to take it one game at a time, said Budaj, who has compiled a 2.46 goals-against average and a .889 save percentage in two wins. I know its a cliche and you guys probably hate it when players say that, but it is true. You just want to look up one game ahead, and thats what you want to look at. We won (Saturday), were very happy, but weve just got to regroup, come back to work.Tanner Pearson scored the only goal in the shootout.Pearson, who scored a first-period goal against the Canucks, leads the Kings with five points (four goals, one assist) in three games. Pearson sat out the Kings first two losses due to a suspension.Los Angeles also has gotten key contributions from Jeff Carter, Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar and Alec Martinez, each of whom has registered a goal and three assists.Zach Werenski is the Blue Jackets top scorer with two goals and three assists. Nick Foligno and Alexander Wennberg have delivered a goal and three assists apiece. Wholesale Shoes NZ . In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford. Vapormax NZ . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. http://www.discountvapormaxnz.com/ . It is a cliché dragged out by fans and pundits regularly when discussions take place around which teams are better than others. Cheap Nike Running Shoes NZ . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. Goalie Roberto Luongo, getting the call in place of Game 1 starter Carey Price, was solid when needed in making 23 saves for the shutout. Cheap Vapormax Shoes NZ . Durant finished with 24 points and 13 rebounds, Jackson matched his career high with 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting and Lamb scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, lifting the Thunder to a 94-88 win over San Antonio and snapping the Spurs 11-game winning streak. CHICAGO -- More than a full week after the Chicago Cubs clinched the National League Central, baseball crowned its second division champion of the season when the Texas Rangers wrapped up the American League West on Friday night.With each clinching, were doing a little tale of the tape to see how the Cubs stack up against each potential postseason opponent. In some respects, it would be a less-than-historical matchup. After all, the last time the Cubs won thee World Series, the Texas Rangers were strictly a bunch of fearsome dudes on horseback who chased criminals around.ddddddddddddFrom a baseball standpoint, its an interesting clash between two young teams built up through scouting and development, and polished off with the right mix of veterans when the window of contention opened. ' ' '