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LOS ANGELES -- After an offseason cluttered by contract negotiations and surgery, Rickard Rakell returned to the Anaheim Ducks lineup just in time for a rivalry game.The Swedish forward hit the ice in full stride.Rakell had a goal and two assists in his season debut, and John Gibson stopped 30 shots to earn his seventh career shutout in the Ducks 4-0 victory over the Kings on Tuesday night.After he scored a career-high 43 points last season, Rakell missed training camp and the first nine regular-season games while holding out for a new contract and recovering from surgery related to appendicitis. Rakell agreed to a six-year, $22.8 million deal on Oct. 14 -- and a few days after securing his U.S. visa, he posted his first three-point game since Jan. 11, 2015.Im just trying to find the timing and everything, said Rakell, who scored more points than he managed in his first 10 games combined last season. I think I just was in the right place at the right time today. Of course, it gives you confidence to be able to build off this.Coach Randy Carlyle, who left the organization before Rakells rise, is counting on the wing to be a consistent scorer this season.You saw his hands and his vision tonight, Carlyle said. Were fortunate to have a player like that on our side.Antoine Vermette and Ryan Kesler scored power-play goals 31 seconds apart in the second period before Joseph Cramarossa scored his first NHL goal for the Ducks, who emphatically won the first Freeway Faceoff rivalry game of the season.Cramarossa scored on a wraparound that deflected off two Kings midway through the period. The 24-year-old former third-round pick got his first goal in his fifth NHL game.I got a lucky bounce there, but it feels good, Cramarossa said. I dont even know what I did after. I think I put my hands up? I saw it cross the line. It was just amazing. I wont forget today.Vermette and Kesler scored two points apiece, while Corey Perry added two assists for the Ducks, who have earned points in five of six after an 0-3-1 start.The Kings have been shut out in three straight games for the first time since 1968-69, their second NHL season. Los Angeles is on its second three-game skid of the season, with a four-game winning streak sandwiched between them.When asked how to turn around the losing streak, coach Darryl Sutter replied: Score a goal.Peter Budaj made 12 saves in his seventh straight start for Los Angeles before Jack Campbell replaced him in the third period.He wasnt very good, Sutter said of Budaj. I mean, did you look at the shots and scoring chances? He wasnt very good. Thats clear. I dont pull goalies very often, but theyre expected to make some saves.Anaheim went ahead late in the first period when Ryan Kesler won a faceoff to Rakell, who alertly shot the puck through the legs of two Kings.The Ducks added two more shortly after Jake Muzzin took a double minor for high-sticking. Vermette got his first goal for his new team on a setup from Rakell, and Kesler tipped home a pass from captain Ryan Getzlaf.The rivals had a prolonged brawl midway through the third after Getzlaf held the stick of Jordan Nolan, who responded with a punch. Three players from each team got major penalties for fighting.Game notes Campbell made five saves in his second career NHL appearance. He was the No. 11 pick in the 2010 draft by Dallas. ... Kings D Drew Doughty doesnt turn 27 until next month, but the Norris Trophy winner pulled even with Mark Hardy for the 10th-most games played in Los Angeles franchise history with his 616th appearance. ... Anaheim LW Nick Ritchie went to the dressing room in the second period after a big hit from Los Angeles D Tom Gilbert. Ritchie spent the third being evaluated for an undisclosed injury. Carlyle had no update of his condition.UP NEXTDucks: Host Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.Kings: Host the Penguins on Thursday night. Official Air Max 2018 Shoes . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. Orange Nike Air Max 2018 . One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. http://www.discountairmax.com/ . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. "I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. "Demp (Ryan Dempster) came out before he went to the bullpen and was just yelling that they lost. Sale Air Max Online . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. Authentic Air Max 2018 .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi -- Lewis Hamilton says he is proud of how his teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg has driven this year.The two Mercedes drivers will go head to head for the championship in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, with the odds stacked in Rosbergs favour. The pair have been friends since they raced against each other in go-karts during their junior careers, but the relationship has been strained in recent years as they have battled for world championship.Asked how the relationship has changed since the 2014 season when they first went up against each other for the title, Hamilton said: Its been an interesting one. We had a very good relationship when we started out as kids. Back then obviously a race weekend was generally for kids karting, so you are out having fun, you go out and drive and come in and you fool around.You give a bit of information to your mechanic and you go and play PlayStation, you go uni-cycling.... We had a lot in common, we both love pizza, we both loved eating boxes of Kelloggs Frosties and doing all crazy things and we used to go on big motorbike tours, we did all of those things. I still do every one of those but Nico has shifted in the sense, hes obviously very, very solely focused in terms of looking after himself.Obviously we parted ways when we were younger, he went Formula BMW, I went Formula Renault but then we got to Formula One and this was something that we had talked about as kids and weve obviously had ups and downs but ultimately I think weve managed to, particularly in the last year being the age we are, which is pretty old considering when we first met, I think weve been able to manage it pretty well.Im really happy for him and his family, pproud of stepping away from being our competitive selves, proud of him, of how hes driven particularly this year and generally its been a pleasure to have him as a teammate.dddddddddddd. Im sure that will continue.Hamilton believes he fully deserves the title this year after a series of mechanical issues earlier in the season put him on the back foot.I fully believe me and my side of the garage has worked the hardest yet and we are not in the position [in the championship] that we have worked for. But we are still in a position of power, still pushing hard, still inspired, still motivated, still very focused on winning. Im very proud of my engineers and we have grown a lot closer this season, our work ethic is closer than it ever has been this season.With my new mechanics that have come on board, it started out really tough with us at the beginning of the year, particularly, I would say, on their side because they just didnt understand whats going on and then we had all those problems following, so then they felt on their social media, they felt a lot of heat, fans thinking... people were blaming them which was nothing to do with them.And then we had a lot of success so I built a really great relationship with them, so really really proud of the unit that I have now and of course I feel that we have worked to the point of deserving to have been champions this year as our group but we have this one last race which, all we can do is focus on being great this weekend as we have the last races before. Weve really grown into a solid unit and continue that way. ' ' '