LOS ANGELES -- Jeff Carter is powering the Kings while they wait for the return of Anze Kopitar.Carter scored his team-high seventh goal, helping Los Angeles beat the New Jersey Devils 4-2 on Saturday.Peter Budaj had 21 saves, and Los Angeles also got goals from Tanner Pearson, Alec Martinez and Jake Muzzin.Kopitar has missed four games with an upper-body injury, but the Kings are 2-1-1 in that span thanks largely to Carter. He has goals in consecutive games and five in his past eight, and he leads the team with 14 points.Hes carried the team on his back, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. Hes shown a lot of leadership and been really, really good for us.John Moore and Nick Lappin scored for New Jersey, which has lost two straight since ending a five-game winning streak. Cory Schneider made 24 saves and has allowed six goals on 50 shots over his past two starts.We werent ready, at certain times in the game, to have the right type of intensity we needed to be able to control the territory like we wanted to, Devils coach John Hynes said.With 2:32 left, Lappin scored during a goalmouth scramble to cut the lead to 3-2, but Muzzin got an empty-net goal with 28 seconds left.We pressed and got it within one and had a chance to tie it, Schneider said. I think we know that wasnt a full 60-minute effort from us. But you have to give some credit to the Kings. I thought we responded the way we were supposed to, but against that team, its hard to get down and come back.Just 45 seconds into the third, Carter scored on a 2-on-1 rush by grabbing his own rebound and pushing it under the goalie for a 3-1 edge.Pearson gave the Kings a 2-1 lead with 1:40 left in the second period. The Devils turned over the puck trying to clear the zone, and Pearson caught it and teed off from the left circle, sending it off Schneider and into the net.Nic Dowd set up Martinezs goal 4:58 into the second period. Dowd faked a shot, spun around and found Martinez in the high slot. Martinez beat Schneider with a hard shot through traffic to make it 1-1.Moore scored in a similar manner 3:38 into the first, launching a long shot past a screened Budaj.One thing weve got to be good at is coming out stronger in that first period, Pearson said. We let another first one in, but we battled back and were able to get the win at home.Game notes The Kings honored former goaltender Rogie Vachon before the game for his recent induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. ... Kopitar missed his fourth straight game. ... Martinezs goal was his third goal of the season and 42nd of his career, surpassing Robert Murdoch for ninth on the Kings all-time goals list among defensemen. ... The Devils are 0 for 25 on the power play in the last eight games. . Kings D Tom Gilbert was a healthy scratch. ... Devils LW Mike Cammalleri and C Jacob Josefson were a healthy scratch. ... Devils D Yohann Auvitu missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury.UP NEXTDevils: Finish a four-game trip in San Jose on Monday night.Kings: At Anaheim on Sunday. Phenom Proto Training Shoes . The formidable trio of Canadian receivers -- individually known as Chris Getzlaf, Rob Bagg and Andy Fantuz -- will share the field at Mosaic Stadium one more time on Sunday. UA Speedform™ Apollo Twist .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. http://www.stephencurryshoe.com/ua-basketball-shoes-stephen-curry/ua-stephen-curry-one.html . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Mens Ua Speedform Apollo Vent Running Shoes . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. Under Armour Shoes On Sale . After Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia 7-5, 6-3, Tsonga followed up with a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win against sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin in an all-French match. NEW YORK -- Penn State coach Patrick Chambers sounded like a coach who just watched his team play as well as it has all season.We competed. We played hard. And its nice, of course, to make so many 3s, he said. That always helps.Shep Garner scored 21 points and was 6 for 9 from 3-point range to lead Penn State to a 92-76 victory over St. Johns on Sunday in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden.If youre not nervous coming into this game, to be playing at the Garden, theres something wrong with you, Chambers said. I get butterflies. I get jacked up. I cant wait to walk on the floor.The Nittany Lions (7-5) took control early by closing the first half on a 35-5 run for a 52-29 lead. Garner had two 3s early in the surge as St. Johns (5-7) didnt have a field goal over the final 9:45, missing 10 shots from the field and committing six turnovers.Garners effort from beyond the 3-point arc was part of Penn State shooting 13 for 23 from long range (56.5 percent), well above the 33 percent it was hitting this season.Payton Banks had 17 points and was 5 of 9 on 3s for Penn State, which won its third straight. Mike Watkins had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Josh Reaves and Tony Reaves added 13 points each for the Nittany Lions.When Mike brings that juice, that energy and passion, hes protecting the paint and the rim for us, Chambers said. He gets us going and gets us out on the break for easy baskets and uncontested shots.Malik Ellison led the Red Storm with 22 points while Shamorie Ponds added 12 and Tariq Owens had 11 points and 11 rebounds.We had a lack of energy at a certain point in the first half and we just dug ourselves in a huge hole, Ellisson said.dddddddddddd.Owens echoed Ellisons comments.Early on we came out playing well and then just had a mental lapse, Owens said. Total effort in the first half, as a complete unit we didnt bring it as a team, so we had to change some things at half and adjust our effort.Second-year coach Chris Mullin hopes his team can gain something from the game.I was telling them after the game not only do you hate to lose and youre embarrassed and all those emotions, but what you really have to do is learn from this, Mullin said.BIG PICTUREPenn State: Two of the Nittany Lions losses have been to ranked teams -- No. 1 Duke and No. 25 Cincinnati. ... Penn State is the 18th least-experienced team in the nation but the Nittany Lions seem like gray beards compared to St. Johns which is the ninth least-experienced team in the country.St. Johns: This was the Red Storms 50th appearance in the Holiday Festival and they came in with a 73-58 record including a six-game winning streak. ... Kassoum Yakwe and Owens are the leading shot-blocking duo in the country. They came into the game with a combined 63 blocks. They both had one Sunday... This was St. Johns third straight game in a different New York City borough. They played Fordham in Queens, LIU Brooklyn in Brooklyn and Penn State in Manhattan.UP NEXTPenn State: The Nittany Lions host Morgan State on Wednesday, then open Big Ten play at home on Dec. 27 against Northwestern.St. Johns: The Red Storm are at Syracuse on Wednesday, then open Big East play at home against No. 18 Butler. 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