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LOS ANGELES -- Darryl Sutter doesnt remember his first win as an NHL coach. Brad Marchand Bruins Jersey . And now that hes gotten his 500th in the regular season, he didnt make anything special out of this one, either. Marian Gaborik got the deciding goal in the shootout and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 Thursday night to make Sutter the 18th coach to reach that milestone. "Its a lot," Sutter acknowledged. "Ive been around a long time. Ive gotten a lot in shootouts, though." Sutter, who guided the Kings to their first Stanley Cup title in 2011-12 after Terry Murray was fired less than 2 1/2 months into that season, tied Montreal legend Hector "Toe" Blake on the career list and is fifth among active coaches behind Joel Quenneville, Ken Hitchcock, Lindy Ruff and Barry Trotz. "When Darryl came in two years ago, he did exactly what he needed to do and pressed the right buttons to get the team going -- because at that time we were taking one step forward and two steps back," goalie Jonathan quick said. Quick tied Rogie Vachon for the most career victories by a Kings goaltender and stopped Alex Ovechkin, who leads the league with 46 goals, on the Capitals second shot in the tiebreaker. Quick, who has spent his entire seven-year career with the Kings, is 171-115, with 11 overtime losses and 20 additional defeats that ended in shootouts. Vachon was 171-148 with 66 ties during his six-plus seasons with Los Angeles after he was traded by Montreal, and made all three of his All-Star game appearances during his time with the Kings. "It means a lot, and its special because wins are a team effort -- 20 guys each night contributing to every win," Quick said. "The biggest thing is Ive had the luxury of shootouts and Rogie didnt. If you took away those shootout wins, Id still be behind Rogie, so I guess Im fortunate they implemented that a few years back." Ovechkin is 2 for 15 this season in the tiebreaker and 25 for 83 in his career. "He has a couple of good moves and he was trying to go five-hole there," Quick said. "Maybe it hasnt gone his way this year, but hes had success in the past. So hes always somebody youre preparing for." Quick finished with 21 saves, losing his shutout bid with 7:36 remaining when Joel Ward extended his goal-scoring streak to a career-best four games with his 22nd of the season. The Capitals got a power play in overtime after Kings defenceman Robyn Regehr was sent off for hooking Marcus Johansson at the 53-second mark. But Quick robbed Troy Brouwer on a point-blank shot from the low slot during the ensuing 4-on-3 advantage. Another of Quicks best saves came at 8:10 of the second period, when he stoned ex-teammate Dustin Penner with the heel of his glove at the last instant from the edge of the crease after leaving a bad rebound on Dmitry Orlovs slap shot from the left point. "Their goalie played great, and maybe stole it for them. But they also played a hard-nose physical game, and Im proud of our guys and the way they stood up to it," Washington coach Adam Oates said. "The second half of the game I thought we kind of took it to them. We had a lot of good chances, and I would say we carried the pace a little bit." The Kings, coming off their third consecutive one-goal loss following an eight-game winning streak, opened the scoring at 14:09 of the first period. Gaborik beat defenceman John Carlson to the puck after a long dump-in by Justin Williams and fed it in front to Anze Kopitar, who slid his 22nd goal between Jaroslav Halaks pads. Halak made 27 saves for Washington, after stopping 43 shots Tuesday in a 3-2 win at Anaheim. The eight-year veteran is 4-2-1 with a 2.13 goals-against average in seven starts since the Capitals acquired him in a trade with Buffalo on March 5 -- just five days after the Sabres picked him up in a trade with St. Louis. Captain Dustin Brown returned to the Kings lineup after missing two games because of a lower-body injury. NOTES: Vachon finished his 16-year career with 355 wins, which was fifth all-time when he retired after the 1981-82 season. He has since dropped to 17th place. ... Williams played in his 200th consecutive game, becoming the 13th different player in franchise history to reach that figure -- including Kopitar, who holds the club record with 330. ... The Kings are 14-0 when scoring more than three goals. Bobby Orr Bruins Jersey . -- Chad Labelle scored the winner 17:36 into the third period to give Medicine Hat a 2-1 victory over the Swift Current Broncos on Sunday and lift the Tigers into the second round of the Western Hockey League playoffs. David Krejci Jersey . Van Slyke drove in a career-high four runs with two homers off struggling left-hander Tony Cingrani, and the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled away to a 6-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night, a rare comfortable win in their pitching-dominated series. 403 Forbidden . The 23-year-old McNabb was an All-Star with the American Hockey Leagues Rochester Americans this season, posting seven goals and 22 assists in 38 games. In 12 games with the Sabres this season, McNabb has accumulated six penalty minutes and a plus-1 rating. He has scored one goal and seven assists in 37 career games with the Sabres, who originally selected him in the third round (66th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.(SportsNetwork.com) - The St. Louis Blues will try to rebound from only their second loss of 2015 when they host the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs in Saturdays tilt at Scottrade Center. The Blues own a 5-1-1 record in January, but they had a five-game winning streak halted in Thursdays overtime setback against visiting Detroit. The 3-2 loss dropped St. Louis to 3-0-1 on a seven-game homestand that wont end until after next weeks All-Star break. St. Louis currently sits tied for second in the Central Division with Chicago and is four points ahead of fourth-place Winnipeg. The Blues rallied to earn a point on Thursday, as they trailed the Red Wings 2-0 after 40 minutes before sending the game to OT with two goals in the third period. David Backes cut the deficit to 2-1 with a power-play goal at 3:58 of the third and Alex Steen registered the equalizer with just 48 second remaining in regulation. Detroit, however, would earn the extra point thanks to Pavel Datsyuks marker with 2.2 seconds left in the extra session. The Red Wings star forward fired away from the inner arc of the left circle and his rising shot caught the crook between Brian Elliotts arm and body, then squeezed through and rippled the net inside the near post. Elliott ended up making 21 stops for the Blues, who had a home winning streak halted at four games. I thought they had too much offensive zone time, Steen said. It felt like Detroit was a step quicker than us tonight and it cost us the game. Elliott will get the call in net for the Blues. He is 4-5-1 with a 3.06 goals against average in 11 career starts against the Maple Leafs. St. Louis boasts a 16-4-2 record as the host this season and is 4-1-2 in its last sevenn home games against Toronto. David Backes Jersey. . The Blues are 5-0-2 in the past seven overall meetings with the Leafs, who have lost six of seven to begin January. Toronto is 0-3 on a four-game road trip that ends tonight and the Leafs so far have managed just one goal on the swing. After getting shutout 2-0 and 4-0 in Los Angeles and Anaheim on Monday and Wednesday, respectively, the Maple Leafs lost 3-1 Thursday night in San Jose. The Sharks jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Toronto ended its scoring drought thanks to Roman Polaks goal with 8:03 left in the first period. However, neither team scored again until San Jose sealed the victory with an empty- netter in the final minute of regulation. James Reimer absorbed the loss for Toronto despite stopping 39-of-41 shots. Reims played a great game, Leafs defenseman Cody Franson said of his goaltender. Its unfortunate when a goalie plays that well, gets a tough loss. We feel for him and we feel it as a group. The setback dropped Toronto to 1-4-0 since interim coach Peter Horachek replaced Randy Carlyle. The Leafs were in playoff position at the time of Carlyles firing, but are currently seven points out of a postseason berth in the Eastern Conference. Toronto played without forward David Booth, who was sidelined with a broken nose suffered when he was elbowed by Anaheims Sami Vatanen on Wednesday. Fellow Maple Leafs forward Leo Komarov sat out a second straight game on Thursday with an upper-body injury. Both players are questionable for tonight. The Leafs, who will host Carolina on Monday, are expected to go with Jonathan Bernier in net tonight. Bernier is 2-3-0 with a 3.18 GAA in six lifetime appearance against St. Louis. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '