underneath Fleury for the grinding forwards first regular-season goal since March 26.Greene then ended his 26-game scoring drought with a long slap shot early in the third. The stay-at-ho

With catcher Yan Gomes mired in a season-long slump, the Cleveland Indians went to extra lengths Saturday to help their veteran catcher.And they took a page from the movie Major League to do it.?The Indians held what second baseman Jason Kipnis described as a sacrificial ceremony for Gomes in the clubhouse before their game against the Minnesota Twins?in Minneapolis.?It included a chicken offering to the baseball gods and Jobu. ?A blessing was said, with veteran Mike Napoli asking Jobu to absolve Yan Gomes of any wrongdoings he may have committed to thee.?The ceremony concluded with Gomes slicing a store-bought chicken in half with a knife.?Gomes entered Saturdays game batting .163 this season, with just one hit since June 29 and no extra-base hits since June 25.?Kipnis told reporters that Friday nights game, in which Gomes went 0-for-4, was the line in the sand for the catchers struggles.?We bought a chicken from [Target], Kipnis told reporters, according to MLB.com. We bought a little blade and we had him chop it in half. We sacrificed a chicken to the baseball gods and Jobu. We gave them gifts and peace offerings. Hopefully, theyll accept them and turn the tide on our catcher.?One game in, the ceremony hasnt produced immediate results for Gomes. He was not in the starting lineup for Saturday nights 5-4 loss, but entered in the ninth inning as a pinch hitter and flied out. He flied out again in the 11th, then committed an error at home plate in the bottom half of the inning that allowed the Twins to score the winning run.Cleveland manager Terry Francona laughed out loud when asked about the exorcism before the game.I thought that was probably clubhouse humor to the nth degree, Francona said. Its probably stuff that you dont do in the normal workplace, but I thought it was good. It showed Gomer how much they care about him, which is good.The Indians entered the day with 53 wins, second most in the American League. Maybe Jobu has helped. 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Jets start a six game home stand Friday with another divisional game, home to the Dallas Stars. Mirco Mueller Devils Jersey . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Flyers had won seven of eight before dropping their last two outings on consecutive days over the weekend. Philadelphia was handed a 6-3 loss by the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rangers the following night in New York City. LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings cant win in regulation, and theyre unbeatable in extra time. They fail to score a goal for a full week, and then they outscore the defending Stanley Cup champions.Although the Kings season doesnt make much sense so far, not even Sidney Crosbys latest burst of brilliance could stop them.Nic Dowd scored 2:37 into overtime, and the Kings snapped a three-game skid with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.Trevor Lewis and Matt Greene scored slump-busting goals and Peter Budaj made 21 saves in a strong bounce-back effort for the Kings, who had been shut out in three consecutive games and 10 full periods before they applied their grinding defensive game to slow down the speedy Pens.Los Angeles is 0-6-0 in regulation this season, but 5-0-0 in overtime games.We obviously played through (difficulties), coming from down a goal, and got a lead, said coach Darryl Sutter, who earned his 600th NHL victory. I thought we were really solid. Scored the first goal. Just got to keep fighting through that stuff.The Kings started overtime with a power play, but Pittsburgh easily killed it. Dowd then got in alone on Fleury and slipped in a backhand for his second NHL goal.Dowd said he only ended up in position to score because he had fallen down earlier, forcing him to join the rush late.Nothing special. I just made a move and luckily that side was open, Dowd said. Maybe the other 50 percent of the time, maybe (Fleury) is there.Crosby scored two goals for Pittsburgh, giving him six in five games to start his season. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 shots for the Penguins, whose four-game winning streak ended.It was just tight hockey, Crosby said. Theyre pretty comfortable playing that way. Theyre always pretty stingy, especially playing at home. Thats just kind of the game you expect. You dont accept it. You want to get chances, you want to generate, but not if it means giving things back the other way.Despite giving up Crosbys tying goal midway through the third period, the Kings rallied to win a meeting of Second Siix NHL franchises celebrating their 50th anniversaries.ddddddddddddThese teams have won four of the last eight Stanley Cup titles, but only the Penguins are in contending form at this early point of the season.Crosby has been in rare form since missing the first six games with a concussion, scoring goals in four of his five games with two multi-goal efforts already. He scored in the first period and then tied the game midway through the third, deflecting home Kris Letangs shot.We marvel some at how good he is, Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said. Hes playing inspiring hockey right now.The Kings got their goals from much less likely sources.Lewis ended their 205-minute, 25-second scoreless drought when his contested attempt trickled underneath Fleury for the grinding forwards first regular-season goal since March 26.Greene then ended his 26-game scoring drought with a long slap shot early in the third. The stay-at-home defenseman hadnt scored a point since March 3, 2015.Theres really no rhyme or reason to it, Greene said. Just try to shoot the puck as hard as you can at the net every time.Game notes Kings G Jeff Zatkoff received his Stanley Cup ring from the Penguins before the game. Zatkoff, currently injured, played early in the postseason for Pittsburgh last spring on the way to its title. ... D Kevin Gravel made his season debut for the Kings in place of Tom Gilbert, who began a three-game suspension for boarding Anaheims Nick Ritchie on Tuesday. ... LW Teddy Purcell returned to the Kings lineup for the first time since Oct. 14. The newcomer played in Los Angeles first two games, but was scratched for the next eight with an undisclosed injury. ... Pittsburgh scratched RW Tom Kuhnhackl for the second straight game. He scored no goals in the first nine games.UP NEXTPenguins: At San Jose on Saturday night for a Stanley Cup Final rematch.Kings: Host Calgary on Saturday night before heading to Eastern Canada for a road trip. ' ' '