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their top two goaltenders when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday at Staples Center.The Kings announced Monday that Jack Campbell would need surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee and would be sidelined 4-6 weeks. Campbell had taken over for Jonathan Quick www.officialwild.com , who underwent surgery earlier this month to repair a torn meniscus.The Kings (5-10-1) have just two healthy goalies in their organization, Cal Petersen and Peter Budaj.Article continues below ...“There are no external options right now,” Kings goalie coach Bill Ranford told LA Kings Insider. “You rely on waiver wire and stuff like that, but right now there are injuries around the league and there are no guys available.”Los Angeles recalled Petersen from the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League on Monday.Petersen, 24, was 2-3-1 in 10 games with the Reign this season. He owns a 4.29 goals-against-average and a .881 save percentage. Petersen signed a two-year entry-level deal with the Kings in July of 2017 following his junior year at Notre Dame.He showed his durability with the Fighting Irish, starting 90 straight games during one stretch, the fourth-longest streak in NCAA history.Budaj will likely start in goal against the Maple Leafs (11-6-0), who scored four goals on 25 shots against Campbell in a 4-1 win against the visiting Kings on Oct. 15. That win capped a season-long five-game winning streak for Toronto and came early in a six-game losing skid for Los Angeles.The Maples Leafs entered the week as the sixth-highest scoring team in the NHL at 3.41 goals a game, while Los Angeles was 31st at 2.06.Toronto was unbeaten on the road until a 5-1 loss at the Boston Bruins on Saturday dropped the Maple Leafs to 6-1-0 away from Scotiabank Arena.“We’ll just get regrouped and get back at her,” Toronto coach Mike Babcock told reporters after the loss. “Things have gone well for us all year, and we plan on regrouping and playing well.”The Kings will be playing the final game of a season-long seven-game homestand. They were hoping the 2 1/2 weeks at home would turn around their season, but they are 3-3-0 so far and fired coach John Stevens on Nov. 4.Los Angeles brought in Willie Desjardins and then beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 in his first game behind the bench last Tuesday. That gave the Kings their first two-game winning streak of the season Minnesota Wild T-Shirts Authentic , but they’ve since lost back-to-back games to the Minnesota Wild (3-1) and Calgary Flames (1-0).“We have to create some systems that are going to get guys more involved,” Desjardins told reporters after the loss to Calgary. “We’ve got to force ourselves to get up ice and play more aggressive and play more offensive.”Desjardins said he’d like his players to keep that a mindset, even if it leads to more scoring chances going the other way.“We’re not creating enough right now,” he said. “We want to be more of an aggressive team. I think all our guys know that we’ve had our opportunities, and we haven’t capitalized on them.” WASHINGTON (AP) — Logan Couture needed a new stick for overtime.So convinced the San Jose Sharks were heading toward another loss, Couture went to the bench and broke his stick over the boards. Then he looked up and saw Evander Kane score the tying goal with one second left. Minutes later, Tomas Hertl completed his hat trick in overtime to beat the Washington Capitals 7-6 Tuesday night.Hertl went hat trick-for-hat trick with Alex Ovechkin, scoring 1:48 into the extra period to snap the Sharks’ losing streak at three and send them into a 10-day break on a high note.“All the guys in here could’ve easily looked forward to tomorrow and our break, but we decided to play hard for the third and found a way to tie it up and win it,” Couture said after the Sharks erased a two-goal deficit in the third period. “Pretty wild to be able to tie that up there. Just a big-time goal and Herts to complete the hat trick was awesome there.”San Jose has allowed six goals in each of its past four games, and goaltender Martin Jones wasn’t at his best in giving up six on 39 shots this time. But he made two big saves in overtime to keep the game going.The defending Stanley Cup champion Capitals have lost six in a row for the first time since the 2013-14 season, the last time they missed the playoffs. All-Star goalie Braden Holtby fought the puck at times in allowing seven goals on 43 shots.“That’s not the way we need to play to win hockey games,” Holtby said. “We obviously haven’t been winning much lately. The solution isn’t to open up the game and go chance-for-chance. It’s a reality check. This is not good enough to win. From me Minnesota Wild Hoodies Authentic , from all of us.”Ovechkin, who scored goal Nos. 34, 35 and 36 to pad his NHL-leading total, took the blame for the loss for failing to make the right play with 20 seconds left and the Sharks’ net empty. Ovechkin’s shot attempt went off defenseman Brent Burns, and San Jose went the other way.“Tough loss,” Ovechkin said. “It was my mistake at the end of the game. I tried to make a rush play. Have to be better in this situation.”Ovechkin’s hat trick was his third this season and 23rd of his career, and he has sole possession of 14th on the career list with 643 goals. That bit of history was not enough to get Washington out of its funk.Although Joe Pavelski scored 12 seconds in, the Capitals took the lead midway through the first period and the Sharks were at their best playing from behind. Hertl scored twice on the power play, and his second goal kept San Jose in it with Jones pulled for an extra skater.After Couture went to the bench for a line change, his teammates got the puck into the zone and Kane managed to tap it in past Holtby with a second left on the clock. Kane had no doubt the puck was in before the buzzer, even though it showed 0.0 on the scoreboard.“Just wanted to forecheck the puck hard and try to get it to the front of the net somehow,” Kane said. “We got in there, Pavs was able to pick it up Minnesota Wild Hats Authentic , threw it at the end. Just desperate attempt, and it found its way to the backdoor.”Pavelski and Hertl each had four points in what coach Peter DeBoer likened to an East Coast All-Star Game five days early. It wasn’t an effort the Sharks were proud of, but after a rough road trip, they’ll take it.“We get it done, and the biggest thing is we get two big points before the bye week because it’s nice, a better feeling to fly back home before the break,” said Hertl, who has 22 goals this season. “I’m happy for the whole team because everybody put their everything.”NOTES: Couture scored his 19th goal on a 3-on-0 rush. … Pavelski’s goal matched the third-fastest to start a game in Sharks history. … Andre Burakovsky, T.J. Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored for Washington. Kuznetsov’s goal was just his second at 5-on-5 this season. …Two-time Norris Trophy-winning Sharks D Erik Karlsson returned to California for further tests on his lower-body injury. Karlsson missed the past three games but is still a candidate to take part in All-Star Weekend in San Jose. … Sharks D Marc-Edouard Vlasic missed his ninth consecutive game with a wrist injury.UP NEXTSharks: Get a long layoff with the All-Star break and bye week before hosting the Arizona Coyotes on Feb. 2.Capitals: Face a short turnaround in visiting the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.