LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Ferrell spent the second period of the Kings‘ game against the San Jose Sharks as part of the local television broadcast in his “Anchorman” character www.officialislanders.com , Ron Burgundy. The comedian, who often attends games, never got to call a goal for the home team.They more than made up for it as soon as Burgundy left the booth.Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, Matt Roy scored his first career goal and the Kings used a three-goal third period to top the Sharks 4-2 on Thursday night.“Winning’s a lot more fun that losing, and we’ve done a lot of losing this year,” said Kings forward Dustin Brown, who scored for the third straight game.Jeff Carter also scored for Los Angeles, which snapped a five-game skid at home. Jonathan Quick made 23 saves.Barclay Goodrow and Tomas Hertl scored, and Martin Jones made 31 saves for the Sharks, who trail Calgary by five points for the Pacific Division lead and the best record in the Western Conference.“We saw how Calgary is playing right now, and we have to step it up,” Hertl said. “It’s the time of the year we have to be ready because the playoffs are coming very soon. LA was all over us New York Islanders T-Shirts Authentic , and it’s a tough loss for us tonight.”Los Angeles trailed 2-1 in the third period when Roy tied it at 9:28 with a shot from the blue line for his first goal. The Kings defenseman, who entered with two assists in 15 career games, initially thought Brown might have tipped the shot in and had a delayed celebration.There was no such hesitation from the Kings to take the 3-2 lead as Kopitar got in behind the Sharks defense at 11:45 of the third period, getting his 21st goal. The Sharks lost track of the Kings captain as both teams fought to take the puck off the wall in the San Jose zone, with Alex Iafallo eventually chipping over to Kopitar for a breakaway.Carter added a short-handed empty-net goal with 1:17 remaining.San Jose looked to be in good shape to stay within striking distance of Calgary even without forwards Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski and defenseman Erik Karlsson in the lineup when Hertl scored his 32nd goal on a wrist shot from the right circle for a 2-1 lead at 3:45 of the second period.Couture was held out at the last moment because of flu-like symptoms. Pavelski missed his second game because of a lower-body injury, and Karlsson missed his 10th straight game because of a groin injury.But the Sharks lost focus in the third period and continuing a recent tendency, forward Evander Kane said.“It’s not necessarily a lack of urgency going into the game, but periods in the game where we, I think, are maybe a little too relaxed,” Kane said. “And that was a prime example, going into the third period. We need to push to get that next goal and be harder to play against on the defensive side of the puck.”The Kings New York Islanders Hoodies Authentic , stuck in last place in the West, were more than happy to take advantage of the malaise from their Northern California rivals with a classy final 20 minutes.“You could feel the excitement in the building tonight, so it was a lot of fun,” Roy said.NOTES: Brent Burns had an assist for the third straight game. It was his 76th point of the season to tie his career high and Sharks record for points in a season by a defenseman, which Burns set in 2016-17. … Kings F Brendan Leipsic missed the third period after sustaining a lower-body injury. … Pavelski skated during an optional practice Thursday but did not take contact. … Iafallo had two assists.UP NEXTSharks: Visit the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.Kings: Host Anaheim on Saturday night. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Calle Jarnkrok’s three goals sent many Nashville Predators fans home with a serious case of hat head.Jarnkrok recorded his first career hat trick to lead the Predators to a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.“That was a good night for him,” Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. “I thought he played terrific, forget about the goals, just the game in general. I thought he was really moving.”Kyle Turris and Nick Bonino also scored for Nashville, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Nashville defensemen Ryan Ellis and Roman Josi each had a pair of assists.Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist, and Nate Thompson and Alex Iafallo also scored for the Kings, who have lost four of five.Jarnkrok scored at even strength New York Islanders Hats Authentic , on the power play and short-handed, with the short-handed goal being the eventual game-winner at 11:54 of the third period.Skating into the Kings zone on the left side, Jarnkrok fired a wrist shot over the glove of Los Angeles goaltender Cal Petersen, prompting the sellout Bridgestone Arena crowd to shower the ice with hats.“I felt pretty hot, so I just tried to hit the net, basically, and it went in,” Jarnkrok said.Jarnkrok joins Scott Walker as the only players in Predators’ history to score even strength, power play and short-handed goals in the same game.“He’s an important player in here, whether it’s offensively or defensively,” Ellis said. “You put him out on the power play, and he showed what he can do. He got us going when we needed it.”The teams battled to a scoreless tie through the first period and combined for five goals in a span of 6:57 Custom New York Islanders Jerseys , beginning at 3:18 of the second.Turris scored the game’s first goal, a rare power-play effort for the Predators.Standing at the top of the left faceoff circle, Turris received a touch pass from Ellis at the center of the blue line. Turris’ one-timer through traffic beat Petersen high to the glove side.“Again, it comes down to the specialty teams,” Kings coach Willie Desjardins said. “It’s something I do believe that we can be better in that. We’ll get that part going.”Petersen made 38 saves in his second career start. He recorded his first career win in Friday night’s shootout win in Chicago.“I appreciate the opportunity to be able to play against high-end teams in hard buildings,” Petersen said. “It is a little bit of a baptism by fire, I guess, and get it out of the way. When you play those games, you kind of realize that you can compete at that level and compete in that environment.”Nashville entered Saturday with the league’s worst power play, clicking at just over 10 percent.Thompson and Kopitar scored 19 seconds apart to take the lead.Thompson’s goal, his first of the season, came just five seconds after a penalty to Nashville forward Filip Forsberg expired. At the right of Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne www.officialhockeyrangersshop.com , he found the rebound of Tyler Toffoli’s shot from the point.On the next shift, Dustin Brown stepped in front of Kevin Fiala to intercept a pass. He then skated toward the Nashville goal and slid a pass to a Kopitar in the slot, and he beat Rinne low to the stick side.Rinne finished with 25 saves.Jarnkrok snapped a wrist shot from the high slot over Petersen’s glove at 8:05, but Iafallo found a rebound of a Kopitar shot in the left circle 2:10 later and beat Rinne on the stick side.Nashville tied it at 3 at 5:44 of the third on Jarnkrok’s second of the night, another power-play goal.Bonino concluded the scoring with an empty-net goal with just under a minute remaining.NOTES: Kings D Dion Phaneuf played his 1,000th career game. He was taken ninth overall in the 2003 Entry Draft, which was held in Nashville. … The Predators scored two power-play goals in a game for just the second time this season.UP NEXT:Kings: Visit St. Louis on Monday.Predators: Host Tampa Bay on Monday.