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"When taking a shot on goal at this spot on the ice, players understand the danger and should expect that a good, hard, full-body check could be delivered. However, no player should expect that his head will be made the principal point of contact, whether intentionally or recklessly targeted," said department of player safety spokesman Brendan Shanahan.

"We have taken into account that Umberger suffered no significant injury on the play. We have also taken into consideration that Jacques has been suspended once before in his 166-game NHL career."

The 26-year-old Montreal native was suspended for the remainder of the preseason and five regular-season games in September for leaving the bench during a legal line change to engage in a fight with Canucks forward Mike Duco during an exhibition contest.

Anaheim received some good news late Monday, as defenseman Francois Beauchemin will not be disciplined following a hearing for a blind-side hit to Columbus forward Jeff Carter which resulted in a separated shoulder for the 27-year-old former Flyer.

Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Kings, who came into the contest struggling putting the puck into the net, had an offensive explosion against Washington on Monday, defeating the Capitals, 5-2. Kyle Clifford, Anze Kopitar, Jack Johnson, Jarret Stoll and Justin Williams all netted goals for the Kings, who averaged a league-worst 2.02 goals a contest coming in and tallied just twice in their previous three games.

"It was good to score and we got it from all of the lines. We had guys around the net tonight," Kings head coach Darryl Sutter said.

Tomas Vokoun stopped 23-of-27 shots before being pulled after the second period. Michal Neuvirth came on and made seven saves in the third period.

Clifford tied the game midway through the first period with a backhander in the crease following a shot by Trent Hunter from the left circle. It was the first Kings goal in 71:41 and first regulation goal in just over 170 minutes of ice time.

Following a Capitals turnover, Dustin Brown found an open Kopitar in the slot and he tipped it home with 34 seconds left in opening period.

Williams scored on the power play midway through the third to make it 5-1 and Johansson's second goal came with 6:18 left in the contest.

The Kings are 11-0-0 this season when they score at least three goals.

The Capitals are 7-12-1 on the road compared to a 14-5-1 mark at home...Kopitar's goal was his 150th of his career...The Capitals open a four- game homestand against the Penguins on Wednesday while the Kings close their five-game homestand on Thursday against the Stars.

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