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LOS ANGELES -- After Tomas Tatar knocked the rebound into the Kings net for Detroits tiebreaking goal, he kissed his index finger and pointed it skyward. In his first game since his fathers death back home in Slovakia, Tatar honoured him with a beautiful goal and a graceful gesture, sending the Red Wings on to an emotional victory. Tatar scored the winning goal with 7:54 to play in the Red Wings 3-1 win over Los Angeles on Saturday night. Tatar had an early assist on Riley Sheahans first NHL goal, and he completed a cathartic night by jumping on Sheahans shot in the slot and beating Jonathan Quick for a goal in his third straight game -- but the first since his father, 60-year-old Jan, died of a liver ailment. "That game and that goal was for him," Tatar said. "I felt he was with us the whole game. It wasnt easy, but the guys helped me a lot. They helped me think about stuff other than my dad." Tatar made the long trip home during Detroits holiday break to see his father, but he isnt sure whether Jan, a former soccer player, realized his son is headed to the Olympics next month. "I was hoping he could make it through," Tatar said. "I just wanted to work as hard as I could for my dad. This game was for him." Tatar will play for the Wings on Sunday night in Anaheim before heading home for his fathers funeral, missing a game against the Rangers next week. Detroit coach Mike Babcock praised the 23-year-olds quiet maturity. "The way you honour your father or your mother when they pass is by continuing to do what you should do," Babcock said. "Playing hard and doing things well. I lost my mom early, too. I never wanted to let her down. And his dad is here with him." Daniel Cleary also scored in the third period, and Jimmy Howard made 44 saves as the Red Wings slowed their recent slump by sending Los Angeles to its seventh loss in nine games. Howard made several big saves in the final minute as Detroit hung on for its second win in five games, but also injured his hip flexor, according to Babcock. Backup Petr Mrazek will start when the Red Wings face NHL-leading Anaheim. Drew Doughty scored his first goal in a month during a two-man advantage, but the Kings couldnt score in the final two periods of their third loss in 10 home games. Quick stopped 23 shots, but also gave up a juicy rebound on Tatars go-ahead goal. "We outshot them, but we had some scoring opportunities that we didnt get a good shot off," Kings forward Anze Kopitar said. "We were trying to do too much, and in a situation like that, were got to make sure we get a good shot off so that whoevers a couple of feet from the net can try to get the rebound. We just have to bear down a lot better." Cleary finished off the Kings by capitalizing on an opportunity created by Luke Glendening, who knocked Jake Muzzin to the ice and fed Cleary for his fourth goal with 2:34 to play. Los Angeles lost in regulation for the first time in four games on a five-game homestand. Quick hadnt lost in regulation since returning from a 24-game absence with a groin injury, but his teammates returned to their low-scoring ways after a four-goal outburst against Boston two nights ago. Los Angeles has scored more than three goals in a game just once since Dec. 19. "You cant win every game 1-0 or 2-1," Kings forward Justin Williams said. "Certainly we had enough chances to win the game tonight, but we didnt do it. The onus is on us to put the puck in the back of the net." After Doughtys goal late in the first period, Detroit evened it when Sheahan flipped home a puck in front while being checked to the ice, scoring his first goal in seven career NHL games over two seasons. The 22-year-old Sheahan was a first-round pick in 2010, playing three seasons at Notre Dame before winning a Calder Cup with the Wings AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids last year. Detroit recalled him from the AHL on Friday. "I wasnt able to really feel the feeling when I scored," Sheahan said. "But now Im pretty excited to go talk to my parents about it." NOTES: Detroit also won without veteran forwards Pavel Datsyuk and Daniel Alfredsson. Datsyuk missed his third straight game with a lower-body injury, while Alfredsson sat with back spasms. ... Kings F Jeff Carter played his 600th NHL game. ... The teams meet again in a week at Joe Louis Arena. Vlade Divac Jersey . A judge had summoned Clemens and Brian McNamee to federal court in Brooklyn for settlement talks aimed at heading off a trial in the defamation case. McNamees lawyer emerged saying an agreement wasnt likely. "I think this is a case where the lines are deeply drawn in the sand," said attorney Richard Emery. 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After a poor showing in their opening Champions League tilt a fortnight ago, a 2-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund, the Gunners made a much better start to proceedings on Wednesday as Alexis Sanchez slid one through to Welbeck in the 22nd minute and the former Manchester United man fired it into the bottom right corner. Eight minutes later the hosts doubled their lead when Welbeck slipped through the Turkish defense and fired home for his second goal of the day. Four minutes before the break it was 3-0 to the home side as Sanchez sliced through the defense to the center of the box and smashed his strike into the bottom right corner to send the Gunners into the break with a comfortable margin. The Gunners poured it on in the second half as Welbeck slipped through the Galatasaray defense unmarked again in the 52nd minute and passed it into the gaping net to complete his hat trick in impressive fashion. Despite the comfortable advantage, not everything went perfectly for Arsenal on the night. Starting goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was shown a straight red card and conceded a penalty kick on the hour mark. David Ospina replaced Szczesny in goal and failed to stop Burak Yilmazs penalty kick as the Turkish side pulled it back to 4-1 in the 63rd minute of play. The visitors creeated a handful of scoring chances over the remaining 27 minutes, but could never get any closer as Arsenal held on to claim all three points.dddddddddddd Also in Group D on Wednesday, Ciro Immobile found the back of the net after just three minutes and scored twice over a span of 10 second-half minutes as Borussia Dortmund moved to the top of the group with a 3-0 win over Anderlecht. In Group A, Markus Rosenberg netted a double to lift Malmo to a 2-0 win over Greek side Olympiakos, while Arda Turans strike 15 minutes from time lifted Atletico Madrid to a 1-0 win over Juventus at the Vicente Calderon. Liverpools second Champions League tilt did not go as planned as the Reds suffered a 1-0 defeat to Basel at St. Jakob Park courtesy of a 52nd-minute strike from Marco Streller off a corner kick. Coming off a 5-1 thrashing of Basel in their opening fixture, defending champions Real Madrid traveled to Bulgaria to face Ludogorets and went 1-0 down after six minutes thanks to a goal from Marcelinho. But Cristiano Ronaldo converted a penalty kick in the 25th minute and Karim Benzema hit for the winner with 13 minutes to play to take Los Blancos to the top of the group with six points. In Group C, Stefan Kiessling, Heung-Min Son and Hakan Calhanoglu all found the back of the to lift Bayer Leverkusen to a comfortable 3-1 win over Portuguese side Benfica at the BayArena, while Group Cs other matchup saw Zenit St. Petersburg and Monaco play to a scoreless draw. ' ' '