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DALLAS -- Alec Martinez, who saw one apparent goal disallowed, scored 1:20 into overtime as Los Angeles Kings beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Thursday night.Martinezs wrist shot from the slot went past a screen by Tanner Pearson to beat Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen.(Tyler Toffoli) made a really good play to me in the slot. (Pearson) was in front with a good screen, Martinez said. All I had to do was really hit the net.Martinezs second-period drive from the left point was ruled no goal because a teammate was in the paint in front of Lehtonen.Stars coach Lindy Ruff thought the overtime goal shouldnt have counted either.I think its a terrible call at the end of the game. I thought our goaltender was interfered with. He was elbowed in the head before the puck went in the net, he said. I respectfully and disrespectfully disagree with that. They look at it for five seconds, and they call it a good goal.The Kings had lost their first three games. Dallas fell to 2-1-1.Thats pretty much the way we played for other than one period this season except we got a break to win, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said.Dallas Jason Spezza tied the game at 3 with 2:07 left in regulation with a shot from the left faceoff circle that beat Kings goalie Peter Budaj.It would have been a feel-good win for us if we could have pulled it out in overtime, Spezza said. Probably makes it a little more frustrating.Los Angeles Nic Dowd scored the games first goal, the first of his eight-game NHL career, on the power play in the first period.The Kings took a one-goal lead twice more during a second period that included two fights and 10 penalties for 34 minutes. Jeff Carter and Pearson scored and assisted on each others goal.Goals by Dallas Radek Faksa and Jamie Benn had tied the game.Lehtonen made 35 saves. Budaj had 17 in his first NHL win since Feb. 12.The Kings had been struggling since losing starting goalie Jonathan Quick in the opening game.This wasnt us, starting 0-3, Budaj said. We definitely showed today in a hot building against a very good team we came out hard. We outshoot them and we played a real strong defensive game. It was great to see the guys have that desperation.Martinez had an assist on Carters goal.Spezza had a goal and an assist, and teammate Tyler Seguin assisted twice.To set up Dowds goal at 8:18 of the first period, Dustin Brown passed from the left side to Tom Gilbert on the right. His pass found Dowd low in the left faceoff circle.Faksa tied the game at 11:40. With Budaj out of the net, Spezza corralled the puck behind the goal line and passed out to Faksa in the right circle.Carter scored from the top of the slot at 1:24 of the second period.Benn tied the game again at 2 with a shot into the upper left corner from the left circle at 5:00.Each team killed four minutes of penalties in the second period. Los Angeles outshot the Stars 18-7 in the second.Game notes Dallas lost two wings to injury in the second period: Patrick Sharp with concussion-like symptoms and Patrick Eaves with a lower-body injury. Ruff indicated that Sharp could miss more time. ... Los Angeles D Brayden McNabb was involved in both second-period fights. Stars LW Antoine Roussel received 16 penalty minutes for his role in the first altercation, and totaled 18 minutes for the game. 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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Jake Bentley threw for two touchdowns, Rico Dowdle ran for 127 yards and another score Saturday night, and South Carolina handed No. 18 Tennessee its third straight loss, 24-21.The Gamecocks (4-4, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) had struggled on offense much of the season and were expected to be a comfortable bounce-back win for the powerhouse Vols (5-3, 2-3) after consecutive defeats to No. 9 Texas A&M and No. 1 Alabama.Instead, South Carolinas defense bottled up the Vols most of the game, holding them under 300 yards of offense for just the second time this year. Joshua Dobbs threw for only 120 yards and was picked off twice by cornerback Jamarcus King, the final time with 3:50 left in the game and Tennessee needing a dramatic rally.Tennessee got a final chance with 35 seconds left and drove to the South Carolina 41. But Aaron Medleys desperation, 58 yard field goal attempt was well short on the final play.This is a spark, linebacker Bryson Allen-Williams said. This is the start of something for the next couple of games and next year.First-year coach Will Muschamp improved to 5-0 all-time against Tennessee, the first four victories coming during his time at Florida.Bentley was again on target in his second college start at quarterback. He threw for 167 yards and completed 15 of 20 passes, including a 17-yard TD throw to Bryan Edwards and a 35-yard scoring toss to K.C. Crosby in the final period to put South Carolina up 24-14.Tennessee could not dig itself out of that hole and ended a three-game win streak against South Carolina.This is unacceptable, Vols coach Butch Jones said. Everybodys going to own this and everyboodys responsible.ddddddddddddTHE TAKEAWAYTennessee: The Vols third straight SEC loss may have been the most devastating of all as they fall two games behind Eastern Division leader Florida with three league games left. Tennessee will have to root for these same Gamecocks in two weeks when they head to The Swamp to face the Gators.South Carolina: No question this is Muschamps biggest victory at South Carolina, and suddenly puts the Gamecocks in line for a bowl game with struggling Missouri and FCS opponent Western Carolina ahead in November.POLL IMPLICATIONSCount on Tennessee falling from the rankings when it comes out. Its one thing to lose to top-10 opponents, its another to lose to a team that entered last in SEC scoring offense.EJECTED GAMECOCKSSouth Carolina lost starting cornerback Chris Lammons and starting safety D.J. Smith to ejections, both for transgressions with Tennessee receiver Jauan Jennings . Lammons threw two punches at Jennings after the two tied up in the opening quarter and he was thrown out for unsportsmanlike conduct. Smith was called for targeting on a hit of Jennings.Lammons Tweeted later his actions were selfish and he apologized to fans, teammates and coaches.BIG RETURNTennessees most explosive play was a 100-yard kickoff return by Evan Berry that cut a 10-point deficit to 17-14 in the third quarter.UP NEXTTennessee steps out of conference to play FCS opponent Tennessee Tech at home next Saturday.South Carolina closes out five straight games at home against Missouri next Saturday. ' ' '