COLUMBUS, Ohio -- That was a sigh of relief coming from the Los Angeles Kings dressing room. Customized Texans Jersey. Dustin Brown scored on a redirect midway through the third period and Jonathan Quick had 24 saves to lead the Kings to a 2-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night, ending a five-game skid and giving interim coach John Stevens his first victory. "Its a great feeling when you break a losing streak," centre Anze Kopitar said. "It wasnt pretty but the effort was definitely there. At the end of the day, it doesnt matter how. We got the two points." Brown added an assist and Davis Drewiske also scored for the Kings, who fired Terry Murray on Monday. There is wide-spread speculation that general manager Dean Lombardi is close to hiring former San Jose coach and Calgary GM Darryl Sutter as the permanent coach. Stevens, elevated from assistant, was serving his second game as interim coach. The Kings have not scored more than two goals in any of their last 10 games since Thanksgiving and came in averaging a league-worst 2.17 goals. "The status doesnt change; it still feels like a win," Stevens said. "It was just a big win for our team considering this slide weve been on here. The guys played extremely hard tonight." After a 5-1-1 start to the season, the Kings have gone 9-12-3. Down a goal heading into the final period, the Kings slumbering offence may have gotten some help. At 4:33 of the third, Drewiske -- who had yet to score a goal this season -- tossed up a shot from the blue-line near the left boards. As it sailed toward goalie Curtis Sanford, Brown had one skate in the crease with defenceman Fedor Tyutin nearby. The puck floated into the net high on Sanfords glove side. He quickly protested that Brown had interfered, but a review ruled it was a goal. "Its funny how the game of hockey works, really," Brown said. "Weve struggled to score goals and its a result of people not being around the net. We get two dirty, greasy goals tonight and win a game. We need more guys around the net consistently and when you start to get that, other goals start to go in -- nice goals." Blue Jackets coach Scott Arniel said he took issue with the non-call. "It wasnt so much when the puck went into the net, it was just prior to that because (Sanford) got bumped first and knocked off balance and he was sideways," Arniel said. "Then the puck obviously went in as he was trying to get himself square." Sanford was also upset. "I dont know how thats not goalie interference," he said. "The guy locks skates with me and then pushes my arm out of the way as soon as the shot comes. Its disappointing that some of these calls are missed. I guess thats just the way it goes sometimes." The Kings then grabbed the lead at the 8:12 mark when Doughty teed it up for a hard slap shot from the right point and Brown redirected it for his sixth of the year. "We havent heard that game-winning song in a long time," Doughty said of the music playing in the dressing room. "So to finally hear that, its definitely a great time. At the same time we have to be happy about this win and cherish it tonight. But when we get to practice tomorrow weve got to get right back to work. Weve got to get on a roll and make up for all those games that weve lost." Quick made the lead stand. Jeff Carters hard shot with 1:30 to go pinged off the crossbar while a crowd of 16,090 sounded its disappointment. With the Blue Jackets pulling Sanford for an extra attacker in the final seconds, James Wisniewski got off a one-timer that Quick stopped. Carter, who scored in the second for his fourth game in a row with a goal, pounced on the rebound but was unable to get it past Quick. Los Angeles controlled the puck and the pace for most of the night, putting 41 shots on goal. Sanford had a career-best 39 saves as the Blue Jackets faced a season-high in shots on goal. "The fact (the Kings) came out the way they did and found a way to win a hockey game was a really good sign of the guys perseverance that they had to get the job done," Stevens said. "I thought it was terrific." Notes: Scouts from no fewer than 11 teams -- Edmonton, Tampa Bay, Vancouver, New Jersey, St. Louis, Toronto, the New York Rangers, Ottawa, Chicago, Colorado and Montreal -- were at the game. ... The Kings had been outscored 14-6 during their five-game losing streak. Customized Lions Jersey. 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Pierce scored 17 of his 26 points in the third quarter as the Celtics erased a 19-point deficit and went on to consecutive wins for the first time since late November against Oklahoma City and Orlando. Rondo had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Boston, which beat Indiana 94-75 on Friday night, had lost four straight road games. Rivers insisted that despite the first-half struggles against the Hawks, the game plan would not change. "I was like, This aint it, dont get mad at Doc, hes coaching," Pierce said. "Weve got to get mad at this other team." Lou Williams scored 21 of his 28 points in the first half for Atlanta, which has lost two straight. Jeff Teague added 17 points, and Josh Smith, who was 2 for 12 in the second half, finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds. The Hawks got off to a fast start, then fell apart in the third quarter as Boston began doubling ballhandlers on the perimeter and clamping down on Atlanta inside. "They just climbed up in us defensively," Teague said. "They got physical and they brought pressure and got us out of our comfort zone. We just didnt respond." The Celtics trailed by 19 with 6:20 left in the second, but went up 61-60 on Jared Sullingers alley-oop layup with 3:47 left in the third. It was their first lead since the games first minute. Boston opened the third with a 14-1 run to pull within one. Hawks coach Larry Drew, whose team missed its first five shots from the field to begin the second half, called timeout at the 7:29 mark, but Teague lost the ball out of the bounds on the ensuing possession. Atlanta, which had 13 turnovers and three assists in the second half, was just 2 for 14 from the field in the third and trailed 71-62 heading to the final period. Kevin&nbbsp;Garnetts fast-break layup with 8:53 remaining gave the Celtics their first double-digit lead at 79-68. Customized Raiders Jersey Garnett finished with 14 points. "The second half was completely different," Rivers said. "We worked the set. The first play went from one side to the other on offence. On defence they were late in the shot clock because Avery (Bradley) and Rondo both were up ball pressuring. And it changed the game for us." Williams had outscored the Celtics 13-10 by the 5:47 mark of the first, connecting on his first seven shots from the field. His 16th point came on a layup for Atlantas first double-digit lead at 23-12 late in the first. But the Hawks could not overcome the absence of injured shooting guards Devin Harris and Anthony Morrow. Kyle Korver then fouled out with 6:37 remaining, and DeShawn Stevenson played only 13 minutes because of sore knees. Drew called it "probably the most disappointing loss of the season" considering the Hawks have gone soft with big leads all season and backed down from the team that eliminated them in the first round of the playoffs last season. "Weve seen this kind of scenario before where weve played well and then when it starts to get more physical, we dont respond," Drew said. "That was clearly what happened tonight." Jason Terry, in his first season with Boston and 13th overall, credited Pierce with backing up Rivers and straightening out the teams collective attitude. "We took the challenge," Terry said. "We took it personal. You come in at halftime, and Lou Williams has 21 points, primarily all easy baskets. He was just letting them fly. So we wanted to invade his space. As we did that, we started to get more and more stops. "Paul Pierce got it rolling. He really made his imprint on the game." NOTES: Korver fouled out for the first time in 27 games this season and finished with nine points. ... Atlanta scored 31 points in the first quarter, tying for the highest by a Boston opponent and the most since the Celtics opened the season Oct. 30 at Miami. ... The Hawks nine points in the third were a season low by a Boston opponent. ... Harris missed his ninth straight game with a sore left foot. ... Morrow was sidelined for the fifth straight game because of a strained right hip. ' ' '