(SportsNetwork. Buy Stan Smith NZ .com) - The Anaheim Ducks try to salvage the finale of a four- game homestand on Wednesday night as they play host to the Los Angeles Kings. Though they are winless on this residency following a 3-1-0 road trip, the Ducks have picked up a point in each loss. They began the stay at Honda Center with an overtime loss to the New York Islanders and followed up with consecutive shootout losses to Arizona and Vancouver. Former Duck Nick Bonino had the lone goal of the shootout in Sundays loss. Acquired as part of the package that sent Ryan Kesler to Anaheim, Bonino went forehand to backhand before slipping the puck through the pads of Frederik Andersen. Kesler then failed to extend the shootout as he shot rang off the post. Im not big on shootouts. Obviously, theyre important points, noted Kesler. I thought we fought hard, but its another shootout loss. Both teams competed hard. It was a fun game to play in. Andersen made 34 stops and Sami Vatanen netted the lone goal for Anaheim, which played a third straight game without Corey Perry due to what has since been diagnosed as a viral gland infection. Perry, who has 11 goals on the season, and defenseman Francois Beauchemin are both dealing with the ailment and are undergoing further tests. Andersen should start tonight as he tries to keep his perfect record intact versus the Kings. He has won all three of his career starts against them with a 1.62 goals against average and .950 save percentage. The Kings take aim at just their second road victory of the season tonight and won for just the second time in their past seven overall with Saturdays 5-1 decision over Vancouver. Marian Gaborik, Anze Kopitar and Jake Muzzin all scored in the first period, Jeff Carter lit the lamp and Tyler Toffoli had a goal and two assists in the win. I think we came out really strong and we just kept our feet moving and kept getting pucks to the net, Toffoli said. Jonathan Quick stopped 18 shots in the win. He is 13-7-3 in his career versus the Ducks with a 2.41 GAA and .905 save percentage. The Ducks have won four straight and six of their past nine meetings with the Kings overall and three of the last four played at home. Adidas X_Plr NZ . The Sioux Falls Canaries scored two in the seventh and three more in the eighth to come back from a 3-0 deficit and defeat the Winnipeg Goldeyes 5-3 in front of 6,769 at Shaw Park on Sunday afternoon. NMD Clearance .C. - The housecleaning continues for the B. http://www.nmdshoesnz.com/adidas-nmd-human-race-cheap-nz.html . Five straight losses (and six in the past seven) now dot the schedule – matching their longest skid of the year – after they fell again in New Jersey on Sunday night, topped 3-2 by Cory Schneider and the Devils. SYDNEY, Australia -- Socceroos coach Holger Osieck has been fired in the wake of Australias 6-0 loss to France in a friendly in Paris on Friday, prompting a search for a replacement just eight months out from the World Cup. Football Federation Australia announced early Saturday that Osiecks contract had been terminated. German-born Osieck was already under pressure after Australias 6-0 loss to Brazil last month and Australian media reported he needed a draw or better on Friday to save his job. In a statement released in Australia on Saturday, chairman Frank Lowy said the decision was "based on the longer term issues of the rejuvenation of the Socceroos team and the preparations for the World Cup and the Asian Cup." "FFA has set a strategic objective of having a highly-competitive team in Brazil and then handing over a team capable of winning the Asian Cup on home soil in January 2015. We have come to the conclusion that change is necessary to meet those objectives," Lowy said. FFA chief executive David Gallop said assistant coach Aurelio Vidmar will act as caretaker coach for Australias match against Canada in London this Tuesday. Gallop said Head of National Performance Luke Casserly and the National Technical Director Han Berger will be charged with finding a new head coach. The most popular appointment with Australian fans would be the return of Guus Hiddink, who guided Australia to a second-round appearance at the 2006 World Cup, losing only to a late goal by eventual champion Italy. The Dutchman has been out of work since leaving Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala in July. Lowy has appointed European coaches under his current reign, but prominent local A-League coaches Ange Postecoglou, Tony Popovic and Graham Arnold are also considered candidates. Fridays crushing defeat at the Parc des Princes -- in which France led 4-0 inside 30 minutes and could well have scored in double figures -- led to an outpouring of anger from fans and former players. Former Australia international Robbie Slater tweeted "worst position wevve ever been in. Superstar NZ Sale. Embarrassing! I feel for the young players." The 65-year-old Osieck managed Canada from 1998 to 2003. Most famously he led "Holgers Heroes" to victory in the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, earning the Canadians a trip to Japan for the Confederations Cup. When he stepped down after a disastrous 2003 Gold Cup, the no-nonsense German coach left with a record of 20-17-9 and Canada ranked 78th in the world. He was appointed Australias national coach in 2010 and guided Australia to its third-straight World Cup. But their form during this years qualifying campaign was often unconvincing and their successive 6-0 defeats ended his three-year term. Asked about his future immediately after Fridays defeat -- and before his firing was confirmed -- Osieck seemed to have accepted he would be removed. "Two heavy losses of that extent gives some food for discussion. The merits of the past are forgotten when this happens." Current Australia midfielder Tim Cahill showed some sympathy for his sacked coach, tweeting "want to say thankyou to Holger for getting us to our third World Cup. Is this a first, to get us to WC and get the sack. Sad day for football in Oz." Osieck, who was an assistant to manager Franz Beckenbauer when Germany won the 1990 World Cup, took over as Australia coach in 2010, shortly after its exit in the group stages of that years World Cup. Its qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was in jeopardy after a loss to Jordan but it finally sealed its place with an 83rd-minute goal to Josh Kennedy in its final qualifying match, at home to Iraq. Osieck had been widely criticized for sticking with aging players such as Mark Schwarzer, Cahill, Lucas Neill and Mark Bresciano and others of the so-called "Golden Generation" which got Australia to the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. Osiecks removal continued a bad recent run for coach of Australian national teams. Cricket coach Mickey Arthur and rugby coach Robbie Deans had also been removed in the second half of 2013. ' ' '