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WASHINGTON -- After missing two straight games with a stiff neck, Bryce Harper was absent again from the Nationals starting lineup for Wednesdays series finale against the Cleveland Indians.Its a spasm, and theyve tried to alleviate it and it hasnt worked yet, said Washington manager Dusty Baker. So we just do what we have to do. Dont assume that its worse than what Ive told you, because its not.Harper left Saturdays 7-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants after the sixth inning. Following the game, he said that his neck had been bothering him for a few days.Without Harper, Washington beat the Giants 1-0 in Sundays series finale out west. After a day off, the Nationals lost 3-1 on Tuesday, the third consecutive game in which they scored only one run. On the season, theyre now 5-2 when Harper doesnt play.The 2015 National League MVP, Harper is mired in an extended slump thats dropped his average to .233, nearly a hundred points lower than the .330 that he hit last year, and the lowest his average has been since the second week of the 2015 season.In Harpers absence, reserve Chris Heisey started the past two games in right field for Washington, going 0-for-6 with three strikeouts.On Wednesday, rookie Brian Goodwin, a first-round pick in 2011 who made his major league debut last week, was in the lineup in right field, making his first career start. In 109 games at triple-A Syracuse this season, Goodwin hit .284 with 11 home runs, 62 RBIs and 14 stolen bases.The Nationals, who entered Wednesday with a six-and-a-half-game lead in the NL East, have an off day on Thursday before kicking off a three-game set against Atlanta on Friday in D.C.Jim Brown Browns Jersey . 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But he said he did nothing improper when he sold those shares over the next two days.LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings returned to their hard forechecking ways and got a needed win.Jeff Carter scored the tiebreaking short-handed goal midway through the second period and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2.Derek Forbort and Tyler Toffoli each had a goal and an assist and Devin Setoguchi and also scored for Los Angeles. Peter Budaj made 26 saves.After going winless in their last four games on the road, the Kings returned to Staples Center and found the key piece of their game that had eluded them on the road.For us, its the read, shutting down and getting in on the forecheck, Setoguchi said. When we forecheck well, thats usually when we create our opportunities.Darnell Nurse and Oscar Klefbom scored for the Oilers, who have now lost five straight games to fall to 2-7-1 since starting 7-1-0. Jonas Gustavsson made 21 saves.Oilers coach Todd McLellan said Carters short-handed goal hurt the most but Edmonton was ultimately doomed by another slow start.It seems to vary from night to night positionally, McLellan said. Whether its a D-man with a turnover, the forwards coughing something up and not getting in position at the right time. Its certainly something were aware of, were concerned with and trying to fix.Trailing 2-0 after the first period, the Oilers scored twice in the second to tie it before Carter scored at 9:06 of the middle period.Nurse made it 2-1 with a shot off the crossbar 3:44 into the second. A little under five minutes later, Klefbom tied it when he caught a pass in the slot and lifted an impressive backhand shot off the crossbar and behind Budaj.ddddddddddddBut just 34 seconds later, Carter won a faceoff and Toffoli led a 2-on-1 rush that resulted in Carters game-winner.We didnt get the save, but there were other mistakes on it, McLellan said. I thought it sucked the life out of us for a little bit.Setoguchi scored off a rebound with 6:45 left to play to make it 4-2, his third goal this season and third since the 2013-14.I didnt think we were that good in the first couple of periods, Setoguchi said. Then, in the third we had a couple good shifts back-to-back and we were able to score on one.Forbort scored his first goal of the season to put the Kings on the board 5:09 into the game. Toffoli then gave Los Angeles a 2-0 lead a few minutes later when he tapped in a centering pass from Carter.There was a bunch of traffic down there, (Kyle) Clifford made a good play and I was lucky it went in, Forbort said. Game notesKings C Anze Kopitar remained out for the third straight game with an upper-body injury. . Kings D Matt Greene was a healthy scratch. . Oilers D Dillon Simpson and C Anton Lander was a healthy scratch. . Forbort had his second multipoint game of the season and his career. . Carter had his team-high fourth multipoint game. . The Kings extended their home winning streak against the Oilers to 10 games. They havent lost to Edmonton at Staples Center since Nov. 3, 2011.UP NEXTOilers: At Dallas on Saturday in the finale of a three-game trip.Kings: Host New Jersey on Saturday. ' ' '