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METAIRIE, La. -- Now entering his second NFL season, Delvin Breaux has played more regular-season snaps with the Saints defense than any other cornerback on New Orleans roster.The question now facing the Saints is the extent to which their relative youth and inexperience at a critical defensive skill position will be a liability.On the flip side, New Orleans really doesnt have far to fall on that side of the ball; the Saints have ranked second-to-last in the NFL in yards allowed the past two seasons.I like the fact that were young, but I also like the fact that were improving back there, Saints coach Sean Payton said of the secondary after practice Monday evening.What we try to do is really evaluate what were seeing on a daily basis and that is the production -- how theyre performing on one-on-ones, how are they doing in the team (drills) and seven-on-sevens and constantly grading that type of film.The Saints went into last season with two experienced veterans -- Keenan Lewis and Brandon Browner -- as their top cornerbacks. Browner, a free-agent bust in New Orleans, was released in the offseason.Lewis, who has been limited by a hip injury, was released on Monday after being informed of the move on the eve of New Orleans preseason game at Houston on Saturday.Against the Texans, P.J. Williams, who hasnt made his regular-season debut yet, moved into a starting role. He gave up a touchdown, but responded later with an interception in which he twisted in the air to snag an attempted back-shoulder throw in the end zone.A 2015 third-round draft pick out of Florida State who spent his rookie year on injured reserve, Williams said he welcomes the prospect of starting in his first regular-season game against Oakland on Sept. 11. He expects opponents to test him with looks or moves he might not have seen before, and he expects to adjust as needed.If they make a play on me, my thing is to come back stronger and not let it happen again. Its definitely a mental thing and I think Im mentally tough to do it, Williams said. Youve got to bounce back and focus up and do what the coach is teaching you and also just play off instincts.Shortly before releasing Lewis, whod been the Saints top cornerback in 2013 and 2014, the Saints added a veteran to the roster in free agent 11-year veteran Cortland Finnegan, although his roster spot is not necessarily assured. He is competing for snaps with young players such as Damian Swann, DeVante Harris and Ken Crawley.Swann, a 2015 fifth-round draft choice, showed promise as a nickel back as a rookie, but missed much of last season because of multiple concussions. Harris and Crawley are undrafted rookies, but both have made plays.Harris, out of Texas A&M, made an interception Monday of Drew Brees pass that was bobbled by tight end Josh Hill. Crawley, out of Colorado, has had several interceptions in 11-on-11 drills, including a difficult, leaping interception of Brees on a deep pass along the sideline earlier in camp.In a good way, weve got some young free agents that each day I feel like theyre making improvements, Payton said.Payton said the team needed to move on from Lewis because he hadnt been available for about a year and it was unclear when he would be, if ever.By releasing Lewis, it allowed him to avoid going on injured reserve and sign with another club rather than missing the entire season. Payton also noted that he doesnt view Breaux as a typical second-year player because he played in the CFL after returning from a neck injury that prevented him from playing in college with LSU.The Saints are more experienced at safety with Jairus Byrd and Kenny Vaccaro as starters, but the next two safeties behind them are rookie Vonn Bell and first-year NFL player Erik Harris, who came from the CFL on Breauxs recommendation.Payton said he expects both Bell and Harris to play, and Bell said he doesnt see a problem with the Saints entering the regular season with as many as five defensive backs on the roster whove never taken a meaningful NFL snap.Theres going to be some growing pains with everything you do, Bell said. 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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Kings have plenty of power-play goals this season, and several others in the first few seconds after a penalty expired.They struck in that situation again Wednesday night, when Dwight King scored late in the third period just 1 second after a power play ended. He added another goal 25 seconds later, Peter Budaj stopped 22 shots and the Kings defeated the New York Islanders 4-2 for their fourth consecutive win.We dont have to get a lot of power-play goals, Anze Kopitar said. Obviously it helps and we would like to, but if we build good momentum off it, that helps, too. I think it was three or four, maybe even five times this year where we didnt get the credit for the power-play goal but we scored within 5 seconds of the guy coming out of the box.Jake Muzzin and Alec Martinez also scored to help the Kings win their fifth straight at home.Anders Lee scored twice and Jaroslav Halak made 24 saves for the Islanders, who dropped to 1-5-1 on the road this season.King deflected in Derek Forborts long shot for the go-ahead goal with 2:53 remaining, showing off the all-around game that has sparked the streaky Kings.Forbort is supposed to get it through to the net, somebody is supposed to get in front of the net, Los Angeles coach Darryl Sutter said. Tic-tac-toe, you put your arms in the air.Even Islanders coach Jack Capuano credited the Kings with a score on special teams, saying the late breakdown was representative of how poorly New Yorks penalty kill has performed this season.Its frustrating because its probably one of the best games we have played coming into this building and cant get any results, Capuano said. Just got to try to find a way to kill one at the end.King scored again when he and Trevor Lewis caught the Islanders on a break, and Muzzin added an empty-netter.Los Angeles now has winning streaks of four, three and four games sandwiched around losing streaks of thrree, three and four games.dddddddddddd In the middle of a stretch that sees them play eight of 10 games at Staples Center, the Kings appear ready capitalize on their current form.We want to stop streaking in the wrong direction, but were on the right path now, said Kopitar, who had an assist in his return after missing five games with a hand/wrist injury. Just playing our style of hockey, that really helps.Lee tied it 4:27 into the third period. He was somehow able to collect and backhand in the rebound of Travis Hamonics missed shot while tangled up with Kings defenseman Matt Greene.Lee added his third goal of the season with 1:52 left to make it 4-2, but the Islanders failed in their attempt to string together consecutive wins away from Barclays Center for the first time this season.Martinez put the Kings ahead 15:34 into the first period with his fourth goal of the season, taking advantage of Lewis screen in front to beat Halak with a shot from the blue line.Kings defensemen have six goals during their winning streak, including Martinez scoring the opener against New Jersey last Saturday.The Islanders could not carry over the momentum from their first road win Tuesday at Anaheim, despite two power-play opportunities in the first 11 minutes. New York had just one shot with the man advantage and seven total in the opening period, half the number needed to decide their 14-round shootout against the Ducks the previous night.Game notes The Islanders scratched G Thomas Greiss, RW Cal Clutterbuck and D Scott Mayfield. Clutterbuck, who sustained an upper-body injury against the Ducks, went through pregame warmups before being held out. ... The Kings scratched LW Teddy Purcell and D Tom Gilbert.UP NEXTIslanders: Friday at San Jose.Kings: Saturday night at home against Chicago. ' ' '