PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam Henrique and Ryan Getzlaf each had a goal and an assist Authentic Oscar Lindberg Jersey , and the Anaheim Ducks rallied past the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Monday night.The Ducks won for the ninth time in 10 games despite spotting the Penguins a two-goal lead. Henrique started the comeback with a power-play goal early in the second period and Getzlaf’s empty net tally in the final minute pushed Anaheim to its sixth straight road win. Ondrej Kase and Kiefer Sherwood also scored for the Ducks.John Gibson, a Pittsburgh native, stopped 28 shots, including the final 24 he faced to pick up the victory in his hometown.Evgeni Malkin got his 11th goal of the season for Pittsburgh and Bryan Rust added his sixth but the Penguins couldn’t cool off the Ducks. Casey DeSmith finished with 32 saves but lost for only the third time in his last 11 starts.BLUE JACKETS 1, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 0COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nick Foligno scored 40 seconds into the third period, Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves and Columbus beat Vegas.Foligno found the rebound after Seth Jones’ shot and knocked it past goalie Malcolm Subban from the doorstep.Bobrovsky got his 25th career shutout and first this season. He repelled a late attack by the Golden Knights after Subban was pulled for an extra skater with a minute left.Subban performed well starting in place of Marc-Andre Fleury in the second game of a back-to-back. He made 30 saves.ISLANDERS 4, AVALANCHE 1DENVER (AP) — Goaltender Thomas Greiss bottled up Colorado’s fast-flying offense and Johnny Boychuk scored his first goal of the season for New York.Jordan Eberle and Anders Lee also scored while Valtteri Filppula added an empty-netter as the Islanders began a four-game trip in fine fashion. Greiss made 30 saves and helped put an end to Mikko Rantanen’s string of 14 straight games with at least a point. The streak was tied for the Avalanche’s third-longest since the team moved to town in 1995-96.Gabriel Landeskog scored Colorado’s only goal.Semyon Varlamov struggled yet again, allowing three goals on 20 shots. He’s surrendered 21 over his last five appearances.SENATORS 4, PREDATORS 3, OTOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Thomas Chabot scored 21 seconds into overtime and Ottawa recovered after blowing a three-goal lead.Ottawa led 3-0 after the first period, but Roman Josi got two goals and Craig Smith also scored to tie it for Nashville.Maxime Lajoie, Brady Tkachuk and Ryan Dzingel scored for the Senators, who handed Nashville its first loss against an Eastern Conference opponent. Craig Anderson stopped 31 shots.Pekka Rinne started in net for Nashville but was pulled after allowing three goals on 11 shots. That ended his seven-game unbeaten streak against the Senators. Juuse Saros relieved and made 11 saves.BRUINS 4, CANADIENS 0MONTREAL (AP) — Jaroslav Halak stopped 22 shots for his third shutout of the season and Boston beat Montreal.Joakim Nordstrom, Colby Cave, David Krejci and Brad Marchand scored for the Bruins, who snapped a two-game skid. Boston was on the second game of a back-to-back after losing 4-2 in Buffalo on Sunday.Halak improved to 5-0-0 when facing former teammate Carey Price, and helped the Bruins leapfrog the Canadiens for the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.Price, vying for his 300th career victory, finished with 31 saves as the Canadiens lost for just the second time in seven games. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — With a laugh, Kim Pegula’s competitive nature kicked in when the subject of the Toronto Maple Leafs hiring Hayley Wickenheiser was broached.Impressed as the Sabres president was by the gender-breaking move in August, Pegula’s first reaction was wondering how Buffalo’s cross-border rival beat her to the punch in making Wickenheiser the NHL’s first woman to hold a hockey operations role as assistant director of player development.“Darn it,” Pegula said, smiling. “I wish I would’ve done it first.”The NHL’s first female team president then turned serious.“No Reilly Smith Jersey , I was very glad to see that. I think it’s a long time coming,” Pegula said. “That’s going to have staying power.”Wickenheiser was amused when informed of Pegula’s initial reaction, hoping other teams such as the Sabres will follow the Maple Leafs in breaking hockey’s glass ceiling.“Well, that’s a good thing,” said Wickenheiser, a five-time Olympian and one of the most accomplished women in hockey. “I don’t see why we won’t see women in other positions like this in the near future.”The Maple Leafs also added Noelle Needham as an amateur scout — only the third women to hold such a job in league history — in another move buttressing the idea that the NHL is making progress in welcoming women to key roles.“I think respect, courage, getting over tradition, being brave enough to think outside the box is what took so long,” Wickenheiser said.“Hockey’s a very traditional game, very old school in a lot of ways. And the new generation of leadership coming in doesn’t think the same way as the old school did,” she added. “It’s just an evolution of where we’re at as a society. And I think hockey’s following along with it.”Pegula, who with her husband Terry also own the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, took over the president’s title of both teams in May after Russ Brandon resigned over an alleged inappropriate relationship with a female employee. Rather than hire a new president with both teams breaking in new coaches and general managers, Pegula took over to provide stability.Inroads are being made at the league office, too. In the past two years, ,the NHL has hired Heidi Browning as chief marketing officer, and Kim Davis as executive vice president of social impact, growth initiatives and legislative affairs.NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman stressed the importance of encouraging diversity in a league he says has a fan base almost evenly split between men and women.“We want our clubs and our league to hire the most qualified people. But we want to consider applicants with every sort of background,” Bettman told The Associated Press. “Diversity is a strength in all forms. So as we’re continuing to evolve and grow, having the resource of lots of different people with lots of different backgrounds and experience is only going to make the game stronger.”Wickenheiser has long criticized the NHL’s lack of diversity, especially when it comes to hiring women as compared with North America’s other major professional sports.Dawn Braid was pro hockey’s first full-time female assistant in being hired as the Arizona Coyotes skating coach in 2016; she is no longer with the team after a two-year stint.The NBA now features two female assistant coaches, including Becky Hammon, who interviewed for the Milwaukee Bucks head-coaching vacancy in spring. In the NFL, Pegula’s Bills were the first to hire a full-time female assistant, Kathryn Smith Michael Ferland Jersey Womens , in 2016, and in August appointed Phoebe Schecter to a season-long coaching internship.Finally, the NHL is catching up, with Wickenheiser saying: “If you’re only hiring white men, you’re probably missing out on a lot of talent that’s out there.”Wickenheiser’s qualifications are hard to match, male or female. The 40-year-old won four gold medals and a silver, and is the Winter Games career leader with 18 goals and 51 points upon retiring in January 2017.Even though she is pursuing a degree in medicine at the University of Calgary, Wickenheiser jumped at general manager Kyle Dubas’ offer to mentor Leafs’ prospects both in western Canada and during monthly trips to Toronto.Wickenheiser acknowledged there’s added pressure on her to succeed.“I think it would be silly to ignore that fact. So yeah, I feel that expectation,” she said.And yet, it’s no different from the challenges she faced playing on the international stage and in various men’s leagues during her 23-year career.“To me, it feels pretty natural,” she said. “There’s something a little bit disarming about it that makes it in some ways easier to have that conversation. They know I’m not a threat to them, because I’m on their side.”Pegula’s rise to becoming one of the most influential women in sports grew from modest beginnings. She was an orphan in South Korea before being adopted in 1974, and eventually grew up outside of Rochester, New York.“I really don’t take that for granted, and I realize the situation I’m in,” she said of her childhood. “There’s nothing I can complain about. And I hope I never lose that excitement and energy of what I do, good or bad, wins and losses.”The Pegulas are newcomers to sports. They purchased the Sabres in February 2011, a year after Terry Pegula sold his Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling rights for $4.7 billion to Royal Dutch Shell. Some 3 1/2 years later, they secured the Bills’ long-term future in western New York by buying the franchise after the death of owner Ralph Wilson.Kim Pegula acknowledged there’s been a steep learning curve in going from being a season-ticket holder to the owner’s box of a sports empire that also includes the National Women’s Hockey League ‘s Buffalo Beauts.Pegula regards her role as an equal partnership with her husband, though their interests in approaching their teams differ, which is a reflection of their 25 years in marriage. Terry Pegula enjoys studying film, player development and paying careful attention during games, while Kim veers more toward game presentation, fan amenities and player needs.“For Terry William Karlsson Jersey , I call him ‘a wild-catter’ in the oil and gas business. What he loves is finding and developing natural gas fields,” she said. “I’m more, and I think it comes from being a mom, whether it’s problem solving, figuring things out, getting things done. Execution.”It was Kim who played a big role in designing the Sabres and Bills new locker rooms and player lounges.Pegula won’t, as she put it, tell coach Phil Housley how to run his power play, but she did have a say in hiring him, and takes a personal approach in getting to know each player.Upon signing with the Sabres in July, goalie Carter Hutton recalled how Pegula texted his wife asking if she needed help getting settled. Pegula then sent gift baskets to Hutton’s wife and children.“For someone in a position like that to reach out and take the time to really make sure my wife felt comfortable was really important,” Hutton said, noting that didn’t happen in his previous four stops. “It makes the transition easier for me to focus on playing hockey when everything else is taken care of at home.”Pegula is pleased with NHL’s emphasis on diversity.“What we have now and women being seen in these roles, that trickles down,” Pegula said. “So in 10 years, you’re going to have qualified coaches available, not just one, much more of a handful.”Wickenheiser foresees opportunities opening up on numerous fronts for women, from officiating, coaching to management.“Yeah, anything’s possible,” she said, before breaking into a laugh when asked about her next step.“Honestly, I have given that zero thought,” Wickenheiser said. “I’m just trying to get through today.”

BUFFALO http://www.officialcoyotes.com/authentic-adidas-clayton-keller-jersey , N.Y. (AP) — After being booed at home throughout a shutout loss to open the season, the Buffalo Sabres gave their fans something to cheer about.Conor Sheary scored two goals and Carter Hutton made 43 saves as the Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Saturday night for their first victory of the season.“We knew this was an important one,” Sheary said. “We kind of got spanked in our home opener there, so we wanted to come out and have a strong effort and it was good to get two points.”Captain Jack Eichel added an empty-net goal in the final seconds and had an assist for the Sabres, who snapped a six-game losing streak at KeyBank Center dating to last season.“It’s great to get a win on home ice,” Eichel said. “We were desperate. We won battles when we needed to. It’s great to see us get a team win like that.”Hutton, who led the NHL in save percentage and goals-against average as a backup in St. Louis last season, drew a standing ovation during his first win as the Sabres’ starter when he made a sliding save against Howden on a three-man breakaway in the second period. Hutton held up against 14 shots (six on power plays) while the Rangers controlled the action for most of the first period. He made 19 saves in the third period.“Our goalie was our best player tonight, and sometimes that needs to be the case,” Eichel said. “Credit to Hutts. I thought he was tremendous.”Sheary Youth Derek Stepan Jersey , acquired in an offseason trade with Pittsburgh, scored both of his goals on power plays and played on the Sabres’ top line. The former linemate of Sidney Crosby was moved up from Buffalo’s second group of forwards in the third period of the 4-0 opening loss to Boston.Rookie Brett Howden scored off a rebound with 4:39 remaining in the game for the Rangers, who started a two-game trip by falling to 0-2 under first-year coach David Quinn.“I thought we played pretty well but I don’t think we played winning hockey enough throughout the game,” Quinn said. “We did a lot of good things better than we did the other night. At the end of the day, though, this is a game of taking advantage of your opportunities and they took advantage of two of theirs and we only took advantage of one of ours.”Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves for New York. The Rangers outshot the Sabres in all three periods and finished with a 44-29 advantage in shots on goal.“The difference was special teams,” Lundqvist said. “If you look at how hard we played and the amount of chances we had, we should be happy about that. At the same time, this league isn’t about playing great, it’s just making key plays at the right time and finding a way to win games. That’s what it’s all about.”Rangers center Filip Chytil went to the locker room in the second period after taking a hit to the head from Buffalo’s Patrik Berglund but was able to return.“I had a big problem with the hit Womens Jason Demers Jersey ,” Quinn said. “He didn’t have the puck and they hit him in the head. From what I’ve been told already, the league is already looking at it.”Sheary skated off the bench to score Buffalo’s first goal of the season with 6:45 left in the first period. Rasmus Ristolainen set up Sheary’s wrist shot from the left circle on a 2-on-1 rush.“When that first one went in, truthfully for me, it was nice to hear the roar of the crowd,” Hutton said.Replays showed the Sabres had six men on the ice when Casey Mittlestadt created the scoring chance with a backhand pass from the right board to Ristolainen.Eichel and Sam Reinhart pinged the puck to Sheary for his second goal from the right side of the net 1:42 into the second period.NOTES: Sheary recorded his eighth multi-goal game and his teams are 8-0-0 in those games. His last came in a Penguins win over the Sabres on Nov. 14, 2017. … F Remi Elie made his Sabres debut after being claimed off waivers from Dallas on Thursday. Elie replaced Vladimir Sobotka, who is day-to-day with an upper-body injury sustained during the season-opening loss to Boston. … Rangers F Cody McLeod entered the lineup in place of Vladislav Namestnikov (healthy scratch). … Eichel played for Quinn during his lone season at Boston University in 2014-15. … Hutton is now 4-0-0 with a .960 save percentage and 1.35 goals-against average in five career appearances against the Rangers.UP NEXTRangers: Conclude a back-to-back at Carolina on Sunday. Backup goaltender Alexandar Georgiev will get the start.Sabres: Continue their four-game homestand with a matinee against Las Vegas on Monday. PHILADELPHIA (AP) Conor Sheary scored two goals, Sidney Crosby had three assists and the Pittsburgh Penguins moved into first place in the Metropolitan Division with a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.Phil Kessel, Jamie Oleksiak and Evgeni Malkin also scored for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, who have won three straight. Pittsburgh (39-25-4 Paul Thompson Jersey Womens , 82 points) moved one point ahead of idle Washington and three in front of third-place Philadelphia.Travis Konecny and Jakub Voracek had goals for the Flyers, who lost their fourth in a row.The teams combined for six goals in an electrifying second period.FLAMES 5, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Sam Bennett and Mark Jankowski scored three minutes apart in the first period and the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game skid.Calgary improved to 1-3-1 in its last five games to gain ground in the tightly contested Western Conference playoff race. With 76 points, the Flames jumped into 10th place, a point ahead of idle St. Louis, and within one of Los Angeles and Colorado. Mark Giordano also had a goal and assist, while Sean Monahan and Dougie Hamilton also scored.The Flames won at Buffalo for just the second time in 14 trips (2-8-3 and a tie), and first time in regulation since a 3-1 win on March 15, 1996.Rookie David Rittich stopped 25 shots before having his first career shutout bid spoiled when Casey Nelson scored with 18 seconds remaining.COYOTES 2 Troy Brouwer Jersey Womens , CANUCKS 1VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Derek Stepan scored with 58 seconds left in the third period, leading the Arizona Coyotes over the Vancouver Canucks.Clayton Keller assisted on the winning goal and also scored in the first period for the Coyotes, who are 8-2-1 in their last 11 games.Backup Darcy Kuemper made 16 saves in place of starter Antti Raanta, who missed the game due to injury.Jussi Jokinen scored for the Canucks, who have lost four of their past five games and will likely be without star rookie Brock Boeser for the rest of the regular season after he injured his back against the New York Islanders on Monday night. Jacob Markstrom stopped 32 shots.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Islanders say that if they qualify for the playoffs they will play first-round games at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale and any additional games at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.The team and BSE Global Adidas Philipp Grubauer Jersey , which operates both arenas, said Friday the decision was made in consultation with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office.New York is in solid position to reach the playoffs, sitting atop the Metropolitan Division and in third place in the Eastern Conference.The Islanders moved to Barclays Center, the home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, in 2015 after 43 years at the Coliseum. They are splitting games between the two venues during the regular season, playing 21 at the Coliseum and 20 at Barclays. The arrangement is expected to remain in place until a new arena at Belmont Park, adjacent to the horse racing track, is ready for the 2021-22 season. Construction is slated to begin in May. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Rookie goalie Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 shots to earn his second straight shutout and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Monday.Blackwood is 3-1 since joining the Devils on Dec. 18. He blanked the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Saturday, becoming the first rookie goalie in franchise history to post back-to-back shutoutsBrian Boyle, Miles Wood, Sami Vatanen and Pavel Zacha scored for the Devils. It was Zacha’s second goal in two games.Anders Nilsson stopped 19 shots for Vancouver.The Devils have won three straight for the first time since their first three games of the season.LIGHTNING 2, DUCKS 1, OTANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brayden Point scored 35 seconds into overtime and Tampa Bay topped Anaheim to finish December unbeaten in regulation.The Lightning, who have won six straight Adidas Cale Makar Jersey , went 12-0-1 in December and are the eighth NHL team in the last 10 years to finish a calendar month without a regulation loss after playing a minimum of eight games. They go into the new year on a 14-0-1 run and with a league-high 64 points.Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots for his 100th NHL victory.Kucherov and Steven Stamkos are the first set of teammates to combine for 50 or more points in a calendar month since March 2001 when four pairs — three of which were combinations from Pittsburgh — accomplished the feat. Kucherov and Stamkos combined for 23 goals and 28 assists in December.Nick Ritchie scored for the Ducks, and John Gibson made 33 saves.KINGS 3, AVALANCHE 2, OTDENVER (AP) — Dustin Brown scored on a breakaway 56 seconds into overtime and Los Angeles withstood a late comeback attempt by Colorado.Brown gathered in a pass from Jake Muzzin in the Avalanche zone and skated between the circles before sending a wrist shot past the stick of goalie Semyon Varlamov.Sean Walker and Drew Doughty also scored for the Kings. Jonathan Quick had 22 saves and earned his 299th career win. He has 17 wins in 24 career games against the Avalanche.Nathan MacKinnon and Carl Soderberg scored for Colorado, which lost its fifth straight and was shut out in consecutive games.CANADIENS 3, STARS 2, OTDALLAS (AP) — Jeff Petry scored 14 seconds into overtime after Phillip Danault had both Montreal goals in regulation, and the Canadiens rallied to beat Dallas.Danault’s two goals came nine days after his hat trick in a 4-3 overtime win at Vegas, giving him five of his seven goals this season in that span.After the opening faceoff of 3-on-3 overtime, Paul Byron skated up the left side and slipped the puck across the ice to Petry, who easily beat Ben Bishop for his eighth goal.Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin were on the ice for the Montreal’s winning goal in their first loss since the high-priced forwards were harshly criticized by their front office. Benn scored his team-leading 16th goal on an assist from Seguin for a 2-1 lead in the second period.Radek Faksa also scored for the Stars.Antii Niemi stopped 45 shots against his former team in his third straight start and second win since Carey Price was sidelined with a lower-body injury.FLAMES 8, SHARKS 5CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk each scored twice and added two assists, propelling Calgary past San Jose.Sean Monahan had five assists for the Flames. His five-point game was a career best, and Gaudreau tied his career high with four points.Calgary finished the calendar year first in the Pacific Division, two points up on Vegas and three ahead of the Sharks.Mikael Backlund scored twice and Elias Lindholm and James Neal also had goals for the Flames Adidas Adam Clendening Jersey , who improved to 8-1-3 in their last 12 home games.Joonas Donskoi scored twice to lead San Jose. Lukas Radil, Brent Burns and Joe Thornton also scored. The Sharks lost in regulation for just the second time in their last 11 games (7-2-2).ISLANDERS 3, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Robin Lehner made 39 saves against his former team and the Islanders beat Buffalo as New York coach Barry Trotz moved into fourth place on the NHL’s all-time win list.Trotz picked up his 783rd career victory and moved passed Islanders franchise legend Al Arbour on the list.Nick Leddy, Brock Nelson and Ryan Pulock scored for the Islanders, who won their four straight and for the seventh time in eight games.Kyle Okposo scored and Carter Hutton stopped 30 shots for Buffalo, which has lost three in a row and five of six.PREDATORS 6, CAPITALS 3WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan Johansen had a goal and two assists, Viktor Arvidsson and Rocco Grimaldi each added a goal and an assist as Nashville scored five unanswered goals to break its six-game losing streak.Johansen’s seventh goal of the season beat Braden Holtby to tie the score at 3 as the Predators scored three goals in 4:33 to take a 4-3 lead.Miikka Salomaki, Frederick Gaudreau and Ryan Ellis add goals, and Pekka Rinne stopped 22 shots for the Predators, who ended their longest skid since an eight-game slide from April 4-19, 2013.Braden Holtby stopped 28 shots for the Capitals. Michal Kempny, Jakub Vruna and Chandler Stephenson scored for Washington, which had its four-game winning streak halted.HURRICANES 3, FLYERS 1RALEIGH Adidas Riley Nash Jersey , N.C. (AP) — Lucas Wallmark, Jordan Martinook and Andrei Svechnikov scored for Carolina, which won for the second time in six games.Curtis McElhinney stopped 22 shots for the Hurricanes.Jakub Voracek scored for Philadelphia, which lost for the third time in four games and fell to 3-3-1 under interim coach Scott Gordon. Carter Hart started in the nets for the Flyers, but allowed three goals on 10 shots and was replaced by Michal Neuvirth, who stopped all 23 shots he faced.PENGUINS 3, WILD 2ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists, and Sidney Crosby added a goal and assist for surging Pittsburgh.Casey DeSmith made 31 saves for Pittsburgh, which tied its season high with its fourth straight road win.Kessel has three points in each of his past three games and Crosby has four straight games with multiple points for the Penguins, who have won eight of their past 10 games, a season-high six games in a row and finished December 11-3-1.Mikko Koivu scored for the first time in 15 games and Zach Parise added his 17th goal of the season for the Wild. Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves for Minnesota, which has lost eight of its past 11 games.RANGERS 2, BLUES 1ST. LOUIS (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves and New York got goals from Mats Zuccarello and Boo Nieves.New York has won consecutive games for the first time since taking three in a row from Nov. 17-21.The Rangers had allowed at least four goals in eight of their past 11 games before shutting down St. Louis. The Blues have 11 home losses in regulation this season, tying them with the Coyotes and Kings for most in the NHL.The only goal Lundqvist gave up came at 10:08 of the first period when the Blues went ahead 1-0. David Perron fed Ryan O’Reilly, who fired a slap shot from the left faceoff circle for his 15th goal. O’Reilly has six points (three goals Adidas Anthony Duclair Jersey , three assists) in his last seven games against Rangers.BLUE JACKETS 6, SENATORS 3COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Zach Werenski broke a tie late in the game with the second of his two goals and Sergei Bobrovsky had 22 saves as Columbus beat struggling Ottawa.Pierre-Luc Dubois had a career-high two goals and two assists as the Blue Jackets won for the sixth time in seven games and moved within two points of Washington atop the Metropolitan Division. Cam Atkinson and Josh Anderson got empty-net goals in the final minute to turn it into a rout for surging Columbus.Ryan Dzingel scored twice and Bobby Ryan added a goal for Ottawa, which lost its fifth in a row.Rookie Marcus Hogberg — who made his first career start Saturday against Washington — didn’t play badly, finishing with 32 saves.PANTHERS 4, RED WINGS 3, SODETROIT (AP) — Jonathan Huberdeau scored the only goal in a shootout to give Florida a comeback win over struggling Detroit.Jared McCann, Henrik Borgstrom and Jayce Hawryluk scored in the second period for the Panthers, who have won six of eight. Roberto Luongo allowed three goals on eight shots before being replaced by James Reimer to start the second. Reimer stopped 12 shots and all three attempts in the tiebreaker.Andreas Athanasiou, Gustav Nyquist and Thomas Vanek scored for the Red Wings, who led 3-0 after one but have lost their last five games (0-3-2). Jimmy Howard made 24 saves.JETS 4, OILERS 3EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Brendan Lemieux scored twice and Winnipeg defeated slumping Edmonton.Brandon Tanev and Blake Wheeler also scored for the Jets (25-12-2), who snapped a two-game skid.Leon Draisaitl had a pair of goals and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the other for the Oilers (18-18-3), who lost all five games on their homestand and have dropped six in a row overall.Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck robbed Draisaitl in tight with 23 seconds left to preserve the win.

WASHINGTON (AP) As checkered playoff histories go Authentic Erik Karlsson Jersey Kids , the Washington Capitals haven’t been around nearly as long as some NHL teams. The track record was still long and sad.There was Pat Lafontaine of the Islanders beating them in the four-overtime ”Easter Epic” back in 1987. Esa Tikkanen missing a wide-open net in the Stanley Cup Final loss to Detroit in 1998.Heck, losing nine of 11 postseason meetings against the Pittsburgh Penguins alone is filled to the brim with gut-wrenching letdowns.The puck finally bounced the right way for the Capitals, who built a 3-1 lead in the Final against Vegas after some rare postseason fortune and wrapped it up Thursday night in Game 5. Lars Eller’s double-overtime winner off his right skate kept his team out of a 3-0 hole in the first round. Then came a cathartic, six-game elimination of the Penguins behind a patchwork lineup full of rookies.Against the Golden Knights, Braden Holtby made the stick save of a lifetime to lock up a Game 2 win and opponent James Neal clanked a shot off the post in Game 4, staring at as much net as Tikkanen had 20 years ago.It’s as though all the bad breaks from the previous 42 seasons of Washington Capitals hockey are being erased – or at least somewhat forgotten – in a run that could deliver the franchise’s first title.”It’s like the franchise was star-struck,” said David Poile, who was Washington’s general manager from 1982-1995.”They’ve had all these really good teams, all of these opportunities that appeared that this could be the year that they could win playoff rounds and compete for the Cup or win the Stanley Cup. … It just feels like – as Barry Trotz would say – the hockey gods have evened things out.”Before this spring, the Capitals had made it past the second round of the playoffs just twice and reached the final once, when Tikkanen and Co. were swept by the Red Wings. Abe and Irene Pollin, the longtime owners of the Capitals and NBA’s Bullets/Wizards, had to learn how to handle losing.”My husband and I had developed a habit of when we lost, we would go to eat frozen custard to help us deal with the loss,” Irene Pollin recalled.There were a lot of chances for custard: Teams leading 3-1 in a best-of-seven series have won 91 percent of the time (276-28). Of those 28, the Capitals have blown such a lead five times – the most of any team. There was no such falloff this time.Winning just one game against the expansion Golden Knights already made this the most successful season in the history of a franchise that began in 1974-75. It was, by the way, the worst first-year team in NHL history (8-67-5) that developed into a team known for postseason failures – which only worsened in the Alex Ovechkin era.For many of the players who have been through it all, the strong showing against Vegas was long overdue.”I’m part of history. I’m part of not winning a Cup here for a long time,” said longtime scoring winger Peter Bondra, who played for the Capitals from 1990-2004.”I don’t even play Jean-Gabriel Pageau Jersey , but I feel like a part of this team, believe it or not. It’s just something in it. Obviously, I play here for 14 years, I grew up here with the team as a player, my family grew up here.”After missing the playoffs in their first eight seasons, there was a ”Save the Caps” campaign in 1982 just to keep them around and in Washington.”We couldn’t sell tickets,” said Irene Pollin, now 93. ”We went to Montreal to fight for the franchise, So for three days and three nights we were up and I was in a nightgown typing letters to the president and everybody to have them send letters to the league because they kept saying, `Washington is a southern city, it’ll never be a hockey town.”’Abe Pollin that summer hired Poile as his general manager. When the 33-year-old executive asked for a three-year contract, Pollin agreed but only after telling Poile he’d better do well in the first season or the franchise might fold.Less than two weeks later, Poile changed the course of the franchise by acquiring eventual Hall of Fame defenseman Rod Langway. Washington made the playoffs in all 13 seasons with Poile in charge but couldn’t break through.”We had to play against some of the great teams ever in the NHL: We had to go against the Islanders who won four straight, the Rangers were always on the border, Pittsburgh when Mario (Lemieux) came in,” said Langway, who played 11 seasons for the Capitals. ”We challenged them, we competed with them, but we couldn’t get over the hump.”That became the Capitals’ unwelcome hallmark. Plenty of times an improbable play ended a promising run, whether it was the Rangers’ Pierre Larouche beating Pete Peeters from a sharp angle in 1986 or Lafontaine’s shot through traffic for the Game 7 winner a year later early on Easter morning at the Capital Centre in nearby Landover, Maryland.”To me Mark Stone Jersey , that is sort of what happened, the epitome of what has happened to this franchise,” said winger-turned-broadcaster Craig Laughlin, who came to Washington in the Langway trade and never left. ”We didn’t get those type of bounces. It seemed like every other team did but we didn’t.”That continued to Tikkanen in 1998 and into the ”Rock the Red” era with Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. They lost in overtime of Game 7 in 2008 on a Flyers power play, in 2009 on home ice when the Penguins blew them out, in 2010 when Canadiens goaltender Jaroslav Halak stopped 41 of 42 shots in Game 7, in 2012 when a high-sticking double-minor penalty put them down 3-2 to the Rangers, and in 2017 when they had no response in a explicable Game 7 loss to – of course – the Penguins.”That’s one of the things that you’ll look back on, that I’ll look back on, is which years I think that we had a legitimate chance and it just didn’t go our way and the years that we just didn’t deserve it,” said defenseman Karl Alzner, who was a first-round pick of the Capitals, became a core player for six first- or second-round exits and left in free agency last offseason. ”We had bad matchups and injuries at bad times.”Just like in 2010, when Washington looked unstoppable, the 2016 and 2017 teams won the Presidents’ Trophy as the best team in the regular season. But this year was supposed to be a step-back season and the third consecutive division title was a bit of a surprise. The Capitals fell behind Columbus 2-0 in the first round, but them something seemed different when the puck pinballed off a defender and Eller and in to win Game 3.”Usually that Eller goal would’ve been the opposition scoring on us and it would’ve been devastating and they’d be up 3-0 and we’d lose the series,” said Laughlin, now a TV color commentator who along with team President Dick Patrick is among the longest-lasting members of the organization. ”That started the kind of change around and turnaround, exactly that goal, because that just doesn’t happen with the Capitals in the playoffs.”Many expected the NHL’s biggest surprise this season, Vegas Youth Matt Duchene Jersey , to continue its amazing run in its first year. Instead, the seemingly charmed Golden Knights struggled against the rugged Capitals.Even before the Capitals won, Langway was beaming with pride and said he has felt the same from fellow alumni. Alzner is happy for friends, but there is a tinge of sadness, too.”I’ve seen how it’s all kind of gone down and tweaking with the team and trying to figure out the right mix,” Alzner said. ”You helped build the foundation a bit, but without actually getting your name on the Cup and the ring and stuff, it’s a bit empty.”Long-suffering Capitals fans have celebrated on the steps of the National Portrait Gallery and filled the rink for viewing parties of road playoff games. They did so again Thursday night and celebrated wildly after the final horn out in Las Vegas.”Finally. With us being part of the Caps for 15 years, I’m really happy for them,” Poile said.—More Stanley Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/StanleyCupFinals— GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The fans packed Gila River Arena to see hometown star Auston Matthews‘ lone trip to the desert this season.The Arizona Coyotes gave them a defensive show instead.Darcy Kuemper stopped 21 shots and the Coyotes shut down Matthews in his return to Arizona in a 2-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.“You can’t let them have time and space, and that’s the big thing we did today,” said Arizona’s Josh Archibald, who scored his seventh goal of the season. “A lot of those skills guys don’t like to get hit and when you finish your checks on them, they get frustrated.”Arizona won the teams’ first meeting 4-2 in Toronto last month and took control of the rematch with goals by Alex Galchenyuk and Archibald in the second period.The Coyotes were crisp on defense and Kuemper was sharp after allowing four goals his previous start, earning his second shutout of the season and No. 13 for his career.“We did a lot of good things,” Coyotes forward Derek Stepan said. “We had some penalties and Kuemps had to make some big saves, but overall it was a strong 60.”The Maple Leafs arrived in the desert playing well, winning six of their previous seven games. Toronto couldn’t match Arizona’s energy in its fourth game in six days, managing 16 shots before pulling goalie Frederik Andersen with 3 1/2 minutes left.“It was one of those nights where it really didn’t go our way and those happen,” said Andersen Mike Condon Jersey , who had 27 saves.Matthews grew up in Scottsdale and became the first Arizona-born player to be selected No. 1 overall in the NHL draft in 2016.He arrived home on a hot streak.Matthews scored two goals in the Maple Leafs’ 6-3 win over Vegas on Thursday night, including the 100th of his career, giving him six points in two games.Arizona held Matthews in check most of the night, limiting his scoring chances while frustrating all the Maple Leafs.“It’s frustrating for sure,” said Matthews, who took four shots. “You come back here, you want to perform, you want to win the game most importantly. We really just didn’t have it tonight. They outworked us in many different areas and we didn’t have an answer.”The Coyotes had a sluggish start against St. Louis in their last game, falling into a 2-0 first-period hole in a 4-0 loss Thursday night.Arizona was much sharper against the Maple Leafs, playing well in its own end and creating numerous scoring chances. Andersen made some difficult saves and Archibald missed the net left on a short breakaway.The Coyotes kept buzzing the offensive zone in the second and Galchenyuk scored his team-leading 13th goal early in the period, one-timing a pass from Jordan Oesterle from the right circle over a sliding Anderson.Archibald made it 2-0 about two minutes later, lifting the puck over Andersen’s glove side on a rebound off a Derek Stepan shot.Kuemper made a series of saves later in the period after Oliver Ekman-Larsson was called for a four-minute high-sticking penalty, including a shot by Tyler Ennis from just outside the crease.Toronto’s William Nylander appeared to have scored an incredible goal early in the third period, catching a flying puck with his stick and pulling it backward. The puck hit his shoulder and caromed past Kuemper, but the officials ruled he hit it with a high stick. A video review confirmed the call.“They did exactly what we told our guys they were going to do and in the end, we didn’t execute well enough and work at a high enough level to have success,” Toronto coach Mike Babcock said.NOTES: Toronto LW Andreas Johnsson did not play after injuring his leg against the Golden Knights. … The meeting was the 100th between the franchises, dating to 1979, when the Coyotes were still in Winnipeg. … Coyotes RW Richard Panik was out sick.UP NEXTToronto plays at St. Louis on Tuesday.Arizona plays at Calgary on Monday.

SUNRISE Womens Niklas Hjalmarsson Jersey , Fla. (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets overcame a shaky second period, scoring twice in the third and spoiling the home opener for the Florida Panthers.Cam Atkinson’s goal with 2:46 left lifted the Blue Jackets to a 5-4 victory over the Panthers on Thursday night.With traffic in front of the net, Atkinson swept the puck past goalie James Reimer, who was flat on his back during the play. The Panthers challenged for goalie interference, but the goal stood.“I wanted to do whatever it takes to help this team win, and I did Zach Bogosian Jersey Womens ,” Atkinson said.The Blue Jackets gave up three goals in the second period after being outshot 22-5.“There is some great teaching opportunity for us here as we found a way to win this game,” Columbus coach John Tortorella said.Artemi Panarin had a goal and two assists for Columbus. Boone Jenner, Anthony Duclair and Zach Werenski also scored, and Joonas Korpisalo stopped 37 shots.“It’s probably one of the better goaltending performances I’ve seen letting in four goals,” Tortorella said. “He gave us a chance throughout the night, fought hard. I thought he was our best player.”The Blue Jackets have won five straight over the Panthers.Evgenii Dadonov recorded a goal and two assists and Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist for the Panthers. Nick Bjugstad and Troy Brouwer also scored. Reimer made 27 saves for the Panthers.“You score four goals at home Scott Wedgewood Jersey Womens , you should win,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said.Trailing 4-3, the Blue Jackets tied it on Jenner’s goal 1:45 into the third. Jenner shot from the boards on the left side and the puck trickled between Reimer’s pads.The Panthers took a 4-3 lead when Bjugstad poked in the puck from in front with 8.3 seconds left in the second period.Columbus tied it at 3 on a power-play goal by Duclair, whose wrist shot got inside the near post at 12:16 of the second. The goal was Duclair’s first with the Blue Jackets.Trailing 2-1 in the second, Florida tied the score on Barkov’s goal. Dadonov passed from the right circle between the skates of a defender to Barkov on the left side. Barkov fired the puck past Korpisalo at 6:29.“We scored a couple of goals, but we lost 5-4. It doesn’t matter. We need to learn how to win games Conor Sheary Jersey Womens ,” Barkov said.Brouwer’s tip-in of a shot by Mark Pysyk at 11:03 of the second gave the Panthers a 3-2 lead.The Panthers outshot the Blue Jackets 15-0 midway through the second period.The Blue Jackets took a 1-0 lead during a 5-on-3 power play with 6:31 left in the first period. Werenski’s one-timer from the high-slot beat Reimer on the glove side.Panarin stretched the Columbus lead to 2-0 when he grabbed a loose puck inside the blue line, skated in and put the puck past Reimer with 2:40 left in the first.The Panthers closed to 2-1 with 10.6 seconds left in the first. Barkov passed across to Dadonov in the right circle and his shot beat Korpisalo on the left side.NOTES: The Panthers celebrated the 25th anniversary of their inaugural season by introducing members of the original 1993-94 team in a pre-game ceremony. . Panthers C Derek MacKenzie missed the game with an upper body injury. … G Korpisalo made his second start in four games for the Blue Jackets.UP NEXT:Blue Jackets: Visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.Panthers: Host the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Blake Wheeler was honest after the Winnipeg Jets‘ victory over Carolina.“I’m not going to pretend we’re firing on all cylinders right now, but we’re grinding,” Wheeler said.Bryan Little broke a tie with 2:09 left in the Jets’ 3-1 on Sunday night in the opener of a six-game homestand.“We knew going into the game that the puck wasn’t going to get moved well or easily,” Jets coach Paul Maurice. “That game wasn’t going to look like you would hope it would. It hasn’t for any of their opponents. Nobody’s beat them in regulation. They’re on fire right now. We had our challenges all night with them and still found a way to create some pretty good offence.”Patrick Laine opened the scoring for the Jets at 4:14 of the third period Tage Thompson Jersey Womens , and Kyle Connor added an empty-net goal with a second left. Backup goalie Laurent Brossoit stopped 42 shots for the victory, allowing only Micheal Ferland’s tying goal.Petr Mrazek made 23 saves for the Hurricanes. They dropped to 4-1-1.“We had some mistakes by our young guys tonight that cost us,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “At the end there, we didn’t quite get it out far enough. We always talk about we’re fighting for inches and we didn’t get it far enough. They come back and counter and it’s in the net. It’s a tough learning lesson for these young guys but we believe in them and we will move on for tomorrow.”After Laine one-timed a pass from Blake Wheeler on a power play to put the Jets ahead, Ferland poked home a shot from Dougie Hamilton that was drifting behind Brossoit. Little then slammed in the winner for his first goal of the season.“It’s a tough one, especially to lose that late in the game Dalton Prout Jersey Womens ,” Ferland said. “I thought we kept our foot on the gas the entire game, kept going at them and at them. Their goalie played really good. Our goalie played really good, too. I think we would have at least deserved a point there.”NOTES: Winnipeg put Marko Dano on waivers before the game. The 23-year-old forward hasn’t played for the Jets, his third NHL franchise, this season. He was a 2013 first-round draft pick by Columbus.UP NEXTHurricanes: At Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.Jets: Host Edmonton on Tuesday night.

SUNRISE http://www.jetsshoppro.com/authentic-kyle-connor-jersey , Fla. (AP) Roberto Luongo made 40 saves in his second shutout of the season, Nick Bjugstad scored his fourth goal in two games, and the Florida Panthers beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-0 on Thursday night for their seventh straight home win.Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist, and Vincent Trocheck, Micheal Haley and Jonathan Huberdeau also scored for the Panthers, who have points in eight straight games. Keith Yandle added three assists, and Aleksander Barkov had a pair.The Panthers are two points behind Columbus for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, with three games in hand.Charlie Lindgren stopped 27 shots for the Canadiens, who lost their second straight.Leading 3-0 Womens Mark Scheifele Jersey , Dadonov’s one-timer from the right circle stretched the Panthers lead to 4-0 at 1:23 into the third period.Trocheck’s short-handed goal with 5:03 left in the third made it 5-0.Leading 1-0, the Panthers added two goals in the first 2:44 of the second.Bjugstad took a pass from Barkov in the slot and backhanded the puck into the net at 1:41 to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead. Bjugstad, who had a hat trick at Tampa Bay on Tuesday, has 10 points in his last eight games. Barkov has an eight-game point streak.About a minute later, Derek MacKenzie passed from behind the net to Haley in the slot and Haley fired the puck past Lindren to make it 3-0.Montreal appeared to score at 16:30 of the third when Paul Byron poked in a loose puck, but the call was overturned on a coach’s challenge when it was determined Jacob de la Rose interfered with Luongo.Huberdeau put the Panthers ahead 1-0 on his power-play goal with 3:44 left in the first period. Trocheck backhanded a pass from the left circle to Huberdeau in the slot, and Huberdeau one-timed the puck over Lindgren’s shoulder.NOTES: The game marked Claude Julien’s 250th as the Canadiens’ coach. … D Rinat Valiev suffered a lower-body injury in the second period and did not return. … Montreal is 0 for 13 on the power play in its past four games. … Huberdeau has surpassed 20 goals (21) for the first time in a single season in his NHL career. … Dadonov has five consecutive multipoint games (3-7-10). … Yandle has 20 points in his last 18 games.UP NEXT:Canadiens: Visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.Panthers: Host the New York Rangers on Saturday. PHILADELPHIA (AP) Conor Sheary scored two goals, Sidney Crosby had three assists and the Pittsburgh Penguins moved into first place in the Metropolitan Division with a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.Phil Kessel, Jamie Oleksiak and Evgeni Malkin also scored for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions Mathieu Perreault Jersey , who have won three straight. Pittsburgh (39-25-4, 82 points) moved one point ahead of idle Washington and three in front of third-place Philadelphia.Travis Konecny and Jakub Voracek had goals for the Flyers, who lost their fourth in a row.The teams combined for six goals in an electrifying second period.FLAMES 5, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Sam Bennett and Mark Jankowski scored three minutes apart in the first period and the Calgary Flames snapped a four-game skid.Calgary improved to 1-3-1 in its last five games to gain ground in the tightly contested Western Conference playoff race. With 76 points, the Flames jumped into 10th place, a point ahead of idle St. Louis, and within one of Los Angeles and Colorado. Mark Giordano also had a goal and assist, while Sean Monahan and Dougie Hamilton also scored.The Flames won at Buffalo for just the second time in 14 trips (2-8-3 and a tie) Nikolaj Ehlers Jersey , and first time in regulation since a 3-1 win on March 15, 1996.Rookie David Rittich stopped 25 shots before having his first career shutout bid spoiled when Casey Nelson scored with 18 seconds remaining.COYOTES 2, CANUCKS 1VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Derek Stepan scored with 58 seconds left in the third period, leading the Arizona Coyotes over the Vancouver Canucks.Clayton Keller assisted on the winning goal and also scored in the first period for the Coyotes, who are 8-2-1 in their last 11 games.Backup Darcy Kuemper made 16 saves in place of starter Antti Raanta, who missed the game due to injury.Jussi Jokinen scored for the Canucks, who have lost four of their past five games and will likely be without star rookie Brock Boeser for the rest of the regular season after he injured his back against the New York Islanders on Monday night. Jacob Markstrom stopped 32 shots.

Getting shots on goal hasn’t been the problem for the Arizona Coyotes.Getting them into the goal has been the issue Vancouver Canucks Hoodies Authentic , one that might not get any easier to solve Tuesday night when they start a four-game road trip by aiming pucks at Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk.Although Minnesota (1-2-2) lost 4-2 Monday night in Nashville with backup Alex Stalock between the pipes, Dubnyk isn’t the reason for its slow start. All he’s done in four games is post a .934 save percentage, going 1-1-2 with a 2.64 goals-against average.Article continues below ...He’s faced an average of 41.8 shots per game, including a ridiculous 57 Saturday in a 5-4 overtime loss to Carolina. Without Dubnyk, the Wild probably don’t steal a point in that game or in a 2-1 OT setback to Vegas on Oct. 6, when Dubnyk stopped 41 of 42 shots.“He’s been our No. 1 star in all four games that he’s played,” Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau said following the loss against the Hurricanes. “In a realistic world, you’re happy you got a point out of that.”For his part, Dubnyk isn’t worried about the Wild’s slow start, not just to the season, but to games. They coughed up the first goal Monday night for the fourth time in five games, and even though they tied it after 20 minutes Vancouver Canucks Hats Authentic , they spent most of the game’s remainder in chase mode again.“I think we’re all proud in here and we all know how good we can be, so we have just got to figure it out,” Dubnyk said. “We know we have a great group in here. I think we all agree we can be better.”As for Arizona (1-3-0), its mission is simple, according to coach Rick Tocchet: Don’t allow frustration to govern your game. He gave that speech minutes after it outshot Buffalo 36-23 Saturday, but couldn’t beat backup goalie Linus Ullmark in a 3-0 setback.The Coyotes have driven play in the early going, putting 146 shots on net to the opponents’ 93. But aside from a 3-2 win on Wednesday in Anaheim, they haven’t scored a goal.“I know everybody’s frustrated,” Tocchet said. “The coaching staff’s frustrated. Everybody’s frustrated we’re not scoring goals. You’re trying your best to figure it out, but at the end of the day, you’ve just got to be able to will yourself a goal.”Arizona has pumped at least 30 shots on goal in every game, the first time it’s done that in the first four games since 1985-86 Custom Vancouver Canucks Jerseys , when the franchise was playing in Winnipeg.Part of the problem might be the lack of proven snipers on the roster. Only two players have scored 30 goals in a season. Michael Grabner is eight years removed from doing it with the New York Islanders and Alex Galchenyuk, who scored 30 three years ago for Montreal, is currently sidelined with a lower-body injury.“I’d like to see somebody score a goal,” Tocchet said. “We’ve had point-blank shots in the slot. You just got to keep shooting, I guess. You got to work at your game. I don’t have a recipe other than that.” PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins survived a four-minute penalty kill and went on the hunt against the New York Rangers.Kris Letang scored his second of the game and Evgeni Malkin scored twice in a span of six minutes, helping the Penguins beat the Rangers 6-5 on Sunday.Defensemen Marcus Pettersson and Brian Dumoulin also scored for the Penguins (31-21-7), who leapfrogged the Carolina Hurricanes for the second Eastern Conference wild-card spot.“At the beginning of the third, getting that kill, it gave us such a boost,” Letang said. “And then we got a bunch of goals.”Forty-nine seconds after Sidney Crosby’s high-sticking double minor expired, Letang took a feed from Crosby and beat goalie Alexandar Georgiev to give the Penguins the lead for good with 15:24 left.Malkin then scored twice in a span of 2:31 to give him four goals in two games since serving a one-game suspension for a stick-swinging incident.“He tends to be a guy who builds confidence when he scores, and so I think that bodes well for us and for him www.officialcapitals.com ,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “He’s an elite player … and you could see it in the third period tonight, the kind of impact he can have.”Mats Zuccarello had two goals, and Kevin Hayes and Mika Zibanejad scored over the game’s final 5:46 for the Rangers, who couldn’t complete a second rally after erasing a 3-1 deficit to tie it late in the second period.Not taking the lead during the four-minute power play that spanned the second intermission was crucial to the game’s outcome.“We got demoralized,” Rangers coach David Quinn said, “and they got a new set of energy and a new lift and the whole complexion of the game changed.”Crosby had three assists to give him 11 points in his past five games for the Penguins, who had won just seven of their previous 17 games to fall in danger of missing the postseason for the first time since 2005-06.Malkin has points in seven consecutive games that he has played over the past month, interrupted by missing five games with an upper-body injury and the one game because of suspension.Letang opened the scoring 16:11 into the game. He has 15 goals, one off his career high set in 2015-16.It was the first time all season the Penguins got four goals from defensemen.“The last couple games we have been really active getting chances,” Dumoulin said.Zuccarello’s goals were his 10th and 11th, each tying the game. Ryan Strome also scored for New York, which had won three of its previous five.The Rangers have scored 11 goals over a two-game span for the first time this season after winning 6-2 at Buffalo on Friday.Zibanejad added an assist and Chris Kreider had two assists Washington Capitals T-Shirts Authentic , giving the Rangers’ top-line trio of those two and Zuccarello 58 points in their past 14 games.“Except for those five or six minutes there in the third, I think we played a good game,” Zuccarello said. “Obviously, it’s a good team over there. They have good forwards. They’re going to get some chances, but I think we created a bunch of good chances.“It could’ve gone either way. It’s hard when they score three right away — boom, boom, boom.”NOTES: The Rangers scratched D Brady Skjei (lower-body injury sustained during Friday’s game), C Brett Howden (MCL sprain) and RW Jesper Fast (flu). Coach David Quinn said Skjei should be able to return for Tuesday’s game. … Rangers D Neal Pionk did not play during the third period as a precaution after he was hit in the eye by a stick. … Penguins LW Tanner Pearson was a healthy scratch for the second consecutive day after he had been in the lineup for every game since his acquisition from the Los Angeles Kings in November.UP NEXTRangers: New York wraps up a four-game trip Tuesday at Carolina.Penguins: Continuing a stretch of four divisional matchups over a five-game span, the Penguins play at New Jersey on Tuesday.

For all the good things the Nashville Predators did last season to win the Presidents’ Trophy Adidas Matt Read Jersey , there was one nagging problem, which they’ve yet to solve in the first three games of the 2018-19 season.The Predators can’t stay out of the penalty box, and it came back to bite them Tuesday night in a 3-0 loss to Calgary that spoiled their home opener. Continued penalty issues could spell doom on Thursday night when they host the Winnipeg Jets in the teams’ first meeting since a riveting Western Conference semifinal last spring.After playing a reasonably clean game with just three minors and one shorthanded situation in the season opener on Oct. 4 at the New York Rangers, Nashville (2-1-0) drew five minors and had to kill off four power plays in a 4-3 win Saturday night at the New York Islanders.Article continues below ...The Predators then took three minors in the first 25 minutes Tuesday night, and the Flames converted two of those into goals to set the tone. Forced into chase mode the rest of the way, Nashville couldn’t solve up-and-down goalie Mike Smith, who was on the up side of a 43-save shutout.“We did good things, we just couldn’t find a way to score and that was definitely frustrating,” Predators center Ryan Johansen said. “We wanted to get the building involved and we were trying, but tonight wasn’t our night.”Nor was it Nashville’s night the last time it saw Winnipeg Adidas Matt Hendricks Jersey , which was on May 10 in Game 7 of a entertaining, back-and-forth series between the league’s two best regular-season teams. The Jets chased Pekka Rinne with two goals on shots Rinne badly wanted back, then pulled away in the third period for a 5-1 win that wrapped up a 4-3 series victory and their first trip to a conference final.While these aren’t the same teams that skated up and down the Bridgestone Arena ice on a warm spring night, they’re still mostly intact. And the home crowd is sure to remember that Winnipeg ended what they presumed would be a run to the Stanley Cup.“It’ll probably get hyped up more just because of what happened last year, and I think that’s just the way things go from previous years when teams come back and they reconnect the next year,” Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. “There’s always more of a hot button to it, but at the end of the day it’s a new season.”One that the Jets (2-1-0) have started with great expectations after their best NHL season. They played their home opener as well on Tuesday night but unlike Nashville, they sent the home crowd out of the rink in a good mood after dispatching Los Angeles 2-1.The final score didn’t reflect Winnipeg’s domination. The Jets owned major advantages in shots on goal (39-17), 5-on-5 shot attempts (56-33) and faceoff wins (37-21).“We generate chances, zone time Adidas Eric Fehr Jersey , from a certain type of mentality of what pucks we shoot and which ones we don’t,” Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. “When we shoot the ones we want, we’re able to carry and maintain our speed in the offensive zone.” SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Sidney Crosby now has one more reason to have good memories of the Shark Tank.Crosby had two goals and three assists to win the All-Star MVP, and Henrik Lundqvist pitched a first-half shutout to lead the Metropolitan Division to a 10-5 victory over the Central Division in the championship round of the NHL All-Star game Saturday night.Crosby finished the night with four goals and four assists in two games on the same ice where he won the Conn Smythe Trophy and Stanley Cup three years ago for Pittsburgh.“I have some great memories here for sure,” he said. “It’s always been a tough place to play. Obviously, when you win in a rink and have those memories, it’s something you think about every time you go there. Being in that dressing room, it’s automatic to bring you back to some of those moments.”The memories aren’t nearly as sweet for the Sharks fans, who booed Crosby when he won the award Adidas Greg Pateryn Jersey , joining Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, Joe Sakic and Jean Beliveau as the only players to win the Conn Smyth, the Hart Trophy and All-Star MVP.“It’s cool,” Crosby said. “You play and you watch as a kid growing up and you see that presentation so it’s pretty cool. I had a lot of fun today.”Lundqvist stopped 11 of 13 shots in his two games to give the Metropolitan Division its second title in four years of the three-on-three All-Star format and the $1 million prize shared by the winners of the four-team divisional tournament.Mathew Barzal of the New York Islanders added two goals and three assists in the final game.Mikko Rantanen had two goals and Colorado teammate Gabriel Landeskog added one for the Central. Landeskog finished with four goals and three assists, while Rantanen had four goals and two assists.“There’s more pace obviously when it’s the final and there’s a million dollars on the line. A lot of guy were going a little bit harder but it’s good for the fans,” Rantanen said. “Just too bad that we were not that ready to play.”Crosby assisted on Barzal’s goal against Devan Dubnyk just 22 seconds into the championship game and then made it 5-0 in the closing seconds of the first half off a pass from Barzal. Crosby also assisted on Pittsburgh teammate Kris Letang’s goal in the first half and then helped seal the game with a goal in the second half that made it 6-2.Lundqvist made big saves against Landeskog and Claude Giroux in the period one night after winning the save streak competition in the skills challenge.“It was good defense, good structure,” Lundqvist said. “That helps Adidas Andrew Hammond Jersey , especially three on three. Honestly, I thought we had pretty good structure, so much skill up front, so many goals. You don’t get surprised, you get impressed.”The first time the All-Star game came to San Jose in 1997, hometown favorite Owen Nolan capped the night by calling his shot and pointing to the spot where he completed a hat trick that delighted the Shark Tank.Sharks fans didn’t have as much to cheer for in the return, even though their three All-Stars started the night on the ice together for the Pacific. The Central blitzed the Pacific early for its first win in four years in this format, scoring seven goals on nine shots against John Gibson in the first half of the period in a 10-4 victory.Gibson, who plays for the rival Anaheim Ducks, drew derisive chants from the fans who later called for Vegas’ Marc-Andre Fleury to take over.“Anytime you play it’s a rivalry and the fans take it personally. That’s what makes it fun Adidas Matt Bartkowski Jersey ,” Gibson said. “You’re still at All-Star game and you’re out there with some of the best players in the league. Stuff’s going to happen.”Landeskog had a hat trick and an assist and Roman Josi had three assists and a goal for the Central.Pekka Rinne and Dubnyk combined to stop 23 of 27 shots with Dubnyk providing one of the biggest highlights with a glove save that robbed Connor McDavid on a breakaway.The Metropolitan Division won the second semifinal 7-4 thanks to a tiebreaking goal by Letang with 3:38 to play. Sebastian Aho added an insurance goal seconds after Braden Holtby stopped John Tavares in close.NOTES: The NHL honored four women’s hockey players who participated in All-Star weekend, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Brianna Decker of the United States, and Rebecca Johnston and Renata Fast of Canada. The four women got a standing ovation and a $25,000 donation in their name to a hockey charity of their choice. Coyne Schofield was the first woman to compete in the skills competition on Friday night, finishing seventh in the fastest skater competition.

NEW YORK — The Vegas Golden Knights could be welcoming their biggest off-season addition back to the lineup Friday night as the New Jersey Devils adjust to the absence of their best player.Paul Stastny appears likely to return to the Golden Knights when Vegas continues an Eastern Conference road swing Friday by visiting the Devils at Prudential Center.The Golden Knights last played Wednesday Casey Cizikas Jersey , when they began the trip by beating the host New York Islanders, 3-2. The Devils haven’t hit the ice since Monday night, when they capped a Western Conference road trip by falling to the San Jose Sharks, 5-2.Article continues below ...Stastny, who signed a three-year deal as a free agent July 1, has been out since suffering a lower body injury Oct. 8, He joined the Golden Knights (18-14-1) on the road trip –Vegas will visit the New York Rangers Sunday and the Columbus Blue Jackets Monday — and skated at Thursday’s practice in New Jersey. Head coach Gerard Gallant said following practice that Stastny is ready to play in a game, though he didn’t say if that would happen Friday.For his part, Stastny said he will understand if he doesn’t return to the lineup right away. The Golden Knights http://www.islandersfanproshop.com/authentic-cal-clutterbuck-jersey , who made a stunning run to the Stanley Cup Final as an expansion franchise last season, have won 10 of 13 to move into a playoff spot in the Western Conference.“Everyone’s playing well right now, right?” Stastny told the Las Vegas Review-Journal after practice Thursday. “When you’re winning, different lines are stepping up on different nights. Whatever the coaches feel comfortable with, I’ll do and respect that.”The skidding Devils (10-13-6) would feel much more comfortable knowing star left winger Taylor Hall would be available Friday night. Hall, who won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player last season, left practice early Thursday with an undisclosed ailment.“I don’t have much for you yet,” Devils coach John Hynes told reporters afterward. “I just know they pulled him off for precautionary reasons and I haven’t talked to them yet.”Even with Hall, who is one of just six Devils to play in all 29 game this season Matt Hunwick Jersey Womens , New Jersey has lost eight of nine (1-4-4) to fall into last place in the Eastern Conference. A pair of number one goalies are likely to oppose each other in net Friday night.Marc Andre-Fleury earned the win Wednesday for the Golden Knights, when he made 23 saves against the Islanders. Keith Kinkaid took the loss for the Devils Monday night after recording 29 saves against the Sharks.Fleury is 24-25-3 in 53 career games against the Devils, whom he’s faced more than any other opponent aside from the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers. Kinkaid won his only career start against the Golden Knights last Mar. 14, when he stopped 39 shots as New Jersey cruised to an 8-3 win in Las Vegas. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Mark Scheifele believes things are beginning to come together for the Winnipeg Jets.Scheifele had two goals and an assist to lead the Jets to a 5-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday.Nikolaj Ehlers added a goal and an assist, and Jack Roslovic and Mathieu Perreault also scored for the Jets. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 34 shots.“We’ve been playing the right way,” said Scheifele, who leads the team with nine goals. “We’ve been in the right spots. Lines are starting to figure out each other. A little more consistent on our routes. That’s what we want.”Blake Wheeler had two assists, extending his point streak to 10 games (two goals Jeff Skinner Jersey Womens , 17 assists).The win follows a 5-2 victory over Colorado on Friday, the first two of a four-game homestand.“It’s two solid games for us,” said Scheifele, who has seven goals and eight assists in his last nine games. “We’re definitely happy to see the results we’ve got in the last two and we just got to continue to build.”Brett Seney, with his first NHL goal, and Blake Coleman scored for New Jersey, and Damon Severson had two assists. Cory Schneider finished with 23 saves. The Devils finished a season-high seven-game trip 1-6-0, and were outscored 18-6 in the last three games.“It’s a pretty brutal road trip coming to an end and we didn’t do what it took to win on the road consistently,” Devils forward Kyle Palmieri said.Ehlers scored on a rebound at 7:54 of the second to push Winnipeg’s lead to 4-2 John Tavares Jersey , and Perrault capped the scoring with 7:13 left in the middle period.“It just seems like every time we do make a mistake or there’s a breakdown, (the puck) just ends up in the back of our net,” Devils forward Taylor Hall said. “Unfortunately, it’s coming at a tough time and we can’t seem to get out of it right now.”Winnipeg grabbed a 2-0 lead with a pair of goals 29 seconds apart.Dustin Byfuglien started it off when he stopped a New Jersey clearing attempt. Roslovic got the loose puck and fired in his first goal of the season 3:02 into the game. With the assist, Byfuglien extended his point streak to six games (one goal, seven assists).Wheeler set Scheifele up for his eighth of the season, a one-timer from the slot that beat Schneider on the glove side at 3:31.Seney, who hails from London, Ontario Authentic Jordan Eberle Jersey , and was playing his fifth career game, pulled New Jersey within one at 7:15 with a one-timer off Jesper Bratt’s backhand pass.Scheifele’s team-leading ninth made it 3-1 at 2:58 of the second, but the Devils responded with Coleman’s fifth goal 47 seconds later.With a delayed penalty coming to the Devils, Winnipeg pulled Hellebuyck for an extra skater and Ehlers used a rebound off Scheifele’s shot to score his fourth goal of the season.“We’re playing great defensively and it’s leading to a whole lot of chances for, and we have the skill to bury on those chances,” Hellebuyck said. “We’re playing a nice, patient, detailed game and it’s fun to play.”NOTES: Devils F Nico Hischier left the game in the second period. … Ehlers has scored a goal in three straight games.UP NEXTDevils: Host Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.Jets: Host Washington on Wednesday night in the third of a four-game homestand.

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues will have a decidedly new look when the puck drops on the team’s season opener as it hosts the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.The Blues are going with a youth movement as prospects Robert Thomas Brandon Montour Jersey Kids , Jordan Kyrou and Sammy Blais all made the roster. Blais is the old man of the group at age 22. Thomas, regarded as one of the Blues’ top prospects, is 19 and Kyrou is 20.What they lack for in experience, St. Louis hopes they make up for in skill.Article continues below ...Blais, who played in 11 games last season, scored a team-high four preseason goals.“It’s a great feeling,” Blais told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “This year I just wanted to stay here all year and keep working hard and do what I did during the preseason.”Thomas had a goal and three assists in the preseason.“It’s obviously tough when coming in, with the environment and everything http://www.officialducks.com/authentic-adidas-cam-fowler-jersey , and some pressure on you,” Thomas told the Post-Dispatch. “Whenever you’re trying to make a team, you always focus on stuff, (but) sometimes it’s just better to relax and have fun each day.”Kyrou scored a goal and an assist in the preseason opener in Dallas on Sept. 18. He added two more assists to cement a roster spot.“I just feel a lot more comfortable out there (this year),” Kyrou told the Post-Dispatch. “My speed is a big factor, so I really feel like I can skate out there, create a lot of opportunities.”The trio joins veterans Pat Maroon, Ryan O’Reilly and David Perron as newcomers. All six players start the season as part of the Blues’ top 12 forwards.The Blues start the season with no reserve forwards and will carry nine defensemen Womens Corey Perry Jersey , two more than usual. The team elected to go with the extra defensemen as Robert Bortuzzo will serve the final game of a three-game suspension against the Jets and Joel Edmundson is dealing with a groin injury.The Blues and Jets split their four games last season, with each team winning one and losing one on home ice.After a 114-point season and a second-place finish in the rugged Central Division, the Jets are dealing with high expectations. ESPN ranked the Jets No. 1 in its preseason power rankings and nine of Sportsnet’s NHL Insiders predicted that the team will win the Stanley Cup this season.Jets coach Paul Maurice said the team isn’t interested in what others are saying.“They all have a really good understanding of the value of a prediction,” Maurice told NHL.com. “We don’t want to downplay it. Go through the list and find one that was picked first, won the Presidents (Trophy) and won the Cup. Right, there’s a bunch of good teams at the top and there’s a bunch of really good teams that miss the playoffs. It happens every year. And you don’t want to be that team, right? You want to be that team over the course of the year that gets stronger and gets better.“We believe we have enough talent now to be a good team but an understanding that maybe that’s a smaller fraction of the whole pie that goes into having a year like last year.” ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Edmonton goaltender Cam Talbot knew he needed to be sharp early if the Oilers were going to bounce back Sunday against the skidding Anaheim Ducks.Talbot made a couple of key saves in the first period that gave his team momentum on the way to a 4-0 victory.It was a strong bounce-back win for the Oilers Kyle Brodziak Jersey Womens , who lost 4-0 to Los Angeles on Saturday night. They scored three goals in the opening period for the second time this season and controlled action on both ends of the ice despite being outshot 39-24.Leading the way was Talbot, who made 39 saves for his first shutout this season and the 20th of his NHL career.“I had to come up with a few big saves early and that gets the confidence going. I was just trying to weather the storm until we got going,” Talbot said. “We got the big goal early, never really looked back from there and just kept piling them on.”It was Edmonton’s fourth shutout this season and first against Anaheim since Jan. 25, 2017. The Ducks, blanked for the third time, have lost eight straight overall after winning four in a row and nine of 10.Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl — who both had five-game point streaks snapped against the Kings — got back on track with goals. McDavid, tied for fourth in the NHL scoring race with 62 points Jakob Silfverberg Jersey , has five goals and eight assists in his last seven games. Draisaitl, who is tied for ninth with 52 points, has seven goals in the past seven games.Jesse Puljujarvi and Kyle Brodziak also scored. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Caleb Jones each had two assists.It was just Edmonton’s second win in nine games but both have come during a four-game road trip, which concludes on Tuesday in San Jose.“It was a huge win. We are now on a good road trip and can turn it into a great one,” coach Ken Hitchcock said. “We went into the red zone and attacked more. We scored three goals because of the loose garbage we were able to pick up.”John Gibson made 20 saves for the Ducks, who are 0-2-2 during a six-game homestand — their longest of the season.“When you’re in a funk and in frustration mode, it’s the hardest thing in the world when you work and don’t get results and they score. That’s how it felt tonight,” captain Ryan Getzlaf said.The Oilers opened the scoring at 7:37 of the first period when McDavid finally was able to get the puck under Gibson’s blocker on his third attempt from in front for his 24th goal of the season. A no-look backhand from the slot by Puljujarvi at 16:05 and a short-handed goal by Brodziak with 11 seconds remaining marked the first time since Jan. 21 http://www.officialducks.com/authentic-adidas-john-gibson-jersey , 2017, at Calgary that the Oilers have led by three or more on the road at the end of 20 minutes.It was the third time this season Anaheim had allowed three goals in the first period but it was the first time it trailed by three or more in the period since Feb. 3 last season at Montreal.Draisaitl scored his 23rd at 7:25 of the second when he corralled a shot by Jones that was blocked by Anaheim’s Ondrej Kase and fired a wrist shot past Gibson to make it 4-0.NOTES: Anaheim D Cam Fowler played in his first game since missing 23 after taking a puck to the face Nov. 12 against Nashville. The puck ended up breaking Fowler’s right orbital bone, right cheekbone and right jaw bone, requiring surgery. … Edmonton D Kris Russell returned to the lineup after missing 10 games due to a groin injury. … Brodziak has four short-handed goals since the start of last season. … Anaheim executive vice president/general manager Bob Murray became the fifth person in NHL history to both play and serve 1,000 games as a GM. He joined Bobby Clarke, Bob Gainey, Bob Pulford and Doug Wilson.UP NEXTOilers: Play at San Jose on Tuesday.Ducks: Host Ottawa on Wednesday.