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OTTAWA Kareem Martin Jersey Elite , Ontario (AP) Erik Karlsson scored in overtime in his 600th NHL game, and still the Ottawa Senators had to contend with bad news at the end of Thursday night.

Karlsson scored 32 seconds into overtime to lift Ottawa over the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 and snap a six-game skid, but the Senators may be without Bobby Ryan for a stretch after he re-aggravated a hand injury.

Ryan scored early in the third period for Ottawa but left the game shortly after as he once again took a puck to the hand, re-aggravating an ongoing injury to his fingers.

”It’s not broken Trent Murphy Super Bowl LI Jersey , it’s the same thing and it flares up again,” Senators coach Guy Boucher said. ”That might be a reflection of what’s happened all year is that we get something positive and then we have to live with something that’s not necessarily what we want.”

Karlsson one-timed a pass from Matt Duchene on a power play, beating Ryan Miller with a shot inside the near post.

”I’m very fortunate to play as many games as I have and I’m very lucky in that aspect and hopefully I have 600 more,” Karlsson said. ”First and foremost the win was the best thing. That’s what we were after and it’s nice to see that we got it.”

Mike Condon stopped 30 shots in his best game this season.

Ryan Kesler tied it with 54 seconds left in regulation after Anaheim pulled Miller for an extra attacker. Miller made 30 saves Martinas Rankin Super Bowl LI Jersey , but Anaheim ended a three-game winning streak.

The Ducks are vying a wild card spot in the competitive Western Conference and can’t afford to lose any ground, making the overtime point that much more important.

”It was a weird game,” Kesler said. ”It was tough to get some calls there and not get calls on the other side to flip things. We’re going to learn from our mistakes, but it was key we got a point and every point is huge right now. Our conference is so tight so we’ve got to fight for points on this road trip.”

Each team already had a player in the penalty box when Anaheim’s Jakob Silfverberg took a tripping penalty early in the third period. Ottawa scored on the 4-on-3 when Ryan tipped Mike Hoffman’s shot.

Miller was pulled with just over two minutes left in regulation time. Condon made a spectacular save on Kesler M.J. Stewart Super Bowl LI Jersey , but the forward got a second chance shortly after that and redirected shot by Rickard Rackell.

NOTES: Ottawa C Colin White and D Fredrik Claesson were healthy scratches. D Johnny Oduya (lower body) returned to the lineup after missing the last four games, while Nate Thompson also made his return from a lower-body injury that kept him out of the last five games. … Magnus Paajarvi, acquired off waivers, made his home debut for the Senators.

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Ducks: Plat at Montreal on Saturday.

Senators: Play at Philadelphia on Saturday.

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The Los Angeles Kings probably didn’t expect to have a goaltender controversy this season Courtland Sutton Super Bowl LI Jersey , not with former Conn Smythe winner Jonathan Quick returning for his 10th season as the starter.

But a recent free fall in performance by Quick combined with superior play by backup Darcy Kuemper has created a tough decision for Los Angeles coach John Stevens when the Edmonton Oilers and red-hot forward Connor McDavid visit Staples Center on Wednesday.

Since a 5-0 shutout against the Oilers (23-24-4) on Jan. 2 in Edmonton, Quick has lost seven of eight starts for Los Angeles (28-19-5), and has been especially porous in his past two. He was pulled after allowing five goals on 19 shots in a 6-2 loss against the Vancouver Canucks on Jan. 23.

After spending a week on injured reserve for an undisclosed injury that kept him out of the All-Star Game on Jan. 28, as well as the contest before and the game afterward, Quick returned to the net Thursday and allowed five more goals in a 5-0 loss at the Nashville Predators.

Kuemper stepped in and posted back-to-back shutouts last week against the Dallas Stars and Arizona Coyotes Trent Brown Jersey Elite , and the career backup hasn’t allowed a goal in his past 170 minutes, 30 seconds.

“Darcy is seeing the puck right now. The puck’s hitting him,” Stevens said after the 6-0 victory against the Coyotes on Saturday. “He’s probably played as well as he’s ever played, and he’s really come in and played sound for us. With a couple days in between, you don’t often get that. We’ll enjoy the win Logan Woodside Jersey Elite , but there’s no question we’re going to need both our goalies to win hockey games as we move along here.”

McDavid scored a career-high four goals Monday night in a 6-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning and has six goals and an assist in his past two games.

“He’s one of the top players in the league, blessed with the speed and the skill and everything you want in a hockey player,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper told reporters after the game. “He’s fun to watch.”

Edmonton is coming off its best seven-game stretch of the season, posting a 5-1-1 mark that includes wins against the Lightning and Vegas Golden Knights, who lead their respective conferences.

The Oilers are 12 points behind Calgary and Anaheim for third place in the Pacific Division and 13 points out a wild-card spot.

“There’s absolutely a ton of hope in our dressing room Justin Bethel Jersey Elite ,” Edmonton winger Ryan Strome told the Toronto Star after practice Tuesday. “If we play like we did against (Tampa Bay) we’ll be fine, and obviously he (McDavid) is going to be the one that is leading us.”

Trevor Lewis is in his 10th season with the Kings and he set a career high with his 13th goal against the Coyotes. Lewis also scored in the win against the Oilers earlier this season, and has 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in his career against Edmonton, the only team he has reached double figures against.

The Kings are also expected to have one of their top defensemen back. Alec Martinez missed the Arizona game with a lower-body injury sustained against the Predators Lamar Jackson Super Bowl LI Jersey , but practiced Monday and Tuesday.

Chris Borland knows firsthand all about the challenges of early retirement Connor Williams Super Bowl LI Jersey , having stepped away from a promising football career after one year because of concerns over head injuries.

Instead of playing in front of boisterous crowds on the big NFL stage, Borland spends his time now helping other football players and military veterans make that adjustment to their new lives that often lack the thrill and competitiveness of life in the armed forces or professional sports.

”One healthy thing I’d like for players to know, whether they’re active or former, is you likely can’t replicate the thrill of playing before 100,000 people and big hits and making that much money,” Borland said. ”We can get ourselves into trouble trying to. Coming to terms with transitioning is one of the harder lessons I’ve had to learn the last couple of years, is that life is a little more methodical than in sports. The peaks aren’t as high and the valleys aren’t as low.

”That’s an adjustment we have to make.”

Borland, whose brothers Joe and John serve in the Army DJ Chark Jersey Elite , sees similar retirement challenges for veterans, who like football players often have to deal with physical injuries and mental problems that are far less obvious as they go into society.

”It would be ill-advised to compare war and a sport, but I don’t think the brain knows the difference,” Borland said. ”With post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries in blasts with veterans, we see a very similar and somewhat unique issue with repetitive brain injuries in football. There are very similar physical struggles, but also two populations that have a hard time transitioning out whether it is the military or football and reintegrating into society.”

Borland has tried to bridge those two populations with his work with the After the Impact Fund , which facilitates custom treatment plans for veterans and athletes with traumatic brain injuries.

He is raising money and awareness for the issue this week by taking part in ”Pat’s Run” on Saturday in Tempe, Arizona Danny Shelton Super Bowl LI Jersey , alongside his brothers Joe and John. The run is named after Pat Tillman, who gave up his own promising NFL career to join the Army in 2002 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and died while serving in Afghanistan in 2004.

”A lot of what you do as a teammate is you sacrifice for others and support others,” John Borland said. ”There are people we’ve all been teammates with, for us it’s soldiers. For Chris, it’s ex-football players. You don’t just forget your teammates as soon as the game is over. They’re still your teammates. There are people who still need support, who worked hard and are with you. These are guys you shared blood with.”

John Borland is a major in the U.S. Army, an instructor at West Point and also served in Iraq. Joe Borland is a captain in the US Army JAG Corps who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan, returning just last month from his latest tour.

They see plenty in common with what their friends in the military deal with after leaving the service and what ex-athletes go through as well.

”The similarities and the overlap is they both are young when they start off and young when they’re done as well for the most part John Franklin-Myers Super Bowl LI Jersey ,” Joe Borland said. ”They potentially would have suffered similar injuries but in a different way. The impacts in the NFL and the impacts we might have with an explosion or trauma in the military can be similar.”

Those brain injuries are why the 27-year-old Borland retired from football three years ago in a decision that shocked many outsiders, but was one his brothers knew came from careful consideration.

Borland was a third-round pick in the 2014 NFL draft by San Francisco after a stellar college career at Wisconsin, where he was Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and a second-team All-American in 2013.

Borland led the 49ers in tackles as a rookie and was named to the all-rookie team and was a Pro Bowl alternate before stepping away for a post-playing career that includes a company he started, T Mindful, to help bring meditation into sports.

”About 10 percent of the time, I miss 3 to 5 percent of the game,” Borland said. ”I look back and I’m happy that I played. I’m not wistful. You miss big games. I miss the locker room camaraderie. Sometimes I miss the lifestyle. It’s great to get around old players because in a society where people like to dance around topics, it’s good to be around like-minded people who cut the BS and are able to rib one another. I enjoyed that. But I don’t long for it or reminisce daily. A piece of my heart will always be in football Anthony Miller Super Bowl LI Jersey , but my mind ended it.”

Borland, who started playing tackle football in ninth grade, finds it preposterous that children are still playing the sport with fewer rules protecting them than the adults in the pros.

Even the rules in the NFL like limits on contact in practice and a recent rule change to outlaw leading with the helmet are only small steps.

”Those are all incremental improvements,” Borland said. ”A lot of it is PR. When they do those things, they’re able to say the game is safer than ever. Safer than ever is a euphemism for dangerous and football is inherently dangerous. The way it’s played, if it’s going to retain what it is as a game, it will always be dangerous. What’s not being done that could be are measures outside the lines like waiting until high school to play and having high schools and colleges adopt the same contact rules as the NFL.”

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HERNING Authentic Derwin James Jersey , Denmark (AP) Five games, five wins. Led by Patrick Kane, the United States has impressed so far at the ice hockey world championship in Denmark.

The U.S. opened with victory over Canada, the tournament favorite seeking a third title in four years and captained by NHL leading scorer Connor McDavid

Chasing its first medal at the tournament since bronze in 2015, the 5-4 win over Canada in a penalty shootout set the pace for the U.S. in Group B, followed by victories against host Denmark (4-0) Hayden Hurst Super Bowl LI Jersey , Germany (3-0), Latvia (3-2 in OT) and South Korea (13-1).

The decision to make Kane captain after a disappointing season with his Chicago Blackhawks has paid off.

The 29-year-old star forward last played at the world championships in 2008, his first season in the NHL and also the last time the Blackhawks missed the playoffs. In the meantime he won three Stanley Cup titles with the Blackhawks and was in the U.S. team at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics.

”It’s a huge honor to represent the United States of America, the greatest country in the world,” Kane said.

He has proved a leader on ice, scoring three goals and adding nine assists in the first five games at the championship.

Kane was also key to other players being keen to join the team.

”His influence was as a magnet to attract players Kyzir White Super Bowl LI Jersey ,” U.S. general manager Bill Zito said.

The team includes game-breakers such as forwards Dylan Larkin of the Detroit Red Wings, Anders Lee of the New York Islanders, Chris Kreider of the New York Rangers and Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames. Cam Atkinson of the Columbus Blue Jackets has been the team’s leading scorer at the championship with five goals.

But there’s also promising young talent, such as defenseman Quinn Hughes, a top 10 prospect in the 2018 NHL draft.

”Lot of good players, lot of young guys on this team B.J. Hill Jersey Elite , so it’s been a fun team to be around,” Kane said.

Kane’s Chicago teammate Alex DeBrincat, who is on the national team after scoring 28 goals in his rookie season with the Blackhawks, praised Kane’s leadership qualities.

”He wants to be the best, he’s always out there to be the best player on the ice,” DeBrincat said. ”For me Authentic Josh Allen Jersey , it’s taking that mentality and just using it. Everyone wants to be the best but some guys want that so much more and he’s one of those guys.”

Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy and Nashville Predators forward Nick Bonino have joined the team to strengthen the roster after the elimination from the NHL playoffs.

With a quarterfinal spot all but ensured, the U.S. faces Norway on Sunday and Finland on Tuesday in their remaining Group B games.

”The most important game is the next one, so we’ll look to continue improving as we get set for Norway,” head coach Jeff Blashill said.

BOSTON (AP) The Boston Bruins won Isaiah Oliver Jersey Elite , then got the break they needed to remain in contention for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.

David Pastrnak and Tommy Wingels scored 51 seconds apart in the second period and Boston beat Ottawa 5-2 on Saturday night, a win that preserved Bruins’ chances for the No. 1 seed with an overtime loss by Tampa Bay.

”It’s been a battle all year. It’s been a grind, but we’re in that position,” said Patrice Bergeron, who assisted on Pastrnak’s tying goal 8:08 into the second period.

The Bruins host Florida on Sunday night in a game postponed by a winter storm Jan. 4. Boston is one point behind Tampa Bay Mark Walton Jersey Elite , which lost in overtime at Carolina, for the top spot in the East and the Atlantic Division.

Danton Heinen also scored for Boston, which added late goals by Noel Acciari and David Backes in the final two minutes to put away the Senators and complete the season sweep.

Anton Khudobin stopped 26 shots for the Bruins.

”We have a chance to move into first. That’s what we all can ask for – to have a chance,” Boston captain Zdeno Chara said. ”It’s in our hands tomorrow.”

Ryan Dzingel scored both goals for Ottawa and Colin White had two assists. Daniel Taylor made 29 saves for the Senators, who finished 28-43-11 one year after reaching the Eastern Conference finals.

The Senators closed out the season with back-to-back games on the road against two of the top teams in the East. After getting shut out 4-0 at Pittsburgh on Friday night Kareem Martin Super Bowl LI Jersey , Ottawa didn’t concede anything against the Bruins.

”We’ve got a lot of young guys and some big names missing. It could have been easy yesterday or today to come up with a poor effort or a lack of commitment,” Ottawa coach Guy Boucher said. ”We were making some mental mistakes and stuff but I think the effort was there from the beginning until the end.”

After falling behind 1-0 on Dzingel’s goal 12:31 into the game, Boston tied it on Pastrnak’s power-play goal 8:08 into the second period. The tie lasted less than a minute before Wingels fired a wrist shot that Taylor got his glove on but couldn’t hold and the puck bounced over the goal line at 8:59 of the second.

Heinen made a steal at the Boston blue line and took it the other way, beating Taylor on a wrist shot with 2:59 left in the second.

Dzingel pulled Ottawa to 3-2 at 7:07 of the third with his second goal of the game, but Acciari added an insurance goal for Boston with 1:51 left and David Backes scored on an empty net with 43 seconds left to play.

”I thought today we got better as the game went on and we really started playing our game Fred Warner Jersey Elite , our style, our system and it showed on the scoreboard,” Bergeron said. ”We’re in a position where we can win the conference. It’s a big feat.”

NOTES: Senators D Erik Karlsson missed his third straight game, remaining at home with his wife after the couple’s first son was stillborn last month. … Bruins LW Tim Schaller and RW David Pastrnak are the only Boston players to have played in the first 81 games. … Bruins LW Rick Nash missed his 11th straight game with an upper-body injury. … After entering the season on a six-game winless streak against Ottawa, Boston swept all four games.

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Senators: End of regular season.

Bruins: Wrap up the regular season Sunday night at home against the Panthers.

FRISCO Johnny Townsend Super Bowl LI Jersey , Texas (AP) Ezekiel Elliott skipped his weekly media session Wednesday because of more legal limbo in the star Dallas Cowboys running back’s fight over the NFL’s six-game suspension on alleged domestic violence.

The difference this week is that Elliott, the NFL’s second-leading rusher, was with his teammates. That wasn’t the case early last week when the 22-year-old was suspended until Friday after a judge rejected his request for a second injunction.

The third legal reprieve came in an emergency stay two days before the Cowboys beat the Kansas City Chiefs. Now Elliott seeks a longer-lasting injunction from a three-judge panel that will hear his case Thursday in New York.

A ruling could come before Sunday, when Dallas (5-3), on a three-game winning streak with significant contributions from Elliott, visits defending NFC champion Atlanta (4-4).

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said on his radio show Wednesday he believed Elliott was planning to attend the hearing. If so Nathan Shepherd Jersey Elite , it will be with the blessing of coach Jason Garrett.

Elliott attended the hearing in New York last week after which U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla rejected all the arguments of his legal team in reinstating the suspension levied by Commissioner Roger Goodell in August.

The suspension followed the NFL’s yearlong investigation after prosecutors in Columbus, Ohio, cited conflicting evidence when declining to pursue the case in the city where Elliott starred for Ohio State. The allegations stemmed from incidents in the summer of 2016.

”Again, we’re going to focus on what we can control in that situation,” Garrett said earlier this week. ”Zeke has done a really good job of that. Until someone tells us otherwise, we’ll proceed accordingly.”

Elliott Ito Smith Super Bowl LI Jersey , who led the NFL in rushing as a rookie last season, has been suspended briefly twice as the case has taken twists and turns in courtrooms from Texas to Louisiana to New York. He missed a day at the facility in mid-October, and three more last week.

The saga hasn’t affected Elliott on the field lately. He had three straight 100-yard games, the latter pair starting a two-game winning streak. In a 28-17 win against the Chiefs on Sunday, he scored the go-ahead touchdown in the second half and finished with 93 yards.

Over the past month, Elliott has climbed the NFL rushing chart and now trails this year’s dynamic rookie Ryan Switzer Jersey Elite , Kansas City’s Kareem Hunt, by 7 yards. Elliott has 793 yards and is tied with Todd Gurley of the Los Angeles Rams for the league lead in touchdowns rushing with seven.

”I’ve continued to say, we’re going to run our offense regardless of who’s in,” said quarterback Dak Prescott, who shared a remarkable debut season with Elliott and was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

”I’m sure if the quarterback changes we’re going to run the exact same offense that we run. So for the most part it’s about coming in and controlling the things that we can control, giving a great effort and just studying the game plan for any running back or any receiver Shaquem Griffin Super Bowl LI Jersey , being ready to go for Sunday.”

If Elliott loses the latest ruling, his legal options are likely to be near an end. He would miss all but the last two games of the regular season, just as the Cowboys were emerging as a playoff contender a year after the surprising rookie duo carried them to the top seed in the NFC at 13-3.

”It’s just doing whatever I can to get the best out of these other guys,” Prescott said. ”For the situation with Zeke, it’s exactly that. I’m going to do the best I can to get the most out of him when he’s here and make sure he’s in a good place and (has) a good attitude when he’s not.”

NOTES: The Cowboys placed DT Brian Price on injured reserve following a knee injury against the Chiefs and activated undrafted free agent Lewis Neal from the practice squad. The former LSU standout is a strong candidate to make the game-day roster in his first week. … The Cowboys signed former Maryland DT Joe Vellano to the practice squad.

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COLUMBUS Authentic Da'Ron Payne Jersey , Ohio — Two Metropolitan Division teams will be trying to get back on the winning side when they meet Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena.

The Washington Capitals have lost two in a row after falling 4-3 on Sunday at home to the Vegas Golden Knights. The Columbus Blue Jackets have dropped three straight and four of their last five games.

Tuesday’s matchup is the first of an extended back-to-back between the teams. They meet again on Friday night in Washington.

The Capitals (30-17-5) remain atop the Metro standings with 65 points after the recent losses. In those two games, four of the 11 goals by opponents came on power plays.

“Tough stretch for our penalty kill,” Capitals defenseman Matt Niskanen said. “It’s not going good right now. I don’t know; it feels like we’re in between pressure and sitting back. And right now, power plays are having their way with us,

“So we’re going to have to regroup there as well. Either stay with the plan and be confident in it 49ers Mike McGlinchey Jersey , or tweak a thing or two — minor adjustments, probably — and get back on our toes and be confident and aggressive.”

The Capitals had been one of the NHL’s hottest teams, going 20-4-5 in their past 29 games before the mini-skid.

But there’s no panic yet among the Capitals, who led the Golden Knights in the third period before giving up the winning goal.

“I thought that we played well enough to at least get a point there and we didn’t,” Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. “I thought we had the game when it was 3-2. We had a couple of open nets and we missed those http://www.baltimoreravensteamauthentic.com/jaleel-scott-jersey , and it just came back and bit us you know where.”

The Blue Jackets are getting bitten quite a bit recently. They’ve struggled for the past two-plus months, never winning more than two games in a row.

At Thanksgiving, the Blue Jackets (27-21-4) were sitting in first place in the division. Now they’re clinging to a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with a host of teams breathing down their necks.

“It’s about trying to put the full effort in there and cut down on some of the mistakes,” Blue Jackets center Brandon Dubinsky said. “Right now, it’s a fine line between winning and losing in this league. You can play great and find a way to lose the game like we did the other night.

“We can’t take any moral victories right now. It’s too crucial. The division is too tight and we’ve got to minimize those mistakes and capitalize on more opportunities.”

The Blue Jackets have struggled to score goals most of the season Vikings Mike Remmers Jersey , but coach John Tortorella was encouraged by the effort in Saturday night’s 4-3 road loss to the New York Islanders.

Josh Anderson, Cam Atkinson and Nick Foligno — all of whom had been struggling to produce — accounted for the three goals.

“We’re waiting for something bad to happen to us right now,” Tortorella said. “We just need something good to happen.”

“We’ve got to get them into a swagger-type attitude how we play the game,” Tortorella said. “We’ve just got to move on to the next day. We can’t fix what just happened. We’ve got to look ahead. … I don’t want them to feel like they have shackles on themselves. They’ve got to allow themselves to play.”

February could be make-or-break time for the Blue Jackets. A majority of their games will be against division opponents, including the Capitals three times Cheap Rick Leonard Jersey , before the calendar turns to March.

“This is a big month. You can see our conference and see how close the points are,” said Anderson, who produced his team-leading 16th goal of the season against the Islanders. “We’ve got to start winning hockey games here because if we don’t we’re not going to make the playoffs. We’ve just to take it one game at a time and start putting points in the bank.”

PITTSBURGH — Regardless of mitigating circumstances Cheap DJ Chark Jersey , games between the cross-state rival Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers tend to be hotly contested.

On Sunday afternoon, when the Flyers visit PPG Paints Arena, there will be an added plot twist — the way the outcome will affect the incredibly tight Metropolitan Division standings.

Philadelphia (38-25-12) can pull even with Pittsburgh (42-27-6) in points with a regulation win, while the Penguins can gain some separation from the Flyers and keep their hopes alive for a division title.

The teams have not played such a meaningful game this late in the season in several years.

“This time of year, every game is like a playoff game,” Flyers center Travis Konecny told his team’s website. “You’re fighting for points Ravens Anthony Averett Jersey , and obviously it adds a little bit more since it’s Pittsburgh. There’s definitely going to be that rivalry behind it.”

The Penguins will go for a sweep of the four-game season series, although Philadelphia did get a point from an overtime loss in the first meeting on Nov. 27. In the two more recent meetings, the Penguins won by a collective 10-3.

The only time Pittsburgh has swept its cross-state rival in a season series was 2006-07, when teams played a lot more intradivision games and the Penguins went 8-0 against the Flyers.

Things are tighter between the clubs this season.

“We’re playing really well against them,” Pittsburgh winger Patric Hornqvist said. “At the same time, we don’t focus on those things (such as sweeps). We focus on the game. … It’s going to be a really fun one. They’re going to bring their best http://www.seattleseahawksteamonline.com/rasheem-green-jersey , and we have to bring our best to beat them.

“This part of the season, we’re all preparing ourselves for putting us in the best spot possible. Philly’s in our way. And we’re in their way, too. So it’s going to be a good game. And it doesn’t hurt when we’re playing the Flyers. It always brings good memories and good battles.”

Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have each flirted with, and briefly held, first place in the Metropolitan.

“We saw what happens when you lose a few — it can go the other way in a hurry,” Flyers defenseman Andrew MacDonald told flyers.com. “We were battling for the top of the division http://www.newenglandpatriotsteamonline.com/danny-shelton-jersey , and then next thing you know other teams caught up to us. I think we’re just focused on each game at hand moving forward and it’s going to be the most important thing down the stretch.”

Pittsburgh is ending a three-game homestand. It is 4-0-1 in its past five home contests, 15-1-1 in its past 17. The Flyers are one of the league’s better road clubs (19-12-6) but are 4-4 overall since the teams’ most recent game, a 5-2 Penguins win March 7.

Each team will have six games remaining in the regular season after Sunday.

“It’s just similar to what it has been here for the last little bit — just higher intensity, and all those details are magnified in games like this,” Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. “From here on in, every point is important Vikings Brian O'Neill Jersey , especially against a team that’s been part of a rivalry for a long time.”

TORONTO (AP) The Toronto Maple Leafs have taken another step in shuffling their front office.

Following the elevation of Kyle Dubas to general manager this month Authentic Su'a Cravens Jersey , assistant general manager Mark Hunter and senior adviser Lou Lamoriello are now gone.

Toronto announced Tuesday that Hunter and the club had agreed to part. Less than an hour later, the New York Islanders confirmed Lamoriello as their president of hockey operations.

The 75-year-old Lamoriello won three Stanley Cups with New Jersey when he their general manager and president of hockey operations from 1987 to 2015. He recently shifted to his adviser role with Toronto after three years as its GM.

Hunter Cheap Dalton Schultz Jersey , who played for five NHL teams, was seen as a candidate for the Toronto GM job that eventually went to the 31-year-old Dubas this month.

Hunter joined the Maple Leafs as player-personnel director in 2014 before being elevated to assistant general manager in 2016 Authentic Jaromir Jagr Jersey , sharing the role with Dubas.

Hunter helped build the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights and is credited with improving the game of Toronto center Nazem Kadri.

With Lamoriello and Hunter now out the door, Dubas will get an opportunity to shape his own front office.

BOSTON (AP) Sean Kuraly isn’t so good at waiting.

The Boston Bruins forward is usually going full-speed on the ice Cheap Ed Dickson Jersey , whether it’s chasing the puck on the forecheck or sizing up an opponent for a hit. So when he saw David Pastrnak’s shot hit off the post and flutter into the air, it was tough for Kuraly to be patient.

”A play like that doesn’t come around very often. When it does, it’s kind of a waiting game,” he said on Thursday night after bunting the puck into the net to help the Bruins beat Toronto 5-1 in the opener of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.

”It’s not really my style,” said Kuraly, who had to resist hitting the puck before it fell below the level of the crossbar to avoid being called for a high stick. ”To go from 100 mph and hitting everything that moves and (wait) in front of the net http://www.carolinapanthersteamonline.com/marquis-haynes-jersey , it can be a challenge.”

Brad Marchand, David Backes and David Krejci each scored a power-play goal, and Tuukka Rask stopped 26 shots for Boston. Pastrnak scored to make it 3-1 with 38 seconds left in the second period, then moved in on goalie Frederik Andersen seven minutes into the third before backhanding the puck off the post.

Kuraly waited, and then two-handed the puck off the shaft of his stick like a bunt as he fell over the sprawling goalie.

”I’m a terrible baseball player,” he said. ”It has nothing to do with baseball.”

Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is back at the TD Garden on Saturday night.

”We’ve got a day to solve our problems http://www.newyorkgiantsteamonline.com/kareem-martin-jersey ,” Toronto coach Mike Babcock said. ”We could feel sorry for ourselves if we want tonight, but that’s a waste of time and energy.”

Boston already scored two power-play goals when Toronto’s Nazem Kadri was thrown out of the game and given a five-minute major for an elbow to Tommy Wingels‘ head. Three-minutes later, Krejci bounced it in off Andersen from behind to make it 5-1.

”I thought it was the appropriate call,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. ”Where it goes from here is out of my hands.”

Zach Hyman scored Toronto’s only goal, and Andersen made 35 saves.

”They cranked it up, and we didn’t answer http://www.chicagobearsteamonline.com/roquan-smith-jersey ,” defenseman Ron Hainsey said.

The matchup is the first in the postseason for the teams since Toronto’s Game 7 collapse in the first round in 2013, when Boston rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the third period, scoring twice in the last 82 seconds of regulation to send it into overtime. The Bruins went on to reach the Stanley Cup Finals.

The Maple Leafs never had a lead to blow in this one.

And the Boston power play was the reason.

”Obviously, our penalty kill wasn’t good enough,” Babcock said. ”We took too many penalties in the third, and the third was no contest.”

With James Van Riemsdyk off for hooking http://www.newyorkgiantsteamonline.com/kyle-lauletta-jersey , Marchand scored on a backhander to give the Bruins the lead 5:28 into the game. Hyman tied it for the Leafs with about three minutes before the break but Backes put Boston back in front early in the second on a pass from Krejci.

Pastrnak converted a pass from Marchand with 38 seconds left in the period to make it 3-1, and then set up the next goal when he moved in on Andersen and bounced it off the post. As the puck fluttered in the air over the sprawled goalie, Kuraly came in trailing the play and knocked it into the net.

NOTES

Pastrnak and Torey Krug had two assists apiece. … Toronto was 0-for-3 on the power play. Boston was 3-for-6. … The teams came into the game 34-34-1 in their first 69 playoff matchups, but the Maple Leafs hold an 8-6 series edge. … The Bruins pledged the profits of their 50/50 raffle – at least $50,000 – to support the victims of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus crash.

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