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SUNRISE Youth Damien Wilson #57 Jersey , Fla. (AP) Jeff Skinner’s scoring tear is no coincidence. Just ask his coach. The left wing had two goals, including the game-winner with 3:55 left, to lead the Carolina Hurricanes over the Florida Panthers 4-3 on Tuesday night. Skinner has an eight-game point streak, with five goals in his last three games, and leads the team with 28 goals and 51 points this season. ”He’s at the net; he’s doing things right,” Carolina coach Bill Peters said. ”He went at the net hard on the game-winner and got rewarded for it.” The Hurricanes fell behind on three occasions but each time came back to tie the game before Skinner finally scored the winner. ”We’re a better team when it’s tied or we’re playing with the lead Youth Damontre Moore #58 Jersey ,” Peters said. ”A young group, so we feel a little more confident in those situations. Those are real big answers.” Carolina went ahead for good 4-3 when Derek Ryan passed from behind the goal line to Skinner in front and he pushed the puck past goaltender Reto Berra. ”(Ryan) made a great play driving wide and I just had to go to the net with my stick on the ice and put it on the net,” Skinner said. ”You want to have good responses after a goal against or even a goal for. For us to be able to do that a couple of times was good for us.” Sebastian Aho had a goal and an assist for Carolina, and Teuvo Teravainen also scored. Cam Ward stopped 33 shots. ”It was a gutsy effort. At times it wasn’t pretty, but every time they scored we were able to respond and counter with another goal to even it up,” Ward said. Keith Yandle Authentic Womens Dan Bailey Jersey , Reilly Smith and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers. Jaromir Jagr added two assists and has 41 points this season. Berra made 21 saves in his first start since being recalled from the minors March 3. His previous NHL start was on Dec. 9, 2015, for the Colorado Avalanche in a 4-2 loss to Pittsburgh. ”At the beginning, I was fighting the puck a little bit, but as the game went on I felt better,” Berra said. The Hurricanes are six points behind Toronto for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference Authentic Womens DeMarcus Lawrence Jersey , while the Panthers are eight points out. The Panthers took a 3-2 lead on Yandle’s goal 1:14 into the second. Yandle attempted a pass that deflected off several Hurricanes players and into the net. The lead didn’t last long. Carolina tied the game for the third time when Skinner grabbed a loose puck and poked it in at 1:41 for his first goal of the night. ”I don’t know how many games we have lost in the last five minutes. We have been leading almost every game the last two months, and then we find a way to lose them,” Barkov said. ”I don’t know. It’s unbelievable.” Smith’s goal put the Panthers in front 2-1. Smith took a pass from Jussi Jokinen in front and poked it into the open net at 11:51. Aho tied the score 2-all with a short-handed goal. He took a pass from Elias Lindholm in front and slid it under Berra’s pads at 14:24 of the first. Barkov gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead 1:35 in when he deflected a shot from the point by Jason Demers past Ward. Teravainen evened the score with his power-play goal. The puck came off the boards to Teravainen at the side of the net and he swept it in at 5:09. NOTES: Panthers D Aaron Ekblad returned after missing four games with a concussion. … C Vincent Trocheck has consecutive 50-point seasons. … Since returning to the Panthers’ lineup on Feb. 3, Barkov has 20 points (11 goals, nine assists) over his last 20 games. … Lindholm has points in a career-high eight straight games. UP NEXT Hurricanes: At the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. Panthers: Host the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday.. Dave Keon Jersey   Doug Gilmour Jersey   Felix Potvin Jersey   Garret Sparks Jersey 

NASHVILLE Adidas Brian Dumoulin #8 Jersey , Tenn. (AP) General manager David Poile believes the Nashville Predators wiped away two lingering notions with their run to the franchise’s first Stanley Cup Final. The mantle as an expansion team? Ditched forever 20 years after the NHL granted Nashville a franchise. The label of Nashville as a nontraditional hockey market? Erased by the tens of thousands of fans who filled the streets watching, cheering and celebrating hockey in a party that Poile thinks other teams – and sports – will try to copy. That leaves Poile and the Predators focused on winning the Stanley Cup. ”We have a team that can compete for the Stanley Cup, and we have a franchise that in my mind is as good as any in the hockey world.” The Predators were the last team into the postseason with 94 points and became only the third team seeded last in its conference to reach the Stanley Cup Final since the NHL went to its conference-based playoff format in 1994. But this is a very young roster with goaltender Pekka Rinne (34) and captain Mike Fisher (37) the oldest mainstays. All-Star P.K. Subban is the oldest of Nashville’s top four defensemen, and the top line is Filip Forsberg (22), Ryan Johansen and Viktor Arvidsson, both 24. ”We’ll do everything we can to get back to this position next year,” Poile said. Here are some things to know about the Predators this offseason: QUICK WHISTLES AND OFFSIDE Poile said he was frustrated over Colton Sissons’ goal not being allowed due to a quick whistle. He said he is disappointed that the system doesn’t allow the goal to count and that he will do everything he can moving forward to improve the league’s system to correctly count goals. The system may not get every call right Adidas Ian Cole #28 Jersey , but Poile said they should move closer to 100 percent than 50-50. ”We as managers, the gatekeepers of the game, we have to put in place a system where the right call is always made. Everybody knows the goal should have counted, but the system was not there to allow the goal to be counted,” Poile said. ROSTER ISSUES Fisher is one of five unrestricted free agents and someone the Predators want back. Poile said Wednesday they haven’t started talking to the center. Fisher says he needs to pray about his future with faith, family and then hockey key in whether he returns. Johansen is one of three key restricted free agents with Arvidsson and Austin Watson. Johansen blossomed this season tying Arvidsson with a team-high 61 points and tied for third with 13 points despite missing the final eight games this postseason injured. Johansen and Arvidsson share an agent, and Poile said the Predators will be talking in Chicago at the draft. VEGAS Poile has to submit a plan Saturday on which players to protect from the Golden Knights’ expansion draft June 21. Neal Adidas Greg McKegg #33 Jersey , due $5 million next season, along with Colin Wilson and Craig Smith, could be options for that clear salary cap space as well. INJURIES Poile said Neal, who scored six goals this postseason, broke his hand in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against Anaheim. Neal didn’t miss a game, though Poile noted the forward didn’t shoot pucks during practice after that. Neal did score two goals after the injury. Smith had a high ankle sprain that limited him to eight games, while Wilson played 13 games despite a hamstring injury. But defenseman Ryan Ellis Adidas Phil Kessel #81 Jersey , who played in Game 6 despite being injured, needs more evaluation. Poile said the team will share an update likely next week. Johansen said Tuesday he expects to be cleared to start skating in a couple weeks after needing season-ending surgery for acute compartment syndrome in his left thigh after Game 4 of the Western finals on May 18. Poile said forward Kevin Fiala, who broke his left leg in the opener of the second round against St. Louis, also is ahead of schedule in his recovery. — More AP NHL: . Mike Palmateer Jersey   Milan Michalek Jersey   Mitchell Marner Jersey   Morgan Rielly Jersey 

PITTSBURGH (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins downplayed the idea they tried to send a message during a decisive 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night Youth Jourdan Lewis #27 Jersey , a win that gave the defending Stanley Cup champions the inside track on home-ice advantage when the teams meet in the playoffs next week. ”I mean at the end of the day it’s just another win,” goaltender Matt Murray said after stopping 38 shots. ”Everything resets moving forward.” Maybe, but the way the Penguins pulled away in their final home game of the regular season – quick passing, production from unexpected places and Murray’s steady hand – could go a long way toward escaping what could be the best first-round series of the postseason. ”I like the way our team is tracking,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. ”I think we’re really starting to establish the playoff mindset you need to win this time of year.” Patric Hornqvist picked up his 20th goal of the season for Pittsburgh. Rookie Jake Guentzel added his 14th, Carter Rowney his second and Brian Dumoulin his first in more than two years as the Penguins moved three points ahead of Columbus in the race for second-place in the Metropolitan Division with three games remaining. The Penguins have won three straight to sprint ahead of the slumping Blue Jackets Youth Ezekiel Elliott #21 Jersey , who are winless in their last four and have dropped three consecutive regulation games for the first time this season. Brandon Dubinsky scored a short-handed goal midway through the third period to avoid the shutout. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots but the Blue Jackets struggled to get anything going around the Pittsburgh net, settling for long-range shots that either sailed wide of the net or were gobbled up by Murray. ”We’re just simply in a funk offensively and tonight didn’t get any better,” Columbus coach John Tortorella said. ”We have to continue to work at all parts of our game, but the offensive part starting with our top guys, we’ve got to get some sort of situation where we’re making plays.” The teams are almost assured of facing each other when the playoffs begin next week, a rematch from a 2014 first-round series the Penguins won in six taut games and seemed to signal Columbus’ arrival as a legitimate contender. Three years later Youth Damien Wilson #57 Jersey , Columbus has officially arrived, though the team that spent the better part of 60 minutes chasing the Penguins around sold-out PPG Paints Arena hardly looked like the one that came in 2-0-1 over its first three meetings of the season. The Blue Jackets tried to push Pittsburgh around, rattling the boards in the process but not the Penguins. The Penguins’ fourth line helped bolster a largely lifeless performance in a victory over Carolina on Sunday and the momentum carried over. Rowney put Pittsburgh in front with 1:09 left in the first period when he planted himself in front of Bobrovsky and redirected a feed from Scott Wilson over Bobrovsky’s shoulder. ”It was just a kick in the teeth,” Tortorella said. ”I mean it was just a free goal. We have complete control of the puck and it ends up in the back of the net in the last minute of the period.” Hornqvist doubled Pittsburgh’s lead just before the game’s midway point off a pretty feed from Tom Kuhnhackl. Dumoulin, who scored a pair of goals during last year’s run to the Cup, reached the back of the net in the regular season for the first time since Dec. 15 Youth Damontre Moore #58 Jersey , 2014, when he saved a clear at the edge of the blue line, carried the puck behind the Columbus net then saw his wraparound smack off Cam Atkinson and in 12:30 into the second, ending a 151-game regular season goalless drought. ”I’m sure (Atkinson’s) gotten a couple on me so he owed me one,” Dumoulin said. NOTES: Penguins C Sidney Crosby finished with two assists to give him 86 points on the season. … Columbus rookie D Zack Werenski did not play while dealing with an upper-body injured suffered in a loss to Washington on Sunday. … Penguins D Trevor Daley skated on Tuesday morning and is hopeful to return before the postseason begins. Daley hasn’t played since undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery on Feb. 23. … The Penguins went 0 for 3 on the power play. The Blue Jackets were 0 for 1. … Pittsburgh’s 109 points tied the 2013-14 team for the second-highest total in club history. … Penguins Fs Bryan Rust and Matt Cullen left with injuries and did not return. UP NEXT Blue Jackets: Host Winnipeg on Thursday. Penguins: End regular season with three-game road trip starting in New Jersey on Thursday.. Kris Versteeg Jersey   Lanny McDonald Jersey   Leo Komarov Jersey   Mats Sundin Jersey 

OTTAWA Adidas Womens David Backes Jersey , Ontario (AP) All Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher had to do was look at his players and he could see how determined they were. Ottawa clinched second place in the Atlantic Division and home-ice advantage in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday. While the Rangers have had their playoff spot locked up for weeks it wasn’t until Thursday that the Senators clinched their ticket to the postseason. With an opportunity to lock down home ice Ottawa came out determined and was clearly the better team. ”I saw (the players) eyes today and they had fire in their eyes today,” said Boucher. ”I have a lot of respect for them coming out and playing hard.” The Senators’ postseason opponent remains unknown at this point, but they have the luxury of resting players for Sunday’s final regular-season game against the New York Islanders. Ottawa has won three straight and is playing with a renewed confidence after having struggled through a stretch of five straight losses. ”This last little stretch really tested everybody here,” Mark Borowiecki said. ”It just seemed like the perfect storm for a little bit. We weren’t playing our best hockey, combined with injuries, combined with other teams coming on strong and bounces not going our way and it seemed like it might get away from us, but I think it kind of speaks of the resiliency in this room Adidas Youth Anders Bjork Jersey , the character in here and the depth.” The Senators remain without a number of players, including captain Erik Karlsson who missed his second straight game with a lower body injury, but said he would be ready for the start of the playoffs, but feels he will benefit from the rest. ”It’s been a while since I rested during the regular season,” Karlsson said. ”The guys did a great job handling things with all the injuries that we had. Come next week there should be no issues.” Boucher also said he expected Marc Methot, who hasn’t played since March 23 due to a finger injury, to be ready sometime this week. Mike Hoffman Adidas Brad Marchand #63 Jersey , Derick Brassard and Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored for the Senators and Craig Anderson made 18 saves. Mika Zibanejad scored for New York and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 30 shots. The Rangers have lost back-to-back games and will wrap up the season against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Rangers coach Alain Vigneault admitted his team, which was missing a number of players, had a hard time following the Senators speed and skill. ”If I look at it from a positive aspect our goaltender got a lot of work so at the end of the day we’ve got one more game and then we’re trying to get ready for the playoffs.” Boucher tinkered with his lines and was so pleased with the results that he thought they could stay intact for the playoffs. One combination saw Pageau between Hoffman and Mark Stone, while Turris centered Clarke MacArthur and Ryan Dzingel. Brassard looked great between Alex Burrows and Viktor Stalberg. Pageau, who earned his 100th career point, tipped Borowiecki’s point shot into the net to make it 3-0 at 6:19 of the third period. Zibanejad broke Anderson’s shutout bid in the final minute of play, scoring on a wraparound goal. The Senators came out flying in the second period and were rewarded with a 2-0 lead as they outshot New York 16-5. Ottawa controlled the momentum throughout the period and took a 2-0 lead as Stalberg dropped a pass back to Brassard Adidas Tim Schaller #59 Jersey , who beat Lundqvist stick side. There was no denying Brassard’s relief as he scored his first in 11 games. ”It always feels good to score, especially on Lundqvist,” Brassard said. ”I gave him a hard time after the first goal and he robbed me in the third.” The Senators opened the scoring at the three-minute mark as Hoffman beat Lundqvist from the top of the faceoff circle after the Senators had created a number of chances. NOTES: Ottawa RW Chris Neil was a healthy scratch, as were C Colin White, C Chris DiDomenico and D Jyrki Jokipakka. New York’s Mika Zibanejad was making his first return to Ottawa since being traded for Derick Brassard in the summer. UP NEXT: Rangers: Host the Penguins on Sunday night. Senators: Travel to Brooklyn to face the Islanders on Sunday night.. Matt Martin Jersey   Mike Palmateer Jersey   Milan Michalek Jersey   Mitchell Marner Jersey 

NASHVILLE Adidas Brian Dumoulin #8 Jersey , Tenn. (AP) Frederick Gaudreau sure is doing his best to earn his own locker with the Nashville Predators with a Stanley Cup Final debut for the ages. For now, he insists he is happy enough just to sit on the floor as long as he plays. An undrafted free agent playing in just his sixth postseason game, Gaudreau scored the go-ahead goal 3:45 into the second period and Pekka Rinne made 23 often-spectacular saves as the Predators beat the Penguins 4-1 on Monday night to even the series at 2-2. It’s now a best-of-three sprint to the Stanley Cup, and Nashville is riding a wave of momentum after outscoring the defending champions 9-2 in the Games 3 and 4 of their Final debut. Game 5 is Thursday night in Pittsburgh. Gaudreau, a 24-year-old rookie, only has a chair in the locker room, but he now is the second player in NHL history to score his first three career goals in a Stanley Cup Final, joining Johnny Harms with the 1944 Blackhawks. ”He’s been unbelievable for us the way he’s come in, and he’s just been so good, timely goals and composed,” Nashville captain Mike Fisher said. ”He definitely belongs, and he’s been a huge part of our success.” Gaudreau is also just the third rookie to score game-winning goals in consecutive games in the Stanley Cup Final since the NHL took over sole possession of the trophy in 1926-27. Pittsburgh’s Jake Guentzel did it in the first two games of this series and Roy Conacher did it for Boston in Games 3, 4 and 5 against Toronto in 1939. Calle Jarnkrok, Viktor Arvidsson and Filip Forsberg also scored for Nashville Adidas Ian Cole #28 Jersey , which improved to 9-1 at home and roared back after dropping the first two games of the series on the road. ”We were in a tough hole against a really good team, came home and took care of the home games with the help of all our great fans,” Rinne said. ”It’s a great feeling. We played two really good games.” Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby scored his first goal in the series after not getting a shot on goal in Game 3. The goal was his first in the Stanley Cup Final since June 4, 2009, a span of 12 games, but it wasn’t enough as the Penguins lost two straight for the second time this postseason. Goalie Matt Murray lost consecutive games for the first time in his young career. ”It’s hard to win when you score one goal,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said. ”I thought tonight of all nights, we generated the most chances of the highest quality.” Nashville tapped country singer Dierks Bentley as the latest star to sing the national anthem, while Jason Aldean waved the towel to rev up the crowd. Former NBA star and TV commentator Charles Barkley also was on hand , accepting NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman’s invitation to watch in person. Carrie Underwood admitted during the first intermission that she didn’t get Fisher, her husband, a birthday present on Monday – holding out hope that a Stanley Cup championship celebration would do the trick in coming days. ”That’s all I wanted for my birthday,” Fisher said afterward of the big win. Craig Smith ricocheted a puck off Murray’s pads that Jarnkrok tapped in at 14:51 to start the fans yelling louder. Pittsburgh lost a challenge for goalie interference. Just 66 seconds later, Crosby tied it up for Pittsburgh on a dazzling breakaway. He skated in on Rinne Adidas Greg McKegg #33 Jersey , holding the puck, faking a slap shot and then slipping one past the goalie for his eighth goal and 24th point of the playoffs. He also moved into 20th all-time in NHL playoff points but the Predators clamped down after that. Rinne kept it tied in the early minutes of the second with a stop of Guentzel before a big save on Chris Kunitz on a breakaway. And then came Gaudreau’s goal, confirmed only after the horn sounded and officials reviewed the play. They ruled Gaudreau’s wraparound attempt slid the puck just over the line before Murray stopped it, giving Nashville a 2-1 lead 3:45 into the second. ”I heard it on the bench that it was possibly in the net,” Gaudreau said. ”I wasn’t certain. When I heard the horn, I sort of thought it was in.” Crosby had another breakaway nearly midway through the period, and Rinne stopped him not once, but twice. Then the goalie slid to his right stopping Guentzel with an assist from Nashville defenseman Roman Josi. Crosby and Evgeni Malkin finished with six shots, but just the lone goal. ”It’s a game of execution,” Crosby said. ”They capitalized on our mistakes, and we have to do the same.” Arvidsson made it a 3-1 Nashville lead with his first goal since the end of the first round. James Neal started the play, getting the puck to Fisher who fed the puck up to Arvidsson while falling to the ice. Arvidsson beat Murray under his glove, putting the puck just inside the right post at 13:08. ”If I make the save there, it could be a different game Adidas Phil Kessel #81 Jersey ,” Murray said. Forsberg sealed the win with an empty-netter with 3:23 left. Notes: Fisher, scoreless until the Final, now has four points with his fourth on his 37th birthday. … With his goal, Crosby now has 161 career playoff points and moved past Mike Bossy, Gordie Howe, Al MacInnis and Bobby Smith for 20th all-time by himself. … The Penguins now are 13-3 after a playoff loss under coach Mike Sullivan, and Murray is 7-1 in playoff games started after a loss. … Rain kept the crowd outside from reaching the more than 50,000 who turned Saturday night for the first Stanley Cup Final game in Tennessee. Still, people filled three blocks of Broadway, even with Nashville opening up a downtown amphitheater for fans to watch. … After the anthem, two catfish and one stuffed penguin hit the ice despite Nashville coach Peter Laviolette’s video plea earlier Monday asking fans not to throw anything. — More AP NHL: . Darryl Sittler Jersey   Dave Keon Jersey   Doug Gilmour Jersey   Felix Potvin Jersey 

NASHVILLE Youth Ezekiel Elliott #21 Jersey , Tenn. (AP) The Nashville Predators’ improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals has blurred the dividing line between music and sports, a convergence that’s expected to hit a crescendo in Tennessee’s capital city this weekend. The thousands of fans in town to celebrate the annual CMA Music Festival have joined with thousands more hockey fans celebrating in the streets and honkey-tonks of Music City. ”Nashville is a hockey town; they are crazy about the Preds here,” said country artist Darius Rucker, the former frontman of Hootie and the Blowfish. ”It’s great for hockey for a Southern town to be that much into the team and into the sport.” Anticipation has grown with each game over which country music legend will sing the national anthem. Will it be Carrie Underwood, whose husband, Mike Fisher, is the Predators’ captain? Tim McGraw and/or Faith Hill, one of Nashville’s power couples? Maybe even Dolly Parton? The Predators host Game 6 of the NHL Finals on Sunday evening as the country music fest holds its closing concert, headlined by Keith Urban and Brad Paisley. The entertainment district between the two venues will be packed: City officials expect 100,000 people to throng the downtown streets. Country music fan Darlene Dye, who planned her trip from Dayton Youth Damien Wilson #57 Jersey , Ohio, months before the Predators’ playoff run, said she’s enjoyed seeing the team embraced by country stars. ”Even the artists are like, `Go Preds!’ And they’re wearing their jerseys,” she said. ”I think it’s a blast.” The live bands in the lower Broadway bars have had to work their sets around game action, and Predators’ goals have been met with enormous cheers roaring through the city’s main commercial thoroughfare from fans watching on big screens. ”I’ve never seen anything like this,” said John Ettinger, a hockey fan who moved to Nashville from New York, has been to two previous NHL finals, and will attend Sunday’s game. The Predators have won both home games so far but dropped all three on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ home ice. Fans hope their energy can help the Predators tie up the series and set up a decisive Game 7. Cowboy Troy, who performs with country duo Big & Rich Youth Damontre Moore #58 Jersey , said he’s confident Nashville can handle the descending on downtown Sunday. ”Nashville is equipped for this,” he said. ”Nashville is ready for all the energy that is going on down here.” City officials say they’re ready, too. ”Our job should be to convert the 40,000 to 45,000 out-of-towners to become Preds fans before they leave, and the Preds fans to become CMA fans,” said Butch Spyridon, president of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. ”This is an incredible opportunity.” Spyridon noted that the downtown events combined with the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival about 60 miles outside Nashville require scores of support workers, stage hands, and video and sound technicians. ”I’m not sure any other city in the country could pull this off,” he said. Roads will be closed to make space for the overflow crowd watching the game on large screen TVs downtown Authentic Womens Dan Bailey Jersey , and fans are being urged to take public transportation and ride-sharing services to avoid parking headaches. But the logistical challenges will be worth it, Predators CEO Sean Henry said. ”There are some inconveniences,” he said. ”But I promise you, in 10 years when we’re talking about this to our kids, our friends, our grandkids, we’re not going to be complaining about where we parked or how crowded it was. ”We’re going to be talking about this epic, epic week.” — Associated Press writers Kristin M. Hall, Jonathan Mattise and Teresa Walker contributed to this report.. Erik Karlsson Jerseys   Auston Matthews Jersey   Frederik Andersen Jersey   Bobby Baun Jersey 

NASHVILLE Youth Jourdan Lewis #27 Jersey , Tenn. (AP) James Neal scored the game-winning goal with 6:57 left, and the Nashville Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference semifinal. Pekka Rinne outdueled St. Louis’ Jake Allen with 32 saves, and the Predators are a victory away from reaching the Western Conference final for the first time in franchise history. Ryan Ellis scored at 5:09 of the third to break up a scoreless game. Neal then scored with 6:57 left to crank up the Nashville celebration as the Predators won their eighth straight playoff game at home. Joel Edmundson scored with 3:49 left as St. Louis avoided the shutout. Blues coach Mike Yeo pulled Allen late, but they couldn’t beat Rinne again. Allen finished with 23 saves as the Blues lost consecutive road games for the first time since Feb. 28 and March 3. Game 5 is Friday night in St. Louis. RANGERS 4 Autnentic Womens Ezekiel Elliott Jersey , SENATORS 1 NEW YORK (AP) – Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist to lead New York over Ottawa, cutting the Rangers’ deficit to 2-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Michael Grabner, Rick Nash and Oscar Lindberg also scored, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 26 shots for the Rangers. New York has won three straight playoff games at Madison Square Garden after losing six straight on home ice Authentic Youth Anthony Hitchens Jersey , including Game 3 of the first round against Montreal. Jean-Gabriel Pageau, who had four goals in Ottawa’s 6-5 double-overtime win in Game 2, scored again for the Senators, and Craig Anderson finished with 26 saves. Game 4 is Thursday night.. Bruce Boudreau Jersey   Darcy Tucker Jersey   Darryl Sittler Jersey   Dave Keon Jersey 

ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis Blues coach Mike Yeo said before the start of his team’s series against the Minnesota Wild that one player wouldn’t win or lose the series for his team. Jake Allen is doing his best to prove his coach wrong. The Blues’ goalie was outstanding for the third consecutive game Authentic Youth Brett Hundley Jersey , making 40 saves and Jaden Schwartz had the go-ahead goal in the second period to give the Blues a 3-1 win over the Wild on Sunday for a 3-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. ”He’s been unbelievable, a big reason why we got these three wins, and it gives us a lot of confidence,” Schwartz said of Allen. ”He’s in the zone and he’s really backstopping us right now. He’s making some big, timely saves, which gives us a lot of momentum.” Allen has been the star of the first three games. He’s stopped 114 of the 117 shots he’s faced for a .974 save percentage and 0.91 goals-against-average against a Wild team that ranked second in the NHL in scoring during the regular season. Colton Parayko also scored for the Blues and Alexander Steen added an empty-netter for St. Louis Authentic Youth Brett Hundley Jersey , which will try to sweep the series Wednesday night in St. Louis. ”They’ve stuck to their game plan and we’ve stuck to ours and it was a real tough test for us out there the second half of the game,” Allen said. ”They pushed really hard and put us on our heels a bit and we grinded and we got it done. A huge win for us.” Charlie Coyle scored for Minnesota, which got 28 saves from Devan Dubnyk. Dubnyk has allowed just two goals in each of the three games, stopping 92.3 percent of the shots he’s faced, but the Wild have lost all three games. ”We’ve played three pretty good hockey games and we’ve just to keep playing hard,” Dubnyk said. ”Putting pucks to the net and trying to get some bounces and see if we can turn the momentum.” Schwartz had a power-play goal at 15:19 of the second period to put the Blues one win away from the second round. He scored with 2:27 left in the third period of Game 2 to give St. Louis the 2-1 win. On Sunday Womens Aaron Rodgers #12 Jersey , the Blues scored just 3:25 into the first period when Parayko beat Dubnyk high with a shot from the high slot after a nice pass from Patrik Berglund. The goal was the third in 23 playoff games for Parayko, who scored four goals in 81 games this season. St. Louis outshot Minnesota 15-9 in the first period, but couldn’t build on its early lead. Vladimir Tarasenko and Steen both hit the post. Minnesota tied it with a goal from Coyle with 7:01 left in the second period. Coyle scored off a rebound of a shot from Zach Parise, giving the Wild their first even-strength goal of the series and Parise his third point in three games. The Blues scored their first power-play goal of the series from Schwartz with 4:41 remaining in the second period. Schwartz, who took a high stick from Ryan White to earn the penalty, scored his second goal of the series off a pass from Steen behind the net. Minnesota put 19 shots on goal in the third period Youth Aaron Jones #33 Jersey , but couldn’t score. The Wild pulled Dubnyk for an extra attacker with 2:10 remaining and Steen scored his first of the playoffs, assisted by Berglund and Vladimir Sobotka, into the empty net with 1:11 left. NOTES: The Wild made two lineup changes for Game 3. D Christian Folin was scratched in favor of D Nate Prosser. Folin was minus-2 in the first two games of the series. RW Ryan White made his Wild playoff debut in place of rookie Joel Eriksson Ek. … Blues C Jori Lehtera was a healthy scratch for the second consecutive game. — More AP NHL: . Kris Versteeg Jersey   Lanny McDonald Jersey   Leo Komarov Jersey   Mats Sundin Jersey