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Patrick Kane Jersey , Ariz. (AP) Antti Raanta and the Arizona Coyotes look far different from the team that began the season with 11 straight losses.
They’re also making things difficult for teams with postseason hopes.Raanta
stopped 34 shots for his third shutout of the season and the Coyotes scored
three goals in the second period to beat the playoff-chasing St. Louis Blues 6-0
Saturday night.”The guys were helping me a lot and when I needed to make the
save, I made it,” Raanta said.Four of the Coyotes’ goals came from defensemen,
including Luke Schenn, who scored his first goal in his 61st game of the season.
Schenn also energized a large crowd and his teammates with a powerful check of
Blues forward Scottie Upshall early in the second period.Richard Panik added a
goal just before the hit, and 28-win Arizona won its 10th this month.”It was
nice to see the `D’ contribute and score some goals,” said Schenn
http://www.officialavalanche.com/authentic-adidas-alexander-kerfoot-jersey , who faced his brother Brayden with their parents in attendance. ”It was an
all-around enjoyable night. The second period it was pretty loud and energetic
and those are the type of games you want to play in.”Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored
on a power play and assisted on another second-period goal, Jakob Chychrun, Alex
Goligosksi and Zac Rinaldo also scored, and Max Domi and Dylan Strome had three
assists each for the Coyotes. Panik had an assist and Derek Stepan had two.The
Blues entered 8-1-1 in their last 10 games, but ended the night tied with
Colorado for the second wild-card spot in the West at 92 points through 78
games. The six-goal loss was the most lopsided for St. Louis this season.”We
can’t allow any carryover from this,” Blues coach Mike Yeo said. ”Three weeks
ago I don’t think anybody would have put us in this place, and the opportunity
that we have here
Erik Condra Jersey Womens , that’s something we need to be excited about.”Jake Allen made his 12th consecutive start in goal for St. Louis, but was
replaced after the Coyotes’ second goal on 14 shots. Carter Hutton finished the
game and made 15 saves.”Jumping in and trying to find a rhythm was tricky,”
Hutton said. He hadn’t played since March 3 at Dallas.Brayden Schenn hit the
post with a shot midway through the first period, the best scoring chance in the
early going for St. Louis. Allen caught Brendan Perlini’s wrister at 14:27, but
couldn’t stop Luke Schenn’s long shot 32 seconds later.”I was not wanting to go
the whole year without getting one,” Luke Schenn said.The Coyotes made it 2-0 at
3:51 of the second period. Clayton Keller bounced a cross-ice pass to Panik, who
scored from distance for his 13th of the season.Luke Schenn threw a shoulder
into Upshall
Carl Soderberg Jersey , who staggered into the Blues’ bench area after the hit. Schenn and the Blues’ Chris Thorburn were given five minutes for
fighting after the check.Upshall did not return.Raanta thwarted several Blues’
attempts right in front of the net with saves amid heavy traffic throughout the
second period and made more impressive saves in the third. He has 11 career
shutouts.A third Coyotes goal at 13:54 was waved off for incidental contact with
Hutton before the puck crossed the goal line. Arizona challenged the call but it
was upheld.Ekman-Larsson, who lost a goal on the call, scored at 15:09 on a
power play, his 14th of the season. Stepan reached 42 assists, a career high in
a single season.Chychrun made it 4-0 with his goal 20 seconds before the second
intermission. Rinaldo ended the scoring at 17:40 of the third.”They’ve bought
in. I’ve got to give a lot of guys credit for that,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet
said. ”It’s easy when you’re out of the playoffs to give up, and we haven’t
given up.”NOTES: Blues D Mitch Reinke
Gabriel Landeskog Jersey Kids , a 22-year-old who just finished his college season with Michigan Tech, made his NHL debut. … The Blues called up D Chris
Butler from AHL San Antonio in time for the game, but he was scratched. So was D
Jordan Schmaltz with an upper body injury suffered Friday at Vegas. … Coyotes C
Christian Dvorak was scratched with a lower body injury, his first missed game
of the season. … The Coyotes reached 10 wins in March for just the fifth time in
franchise history. … Assistant captain Brianna Decker and forward Amanda Pelkey,
from the United States women’s hockey team that won the gold medal at the 2018
Winter Olympics in South Korea, performed the ceremonial puck drop before the
game.UP NEXTBlues: Host Washington on Monday.Coyotes: At Calgary on Tuesday. LOS
ANGELES (AP) — All-Star outfielder George Springer left Houston’s game against
the Los Angeles Dodgers after injuring his left thumb trying to steal second
base in the third inning Sunday.Springer exited with discomfort in his thumb
following a headfirst dive into the bag. He was thrown out by Dodgers catcher
Yasmani Grandal.It’s unclear how long the 2017 World Series MVP might be
sidelined.“At first, I thought it was the base that caught him and then when I
got out there both (Chris) Taylor and (Brian) Dozier told me that the glove
clipped his (left) hand
http://www.officialavalanche.com/authentic-adidas-j.t.-compher-jersey ,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said after his team’s 3-2 loss. “He was in a lot of
pain. It bothered him, so it was an easy decision to bring him out. He is going
to get evaluated. Other than that I have no idea.”Jake Marisnick replaced
Springer in center field for the Astros. Marisnick robbed Taylor of a home run
to end the sixth.Springer was the World Series MVP last year after hitting five
home runs in seven games against the Dodgers. He went deep in the first inning
Sunday for his sixth leadoff home run this season.The two-time All-Star also
left Tuesday’s game at Seattle when he injured his left shoulder while diving to
make a catch in the first inning. He was not in the Astros’ lineup
Wednesday.Springer started all three games in the weekend series against the
Dodgers, getting an extra-base hit in each game of the World Series
rematch.
