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http://www.officialcanucks.com/authentic-adidas-henrik-sedin-jersey , N.C. (AP) Two more goals for Patrik Laine. Two more points in the standings for
the Winnipeg Jets.Laine scored twice for the second straight game and extended
his points streak to eight in the Jets’ 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes
on Sunday night.Laine had his third multi-goal game in the last four games and
has seven multi-point nights during his streak. He has 10 goals and six assists
in the eight-game stretch, and 35 goals overall.”I think I just tried to work
hard every shift, and I think when you work hard you’re going to get rewarded,”
Laine said. ”I’ve been working really hard and now I’m just getting rewarded.
Things are going great.”Paul Stastny had a goal and an assist, and Connor
Hellebuyck stopped 33 shots for the Jets. Winnipeg improved to 7-2 in its last
nine to close within six points of Nashville for the Central Division lead.Teuvo
Teravainen scored for the fourth straight game for the Hurricanes. Jordan Staal
also scored, and Cam Ward made 20 saves. Carolina fell to 2-5-2 in its last nine
as it tries to hold on to the final playoff spot in the Eastern
Conference.”We’re right there,” Staal said. ”I’m not sure what happened tonight.
We’ve got to put together a streak here, and it’s got to be now.”Laine opened
the scoring 5:40 into the first when he ripped a wrist shot from the top of the
right circle through Ward’s legs. He nearly scored twice more in the first
period, with a wrist shot that dinged the right post and a slapshot that rang
off the crossbar.”I was pretty mad to myself,” Laine said. ”I should’ve scored
from those chances. I thought, `They’re not going to pass to me any more if I
can’t bury it from those passes.'”The Hurricanes pulled even with 1:29 left in
the opening period. Right as a power play ended
Jacob Markstrom Jersey , Teravainen fired a pass toward the Winnipeg crease that was intended for Staal, but the puck instead bounced up off Jets
defenseman Dmitry Kulikov’s chest and into the net.But Laine struck again just
2:37 into the second period, and six seconds into a power play, with another
wrist shot through Ward’s legs, this time from the left faceoff circle.”It comes
off his stick different,” Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. ”It comes jumping
off his stick. He’s real dangerous right now.”Stastny added insurance with an
unusual goal midway through the third period. Ben Chiarot’s wrist shot rang off
the right post and redirected to the left side of the ice, where it hit referee
Eric Furlatt in the side of the face.With Furlatt recoiling in pain and players
across the ice adjusting to the puck’s sudden change in position, Stastny picked
up the loose puck and fired it into the net.”I didn’t really see anything,”
Stastny said. ”I just heard it hit post or crossbar. Literally know where it
went, then all the sudden I realized it was in front of me and then out of the
corner of my eye saw the goalie out of position.”The fluky goal would prove
critical when Staal fired home a rebound with 4:12 remaining.”A few games ago we
had some odd bounce off the ref and they blew it down and they said they
wouldn’t allow a goal like that,” Staal said. ”It was tough
Markus Granlund Jersey , obviously, to watch that go in. That was tough.”NOTES: The Jets are 4-0-1 in their last five road games. … Hurricanes F
Sebastian Aho notched his 100th NHL point with an assist on Teravainen’s goal. …
Jets D Toby Enstrom missed his third straight game with a lower body injury. He
is day-to-day. … Jets coach Paul Maurice was the Hurricanes’ coach from
1997-2004 and 2009-12.UP NEXTJets: At New York Rangers on Tuesday
night.Hurricanes: At Minnesota on Tuesday night. EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Every
time the San Jose Sharks fell behind Wednesday night, they fought right
back.Tomas Hertl had two goals, including the game-winner 2:40 into overtime,
and the Sharks came back on three occasions to pull out a 4-3 victory over the
Edmonton Oilers.”The mentality all year has just been to stick with it,” said
Brenden Dillon, who had a goal for San Jose. ���A big thing for us that we can
kind of lean on is that we are a never-quit team and we were able to come back
as the game went on.”Logan Couture also scored and added two assists for the
Sharks, who have won two straight. San Jose is in second place in the Pacific
Division, three points ahead of Los Angeles and Anaheim with 12 games
remaining.”We are all watching the standings and there is not much room for
error right now,” captain Joe Pavelski said. ”It is tight. We knew how important
the points were tonight and it was a great job of the guys continuing to battle
back. It was nice to get that extra point in overtime. It is really big for us
right now.”Drake Caggiula
Michael Del Zotto Jersey , Oscar Klefbom and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had the goals for the Oilers (30-35-5), who lost their second in a row.”Just a few
individuals with some tough nights that created some turnovers,” coach Todd
McLellan said. ”Our backup goaltender gives us a performance like that, I
thought we should be able to close it off.”Zack Kassian hooked a backhand pass
from behind the net out front to Caggiula, who slipped a shot past Sharks goalie
Martin Jones as Edmonton took the lead 2:39 into the first period.Hertl
converted on a 2-on-1 break, beating Oilers backup Al Montoya for his 17th goal
of the season to tie it eight minutes into the game.Klefbom put away a long
point shot eight minutes into the second. The goal withstood a video review.San
Jose tied it a couple of minutes later with Caggiula serving a double-minor when
Couture moved in from the top of the circle and beat Montoya with a wrist shot
for his 28th.Edmonton made it 3-2 early in the third when Nugent-Hopkins tipped
in Klefbom’s shot for his 19th, with Connor McDavid getting his second assist of
the night to give him 86 points on the season.San Jose evened it yet again nine
minutes into the third on a long shot through traffic by Dillon.”I thought we
got a little bit tired at the end,” McLellan said. ”Some guys have played a lot
of hockey in the last few days and it showed a little bit at the end.”NOTES: San
Jose won the season series 3-1 after losing to Edmonton in the first round of
last year’s playoffs. … Klefbom returned to the lineup after missing the
previous two games due to exploratory shoulder surgery. He is expected to be
shut down for a more thorough procedure soon that will end his season. … Joel
Ward (shoulder) and Joe Thornton (knee) sat out for the Sharks.UP NEXTSharks: At
the Calgary Flames on Friday, the second stop on a three-game trip through
Western Canada.Oilers: Begin a four-game road trip at Florida on
Saturday.—
