BOSTON — The Detroit Red Wings have scored nine goals in four games in their worst start since 1980.The Bruins‘ line of Patrice
Bergeron
Josh Jooris Jersey Womens , Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak have scored 10 goals on their own during their team’s three-game winning streak.The
rebuilding Red Wings, whose 0-2-2 start is the franchise’s worst since going 0-5
in 1980, visit the Bruins Saturday looking for that elusive first win.Article
continues below ...It’s not as easy task.The Bruins, embarrassed 7-0 in their
season opener at Washington, have outscored their opponents 14-4 in their last
three, capped by Thursday night’s 4-1 home victory over the Edmonton
Oilers.“Special teams were good, obviously makes a difference. We got a couple
on our power play. Discipline was good. Team defense was good. We used our whole
bench, our backup goalie, so everyone was contributing,” Bruins coach Bruce
Cassidy said after the win over Edmonton in the second game of a three-game
homestand.That “backup goalie” was Jaroslav Halak, who has allowed one goal — a
breakaway by Connor McDavid that gave Edmonton a 1-0 lead — in his two starts as
a Bruin.Halak will not be in goal Saturday, with Tuukka Rask back as the starter
in a game originally scheduled to be played at night but moved to 3 p.m. because
of the Red Sox’s home playoff game at 8 p.m.Rask, the goaltender Bruins fans
love to hate
Melker Karlsson Jersey , has struggled out of the gate. He was shelled in 27 minutes at Washington, then gave up three goals and had two shots hit pipes,
in his win over the Ottawa Senators earlier this week.Bergeron has five goals
and three assists, Marchand a goal and seven assists and Pastrnak has four goals
and two assists in the last three games.“That top line has done a great job,”
said Detroit coach Jeff Blashill. “I thought in our building last year, we did a
real good job, kept them off the board until about 30 seconds left and then they
scored to tie it and they were part of the game winner in overtime. We got to do
a good job obviously checking that group, but as a group, as a whole, we just
got to make sure we play great hockey.”Rask is 12-5-2 with a 2.58 goals-against
average, .903 save percentage and one shutout lifetime against the Red Wings,
who have lost 10 straight games, counting playoffs
Tyler Ennis Jersey Womens , at TD Garden.The Red Wings lost, at home, to Toronto Thursday night despite the return from injury of defenseman Niklas
Kronwall and the first two goals of the season by defenseman Nick Jensen.“Well,
we didn’t get the win. That was the most important thing,” said Kronwall, who
played his first game of the season. “I thought in bits and pieces of the game
we did a lot of good things. But when we’re not doing it right, we’re not as
good. Second period I thought we let ourselves down. Way too many turnovers. And
it started with my mistake on their second goal.“We didn’t respond very well
after that. And in the third we got playing again, playing with more desperation
and that’s the way we have to play. I thought in the first period we did a lot
of good things. But we’ve got to find a way to create a little more offense. And
we gave up way too many easy chances.”Goaltender Jimmy Howard was the loser
Thursday, falling to 0-1-2 with a 2.90 goals-against average and .910 save
percentage this season. He is 5-6-3 with a 2.56 goals-against average and .921
save percentage lifetime against the Bruins.Fellow veteran Jonathan Bernier, who
has lost his only start of the season, is 5-5-0 with a 3.33 goals-against
average and .901 save percentage in his career against the Bruins.Detroit,
banged up and also dealing with a virus that has kept Mike Green out from the
start, will again be missing
Tim Heed Jersey , among others, Dennis Cholowski, out with an upper body injury.The Wings complete a two-game road trip at Montreal Monday night, while
the Bruins open a four-game trip in Calgary Wednesday. CHICAGO (AP) Michael
Stone shot the puck and it ended up in the back of the net. That was Stone’s
story, and those were the most important details for the Calgary Flames.Stone
scored with 3:30 left on a shot that appeared to be tipped in by Johnny
Gaudreau, and the Flames won 3-2 on Tuesday night, beating the Chicago
Blackhawks for the second straight game.Dougie Hamilton and Sean Monahan also
scored for Calgary (27-18-8), and Mike Smith made 34 saves in the opener of a
six-game trip. The Flames topped the Blackhawks 4-3 Saturday night on Monahan’s
overtime goal in Calgary.”A good way to start the road trip,” Stone said. ”We
need these points right now and hopefully we can keep the momentum going.”Stone
connected on a rising shot from the right point, giving Calgary a 2-1 lead.
Gaudreau and Flames coach Glen Gulutzan said the star forward got a piece of it
with the shaft of his stick, but Stone was credited with his third goal of the
season.”I just shot it,” Stone said. ”I didn’t even know it went in the net, to
be honest with you
Alex Pietrangelo Jersey Kids , so I’ll take that one.”Gaudreau had two assists, giving him a team-high 45 on the season. He was OK with missing out on
his 17th goal.”I’m just happy the team got the win,” he said. ”Stoner, you know,
it was a great shot.”The Blackhawks challenged the play, arguing Gaudreau’s
stick was above the crossbar when it touched the puck. But it was ruled “Stone’s
shot entered the Chicago net in a legal fashion.”Alex DeBrincat and Patrick Kane
scored for last-place Chicago (24-21-8), which has dropped three in a row. Jeff
Glass finished with 20 stops.”I don’t know what to say right now. It’s pretty
frustrating,” captain Jonathan Toews said. ”I thought we played pretty good
hockey at times. Had a lot of good chances. We should be able to find ways to
win games even if we give up two or three.”After Monahan added an empty-netter
at 18:09, the Blackhawks got one back on Kane’s team-best 21st goal with just a
couple of seconds remaining. Coach Joel Quenneville then used his timeout, but
Chicago was unable to come up with the tying score.”That was a tough one,”
Quenneville said. ”We had power plays to get us an opportunity to go ahead, and
tie it.”The Blackhawks got off to a nice start in their first home game since
Jan. 24. With Flames forward Micheal Ferland in the penalty box for boarding,
DeBrincat beat a screened Smith with a wrist shot from the top of the right
circle 3:35 into the first.It was DeBrincat’s fifth goal in the last five games.
The rookie winger is second on the team with 19 goals on the season.Calgary had
a 5-on-3 power play for 100 seconds late in the first
http://www.officialpenguinsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-derick-brassard-jersey , but Chicago killed it off. Glass made three saves while the Blackhawks were
short-handed.The Flames responded with Hamilton’s ninth goal 1:10 into the
second. Monahan and Hamilton skated in for a 2-on-1, and Monahan’s centering
pass went off Hamilton’s left skate and into the net.The Blackhawks appeared to
get the go-ahead goal off a wild scramble in front 3:53 into the second, but it
was waved off after a long delay. The on-ice call was upheld by the referees,
but Calgary challenged for goaltender interference and the replay review took
Ryan Hartman’s score off the board.”What we saw when I looked at it was that we
didn’t push anybody into the goalie, so then there was contact made,” Gulutzan
said.NOTES: The Flames improved to 14-5-5 on the road. … Blackhawks G Corey
Crawford skated again Tuesday morning, but Quenneville provided no timetable for
his return. Crawford has missed 18 straight games with an upper-body injury. …
The Flames scratched D Matt Bartkowski and forwards Marek Hrivik and Ryan
Lomberg. … D Connor Murphy (illness) and forwards Lance Bouma and Tommy Wingels
were inactive for Chicago.UP NEXTFlames: Visit the New Jersey Devils on Thursday
night.Blackhawks: Host the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.—Jay Cohen can be
reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap—
