DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars used a strong power play to stay in the Western Conference playoff chase on Monday night.
Cheap NFL Jerseys China . Ray Whitney and Tyler Seguin scored with a man advantage and Dallas held off the Winnipeg Jets 2-1. "Power plays for us won it, and the
power play for them got them back into it," Whitney said. The victory allowed
Dallas to move within a point of the Phoenix Coyotes for the Western Conferences
final playoff spot. The Stars have missed the playoffs in each of the past five
seasons. Kari Lehtonen, whose 32 saves for Dallas included 14 in the third
period, didnt give up a goal until the Jets Bryan Little scored with 2:44
remaining. Winnipeg had a 4-on-3 power play, and added a fifth skater by pulling
goalie Al Montoya. "Special teams won the game, and the goalie made saves when
he needed to," Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. "Kari was excellent. His saves were
great, and his puck handling really helped us. He made some good passes." Stars
captain Jamie Benn assisted on both goals. The Jets continued to fade in the
post-season race. "It is (tough to make a playoff push like this)," Winnipeg
coach Paul Maurice said. "The final results havent been good enough for our
team. Were just getting closer to it. Were not there." The Jets are 2-6-3 in
their past 11 games. One of the victories was a 7-2 rout of visiting Dallas
eight days earlier. Ruff said he did not use that game as motivation. "I didnt
even talk about last week. We had a tough night in goal, and when you start
chasing the game, it can get ugly." Dallas defence has allowed only two goals in
the past two games after giving up 16 in the previous three, all losses. Ruff
said: "I think weve cleaned up the individual mistakes." The Stars have 79
points. Phoenix received a point for an overtime loss against the Rangers to
reach 80. Whitney said that the team did some scoreboard watching. "We all look
up to see the out-of-town scores. Everybody these last three weeks will be doing
that." He scored 5:32 into the game from the left faceoff circle on a slap shot
that went off Montoya and into the upper left corner. Late in the period, Dallas
Valeri Nichushkin beat two defenders for a breakaway on the power play. Montoya,
who finished with 25 saves, stopped the rookies backhand shot. Winnipegs best
chances came midway through the first, but Lehtonen stopped Blake Wheeler in
close and saved Jim Slaters wraparound attempt. The Stars finished the period
with a 12-11 edge in shots, and a 1-0 lead. Just 13 seconds into Dallas third
power play, Tyler Seguin pulled the puck out of a pile in front and lifted a
shot over Montoya at 16:09 of the second. Seguins 32nd goal was his sixth in
five games against Winnipeg this season. His 10 points against the Jets are his
highest total against any opponent. Winnipeg nearly scored on its first power
play of the game. With two minutes remaining in the second, Lehtonen reached
back to smother the puck after a shot from the blue line bounced off the
crossbar. Defence dominated in a period when the Stars outshot the Jets 9-7.
Winnipeg spent much of the third period in the Dallas end, peppering Lehtonen
with 15 shots, but fell a goal short. "I thought we battled hard to try and get
back in the game for the most part, especially the third," Little said. "We
never really gave up and we made a push kind of like we did last game and just
like last game, we came one short again." Whitney said: "I thought in the third
we kind of sat back a little bit and played prevent D. When the situation
tightens these last 11 games, youre going to see more of that." NOTES: Jets
captain Andrew Ladd missed the game because his wife, Brandi, gave birth to a
baby girl Sunday. He is expected to rejoin the team Thursday at San Jose for the
second game of a five-game trip. Evander Kane joined Little and Michael Frolik
on the first line. ... Goalie Ondrej Pavelec missed his fifth consecutive game
because of an upper body injury. Wheeler left the ice in the third period after
skating into an open door by the Dallas bench. He later rejoined his teammates
on Winnipegs bench. . Sergei Gonchars first-period assist was his eighth in the
past six games against the Jets. ... Benn has 15 points (seven goals, eight
assists) in his past 11 games. ... The Stars last game with more than one
power-play goal was March 6. ... Ruff said Erik Cole, who has missed the past
two games because of an upper-body injury, would not accompany the team to
Chicago for Tuesdays game against the Blackhawks.
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closer to a deal, we now have a defined price.LONDON -- Eugenie Bouchards
historic run at Wimbledon is over, but she thinks shes just getting started.
Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic beat Bouchard 6-3, 6-0 on Saturday in the
womens final to claim her second Wimbledon title, ending an impressive run by
the 20-year-old Canadian at the All England Club. No Canadian had ever reached a
Grand Slam singles final in the Open era before Bouchard. "It was a big moment
walking out on to centre court for a final. I have that experience now, I know
what it feels like," said Bouchard. "I hope I can walk out to many more finals.
Thats the goal. "Im going to go back, work on my game, try to get better. You
always need to get better." Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., is currently ranked
13th in the world, seven positions below Kvitova. She will rise to seventh when
the WTA standings are updated after Wimbledon. She beat Germanys Angelique
Kerber 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-final before topping Romanias Simona Halep 7-6
(5), 6-2 in the semis. The success at Wimbledon comes after a breakthrough
season last year. Bouchard reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and
French Open earlier this season. "I think its a tough road to try and become as
good as I want to be, no matter what," said Bouchard. "Im not going to win every
single time. I think this was a good experience for me -- my first Slam final --
so Im going to learn a lot from this match and hopefully use it to get much
better." Bouchard was overwhelmed by Kvitova, who added a second to her first
from 2011. Watching from the Royal Box was Britains Princess Eugenie, the royal
for whom the Canadian was named. "Tough loss today at Wimbledon, but youre an
inspiration (at)geniebouchard & Canada couldnt be more proud of you," said
Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a tweet. Kvitova, her right thigh heavily
wrapped as it was through the two-week tournament, quickly took charge of the
match. She handcuffed Bouchards attacking game with a strong offence of her own,
putting the Canadian under pressure on every service game with break point. "I
have to give full credit to my opponent, she played unbelievable," said
Bouchard. "I know I wont win every match but I want to be as good as I can be.
This was a good experience and something I will learn from. I can hopefully use
it to get better." Bouchard was broken in the third and seventh games to fall to
a 5-2 deficit. She showed her own form by breaking back for 3-5 affter Kvitova
netted after chasing Bouchards cross-court shot.
Cheap NFL Jerseys. . Despite Bouchards resistance, Kvitova wrapped up the first set in less than 30 minutes on a third set point. Kvitova picked up where
she left off to start the second set with a break of Bouchard for 2-0. With the
experienced Czech keeping up a lethally rapid pace, there was little time for
Bouchard to react. Bouchard missed on a return at her feet to trail 4-0 as
Kvitova took a stranglehold on the match. The Czech dished out a love game for
5-0 and finished off the title performance on her first match point with a
deeply angled backhand cross-court winner after 55 minutes on court. It has been
a strong tournament for other Canadians as well. Vancouvers Vasek Pospisil and
American Jack Sock beat Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States in a thrilling
7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 victory to win the mens doubles final Saturday.
Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., made it to the mens singles semifinal before
losing to seven-time champion Roger Federer of Switzerland in straight sets. The
last Canadian to reach a mens final four at a major was Robert Powell at
Wimbledon in 1908, according to Tennis Canada. Montreal native Greg Rusedski
reached the U.S. Open final in 1997 but he was representing Great Britain at
that time. Defending mixed doubles champions Daniel Nestor of Toronto and French
partner Kristina Mladenovic will play a semifinal match against Max Mirnyi of
Belarus and Hao-Ching Chan of Taiwan. Bouchard has done well at the All England
Club in the past. She won the Wimbledon girls title in 2012, becoming the first
Canadian to win a junior Grand Slam in singles. "I love coming back to
Wimbledon, so thank you, guys," said Bouchard at centre court immediately after
the match to a loud round of applause from the fans in attendance Saturday. Last
year at Wimbledon, Bouchard won her second-round match against former world No.
1 Ana Ivanovic in straight sets before she was eliminated in the third round by
Carla Suarez Navarro. Kvitova defeated Bouchard in straight sets in their lone
previous meeting last year at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. Bouchard said she will
return to Montreal to decompress after the Wimbledon final. "Ill take some time
off -- much deserved, Ive been playing a lot of tennis at a high level
recently," said Bouchard. "Ill take time for the mind and body and then hit the
practice court again and get excited for the second half of the season."
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