PITTSBURGH - Phoenix Coyotes coach Dave Tippett says goaltender Mike Smith is "day to day" after injuring his right leg against the New York Rangers.
DeAndre
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overtime loss. He underwent tests Tuesday and will be evaluated when the team
returns to Phoenix on Friday. Thomas Greiss will start in goal Tuesday when the
Coyotes face the Metropolitan Division-leading Pittsburgh Penguins. Smith left
the game with 7:43 remaining in regulation after being bowled over by New Yorks
Derick Brassard. Smith is one of the major reasons the Coyotes are battling for
the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs. He is 27-21-10 with a 2.64
goals-against average and three shutouts. The Coyotes have recalled goaltender
Mark Visentin from the AHLs Portland Pirates. Visentin, who has never appeared
in an NHL game, he was selected in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2010
NHL draft. The Coyotes currently sit in the final wild card spot in the Western
Conference, one point ahead of the Dallas Stars.
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and 11 rebounds in limited minutes, and San Antonio trailed for only 11 seconds
late in the first quarter of a 103-90 victory over Portland on Wednesday night.
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seasons success to return to the playoffs again next year.TORONTO - Its too
early in his tenure as interim coach to know what a Peter Horachek-coached team
looks like, but the Toronto Maple Leafs gave a pretty good indication of the new
standard in his second game behind the bench.In beating the Columbus Blue
Jackets 5-2 Friday night at Air Canada Centre, the Maple Leafs responded to an
early deficit, out-shot an opponent and kept pressing with the lead. In other
words, Horachek hockey helped end a three-game losing streak.I definitely feel
like thats how we need to approach every game, for sure, said Horachek, who was
awarded the teams camouflage hoodie by players after his first win as Leafs
coach. Its not going to be perfect all the time, but what we want them to do is
play more in that direction that we played tonight.The Leafs out-shot the Blue
Jackets 32-20. The 20 shots were the second fewest of the season (10 vs. Buffalo
Oct. 28) and the second time in 42 games Toronto allowed under 24 shots in a
game.That itself was an accomplishment.I think its all part of the process,
defenceman Cody Franson said. To keep a team to under 25 shots takes a lot of
work. But the work that youre doing allows you to play a less exhausting game.
If you play hard in your D-zone you dont spend as much time down there, and
therefore you dont have to spend as much time hitting people and trying to
defend. You can get in the offensive zone and not necessarily have to be as
physical.When the Leafs (22-17-3) got chances, they took advantage. Tyler Bozak,
Daniel Winnik, Phil Kessel and James van Riemsdyk scored on 2013 Vezina Trophy
winner Sergei Bobrovsky, and van Riemsdyk added an empty-netter for good
measure.All that came after Blue Jackets centre Ryan Johansen scored 3:15 in on
the first shot on Jonathan Bernier, who finished with 18 saves. Horachek told
his team to stick with it, dont let anything bother you and just keep going, and
players listened.Our team really responded, captain Dion Phaneuf said. We stuck
with the way that we had to play. We didnt give up a whole lot all night and it
was start-to-finish probably one of our strongest games that weve played as a
team.For a team striving for some measure of consistency, this was it. General
manager Dave Nonis blamed fits of inconsistency for the firing of coach Randy
Carlyle on Tuesday.Leafs president Brendan Shanahan delivered the same message
in speaking with players Friday morning, that this isnt good enough. The group
that took the ice against Columbus (18-18-3) looked like it took that message to
heart.Hes the boss of our organization and the president of our team, so when he
addresses the team, the team listens with open ears, Phaneuf said. It wasnt a
negative meeting, but it was about what he expects from our team — very
straightforward, professional, and I thought our team responded well and in the
right way.The Blue Jackets didnt respond thee way coach Todd Richards would have
liked.
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Janssen Hotspur Jersey UK. Two Toronto goals came as a result of the puck
going in off a defenceman, and the Leafs two power-play goals came after some
poor discipline.They were bad penalties, Richards said. We lost too many battles
on the walls, in the corners. I think we took four penalties so youre giving a
team, plus the five-on-three just off of a line change. So, bad penalties. You
arent giving yourself a chance to win.Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky was
playing his first game since signing a US$29.7-million, four-year extension
earlier in the day. Bobrovsky stopped 27 of the 31 shots he faced and couldnt be
faulted much for the loss.It was tough, Bobrovsky said. Tough game. Tough start,
but weve got to find a way.The Leafs found a way by committing to the kind of
defence-first style Horachek wants. Its not that theyre suffocating in their own
zone, but keeping shots against down by keeping the puck and dictating the pace
is part of the plan.They always say when youre in the offensive zone, its tough
for them to score some goals, Winnik said.Scoring two power-play goals for the
first time in over a month, the Leafs showed they could make a team pay for
penalties. But perhaps the most impressive part of this victory was how they
didnt go into a shell after building a three-goal lead.Instead, the Leafs kept
pushing and limited the Blue Jackets opportunities to get back into the game.I
think thats been one of our faults this year is when we have leads like that, we
sit back, Winnik said. But I thought we did a great job of just taking it to
them.The Leafs embark on a four-game road trip that takes them to Los Angeles,
Anaheim, San Jose and St. Louis. They face the Stanley Cup-champion Kings on
Monday.Horachek has been around the game long enough to know its impossible to
play this kind of game every night. But his players can try.Thats the kind of
game that were striving towards on an every-night basis, Franson said. If we can
play like that as a group, we spend less time in on our own zone and were a much
better team because of it.Notes — Leafs goaltender Jonathan Bernier finished
with 18 saves for his 16th victory of the season. ... Referee Dean Morton was
upended by David Clarkson in an accidental collision early in the first period.
Morton flipped in the air and went down to the ice in pain. After being attended
to by training staff, Morton was helped off and did not return. Marc Joanette
worked the rest of the game with linesmen Greg Devorski and Mark Shewchyk. ...
Kessel was playing in his 406th consecutive game, second in Leafs history behind
only Tim Horton (486). ... The late J.P. Parise was honoured on the video
screens in the first period. Parise, a member of Canadas 1972 Summit Series
team, died Wednesday night from lung cancer. He was 73.---Follow @SWhyno on
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