It was a night where all the teams in the playoff chase in the Western Conference picked up points with the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 shootout win over the
Phoenix Coyotes being a three-pointer.
Luke Schenn Flyers
Jersey Authentic . With the win, the Jets improve to 10-3-1 under coach
Paul Maurice and 5-1 at home since the coaching change. With 21 games remaining,
the Jets are now on 64 points and just two out of the final playoff spot. The
team plays another divisional game Saturday afternoon in Nashville (You can
catch the action live on TSN Jets or listen on TSN 1290.) The Predators sit two
points back of the Jets. Thursday marked the Jets 35th one-goal game this
season, the second highest in the league. Oliver Ekman-Larsson opened the
scoring as he did January 13 when these two teams met at MTS Centre. On that
night his goal came at 12:16. In this game it was 12:17 in. In the first
meeting, Olli Jokinen tied the game 36 seconds later. Thursday, Blake Wheeler
tied it 2:38 later. It was Wheelers team-leading 23rd of the year. Shots in the
first were 11-9 for Phoenix. The only goal of the second came on a Jets power
play, as Bryan Little beat Mike Smith off of a turnover. It was his 19th of the
year and sixth powerplay goal of the season. Little now has 48 points on the
season, three shy of his tying his career single season high. The shots in the
second were 10-7 for the Jets. Phoenix tied the game on a third period power
play following a very weak hooking call on Jim Slater. Both teams had reason to
question some of the calls and non-calls in this game. Martin Hanzal buried a
rebound for his 15th of the year to send the game to overtime. Shots in the
third favoured Phoenix 13-9. The Coyotes were the better team in overtime and
only a number of great saves by Ondrej Pavelec took the game to a shootout. The
shots in overtime were 5-1 for Phoenix and 39-29 Coyotes in the game.Antoine
Vermettes shootout marker for the Coyotes was cancelled out by Devin Setoguchi
and Olli Jokinens for Winnipeg as the Jets prevailed. Vermette had his 10-game
point streak snapped, while Andrew Ladd had his five-game point streak snapped.
Wheeler has points in 13 of his last 17 games. In the two games against Phoenix,
Pavelec has stopped 52 of 55 shots, is 2-0 and has a save percentage of .945.
Jacob Trouba led the Jets in ice time at 26:39, while Little took a team high 24
face-offs, winning 13. Jim Slater and Evander Kane both returned to the line-up,
Slater has been out since mid-October, while Kane missed the last six before the
break."It was a slugfest for the puck, but the game was better than I thought it
would be after the layoff," commented Maurice post-game. "Teams generated good
looks, there were good saves. I liked our goaltending and in the end he
delivered two points. We were a little uptight after the 2-2 goal. But I dont
complain about getting two points. That team (Phoenix) played pretty well." The
coach was also impressed by his goalie, Pavelec. "They had three prime chances
in overtime," said Maurice. "He wins the game with the saves in overtime and the
shootout. He really competed."
Eric Lindros
Flyers Jersey . Appearing on TSN 1050 on Tuesday, Sean McAdam of Comcast
SportsNet New England reported that the Blue Jays, along with a number of other
playoff contenders were in the mix for the Boston ace.
Luke Schenn Flyers
Jersey .C. -- Kurt Busch put his chances at "70 per cent" at running the
Indianapolis 500 this year because of recent developments that have pushed a
potential program along.
http://www.hockeyflyersauthentic.com/claude-giroux-jersey/ . PETERSBURG, Fla.A meeting between Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin is usually
big enough on its own. The fact that the Pittsburgh Penguins can post the
longest home winning streak in franchise history only adds more intrigue to
tonights matchup with the Washington Capitals. Catch all the action live on
TSN2 at 8pm et/5pm pt. The Penguins return home from a 2-0-1 road trip out west
having won 12 straight as the hosting club. That matches the record set between
Feb. 22- March 30 of last season. Pittsburgh also comes in well rested, having
been off since winning a 2-1 decision in Calgary on Saturday. Marc-Andre Fleury
came up with 27 saves and both Chris Kunitz and Matt Niskanen had goals. The
Penguins, who are 6-1-1 in their last eight games, had scored 18 non- shootout
goals in their previous four games while allowing 15. "It was nice to have a
nice, low-scoring game," said Fleury. "The last few games were a little crazy.
We have a lot of guys who can score goals, but if we want to be successful we
have to do well defensively." Pittsburgh will play its next three at home, where
it has not lost since Nov. 13 and is 19-3-0 this season. The Pens also get some
rest after this contest as their next game isnt until Monday versus Florida.
Even with the recent days off, Penguins forward James Neal is day-to-day and
questionable for tonight with an upper-body ailment that has held him out of
practice the last two days. Neal has 17 goals and 36 points in 27 games this
season and notched a goal and an assist in Pittsburghs 4-0 win over hosting
Washington on Nov. 20. Fleury recorded an 18-save shutout, improving to 14-7-2
with a 2.49 goals against average in his career versus the Capitals. Pittsburgh
bested Washington for the fifth consecutive game and the Capitals have lost
tthree straight in the Steel City following an eight-game series road win
streak.
Michael
Raffl Flyers Jersey. Crosby and Paul Martin also had a goal and an assist
in the November victory, while Ovechkin was held to just two shots. Crosby leads
the NHL with 67 points and is second with 42 assists. He has logged eight goals
and 25 points over a 16-game home point streak and has tallied five goals and 22
points in 12 career home meetings with the Capitals. The former Hart Trophy
winner has 45 points in 26 career games versus Washington, while Ovechkin has 22
goals and 40 points in 32 career games against the Penguins. Ovechkin notched
his league-leading 33rd goal of the season in last nights 2-1 shootout loss to
the San Jose Sharks. However, Ovechkin, Eric Fehr and Nicklas Backstrom all
failed on their attempts in the tiebreaker, while San Joses Patrick Marleau had
the lone shootout goal. "It was a good test for us. A good team. Theyve been
together for a long time," said Ovechkin. "I think we had good chances to win
the game in (regulation), in the third period, but we got the point." Rookie
Philipp Grubauer made 28 saves as he started for the 12th time in Washingtons
past 17 games. He is 6-2-5 with a 2.06 GAA and .936 save percentage in 14 games
(12 starts) this season. Though Washington has now followed up two straight wins
with back-to-back shootout losses, the point moved the Capitals into a tie with
Philadelphia for second place in the Metropolitan Division. Both teams trail
Pittsburgh by 16 points for the top spot. Washington will play three straight
and eight of its next nine on the road, where it is 8-8-4 on the season.
Braden Holtby got the start in Washingtons first meeting with Pittsburgh this
season, giving up all four goals on 40 shots faced.
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