BOSTON (AP) Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron was back on the ice on the team’s off-day http://www.officialcanucks.com/authentic-adidas-henrik-sedin-jersey , and coach Bruce Cassidy said it will be a game-day decision whether he plays in Game 5 against Toronto on Saturday night.”We won’t rule him out and we won’t say he’s definitely in,” the coach said during the team’s off-day availability on Friday. ”But it is a positive he’s back on the ice.”Bergeron missed Game 4 on Thursday with an undisclosed injury – a surprise to the Maple Leafs, who had no warning he was hurt. The Bruins won 3-1 in Toronto to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven first-round series.While there was no on-ice workout for the rest of the team Friday, Bergeron skated with a backup goalie and a coach at the practice facility. He did not show any impairment.Cassidy stressed that even though the Bruins have a cushion in the series that would have no impact on when Bergeron returns.”The last game Jacob Markstrom Jersey , 90 percent of the time, is the hardest one,” Cassidy said. ”I can pretty much tell you if he’s cleared to play he’ll be in the lineup. But that’s a medical decision that he has to be comfortable with as well.”A four-time Selke Award winner as the NHL’s best defensive forward and the Bruins’ No. 3 scorer this year with 63 points in 64 games, Bergeron broke his foot while blocking a shot on Feb. 24 and was sidelined for a month. Without him Markus Granlund Jersey , the Bruins went 9-2-2.”Unfortunately or fortunately, we’ve had to go to that a little bit in the regular season,” defenseman Adam McQuaid said. ”So it wasn’t a totally new situation for us.”Bergeron had had five assists in the first two games of the playoffs, centering a line with Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak that tallied 20 points in the two Bruins wins. After losing Game 3 with the top line held scoreless Michael Del Zotto Jersey , Marchand scored a goal and Pastrnak had two assists playing with center Riley Nash on Thursday.”They played without him for a while when he broke his foot there and they continued to just keep on rolling,” Maple Leafs defenseman Ron Hainsey said. ”I’m certain they’d rather have him in there. He’s the best player on the ice most nights he’s out there. … It wasn’t like we were doing cartwheels in here when they were missing him. We didn’t think we were going to have an easy night. That’s a great team.”— WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Winnipeg Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey was suspended for one game by the NHL on Wednesday for cross-checking Minnesota Wild forward Eric Staal.The cross-check to Staal’s neck happened in the first period of Winnipeg’s 2-0 victory Tuesday night. Morrissey had a hearing with the league’s department of player safety Wednesday. No penalty was called on Morrissey, and Staal finished the game.”While we acknowledge Morrissey’s argument that this is not an intentional cross-check to the neck meant to harm or injure an opponent Sam Gagner Jersey , this also is not a routine motion to box out an opponent,” the NHL said in a video explaining the penalty.”Staal is in Morrissey’s field of vision. There is no ongoing battle between the players. Morrissey is in control of this play and initiates contact. In doing so, Morrissey raises his stick substantially to a level above shoulder height at contact. ”This is a reckless strike to an opponent’s neck with sufficient force to merit supplemental discipline.”The Jets lead the best-of-seven series 3-1. Game 5 is Friday night in Winnipeg.”Well, it’s warranted Womens Devante Smith-Pelly Jersey ,” Minnesota coach Bruce Bourdreu said. ”I’m not up here trying gamesmanship to get the league to call extra stuff. It is what it is though. It was a vicious cross-check to the face.”Morrissey has one assist through four playoff games. He had seven goals and 19 assists in 81 regular-season games.

NEWARK Anton Khudobin Jersey Womens , N.J. (AP) — Rookie goalie Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 shots to earn his second straight shutout and the New Jersey Devils defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Monday.Blackwood is 3-1 since joining the Devils on Dec. 18. He blanked the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 on Saturday, becoming the first rookie goalie in franchise history to post back-to-back shutoutsBrian Boyle, Miles Wood, Sami Vatanen and Pavel Zacha scored for the Devils. It was Zacha’s second goal in two games.Anders Nilsson stopped 19 shots for Vancouver.The Devils have won three straight for the first time since their first three games of the season.LIGHTNING 2, DUCKS 1, OTANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brayden Point scored 35 seconds into overtime and Tampa Bay topped Anaheim to finish December unbeaten in regulation.The Lightning, who have won six straight, went 12-0-1 in December and are the eighth NHL team in the last 10 years to finish a calendar month without a regulation loss after playing a minimum of eight games. They go into the new year on a 14-0-1 run and with a league-high 64 points.Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 35 shots for his 100th NHL victory.Kucherov and Steven Stamkos are the first set of teammates to combine for 50 or more points in a calendar month since March 2001 when four pairs — three of which were combinations from Pittsburgh — accomplished the feat. Kucherov and Stamkos combined for 23 goals and 28 assists in December.Nick Ritchie scored for the Ducks, and John Gibson made 33 saves.KINGS 3, AVALANCHE 2, OTDENVER (AP) — Dustin Brown scored on a breakaway 56 seconds into overtime and Los Angeles withstood a late comeback attempt by Colorado.Brown gathered in a pass from Jake Muzzin in the Avalanche zone and skated between the circles before sending a wrist shot past the stick of goalie Semyon Varlamov.Sean Walker and Drew Doughty also scored for the Kings. Jonathan Quick had 22 saves and earned his 299th career win. He has 17 wins in 24 career games against the Avalanche.Nathan MacKinnon and Carl Soderberg scored for Colorado, which lost its fifth straight and was shut out in consecutive games.CANADIENS 3, STARS 2, OTDALLAS (AP) — Jeff Petry scored 14 seconds into overtime after Phillip Danault had both Montreal goals in regulation, and the Canadiens rallied to beat Dallas.Danault’s two goals came nine days after his hat trick in a 4-3 overtime win at Vegas, giving him five of his seven goals this season in that span.After the opening faceoff of 3-on-3 overtime, Paul Byron skated up the left side and slipped the puck across the ice to Petry, who easily beat Ben Bishop for his eighth goal.Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin were on the ice for the Montreal’s winning goal in their first loss since the high-priced forwards were harshly criticized by their front office. Benn scored his team-leading 16th goal on an assist from Seguin for a 2-1 lead in the second period.Radek Faksa also scored for the Stars.Antii Niemi stopped 45 shots against his former team in his third straight start and second win since Carey Price was sidelined with a lower-body injury.FLAMES 8, SHARKS 5CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk each scored twice and added two assists, propelling Calgary past San Jose.Sean Monahan had five assists for the Flames. His five-point game was a career best, and Gaudreau tied his career high with four points.Calgary finished the calendar year first in the Pacific Division, two points up on Vegas and three ahead of the Sharks.Mikael Backlund scored twice and Elias Lindholm and James Neal also had goals for the Flames Wade Megan Jersey Womens , who improved to 8-1-3 in their last 12 home games.Joonas Donskoi scored twice to lead San Jose. Lukas Radil, Brent Burns and Joe Thornton also scored. The Sharks lost in regulation for just the second time in their last 11 games (7-2-2).ISLANDERS 3, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Robin Lehner made 39 saves against his former team and the Islanders beat Buffalo as New York coach Barry Trotz moved into fourth place on the NHL’s all-time win list.Trotz picked up his 783rd career victory and moved passed Islanders franchise legend Al Arbour on the list.Nick Leddy, Brock Nelson and Ryan Pulock scored for the Islanders, who won their four straight and for the seventh time in eight games.Kyle Okposo scored and Carter Hutton stopped 30 shots for Buffalo, which has lost three in a row and five of six.PREDATORS 6, CAPITALS 3WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan Johansen had a goal and two assists, Viktor Arvidsson and Rocco Grimaldi each added a goal and an assist as Nashville scored five unanswered goals to break its six-game losing streak.Johansen’s seventh goal of the season beat Braden Holtby to tie the score at 3 as the Predators scored three goals in 4:33 to take a 4-3 lead.Miikka Salomaki, Frederick Gaudreau and Ryan Ellis add goals, and Pekka Rinne stopped 22 shots for the Predators, who ended their longest skid since an eight-game slide from April 4-19, 2013.Braden Holtby stopped 28 shots for the Capitals. Michal Kempny, Jakub Vruna and Chandler Stephenson scored for Washington, which had its four-game winning streak halted.HURRICANES 3, FLYERS 1RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lucas Wallmark, Jordan Martinook and Andrei Svechnikov scored for Carolina, which won for the second time in six games.Curtis McElhinney stopped 22 shots for the Hurricanes.Jakub Voracek scored for Philadelphia, which lost for the third time in four games and fell to 3-3-1 under interim coach Scott Gordon. Carter Hart started in the nets for the Flyers, but allowed three goals on 10 shots and was replaced by Michal Neuvirth, who stopped all 23 shots he faced.PENGUINS 3, WILD 2ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists Tobias Rieder Jersey Womens , and Sidney Crosby added a goal and assist for surging Pittsburgh.Casey DeSmith made 31 saves for Pittsburgh, which tied its season high with its fourth straight road win.Kessel has three points in each of his past three games and Crosby has four straight games with multiple points for the Penguins, who have won eight of their past 10 games, a season-high six games in a row and finished December 11-3-1.Mikko Koivu scored for the first time in 15 games and Zach Parise added his 17th goal of the season for the Wild. Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves for Minnesota, which has lost eight of its past 11 games.RANGERS 2, BLUES 1ST. LOUIS (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves and New York got goals from Mats Zuccarello and Boo Nieves.New York has won consecutive games for the first time since taking three in a row from Nov. 17-21.The Rangers had allowed at least four goals in eight of their past 11 games before shutting down St. Louis. The Blues have 11 home losses in regulation this season, tying them with the Coyotes and Kings for most in the NHL.The only goal Lundqvist gave up came at 10:08 of the first period when the Blues went ahead 1-0. David Perron fed Ryan O’Reilly, who fired a slap shot from the left faceoff circle for his 15th goal. O’Reilly has six points (three goals, three assists) in his last seven games against Rangers.BLUE JACKETS 6, SENATORS 3COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Zach Werenski broke a tie late in the game with the second of his two goals and Sergei Bobrovsky had 22 saves as Columbus beat struggling Ottawa.Pierre-Luc Dubois had a career-high two goals and two assists as the Blue Jackets won for the sixth time in seven games and moved within two points of Washington atop the Metropolitan Division. Cam Atkinson and Josh Anderson got empty-net goals in the final minute to turn it into a rout for surging Columbus.Ryan Dzingel scored twice and Bobby Ryan added a goal for Ottawa, which lost its fifth in a row.Rookie Marcus Hogberg — who made his first career start Saturday against Washington — didn’t play badly, finishing with 32 saves.PANTHERS 4, RED WINGS 3, SODETROIT (AP) — Jonathan Huberdeau scored the only goal in a shootout to give Florida a comeback win over struggling Detroit.Jared McCann, Henrik Borgstrom and Jayce Hawryluk scored in the second period for the Panthers, who have won six of eight. Roberto Luongo allowed three goals on eight shots before being replaced by James Reimer to start the second. Reimer stopped 12 shots and all three attempts in the tiebreaker.Andreas Athanasiou, Gustav Nyquist and Thomas Vanek scored for the Red Wings, who led 3-0 after one but have lost their last five games (0-3-2). Jimmy Howard made 24 saves.JETS 4, OILERS 3EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Brendan Lemieux scored twice and Winnipeg defeated slumping Edmonton.Brandon Tanev and Blake Wheeler also scored for the Jets (25-12-2), who snapped a two-game skid.Leon Draisaitl had a pair of goals and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the other for the Oilers (18-18-3), who lost all five games on their homestand and have dropped six in a row overall.Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck robbed Draisaitl in tight with 23 seconds left to preserve the win. DALLAS (AP) The Dallas Stars are celebrating 25 years in Texas by hosting the NHL draft for the first time.The headliner for the home team had a little anniversary of his own: retired franchise icon Mike Modano marking 30 years since he was the No. 1 overall pick by helping introduce the Stars’ first-round pick, Canadian forward Ty Dellandrea Mike Hoffman Jersey Womens , on Friday night.Sharing the stage with high-scoring Dallas winger Jamie Benn, Modano only had to look up to see his No. 9 hanging from the rafters at the other end of American Airlines Center.The highest-scoring U.S.-born player in NHL history was the first pick by the Minnesota North Stars in 1988, five years before the franchise moved to North Texas.”I’ve been thinking about it,” Modano said. ”Didn’t really ring a bell till about a month ago when they started saying some stuff, called me to do some intros. I was like, `Dang, yeah, ’88, 2018.’ I was like, `That was quick.”’Modano watched hockey grow from almost nothing in North Texas, but couldn’t say he was surprised his old franchise got the draft since a new arena that opened in 2001 brought the All-Star game six years later. The 48-year-old figured it was just a matter of time.”I think a lot of things happened along the way that we didn’t think,” Modano said. ”Just kind of gives people a little bit of knowledge of the town. There’s hockey down in Texas and it’s alive and kicking. Brings a lot of attention to this town for hockey for a good week.”Modano gigged the current captain of the Stars during their presentation, saying he wasn’t on stage when Benn got drafted and Benn responding that they didn’t bring fifth-round picks to the stage.Benn, the 2015 Art Ross Trophy winner as the NHL’s points leader, is up to fifth on the club’s career scoring list after getting taken 129th overall in 2007. Benn’s rookie season was Modano’s last in Dallas.”We worked on that for a little bit,” Modano said with a smile.Dellandrea, the 13th overall pick, was 10 when Modano retired in 2011 after one season with Detroit. Modano debuted as an 18-year-old with the North Stars and spent 20 seasons combined in Minnesota and Dallas. His American records are 557 goals and 1,359 points.”I might have been a little young,” said the 17-year-old Dellandrea, who spent the past two seasons with Flint of the Ontario Hockey League. ”But both of them have been tremendous role models to look up to as a young hockey player.”Now one of them is a teammate.—

LAS VEGAS (AP) The Latest on Game 1 of the Stanley Cup between the Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights (all times local):8:40 p.m.The Washington Capitals have a high-flying William Nylander Jersey , hard-hitting team and history working against them.Tomas Nosek scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and added an empty-net goal in the closing seconds to help the Vegas Golden Knights beat Washington 6-4 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.Since the final went to a best-of-seven format in 1939, the winner of Game 1 has gone on to hoist the Cup the last six years and 61 of the last 78 times.Boston is the last team to bounce back from losing Game 1 to win an NHL title.The Bruins, in fact, opened the 2011 Final with two losses against the Vancouver Canucks before rallying and winning in seven games.—8:10 p.m.The Vegas Golden Knights took another step in their unlikely quest to win the Stanley Cup, beating the Washington Capitals 6-4 in a Game 1 thriller.Fourth-line forward Tomas Nosek scored a go-ahead goal midway through the third period and had an empty-net goal with 2.7 seconds left.Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves for the Golden Knights. Braden Holtby made 28 saves for the Capitals, who are 0-5 in franchise history in the Stanley Cup Final.Vegas will host Game 2 on Wednesday night.Shortly before the empty-net goal, Lars Eller of the Capitals had the puck go off the end of his stick blade with a wide-open net in front of him and a chance to tie the game.—7:55 p.m.The Vegas Golden Knights are showing how deep and talented they are in the Stanley Cup Final.Tomas Nosek scored a go-ahead goal midway through the third period to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 5-4 lead over the Washington Capitals in a Game 1 thriller.Nosek’s one-timer from the right side was set up by Shea Theodore’s cross-ice pass. Ryan Reaves, the third player on Vegas’ fourth line, had tied the game early in the third.—7:50 p.m.Jonathan Marchessault, Vegas’ leading scorer in the playoffs, walked off the ice and toward the Golden Knights’ dressing room after taking an open-ice check.Washington’s Tom Wilson landed a blind-sided hit on Marchessault well after he got rid of the puck near center ice.Wilson was later called for interference against Marchessault after the officials gathered to discuss what happened. David Perron, who had come off Vegas’ bench, was penalized for cross-checking Alex Ovechkin during the same stoppage of play 5:53 into the third period.Marchessault later returned to the ice.—7:35 p.m.Vegas and Washington are putting on a show in the Stanley Cup Final opener.Tom Wilson put the Capitals ahead early in the third period and Ryan Reaves evened the score at 4-all for the Golden Knights just 1:31 later, setting up a fantastic finish in Game 1.Wilson finished off a sequence in which he and his teammates, including Alex Ovechkin, finally found some time and space with the puck against the speedy, swarming Golden Knights.That quieted the Vegas crowd, but not for long. Reaves scored the game-tying goal by lifting a loose puck over Braden Holtby.—7:10 p.m.It’s all tied up after the first two periods in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.The Vegas Golden Knights killed their first penalty with a little help from the post behind Marc-Andre Fleury as John Carlson drew iron on a shot late in the second period. Moments later Womens Zach Hyman Jersey , Fleury gave the post to his right a friendly tap with his right glove to give thanks after his team was penalized for having too many men on the ice.The Golden Knights and Capitals head into the third period tied 3-3 after an entertaining opening to a series between two teams seeking their first NHL championship.Fleury had stopped 15 shots through two periods and Braden Holtby had stopped 22 for the Capitals.—6:45 p.m.One of the hottest shows on the Strip isn’t showing signs of slowing down.Reilly Smith put the Vegas Golden Knights ahead early in the second period and John Carlson pulled the Washington Capitals into a 3-3 tie as Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final reached the halfway point.Just like the opening period, Vegas was able to generate more offense. The Golden Knights were outshooting the Capitals 10-5 midway through the second and 21-15 overall.Both teams had some trouble keeping the puck settled at times. Crews were working on the ice during stoppages in play, adding water and shoveling shavings away.—6:10 p.m.The Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals are tied 2-2 after a wild first period in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.Brett Connolly and Nicklas Backstrom scored 42 seconds apart to put the Capitals ahead and William Karlsson answered with a goal late in the period.Both teams took advantage of having players with soft hands, allowing them to redirect rolling and wobbling pucks into the net.Washington’s Braden Holtby withstood a flurry of shots early in the period and finished the opening 20 minutes with nine saves. Marc-Andre Fleury didn’t have to stop a shot for more than five minutes before Washington woke up.Colin Miller fired up the home crowd by scoring 7:15 into the game on a power play, slapping a shot past Holtby, who appeared to be screened. Washington roared back with two goals.—5:40 p.m.The Vegas Golden Knights have jumped out to a 1-0 lead less than 10 minutes into the opening game of the Stanley Cup Final against Washington.Colin Miller scored 7:15 into the game on the power play, slapping a shot past Braden Holtby, who appeared to be screened.Vegas had five shots before the Capitals had one. After they finally got a shot on net 5-plus minutes into the game, Washington’s Andre Burakovsky was called for boarding to give the Golden Knights the first power play of the final.The Golden Knights pulled out all the stops for an extravagant pregame show. Famed ring announcer Michael Buffer yelled ”Let’s get ready to rumble!” before announcing starting lineups.The teams came out flying, playing with plenty of speed and energy in front of a fired-up crowd that went wild as Vegas opened the scoring.—5:15 p.m.The Strip was packed with people fired up about the Stanley Cup Final.Fans began filling up the plaza outside T-Mobile Arena several hours before Game 1 despite 94-degree temperatures. The parking lots and casino restaurants nearby were jammed with people decked out in costumes ranging from suits of armor to a Sasquatch.After a pregame concert from hip-hop star and Golden Knights fan Lil Jon, the crowd kept growing until the plaza was packed an hour before the puck dropped.Inside the arena, fans of both teams crowded around the glass before pregame warmups. The concourse was filled with Vegas touches from showgirls taking photos with fans to the wildly costumed dancers from the cast of Mystere, the long-running Cirque du Soleil show at the Treasure Island casino.Much earlier in the day, fans began lining up at City National Arena, the team’s practice facility in the suburbs, to get a wristband that allowed them watch the Golden Knights’ optional morning skate. By 5:30 a.m. the line grew to 20 people to watch the morning skate later in the morning.—5:10 p.m.NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman insists there’s no delay in deciding if Seattle will have a team in the league.”We just haven’t gotten the train to the station in time,” Bettman told reporters Monday night during his annual Stanley Cup Final news conference.Bettman reiterated Seattle’s bid will not be up for conditional approval at the NHL Board of Governors in June.Seattle’s ownership group will have to pay a $650 million expansion fee and make arena improvements to play in the NHL as soon as 2020.”The building still has to be renovated,” Bettman said before Vegas hosted Washington in Game 1. ”So Bo Horvat Jersey , there’s plenty of time to deal with the issues that have to be dealt with.”Houston also has been mentioned as a candidate for an NHL team.—4:10 p.m.The Washington Capitals or Vegas Golden Knights will win the Stanley Cup for the first time.History suggests the winner of Game 1 has the odds in its favor.The team winning the opener the previous six years ended up hoisting the Cup. Since the Stanley Cup Final went to a best-of-seven format, the winner of Game 1 has gone on to hoist the Cup 61 of 78 times.Washington has its second shot to earn the Cup, hoping it fares better than in 1998 when Detroit won in a sweep.Vegas is aiming to be the first franchise in a major North American professional league to win a title in its first season since the NFL’s Cleveland Browns in 1950.—More Stanley Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/StanleyCupFinals BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) David Perron and the Vegas Golden Knights have won so many times in their inaugural season they’ve stopped counting how many NHL expansion-team records they’ve broken.Yet, another one fell Saturday when Vegas won its 20th road game by beating the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Erik Haula’s decisive shootout goal. At 20-12-3, the Golden Knights broke a tie with the 1993-94 Anaheim Ducks for most road wins by an NHL team in its first season.”We broke it? That’s awesome,” Perron said.”It’s kind of funny. We don’t even think about it too much anymore,” he said. ”I don’t think we see ourselves as that kind of team anymore, and we keep looking forward to getting more wins and breaking more stuff.”The Pacific Division-leading Golden Knights (44-19-5) are running out of milestones to surpass in a season in which they’ve already set NHL expansion records for most overall wins, home wins, points and longest winning streak – an 8-0 run from Dec. 14 to Jan. 2.Defenseman Deryk Engelland forced overtime by scoring from a bad angle with 4:14 remaining, and Marc-Andre Fleury won his 399th career game by stopping 31 shots through overtime.After both teams traded one shootout goal apiece, Haula scored in the fifth round by driving up the right side and beating goalie Robin Lehner on the short side.Justin Bailey scored for Buffalo. Lehner finished with 31 saves.Buffalo was unable to hang on to a 1-0 lead after Bailey scored 2:27 into the third period, and the Sabres dropped to 10-10-12 in games decided by one goal.”You look at their lineup versus our lineup, and I think our guys are doing a terrific job,” coach Phil Housley said of an injury-depleted Sabres team that was missing five regulars, including Jack Eichel (sprained right ankle) and Kyle Okposo (concussion).”But we had an opportunity to close that game out with 4 1/2 minutes to go and those are the areas we have to learn as we move forward,” Housley added.The Golden Knights were in jeopardy of being shut out for the fourth time this season before Engelland tied the game. Getting the puck in the right circle Youth Brandon Sutter Jersey , Engelland drove around the net to draw Lehner out of position. Coming out the other side, he banked the puck in off Sabres defenseman Marco Scandella, who slid through the crease in a bid to block the pass attempt.Engelland said he was attempting to feed William Karlsson in front when he watched the puck bank in for his fifth goal of the season.Fleury was excited to see Engelland rewarded on offense, given how much he does in the defensive zone.”He blocks a lot of shots for me,” Fleury said. ”And when he can get compensated for it with a goal, I was happy. It was huge for our team.”Fleury was coming off a 28-save outing in a 4-0 win at Detroit on Thursday and had his shutout streak snapped at 130 minutes and 40 seconds, dating to the second period of a 4-1 loss at Columbus on Tuesday.Fleury laughed about how well the Golden Knights have played away from Vegas, where they are 24-7-2.”A lot of people talk about the `Vegas Flu,”’ Fleury said, referring to the perception that visiting teams might be distracted by what Sin City has to offer. ”But you talk to the team and it’s great for our confidence. And that’s why we’re where we’re at in the standings.”Vegas became just the fifth team to win 20 road games this season. Of all NHL teams, only two had won 18 or more – Anaheim and Florida (18) – in their inaugural seasons.NOTES: Golden Knights RW Reilly Smith traveled home because of an undisclosed injury. Smith was hurt against Columbus. Coming off a 20-point month of February, Smith is as listed day to day, and coach Gerard Gallant said he was sent home because he wasn’t going to play at Philadelphia on Sunday. … Golden Knights D Nate Schmidt returned after missing four games with an undisclosed injury. … Golden Knights rookie RW Alex Tuch, who is from Syracuse, New York, grew up a Sabres fan and estimated he had 450 family members and friends on hand for his first game at Buffalo.UP NEXTGolden Knights: Close five-game road swing at Flyers on Sunday.Sabres: Enjoy four-day break before hosting Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.—

NEW YORK — The season is just two games old Conor Timmins Jersey Womens , but it has already been a transitional one for the New York Islanders and their new head coach, Barry Trotz. The adaptation process will continue Monday afternoon, when Robin Lehner makes his first start for the Islanders in a Columbus Day matinee against the San Jose Sharks at Barclays Center.It will be the third game of the season for both teams. The Islanders dropped their home opener Saturday, when they fell to the Nashville Predators, 4-3. Article continues below ...The Sharks last played Friday, when they earned a 3-2 overtime win over the host Los Angeles Kings.The narrow defeat for the Islanders on Saturday left Trotz — who coached the Washington Capitals to the team’s first Stanley Cup last spring — in the unfamiliar position of trying to find positives in a loss. New York, which allowed the most goals in the NHL last season (296) and lost star John Tavares to the Toronto Maple Leafs as a free agent in July, followed up a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday by keeping the Western Conference powerhouse Predators off the scoreboard in the third period.“I thought we had some pretty good stretches,” Trotz told reporters afterward. “Our overall game, I thought we were pretty good. I thought we handled their speed well. I thought we managed the puck a lot better than we did in Carolina.”The Sharks also felt good about themselves following the adjustments they made against the Kings http://www.ducksshoponline.com/authentic-jakob-silfverberg-jersey , whom they limited to one goal over the final two periods and overtime while getting their first win when New York native Kevin Labanc scored 2:54 into the extra period.“I thought the third period we really pressed, and I thought we were the better team in the third,” said Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer, whose squad outshot the Kings 12-5 in the third period and overtime. “The guys played as if we needed to win this game and we found a way to do it.”Trotz said following practice Sunday that Lehner, who signed with the Islanders in July following three seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, would draw the start Monday. It will be the first regular season game for Lehner since he entered alcohol rehab and began receiving treatment for bipolar disorder last spring.“I feel I’m ready to play,” Lehner told reporters Sunday. “There are still a few things we’re working on. We’re changing a few things I’ve been doing my whole life. That’s not an overnight thing.”Lehner is 0-4-0 in four career appearances against the Sharks.Martin Jones is likely to draw his third straight start for the Sharks. Jones is 1-0-0 in two career games against the Islanders.The Sharks will be without veteran center Joe Thornton, who was placed on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury Sunday. To replace Thornton on the active roster, San Jose recalled center Dylan Gambrell from its AHL affiliate.The Islanders will be hosting a Western Conference foe on Columbus Day afternoon for the third time in four seasons since moving to Barclays Center. New York suffered a 3-2 shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues last season and beat the Winnipeg Jets, 4-2 Womens John Gibson Jersey , in 2015. ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues have three players poised to make their season debuts against the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night, but the biggest question surrounding the team this week is the uncertainty in goal.Starting goalie Jake Allen left Saturday’s 7-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks late in the second period after a collision with teammate Zach Sanford.Goalie Ville Husso was recalled from the team’s AHL affiliate in San Antonio and skated with backup Chad Johnson in practice Monday and Tuesday, but Husso was sent back to the Rampage after Allen skated Tuesday and Wednesday.Article continues below ...Allen, who went through concussion protocol, said he’s ready to go against the Golden Knights if head coach Mike Yeo decides to put him in the lineup.“It was a hard play to the net. I just made a save and it was a tough blow to the side of the head,” Allen told NHL.com. “I was really (shaken) up at the time. It was the right decision to take me out. It took a little bit of time to gather myself. But after that, I was OK.”Forwards Robby Fabbri, Nikita Soshnikov and defenseman Carl Gunnarsson could all make their season debuts against Vegas.Fabbri, who just completed a three-game conditioning assignment in San Antonio, has not played in a regular-season game since tearing the ACL in his left knee against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Feb. 4 Authentic Josh Manson Jersey , 2017.“I think what we have to find out here is how close is he to 100 percent,” Yeo told NHL.com. “His hundred percent for me is pretty high. That’s a pretty high level. That’s going back to a level that I saw him play at two years ago.”Gunnarsson is also returning from an ACL tear and hip surgery. He is coming off a two-game stint with San Antonio.“That was the last kind of speed, get to game speed and all that, so a good test, and two pretty good games,” Gunnarsson told NHL.com. “That was the last test, it held up well, I feel good, so green light. Now it’s just up to the coaches.”The Blues went 1-0-2 against the Golden Knights last season.Vegas is coming off of a 4-1 loss at Nashville on Tuesday. Forward Ryan Hartman scored twice for the Predators as the Golden Knight allowed four straight goals.“For me, we played the perfect road period against a real good team in the first (period) http://www.ducksshoponline.com/authentic-ondrej-kase-jersey ,” Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “And then after that, we made some real bad mistakes and it cost us goals every time.”Forward Reilly Smith scored a power play goal in the first period for the Golden Knights, but after putting 13 shots on net in the first, Vegas was held to 11 shots in the final two periods.“We made a couple mistakes maybe over-forechecking and not covering for each other as well as we should, and they did a good job capitalizing on odd-man rushes,” Smith told the Review-Journal. “I think it was a game tailored to them where they just threw a lot of pucks to the neutral zone and waited for bounces. They were able to capitalize on them.”

BUFFALO http://www.officialbruinsproonline.com/authentic-adidas-david-krejci-jersey , N.Y. (AP) — Sabres broadcaster Rick Jeanneret was taken out of the press box on a stretcher Saturday night during the third period of Buffalo’s game against the Anaheim Ducks.The team did not provide an immediate update on his condition following a 3-0 victory, but one was expected. WGR radio, the Sabres’ flagship station, reported Jeanneret was responsive before getting onto the stretcher.The 76-year-old Jeanneret has done play-by-play for Sabres radio and television broadcasts since 1971, the longest tenure with a single team in NHL history. He was honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame with the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 2012.In recent years, Jeanneret and the Sabres reached a deal to scale back his workload and have him call about half the team’s games. Jeanneret underwent treatment after being diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014.Jeanneret opened the broadcast Saturday night dressed in a red Santa Claus suit and a white beard. He was walking around the press box between the second and third periods.Jeanneret called the first two minutes of the third before the broadcast went silent for about 20 seconds and color commentator Rob Ray took over the play-by-play. Pregame and postgame host Brian Duff replaced Jeanneret and finished the game. SAN JOSE Authentic David Pastrnak Jersey , Calif. (AP) — Evander Kane doesn’t know why he keeps putting up big numbers against the Calgary Flames.Kane had a goal and an assist to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Flames 3-1 Sunday night.The 27-year old forward, in his 10th season with his fourth team, now has 10 goals and six assists in 12 career games against Calgary.“I have no idea,” Kane said. “I’ve played in the (Eastern Conference) a lot of my career, too, we saw those guys twice a season. For some reason Jake DeBrusk Jersey , the pucks seem to be going in when we play against these guys.”Joe Pavelski had a goal and two assists, Joonas Donskoi also had a goal and an assist, and Martin Jones stopped 29 shots as the Sharks snapped a two-game skid.Sean Monahan scored and Mike Smith had 26 saves for the Flames, who had won five of their previous six.Kane put the Sharks ahead 50 seconds into the game with his sixth of the season. Donskoi scored less than a minute and a half into the second with is fourth.Jones stopped a penalty shot from Sam Bennett with 7:38 left in the third period with Calgary trailing 2-1.“It was frustrating because we played so well,” Bennett said. “It doesn’t feel good not getting the tying goal. I’ll try to think of something else the next time.”Under persistent pressure in the third period, Jones had 14 saves.“Jonesy made some phenomenal saves and you need that Womens Patrice Bergeron Jersey , there guy was making phenomenal saves too on high danger chances,” Sharks coach Pete DeBoer said. “Good teams need great goaltending, and he made timely saves for us.”The Sharks were coming off an 0-2 road trip.“Obviously it wasn’t a great road trip for us, so to come back and respond the way we did at home with the big win, that was huge for us,” Jones said.The Flames capitalized on a turnover as Monahan scored a breakaway at 6:02 of the second to make it 2-1. Mark Jankowski assisted Monahan’s goal after taking the puck away from Erik Karlsson.“I thought we generated some good looks in the third Youth Brandon Carlo Jersey , we just weren’t able to put them in,” Flames defenseman Mark Giordano said. “We didn’t go to the net. They were more committed to putting the puck on the net and forechecking than we were.”Pavelski scored an empty-netter in the final minute.“It feels good to be home,” Pavelski said. “Right from the first ceremony tonight there was good energy in this building, I think the players felt it, and responded well too.”NOTES: Sharks C Logan Couture played in his 600th career game. Couture left the game after falling awkwardly in the third period. DeBoer said his injury status wasn’t immediately known. … San Jose C Tomas Hertl played for the first time since suffering a head injury on Nov. 3. He missed three games. … Sharks D Joakim Ryan was back in the lineup for D Tim Heed, who played his first game on Friday. … The Sharks had given up three or more goals in nine straight games going into Sunday. … Flames D Michael Stone played in place of D Rasmus Anderson. … The Sharks wore camouflage jerseys as part of the team’s Military Appreciation night commemoration.UP NEXTFlames: Open a four-game homestand on Thursday against Montreal.Sharks: Host Nashville on Tuesday.