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| NEW YORK, N. Wholesale Penguins Jerseys .Y. - Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers take a seven-game winning streak into the Christmas break.They will need the rest after withstanding a frenetic third period to beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Tuesday night. Trailing 3-0, the Capitals fired 21 shots at Lundqvist in the final 20 minutes.It was perfect, Lundqvist deadpanned. I have a lot of Christmas food here, so I needed a good workout in the third.He certainly got it.When the game was on the line, Lundqvist was really good for them, Capitals coach Barry Trotz said.Rick Nash and Martin St. Louis each scored twice for the Rangers. Lundqvist finished with 30 saves in a game that matched two of the NHLs hottest teams in their final outing before the holiday break. Washington had won three in a row, picking up points in nine straight games (7-0-2).Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard had two assists apiece for New York.Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin scored for Washington.It was the first meeting of the season between the Metropolitan Division rivals. The Rangers and Capitals are tied with 40 points in third place — the last guaranteed playoff spot in the division. New York has two games in hand on the Capitals.Nash got the only goal of the opening period at 3:32, deflecting Zuccarellos shot past Braden Holtby. It came moments after Rangers defenceman Ryan McDonagh won a 1-on-1 battle with Ovechkin, standing up the Washington star as he broke toward the net.Ovechkin and linemate Nicklas Backstrom almost tied it later in the period when they had consecutive point-blank shots that Lundqvist denied.Ovechkin was called for boarding Zuccarello 27 seconds into the second period, and the Rangers capitalized.St. Louis got the goal at 1:03, converting a brilliant pass from Dan Boyle at the point. Boyle faked a shot before sending the puck to St. Louis, positioned below the right circle. He whipped a sharp-angle shot past Holtby to give New York a 2-0 lead.The Capitals came out flying to start the third period, peppering Lundqvist with nine shots in the first 3 minutes.He stood his ground, and got some breathing room when Nash, using Washington defenceman John Carlson as a screen, fired home his second goal at 5:12 for a 3-0 lead. It was his team-leading 22nd of the season.Lundqvist lost his shutout bid when Kuznetsov scored 41 seconds later, a soft shot that Lundqvist missed as he tried to make a kick save.The Capitals kept coming, pulling within one on Ovechkins power-play goal at 10:58.We were frustrated a little bit with ourselves, Trotz said. Between periods, I said, Lets take a deep breath here. Weve got 20 minutes to see if we could reclaim this. There was no quit in us. I liked our determination.The momentum, at that point in Washingtons favour, changed with a spate of Capitals penalties. Backstrom got a double-minor for high-sticking Brassard at 14:35. Jason Chimera at the same time picked up a faceoff-violation penalty, giving the Rangers a 5-on-3 power play.St. Louis cashed in, knocking in the rebound of Nashs shot after it hit the post at 16:12 to put the Rangers up 4-2.And the winning streak continued.Its a great feeling in here, St. Louis said. Weve done a great job of going out there and earning it every day.With each victory, the Rangers see emerging signs of the team that advanced to the Stanley Cup finals last spring.Its a great feeling to go into this break after playing really well these last couple of weeks, Lundqvist said. We all feel were getting closer to where we want to be.NOTES: The teams dont meet again until March 11, but they play three times in the final month. ... Both teams resume play Saturday. Washington will be in Pittsburgh; New York hosts New Jersey. ... The New York City police honour guard presented the colours for the national anthem and received a prolonged ovation from the crowd. Pittsburgh Penguins Pro Shop . Amaro broke the NCAA all-time record for receiving yards in a season for a tight end with 1,352 during his junior campaign, eclipsing the mark of 1,329 set by Rices James Casey in 2008. Pittsburgh Penguins Gear . The 2014 edition will be the ninth meeting between the Caps and Vikes in a tradition that dates back to 2005. "Since the original Whitecaps, the club has enjoyed fantastic support from fans in Victoria and all across Vancouver Island," said Whitecaps FC president Bob Lenarduzzi. https://www.cheappenguinsjersey.com/ . The Giants chances of winning the division were dealt a serious blow by the three-game sweep at the hands of the lowly Padres. The Giants open a three-game series at Dodger Stadium on Monday night. San Francisco is still in good shape to clinch a wild-card berth, although it dropped into a tie with Pittsburgh in the race for the top spot.(SportsNetwork.com) - The Toronto Raptors will look to clinch a playoff spot for the first time since 2008 when they host the Boston Celtics tonight at the Air Canada Centre in the back end of a home and home. After picking up a rare win in Boston, the Toronto Raptors will be back on familiar ground when they host the Celtics Friday from Air Canada Centre. Terrence Ross led the Raptors with 24 points in a 99-90 triumph, while Kyle Lowry continued his recent tear with 23 and nine rebounds. DeMar DeRozan rounded out the 20-point scorers with exactly that many and Jonas Valanciunas ended with 15 points and 14 rebounds for Toronto, which has alternated results in the last six games. The Raptors broke an 11-game losing streak in Boston, last winning there on Jan. 23, 2008. "That was a character test for us," said Toronto head coach Dwane Casey. "I think this team has a lot of character. Situations were not there yet, but again its not from a lack of fight and togetherness." Casey needs three wins to reach 100 victories with the team. The Raptors last posted 40 total wins in a season in 2009-10 (40-42) and the fastest team to reach 40 wins was the 1999-00 squad after 70 games. The current unit needed 71 games to reach the mark. Lowry has scored 19 or more points in each of the last 11 games, averaging 22.5 points in that span. DeRozan is averaging more than 20 points per game against Atlantic Division foes. Toronto leads the division by 2 1/2 games ahead of Brooklyn and is even with Chicago for the third spot in the Easterrn Conference. Custom Pittsburgh Penguins Jerseys. Toronto is 21-14 north of the border this season. Boston has lost two in a row and nine of its last 12 games, and was paced by Jared Sullingers 26 points (19 in fourth quarter) and eight rebounds on Wednesday. "Sully (Sullinger) got hot and I thought even though we were really undersized we played pretty well in that time," said Boston head coach Brad Stevens. Avery Bradley had 16 points, Rajon Rondo chipped in nine and 15 assists and Chris Johnson added 13 points off the bench. The Celtics shot 41 percent from the floor and had a 51-7 advantage from their reserves. The Celtics will try to stop an eight-game road losing streak in Toronto and have an 8-26 mark as the visitor. Their previous road win was Feb. 10 against the Milwaukee Bucks. Celtics forward Jeff Green had six points in 20 minutes on Wednesday and is bothered by a stiff neck. Green hopes to play against the Raptors. Rondo needed stitches to close a cut on his forehead and returned to the game to cover Raptors All-Star DeRozan. "I think it obviously says a lot. He wants to play and not only, I think the most important part about it is he came back in and guarded DeRozan (DeMar)," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said of Rondo. "He went after it and I thought he did a pretty good job on him." Toronto is 2-1 against the Celtics this season, but the latter has prevailed in four of the last seven meetings between the teams. Boston has lost two straight, four of five and five of its last seven trips to Canada. ' ' ' |
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