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Dallas Stars T-Shirts Authentic , Fla. (AP) The Florida Panthers are on a roll.Aleksander Barkov scored two goals to lift the Panthers to a 3-2 win over
the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.Maxim Mamin scored his second NHL goal
and Robert Luongo made 29 saves as the Panthers recorded their fourth straight
win.The Panthers have successive victories over Washington, Pittsburgh, Toronto
and New Jersey.”We beat four good teams in a row here. It’s been close games and
finding ways to win in the third period,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said.Each
of the games were decided by a one-goal margin and the winning goal coming late
in the third period or overtime (Toronto).”Going into the third, no matter what
the score is, we’re confident we’ll come out with the win, and we’ve played our
best in the third period, it seems,” Luongo said. ”That’s a good quality to
have.”The Panthers finish their season-long six-game homestand with games
against Buffalo on Friday and Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon”We have to make
sure there’s no let down and the foot is on the gas pedal,” Boughner said. ”We
talked about playing good and waking up Monday morning and finding yourself in a
really good spot.”Jesper Bratt and Taylor Hall scored for the Devils
Dallas Stars Hoodies Authentic , and Patrick Maroon had two assists. Cory Schneider stopped 26 shots in his first start since missing 16 games with a
lower-body injury.”It felt good to play again and it’s a fun time of year to
play,” Schneider said. ”It’s too bad we didn’t get any points out of
this.”Barkov’s second goal stretched the Panthers lead to 3-1 with 3:34 left in
the third. Barkov lifted the puck over Schneider and into the net.”We still have
20 games left,” Barkov said. ”All that matters is winning, and I’m glad I’ve
been helping the team with scoring goals and assisting on them.”Bratt’s goal
closed the score to 3-2 with 2:07 left in the third. The goal was Bratt’s first
since Jan. 20 against Philadelphia, a span of 19 games.”It’s tough not to get
two points but for myself it’s nice to get a goal after a long time,” Bratt
said.Mamin gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead on his flukey goal at 8:38 of the third
period. Mamin grabbed a long cross-ice pass from Jared McCann and flipped the
puck up at the net as he skated past on the right side. The puck bounced off
Schneider’s back and rolled into the net.Hall tied the score 1-all on a
power-play goal 50 seconds into the second period. Hall’s shot from the top of
the right circle was inadvertently redirected into the net off the stick of
Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad.Hall has 21 points (11 goals, 10 assists) in a
16-game point streak, the longest in the NHL this season and the longest in
Devils history and has a point in 23 consecutive appearances.Hall wasn’t in a
celebratory mood after the loss when asked what the record means to him.”Not
much. I wasn’t very good tonight,” he said. ”My goal was a deflection.”The
Panthers took a 1-0 lead after Barkov took a shot from the left side that
bounced off Schneider’s pad and out into the crease. The puck then went off the
left skate of New Jersey’s Nico Hischier and into the net as he collided with
both Florida’s Nick Bjugstad and Schneider in the crease at 6:51 of the first.
The goal survived a coach’s challenge of goaltender interference. Barkov has a
career-high 60 points.NOTES: Schneider’s last start for the Devils was Jan. 23
at Boston. … Devils forward Patrick Maroon made his first appearance since being
acquired from the Edmonton Oilers on Feb. 26. … Barkov has 18 points (eight
goals, 10 assists) in his past 12 games.UP NEXTDevils: Visit the Carolina
Hurricanes on Friday.Panthers: Host the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. PHILADELPHIA
(AP) Sidney Crosby’s continued dominance of the Flyers helped the two-time
defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins move back into first place.Conor Sheary
scored two goals
Dallas Stars Hats Authentic , Crosby had three assists and Pittsburgh surged into the top spot in the Metropolitan Division with a 5-2 victory over the
Flyers on Wednesday night.Phil Kessel, Jamie Oleksiak and Evgeni Malkin also
scored for the Penguins, who have won three straight. Pittsburgh (39-25-4, 82
points) moved one point ahead of idle Washington and three in front of
third-place Philadelphia.Crosby continued to haunt the Flyers, upping his total
to 91 points in 62 career games against Pittsburgh’s intrastate rival.”Everybody
gets up for it,” Crosby said of the rivalry. ”It brings out the best in
everybody.”Crosby’s third assist gave him 1,100 career points.”His line was
dynamic,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said.Sheary began the game on the fourth
line, but played alongside Crosby for parts of the night – and benefited
greatly. Crosby assisted on both goals to help Sheary break out of a slump, as
he entered without a goal in 15 straight contests.”He goes to tough areas and
plays bigger than he is
Custom Dallas Stars Jerseys ,” Crosby said of the 5-foot-8 Sheary.”Thrilled for Conor,” Sullivan said. ”Essentially what I told him is,
`Nothing lasts forever.”’Travis Konecny and Jakub Voracek had goals for the
Flyers, who lost their fourth in a row.”We didn’t play a complete game 5-on-5,”
Philadelphia coach Dave Hakstol said. ”We made some mistakes.”The teams combined
for six goals in an electrifying second period.Voracek netted his 15th of the
season 2:07 into the period to tie it at 1. Nolan Patrick caused a turnover with
strong backchecking, passed to Voracek and his shot from the side boards
deflected off Pittsburgh’s Derick Brassard and past Tristan Jarry.Konecny put
Philadelphia ahead 3:54 later when he batted the puck over Jarry’s right pad.But
the Penguins scored three straight goals to take a 4-2 lead into the third.”They
scored when they needed to score,” Voracek said. ”They make you pay.”Oleksiak
tied it at 2 with 10:36 remaining with a slap shot that got through the screen
of Crosby and Jake Guentzel and past Peter Mrazek.”He can really shoot the puck,
has a bomb of a shot,” Sullivan said.Sheary gave the Penguins a 3-2 lead with
his first of the night, finishing a 2-on-1 break with Crosby with 5:35 remaining
in the period. Mrazek made a good pad save on Crosby’s initial shot. But the
rebound went right to Sheary
www.officialredwings.com , who backhanded it in for his 13th of the season.Sheary’s second goal from a
sharp angle with 49.3 seconds left in the period put Pittsburgh ahead by two
goals. Guentzel’s shot from the high slot deflected off Flyers defenseman
Brandon Manning to a wide-open Sheary to the right of the net, and Mrazek
couldn’t recover in time. Crosby got a secondary assist on the goal, his third
of the night.Kessel, playing in his 900th NHL game, opened the scoring with 1:25
left in the first period on the power play on assists from Malkin and Crosby.
Malkin set the goal up with a perfect pass across the crease, and Kessel
converted the easy finish with a forehand shot for his 28th goal.Malkin’s goal
was an empty-netter with 1:41 remaining.NOTES: Philadelphia Eagles LB Mychal
Kendricks helped provided on-ice commentary during the first period. …
Pittsburgh improved to 3-0 against the Flyers this season. The teams wrap up
their regular-season series on March 25 in Pittsburgh. … Mrazek has allowed 19
goals while losing the last four games. … Philadelphia F Wayne Simmonds returned
after missing seven games due to a lower-body injury. D Andrew MacDonald also
was back on the ice after sitting out Sunday’s 4-1 loss at Florida due to an
upper-body injury. … Pittsburgh RW Bryan Rust (upper body) didn’t return after
being checked by Robert Hagg with 11:32 left in the first period, and C Dominik
Simon (lower body) didn’t play after getting hurt in the second period. Sullivan
said both would be re-evaluated Thursday.UP NEXTPenguins: At Toronto on Saturday
night.Flyers: At Boston on Thursday night.
