Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves to tie the record for victories in a season by an American goalie and the Winnipeg Jets beat the
Calgary Flames 2-1 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory.
Hellebuyck has 43 victories to match the mark set by former Pittsburgh star Tom Barrasso in 1992-93. The Michigan native expected to be in goal Saturday at
home against Chicago in the regular-season finale.
”Yes
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Blake Wheeler scored his 23rd goal for his 90th point of the season, and Paul Stastny added a goal to help Winnipeg improve to 10-1-0 in its past 11 and
51-20-10 overall.
”What an accomplishment for him,” Wheeler said about Hellebuyck. ”Things like that don’t happen every year so you need to enjoy them when they do happen.
Really happy for him. I’m sure he’s proud of himself. Hopefully, he’ll win one
more if he plays (on Saturday) and that’d be a pretty cool thing to have for
him.”
Rookie Spencer Foo scored his first NHL goal in his third game for the Flames.
”Just went to the net hard there and had it go off my foot,” Foo said. ”Feels good. I’ll take it.”
Winnipeg will play the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the NHL playoffs after Nashville beat Washington 4-3 earlier Thursday to clinch top spot in the
Central Division and Western Conference with 115 points.
”We got to get through one more and then we’ll start to zero in on Minnesota
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Jon Gillies stopped 24 shots for Calgary. The Flames are 1-9-0 in their past 10 games.
”I thought Jon Gilles played a good game tonight,” Flames coach Glen Gulutzan said. ”He looked a little nervous early, but really settled into the game and
made some big saves off some big players.”
Wheeler scored with 47 seconds left in the first, tipping Dustin Byfuglien’s shot from the point
Wheeler, who has five goals and 14 points in his past 11 games, became the fourth player in franchise history to hit the 90-point mark, and first since
Ilya Kovalchuk in 2008-09. His previous career high was 78 points two years
ago.
Jets rookie Kyle Connor assisted on Wheeler’s goal, giving him 15 points (eight goals
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Ben Chiarot made a patient play to set up Stastny’s goal, waiting for the veteran to cut toward the net and then sending a pass to his stick for the
redirection and 2-0 lead at 12:59.
UP NEXT:
Flames: Host Vegas on Saturday night in the finale.
Jets: Host Chicago on Saturday night to wrap up the regular season.
The Edmonton Eskimos have dropped NFL Hall of Famer wide receiver Terrell Owens from
their negotiating list and making him a free agent, according to TSN's Farhan
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@CFLonTSN @ProFootballTalk— Farhan Lalji (@FarhanLaljiTSN) July 20, 2018Owens is
now free to sign with any of the eight other CFL teams. Earlier this month, the
legendary wideout used a 10-day window clause that forced the Eskimos to offer
him a deal by Tuesday. Now, the 44-year-old has the chance to explore all
options and find a?home in the CFL.T.O. last played an NFL game in 2010, but the
Hall of Famer ran a 4.43 40-yard dash in June, a sign to many that he can still
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for a Hall of Famer like Owens to take his?world class talents north of the
border.Few wide receivers in the history of the sport displayed the dominance
and consistency like Owens. He sits second all-time in receiving yards (15,934),
and touchdown catches (153). Owens, after a lengthy wait, was inducted into the
Pro Football Hall of Fame this year - though he's already announced that he
won't be attending the event.Owens became renowned early in his career for the
epic touchdown celebrations and pre/post-game press conferences. He once told
fans to get their popcorn ready, and he delivered with this memorable
celebration.If his 40-yard dash is an indication of anything, Owens can still
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and the United States), and in ticket sales.Will Owens get his popcorn ready for
a CFL team? We'll find out soon enough, but it doesn't sound like the Eskimos
are interested..
