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GAME PREVIEW
Oct 15, 2018BOSTON -- The names have changed, but the rivalry is making a comeback.Boston Celtics-Philadelphia 76ers.It's not Bird, Parish, McHale, Erving, Barkley, Cheeks.Instead, it's Irving, Hayward, Horford, Embiid, Simmons, Redick.The rivalry is back, and the Celtics, who eliminated the Sixers in five games in last year's Eastern Conference semifinals, host Philly in the nationally televised NBA opener Tuesday night.The Sixers, who had their season ended May 9 in the Game 5 loss to Boston, are a season better -- and the Celtics a season healthier as both enter the 2018-19 season."I think our future is amazing," Sixers coach Brett Brown said recently. "I see a progressive growth. I think we've got a chance to be good for a decade, I think we have a chance to be good for a long time, and that's what excites me the most." It all revolves around Embiid, the big man who waited what seemed like forever to be healthy enough to play in the league. He laid blame for last year's elimination squarely on his own shoulders and is clearly the leader of this group."Last year, I thought we kind of made a mistake as far as playing against Boston," Embiid says. "I wasn't allowed to help off of (Aron) Baynes, especially when he was in the corner. We had a lot of times when Boston was driving to the paint and I wasn't in there or I was stuck in the corner because I wasn't allowed to help." There has been an adjustment made, one that calls for Embiid to basically run the defense. However, the Boston roster that defeated the Sixers last year was without Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, who are now healthy as the Celtics have emerged -- with the help of LeBron James heading to Los Angeles -- as the clear-cut Eastern Conference playoffs.Celtics coach Brad Stevens, recently tabbed as the NBA's best in a poll of the general managers, said he has used the Red Sox, currently seeking their fourth title of the 2000s, as a teaching tool for his players."We've used them, as examples quite a bit," Stevens said Sunday. "The Brock Holt example last week of going for the cycle and getting a DNP the next day, is how you win, right? And being willing to take on those roles -- both as the guy that did it and the guy that replaced him the next night in Kinsler -- those things matter. They've set a great example for us as we move into a new year." Irving enters an opt-out season vowing he wants to play the rest of his career in Boston but a re-work of his contract has to be part of that. His backup, Terry Rozier, can be a restricted free agent after this season and it appears 50-50 he will finish the season in Boston. He has earned the right to be a starter in the NBA.Hayward, who shattered his leg in the first few minutes of his first season with his new team, has been brought along slowly and has had some back trouble as he makes his return.Hayward, in a lengthy piece in Sunday's Boston Herald, talked about the difficulty he had missing all this time."Mentally, it was just to try and not think about basketball and not think about the situation I was in more than anything," he said. "Playing video games, I'm talking to my friends while I'm playing and keeping myself occupied. If you're down, and you're constantly sitting there or lying in bed, lying in the hospital bed thinking, 'Why am I not out there, I should be out there,' replaying different things in your head." Now he's back out there -- and the deep Celtics roster goes about the task of putting down all comers -- like the Sixers, who should be better if only due to what is reportedly better shooting by Markelle Fultz.The Celtics went 7-2 against the Sixers last season, counting playoffs and have won nine straight home games against Philly, counting the postseason.And, as broadcasters love to say -- these two teams don't like each other."Yeah, definitely some animosity," says Boston's Jayson Tatum. "I mean, we won, so they're probably a little more fired up or angry than we are. But we're excited to play. We had a lot of good matchups with them last year, a lot of great battles, especially in the playoffs. We're excited, they're excited. Everybody is going to be watching."
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GAME PREVIEW
Oct 15, 2018OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Golden State Warriors begin their quest to be the first to win three straight NBA championships in nearly two decades when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder in the nightcap of the league's opening day double-header on Tuesday night.Kevin Durant will go up against his former team for the eighth time since leaving as a free agent in 2016, but likely won't go head-to-head with longtime teammate Russell Westbrook, who is expected to begin the season on the sidelines following arthroscopic knee surgery.The club split their four-game season series a year ago, with the Thunder winning the first two contests, including a 20-point blowout at Golden State on Feb. 6.Oklahoma City newcomer Dennis Schroder, who was imported from Atlanta in a three-team deal in July that saw Carmelo Anthony eventually wind up in Houston, recalls watching previous Thunder-Warriors matchups for their high drama quotient."It was always entertaining," he said. "Watching that game, you were already excited at home because it's so much intensity they're playing with." Schroder is expected to team with Westbrook in the backcourt this season. For now, he'll be paired with Terrance Ferguson, who played 64 minutes in the preseason and took just eight shots.More of an offensive burden will fall upon Paul George, who averaged 29.0 points in Oklahoma City's two wins over the Warriors last season, but was held to 12.5 points per game in the two losses.The Thunder had a penchant for knocking off the big boys last season, going 6-3 against the clubs with the three best records in the regular season -- Golden State, Houston and Toronto.The Warriors, meanwhile, open the season at home in a marquee matchup for the third consecutive season. The previous two have not gone well, with San Antonio and Houston ruining ring-ceremony night with stunning wins the last two years.Playing at home wasn't necessarily an advantage for the Warriors last season, as they finished with the same record in Oakland (29-12) as on the road (29-12).Warriors coach Steve Kerr, whose team won nine fewer games in the regular season last season than the year before while leading the league in technical fouls, has stressed having fun as the goal of this year's regular season."I'm going to soak it all up," assured Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson, one of the team's three key pending free agents this season along with Durant and DeMarcus Cousins. "We just have to stay focused and enjoy every night. If we have the joy and focus, we'll be great." The Warriors are seeking to become the first team to three-peat in the NBA since the Lakers did it from 2000-02. They will do so with basically the same core as last season, until Cousins returns from Achilles surgery probably sometime between Christmas and the All-Star break.The opener pits last season's league leader in turnovers forced (Oklahoma City, 16.0) against the club that committed the fifth-most giveaways (Golden State, 15.4).The Warriors totaled 47 turnovers in their two losses to the Thunder last year, then took better care of the ball in the final two meetings, losing it just 27 times.The Thunder has won all three of its season openers since Billy Donovan took over as coach, beating San Antonio, Philadelphia and New York.
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GAME PREVIEW
Sox's Eovaldi focused heading into Game 3 vs. Astros 6h ago 2 min read HOUSTON -- The trolling executing by Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman barely registered with Red Sox right-hander Nathan Eovaldi and, subsequently, didn't merit much of a response.Bregman was one of three Houston batters to homer in succession off Eovaldi on June 20 at Minute Maid Park when Eovaldi pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays, and Bregman referred to that decisive string of blasts on social media as the scene of the American League Championship Series changed venues from Fenway Park to Minute Maid Park on Monday. With Eovaldi set to take the ball for Boston in Game 3 on Tuesday, his primary focus was elsewhere."I feel I'm a completely different pitcher," Eovaldi said. "I'm attacking it a lot differently. I'm going to try to keep the same approach as I've been attacking hitters now and moving forward. They have (a) lot of aggressive guys in the lineup. They swing early in the counts. Not too many of them like to walk. So, try and keep them in the ballpark and go from there." George Springer and Jose Altuve sandwiched solo home runs around the Bregman dinger in the sixth inning of that Astros 5-1 victory, with Altuve recording a 112.3 exit velocity with the second of his two homers off Eovaldi that game. That was one of three home runs Eovaldi surrendered during the season with an exit velocity of 110-plus miles per hour and, of the 14 homers he allowed during the season, four were recorded by the Astros in that contest.Although he noted a usage increase in his cutter with the Red Sox, whom he joined on July 29, the numbers reveal that Eovaldi relied on his four-seam fastball more during the final month and against the Yankees in the AL Division Series when he allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts over seven innings in a 16-1 victory in Game 3 at Yankee Stadium. He will make his second career postseason start in similar circumstances: on the road with a series even at 1-1.Astros left-hander Dallas Keuchel will oppose Eovaldi with seven days of rest since his start in Game 3 of the ALDS against the Cleveland Indians. Keuchel has scuffled in his career against the Red Sox (0-1, 9.15 ERA over four appearances), with the challenge of maintaining sharpness between outings something requiring an attention to detail."Well, I'm the kind of (pitcher) who needs to get off the mound a lot more than other guys," Keuchel said. "But then the other side of it, the flipside was I barely touched the mound last year when I was going through some stuff. And kind of know what it takes to get through and make sure you're ready to go. I've been fortunate enough to be healthy this whole season and kind of get off the mound from my bullpen days."So I treated a few of the in-between days from Cleveland like a bullpen day -- threw a light BP the day before we went to Boston. And it just feels good to get out there and face some live hitting whether it's our team or whoever. So, I have just been trying to get off the mound as much as possible, try to carry that over."
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GAME PREVIEW
Brewers can take commanding lead over Dodgers in NLCS 8h ago 2 min read LOS ANGELES -- The Milwaukee Brewers' bullpen roared back to life in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series and can now further its influence in Game 4 on Tuesday night.The Brewers can move one game from their first World Series appearance since 1982 with a victory in a Game 4, and will try to do it on a bullpen day. Left-hander Gio Gonzalez will start the game, but the relievers are expected to get to work early, just as they did when Gonzalez pitched just two innings in Game 1."We laid out some scenarios, kind of going into (Monday's) game, what the possibilities were for (Tuesday)," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "And if we got a good start (from Jhoulys Chacin) and we're in good shape, Gio was always going to be the guy." Chacin gave the Brewers 5 1/3 scoreless innings Monday, following 5 2/3 scoreless from Wade Miley in Game 2 on Saturday. Dominating Brewers left-hander Josh Hader pitched two-thirds of an inning, but he figures to be available Tuesday after not pitching in Game 2 because of his three scoreless innings in Game 1.In what was essentially a bullpen game in the series opener, the Brewers used seven pitchers to upend the Dodgers, with Brandon Woodruff going two innings in front of Hader's three.The Dodgers had their chances Monday, but were just 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position. They can claim momentum from a ninth-inning rally in Game 3 when they loaded the bases with one out, but that rally was squashed when Yasmani Grandal and Brian Dozier struck out to end the game against right-hander Jeremy Jeffress.Less bullpen-reliant than the Brewers, the Dodgers will count on innings from Game 4 starter Rich Hill, who started his club toward a victory in the deciding Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves.The Dodgers would also like to count on their fans, who were 52,793 strong in Game 3 on Monday, but Dodgers infielder/outfielder Enrique Hernandez says he is not sure what to expect."It sucks that there's nothing going on in the stands since the first inning when (Ryan) Braun hit that (RBI) double," Hernandez said. "It's quiet for the rest of the evening, and it sucks that they got loud just to show up Yasmani." The Dodgers had just three hits over the first eight innings, while Grandal committed his third passed ball and not only struck out with a pair of runners in scoring position and one out in the second inning, but with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth.Manager Dave Roberts said that Austin Barnes will start at catcher in Game 4. Dodgers fans figure to be excited for that much anyway.The Brewers will be coming off their third shutout in six games of this postseason alone. The record for shutouts in a single playoffs is five by the Cleveland Indians in 2016.The Dodgers are 4-11 all-time when trailing 2-1 in a seven-game series. They were shut out in the playoffs for the first time since Game 6 of the 2016 NLCS against the Chicago Cubs. The last time they were blanked at home was Game 1 of the 1983 NLCS against the Philadelphia Phillies.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:00 PM EDT Venue: Prudential Center, Newark, N. J., 07102 / A year ago, the New Jersey Devils learned that a fast start can build the foundation for a successful season. Looking to replicate that, the Devils seek a fourth consecutive victory Tuesday night when they host the Dallas Stars at Prudential Center. The Devils (3-0-0) won their first three games last season, as well. They also earned wins in six of their first seven games, and nine of 11, setting the stage for a 97-point campaign and the organization's first playoff appearance in six years." It's huge because it gives you breathing room, a bit more space, and our start last year really propelled us to maintain that strong play all season long," said Devils alternate captain Taylor Hall. "You have to bank wins whenever you can, and it's especially nice to do so right at the start of the season." New Jersey has taken a page from last year's playbook by beating the Edmonton Oilers, Washington Capitals and San Jose Sharks in succession, so far, this season, outscoring the opposition 14-4. Kyle Palmieri is a driving force behind the strong start, scoring two goals in all three games. His six goals place him among the early league-leaders and well ahead of last year's pace when injuries slowed him early on and he didn't score his sixth goal until December." I'm always confident in my shot, but I think it's fortunate they are going in for me right now," said Palmieri. "See how long we can keep that going." New Jersey comes off a 3-2 win over the Sharks on Saturday, one in which they rallied from a one-goal deficit in the third period. Palmieri scored the tying goal and waiver-wire pickup Jean-Sebastien Dea scored the winner on a rebound. Devils goalie Keith Kinkaid, who is ably filling in for the injured Cory Schneider, stopped 37 of 39 shots Saturday and has a 1.33 goals against average, .949 save percentage and one shutout this season. The Stars (3-2-0) started off with a four-game homestand and won three times before heading out on the road and dropping a 4-1 decision to the Ottawa Senators on Monday. John Klingberg scored a first-period power play goal, extending his point streak to five consecutive games to start the season. Alexander Radulov assisted on the goal and has points in five straight, as well. Radulov's 10 points are tied for most on the team with Tyler Seguin. Dallas went 1-for-4 on the power play Monday and is 7-for-13 the past four games. Team captain Jamie Benn has three power play goals, while Klingberg has two. Last year, the Stars had a decent start, winning seven of their first 12 games, but ended up missing the playoffs for the third time in four years, finishing three points out of eighth place." We talked about it during the offseason, during training camp, we wanted a good start this year," Seguin told the Stars' website. "We got that at home, and now we have to focus on our road record." Winning on the road is a point of emphasis with the Stars. Last season, the Stars had only 16 road victories." If you want to be a playoff team, you have to be .500 on the road, at least," first-year Stars coach Jim Montgomery told reporters on Monday night. "I didn't think we managed the game (against the Senators) really well for being on the road." Dallas will be without Martin Hanzal (back) and Stephen Johns (concussion) on Tuesday, while the Devils will play without Schneider (off-season hip surgery) and Jesper Bratt (fractured jaw). Devils center Nico Hischier is expected to play despite leaving practice early Monday with a sore foot after blocking a shot against the Sharks. Anton Khudobin likely will start in goal for the Stars after Ben Bishop made 20 saves in Monday's loss. Last season, the teams split the two-game season series with each club winning on home ice. New Jersey's Brian Boyle had three goals against the Stars, while Radulov netted a pair against the Devils.
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Time: 7:00 PM EDT Venue: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa., 19148 / The Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night host a Florida Panthers team still in search of their first win in the young season. The Panthers (0-2-1) have led in each of their games thus far before losing each by one goal." Every time we take the lead, it's tough when the momentum changes and the other team ties it up right after. It's a pattern so far in the first three games," Panthers coach Bob Boughner told the team's website. "It' something that's got to change." Florida's latest defeat came at home Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks. The Panthers led 2-1 in the second period before the Canucks tied the game on a penalty shot. Vancouver took the lead early in the third period and the Panthers fell 3-2. Florida generated 62 shot attempts in the loss. The Panthers failed to cash in on any of their five power plays -- and are now 0-for-12 on the season -- while the Canucks were 1-for-3." I think there's a lot of things we can be positive about and we're playing pretty good hockey, but we're kind of beating ourselves," forward Vincent Trocheck said. "We're giving teams just a few chances, but the chances we're giving up are Grade-A quality opportunities that we can't be giving up." Panthers goalie James Reimer, who stopped 27 shots against Vancouver, is 0-2-1 with a 3.62 goals-against average and an .885 save percentage. The Flyers (2-3) played one of their strongest games of the season on Saturday but came away with a 1-0 loss to the visiting Vegas Golden Knights. The Flyers outshot the Knights 26-21 but couldn't put a puck past goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury." We needed to be (better defensively). We got scored on a lot (in the first four games)," Jakub Voracek told the Courier Post. "We wanted to tidy it up a bit, which we did. The positive thing is that we didn't take anything out of the offensive side. Obviously, we had a lot of chances and didn't score. Another tough game (Tuesday)." The Flyers had surrendered 19 goals in their first four games. Coach Dave Hakstol was pleased with Saturday's effort but would like to see the Flyers generate more offensive chances." We can shoot the puck a little more, especially early in the hockey game, to establish a little more in the offensive zone," he told Philly.com. "We can have a couple individual players play better." Philadelphia -- already missing forwards James van Riemsdyk (knee) and Nolan Patrick (upper body) got some good news Monday when winger Oskar Lindblom practiced and said he'll be in the lineup against the Panthers. Lindblom was hit face-first into the boards Saturday by Vegas defenseman Brayden McNabb and left the game." After the hard hit, I felt a little shaky, but I got a good day off and I felt like I came back to normal pretty quick," Lindblom told Philly.com after Monday's practice. Brian Elliott has a 6-3-0 career record against the Panthers with a 2.41 goals-against average and .919 save percentage. Reimer is 4-4-3 with a 2.51 GAA and a .918 save percentage versus Philadelphia.
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Time: 7:00 PM EDT Venue: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219 / It's only a couple weeks into the season, yet when the Vancouver Canucks meet the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena, one of the main story lines for both clubs will revolve around injuries. The Penguins (2-1-1) lost one of their top two-way defensemen when Justin Schultz had surgery Sunday for a broken lower left leg. He was hurt Saturday when he apparently got his skate stuck in a rut on the ice while falling and is expected to miss four months." It's a huge loss for us, especially what he brings, the role he plays in tons of aspects of our team," fellow Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang said Monday. "He stabilizes the whole (defensive) corps." The Penguins still appeared to be looking at potential defensive pairings beyond the top tandem of Letang and Brian Dumoulin." We have capable NHL defensemen, so I'm confident that we can put guys in that I know can help us win games," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. "(Schultz) is not an easy guy to replace. He's a very good player and has been very good for us for a long time. So it's a tough loss from our standpoint, but certainly we've got to be prepared with the guys that we have." Schultz has four assists in four games this season. Last season, he had four goals, 27 points in 63 games. It seems likely that Juuso Riikola will find a regular spot on the Penguins defense for the foreseeable future. Pittsburgh's other injury news is more positive for them. No. 1 goaltender Matt Murray, who got a concussion Oct. 8 in practice, could start against Vancouver. He served as Casey DeSmith's backup Saturday in a 4-3 shootout against the Canadiens." It's hard to know with injuries like that, but it's no fun to have those injuries, either, so I was happy with how quickly it resolved," said Murray, who has had three concussions during his NHL career, two this calendar year." We are excited that he is healthy," Sullivan said. "It's great for our team. It's great for Matt. It's certainly encouraging that it didn't linger or last for a significant amount of time." Vancouver (3-2), which practiced Monday in Pittsburgh, will be without promising rookie Elias Pettersson and veteran Jay Beagle. Pettersson has a concussion after taking a hit Saturday from Florida's Mike Matheson, who was suspended for two games by the NHL department of player safety." He's doing better," Canucks coach Travis Green said Monday. "Better yesterday. Better today again." Pettersson has five goals, eight points, leading Vancouver in both categories. He is expected to miss at least the next two games." It's tough to see an injury like that ... (to) a player like that, who's if not our best player, one of the best players in the league right now in my opinion," Canucks forward Bo Horvat told NHL.com. Beagle is expected to miss six weeks because of a broken forearm he sustained blocking a shot. Green noted that Beagle's injury has been overshadowed by Pettersson's injury and the Matheson hit. Beagle has one assist." It got lost in this a little bit," Green said. "He's also a big part of the group." Vancouver recalled forward Adam Gaudette from Utica of the American Hockey League. The Penguins recalled forward Derek Grant from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton while returning goaltender Tristan Jarry, who had been on an emergency recall. Pittsburgh has not yet replaced Schultz on the roster.
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Time: 7:00 PM EDT Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York, N. Y., 10001 / NEW YORK -- Nathan MacKinnon made history by scoring again Saturday against the Calgary Flames. A day later, nobody on the Colorado Avalanche was looking at his latest goal when they viewed the film in practice. Instead, the Avalanche spent their final practice before a four-game road trip trying to figure out what went wrong defensively in a 3-2 overtime loss, a game where they held a two-goal lead and were outshot 31-9 after the opening period. MacKinnon and the Avalanche hope to correct some of those defensive issues Tuesday night when they face the New York Rangers in the opener of a four-game road trip. MacKinnon scored his sixth goal in his fifth game 11 seconds and the Avalanche held a 2-0 lead 2:40 into the game and they did little the rest of the way and settled for a point before allowing Johnny Gaudreau to score the game-winner." We went out and worked on D-zone coverage today and getting quick to contact and making sure we got support around the puck," Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. "I thought our intensity level was really good." The Avalanche are off to a 3-1-1 start heading into a trip that will take them through New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia in the next seven days. MacKinnon has six goals during his season-opening five-game goal scoring streak and it took him 19 games to score his sixth goal. He tied the franchise record set by Mats Sundin, who scored a goal in each of his first five games for the 1992-93 Quebec Nordiques." I think what happened in the last two periods, we stopped playing offensive hockey," Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog said. "We stopped playing aggressive hockey, which is the way we got to play." The Rangers are off to their second straight 1-4 start after taking a 2-1 home loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. Mika Zibanejad scored the lone goal for the Rangers, who matched a season-low 24 shots on goal. The Rangers held their own against Connor McDavid's line, but gave up the game-winner to McDavid during a power play 6:23 into the third. The Rangers fell to 1-4 after rallying late to get a 3-2 overtime win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday. They allowed 43 shots, including many on odd-man rushes. New York allowed fewer odd-man rushes Saturday, but first-year coach David Quinn thought it came at the expense of aggressiveness on offense." I thought it was better," Quinn said. "Obviously, we weren't giving up the odd-man rushes that we've been giving up in the first three or four games. I thought we were more responsible in that -- we were smart and made good decisions in that regard -- but I thought in turn, we lost a little bit of our aggressive puck pursuit in the offensive zone. I think we need to do a better job of finding that balance of being aggressive and pressuring the puck without making bad decisions." The Rangers took three penalties in the third period and are hoping to correct that area, regardless of who is in the lineup. Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk returned from being a healthy scratch and Quinn has made other moves through the lineup so far, such as moving Pavel Buchnevich to left wing and getting rookie Brett Howden more ice time." It's unfortunate," Zibanejad said. "I thought we did some good things out there. We came out really well in the first 10 minutes and kind of slowed down a little bit after that. (We were) maybe a little bit too passive. I thought we had plenty of chances to put this one away. We just have to work on that." Semyon Varlamov is expected to start for the Avalanche. He is 3-0-1 with a 1.75 goals-against average so far and last season turned in a 37-save performance in a 4-2 win at Madison Square Garden. Henrik Lundqvist, who has a 2.03 goals-against average, is expected to start for the Rangers. Last season, Colorado swept the season series for the first time since the 2010-11 season. MacKinnon had a goal and two assists in Colorado's two wins over the Rangers.
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 7:30 PM EDT Venue: Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL, 33602 / TAMPA, Fla. -- After finding their offensive game, the Tampa Bay Lightning want to make sure their defensive game is on point when they host the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday. After scoring twice in the opening two games of the season, Tampa Bay erupted for eight goals against Columbus the last time out, getting points from 13 different players and goals from seven different scorers. Tampa Bay scored half those goals with the man advantage after going 0-for-8 to start the season. It was the type of result the Lightning needed after fielding days' worth of questions about a slow start and lack of production." Everyone wants to score a goal and we all want to contribute offensively and I think it was good for everybody to have a game like this," Tampa Bay forward Yanni Gourde said. "I think our power play was much better. We directed pucks at the net and we created rebounds, and that's how we scored goals and that what we have to do more of." The Lightning defense has been up to the task to this point, allowing just five goals (not counting empty net goals) through three games and is a perfect 13-for-13 on the penalty kill. Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has been a big part of that success with a 1.64 goals-against average and .950 save percentage to start the season. It's a point of emphasis for head coach Jon Cooper." Whether you get one or you get eight, goals win the game," Cooper said after Saturday's victory. "The part I liked about it is we just gave up two, and usually when that happens you're in good shape." The defense will be tested by the Hurricanes, one of the surprises to start that the season with four wins in six games. Carolina has scored five or more goals three times on the young season and have fired no fewer than 33 shots on goal. In the past two games, the Hurricanes have combined for 100 shots on goal. The offense is led by Sebastian Aho, who is the seventh player in Carolina franchise history to start the season with points in six consecutive games and was named the third star of the week by the NHL. The Hurricanes went in to Winnipeg on Sunday and matched the Jets, a Stanley Cup favorite entering the season, for most of the game before falling after a late goal against." Everyone says (Winnipeg's) a team that's up for the Stanley Cup. They've proven it," new Carolina head coach Rod Brind'Amour told NHL.com. "They were one of the best teams in the league (last season). I didn't feel like we were (outmatched). It felt like we were hanging in there with them and probably had some opportunities to win the game. Overall, I'm happy with the effort for sure."
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 8:00 PM EDT Venue: Bell MTS Place, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3C 5S5 / WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- The Edmonton Oilers are giving new meaning to the term "road warriors." After opening the season in Sweden against New Jersey before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to play the Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers -- not to mention finishing their pre-season with a game in Germany -- the Oilers will wrap up their longest road trip in franchise history, distance-wise, with a tilt against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night. Prior to flying into town on Tuesday morning, the Oilers have flown a total of nearly 11,000 miles. Even though they defeated the Rangers 2-1 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, the Oilers have scored just five goals thus far this season and captain Connor McDavid, who has led the league in points each of the past two seasons, has figured in on all of them." We've only scored five goals in three games. When offence isn't there, you need to check. I thought we did a great job finally getting a win in a tough building," McDavid said. "It wasn't the prettiest way to win a game but we needed to win a game." The Jets, meanwhile, are hoping to avoid their giveaway-prone performance against Carolina on Sunday night, a game that they managed to win 3-1 despite leaving backup goalie Laurent Brossoit high and dry for extended periods and being outshot 18-6 in the first period and 43-25 overall. It was Brossoit's first win as a member of the Jets after spending parts of four seasons with the Oilers. (He won't get the chance to start against his old mates as coach Paul Maurice has given the crease to Connor Hellebuyck.)The good news for the Jets was their No. 2 line may be starting to get on track. Center Bryan Little scored the winner with his first of the season with just a couple of minutes left on the clock on Sunday while his right winger, Patrik Laine, scored his second of the campaign on the power play to open the scoring. Jets captain Blake Wheeler said there was no panic in the Jets dressing room after the second period of the still-scoreless game." There was no coming to Jesus speech, we didn't need to reinvent the wheel," he told The Winnipeg Sun. "There's an element of patience and being positive five games into the season that you know you just stay with it and find a way to get two points. (Monday) we'll try to get better (in practice). Hopefully, the next game will be quicker." The Jets will have one less player in the press box after forward Marko Dano, who was acquired a couple of years ago from Chicago in exchange for captain Andrew Ladd, was picked up on waivers by Colorado on Monday morning. The first round pick in 2013 hadn't played for the Jets this season. He scored 10 goals over parts of three seasons for the Jets.
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Press (AP).
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+1.5 (-210)
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 8:00 PM EDT Venue: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, 55102 / Getting shots on goal hasn't been the problem for the Arizona Coyotes. Getting them into the goal has been the issue, one that might not get any easier to solve Tuesday night when they start a four-game road trip by aiming pucks at Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk. Although Minnesota (1-2-2) lost 4-2 Monday night in Nashville with backup Alex Stalock between the pipes, Dubnyk isn't the reason for its slow start. All he's done in four games is post a .934 save percentage, going 1-1-2 with a 2.64 goals-against average. He's faced an average of 41.8 shots per game, including a ridiculous 57 Saturday in a 5-4 overtime loss to Carolina. Without Dubnyk, the Wild probably don't steal a point in that game or in a 2-1 OT setback to Vegas on Oct. 6, when Dubnyk stopped 41 of 42 shots." He's been our No. 1 star in all four games that he's played," Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau said following the loss against the Hurricanes. "In a realistic world, you're happy you got a point out of that." For his part, Dubnyk isn't worried about the Wild's slow start, not just to the season, but to games. They coughed up the first goal Monday night for the fourth time in five games, and even though they tied it after 20 minutes, they spent most of the game's remainder in chase mode again." I think we're all proud in here and we all know how good we can be, so we have just got to figure it out," Dubnyk said. "We know we have a great group in here. I think we all agree we can be better." As for Arizona (1-3-0), its mission is simple, according to coach Rick Tocchet: Don't allow frustration to govern your game. He gave that speech minutes after it outshot Buffalo 36-23 Saturday, but couldn't beat backup goalie Linus Ullmark in a 3-0 setback. The Coyotes have driven play in the early going, putting 146 shots on net to the opponents' 93. But aside from a 3-2 win on Wednesday in Anaheim, they haven't scored a goal." I know everybody's frustrated," Tocchet said. "The coaching staff's frustrated. Everybody's frustrated we're not scoring goals. You're trying your best to figure it out, but at the end of the day, you've just got to be able to will yourself a goal." Arizona has pumped at least 30 shots on goal in every game, the first time it's done that in the first four games since 1985-86, when the franchise was playing in Winnipeg. Part of the problem might be the lack of proven snipers on the roster. Only two players have scored 30 goals in a season. Michael Grabner is eight years removed from doing it with the New York Islanders and Alex Galchenyuk, who scored 30 three years ago for Montreal, is currently sidelined with a lower-body injury." I'd like to see somebody score a goal," Tocchet said. "We've had point-blank shots in the slot. You just got to keep shooting, I guess. You got to work at your game. I don't have a recipe other than that."
Game
Preview from The Associated
Press (AP).
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+175
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+1.5 (-160)
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-205
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GAME PREVIEW
Time: 10:00 PM EDT Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, NV, 89119 / The Vegas Golden Knights return home Tuesday night to face the Buffalo Sabres after completing their longest road trip of the season Saturday, culminating with a much-needed win against the Philadelphia Flyers. Vegas (2-4-0) suffered losses against Buffalo, Washington and Pittsburgh on the trip, but a stirring 1-0 win over the Flyers puts the Golden Knights in the right frame of mind for their rematch with the Sabres, who are 3-2-0 after opening their West coast swing Saturday night with a 3-0 win over the Arizona Coyotes. The Sabres began the season with a 2-2 homestand, including a 4-2 win over Vegas on Oct. 8 behind two goals by captain Jack Eichel. Buffalo will play five games out west in 10 days. The Golden Knights just finished a five-game trip that spanned seven days." It wasn't our best road trip, but 2-3 is better than 1-4, so those are valuable points going back west," said Vegas forward Cody Eakin, who scored the lone goal Saturday late in the third period. Veteran goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury recorded 26 saves against the Flyers in his first shutout of the season. The victory kept the Golden Knights from a fourth straight loss, which never occurred last year in the regular season of their magical inaugural run in the NHL." It's been a tough beginning to the season," Fleury told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "I think our play has been improving throughout the road trip. I don't know, nobody likes to lose, and we had to finish on a good note." The difficult road trip is similar to what the Golden Knights experienced last season. The Knights had only three points out of six road games between October and November in 2017. This year's longest trip had four points in five games. The Golden Knights rebounded from last year's early struggle on the road by winning six of their next seven games. How will they fare this time around? They have an opportunity to make up some points with the next five games at the T-Mobile Arena." Just forget about the losses and build off this win," forward Ryan Carpenter told the Review-Journal after the long road trip. "All season we try to just take it one day at a time and when you lose three in a row, it's never a good feeling, especially after having higher expectations this year. But just off confidence, go home, get some rest and be ready for the next game." Vegas' defense allowed 14 goals in the first four games of the trip before blanking Philadelphia. The Knights had only eight goals in the five games. They remain without Alex Tuch (lower-body injury) and the suspended Nate Schmidt. Paul Stastny (lower-body) and Deryk Engelland (arm) were injured on the trip." We feel good leaving the road trip now," Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said after Saturday's game. "It was a tough trip. We're going back home for a bunch of games and it's going to be a long flight home but it's going to be a good flight. We're 2-4 and we're battling back." Buffalo started its road trip in promising fashion with the win over Arizona, which included the first career goal of 18-year-old defenseman Rasmus Dahlin with less than three minutes into the game when he buried a loose puck in the crease. Sabres coach Phil Housley said Dahlin's teammates were enthusiastic over the goal. Reporters noted that the celebrating Sabres could easily be heard outside the dressing room." They were really glad," Dahlin said on NHL.com. "That makes me glad, too. We have a good chemistry on the team. We're a good team."
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