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Anaheim Ducks 5 Winnipeg Jets 4 OT – (Jets 33-33-10, Road 16-18-4)? Some wins are better than others, and some losses are tougher than others. Cam Newton Jersey . The Jets jumped on the Ducks right off the opening face-off and heading into the later stages of the second period had a 4-0 lead. But the Ducks showed why they are one of the elite teams in the NHL. Jacob Trouba opened the scoring 8:48 of the first, Michael Frolik and Bryan Little with the assists. Little extends his point streak to six games (2-5-7). Trouba jumped in from the line and beat Frederik Andersen glove side for his ninth of the year. Matt Halischuk followed that up with his fifth of the year and second in as many games, assists to Evander Kane and Eric ODell. Kane has only two goals in his last 19 games, but is 2-4-6 in the last eight. Shots in the first were 19-4 Jets. The Jets started the second on the power play and 33 seconds in, Blake Wheeler on one of his left wing rushes, drove to the net and found the far side to make it 3-0. It was Wheelers 27th of the year, and eighth power play goal of the year. It gives him 64 points on the season, and that ties a career high for points in a single season. Dustin Byfuglien with his 26th power play point on 39 power play goals, and Ondrej Pavelec drew assists. At 10:54 Eric Tangradi scored on a great pass from Zach Redmond to make it 4-0. It was his third of the season. Anthony Peluso had the second assist.? Then a couple of key turning points as Nick Bonino with his 20th got the Ducks on the board at 17:44, with Andersen then stopping Little on a breakaway keeping the Ducks to within three. Shots in the second were 12-7 Jets. The next turning point came early in the third as the Ducks went on the power play. Ryan Getzlaf with his 31st made it a 4-2 game, 1:10 later Hampus Lindholm made it a 4-3 game. The Ducks had the first 11 shots of the period. The game then settled down a bit, although Pavelec was forced to make a number of great saves to keep the Jets in front. With Andersen on the bench for the extra attacker, Corey Perry with is 39th tied the game at 19:37. Shots in the third were 24-6 Ducks. There was only one shot in overtime, as Stephane Robidas beat Pavelec through traffic to complete the comeback for the Ducks. The goal came 16 seconds into overtime.? The Jets were a dejected group after this loss. Final shots were 37-36 Jets. The Jets went 1-3 on the power play and have now scored five power play goals in the last four games, and are 12-57 over the last 17 games, for a success rate of 21%. It was the 43rd one goal game of the season. Kane led the team in shots on goal with five, Toby Enstrom led in ice time at 25:15. The Jets have only three wins in the last 14 games. They are 5-4 in games that end in the five minute overtime period. The Jets were minus Keaton Ellerby and Al Montoya, both banged up in the Los Angeles game Saturday and both listed day-to-day. With Pavelec just coming off injury and facing 24 shots and tons of traffic in the third, there might there be a chance Michael Hutchinson makes his Jets debut in Phoenix. “Awful, disappointing,” Paul Maurice said of the loss. “Its tough to lose a game like that. We stopped making plays. We moved the puck for two periods as good as we have moved it all year. We have to develop that confidence to continue to make plays. I never got the sense that we were looking to take the easy way out in the third. We just stopped making plays.” Jets will play their 9th set of back to back games Tuesday in Phoenix (TSN Jets, TSN 1290), before returning home to play Pittsburgh Thursday. Then its onto Toronto for a Saturday game.?? Mario Addison Jersey . 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Kadri, Lupul and Nikolai Kulemin won the battle against the Lightnings top line of Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis and Cory Conacher. Stamkos, the leagues top goal-scorer, was limited to one shot. Kadris three points tie a career high (he had a hat trick in the Feb. 28 game against the Islanders). The shifty centre had a chance at a fourth point but was hauled down in front of goal by Teddy Purcell midway through the third period. Dion Phaneuf, Tyler Bozak and Kulemin also scored for Toronto (16-12-2) before 19,433 at the Air Canada Centre as Toronto led 4-0 by the halfway mark. Rookies Radko Gudas and Conacher scored consolation goals for Tampa Bay (13-16-1) in the third, spoiling James Reimers shutout attempt. Tampa outshot Toronto 28-26. Kadri leads the Leafs in scoring with 30 points on 11 goals and 19 assists. And Carlyle said his plan is to put Kadris line against the oppositions top trio. "Were going to test Kadri against the best players," he said. "He wants that, he cherishes it and tonight it worked for him." Former coach Ron Wilson complained about Kadris defence but Carlyle says the youngster was never negligent in that area. "The biggest emergence of Nazem Kadri is where and when in the game to try to use the skill moves," Carlyle said. "He was always good defensively. ... What happens in your transition from junior to pro hockey, its the number of times that you expose yourself to the high-risk, high reward and where you do and when you do it on the ice. "Thats really been the learning curve for Nazie. We always knew that he had skill." The Leafs had been off since a 5-4 shootout loss to the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Saturday, with their last win coming March 6 -- a 5-4 decision over visiting Ottawa. "We knew we had to come out with our foot on the gas pedal right away," said Kadri, who pointed to good chemistry with Lupul. "Were pretty much on the same page offensively," Kadri added. "We know where each other are going to be before were there." Lupul, meanwhile, pointed to Kulemins skills. Toronto gave up 16 goals during the five-game winless slide with Reimer, 0-1-2 during that run, allowing eight goals on 76 shots. Tampa, while 4-6-0 in its last 10, came into the game on back-to-back wins over Carolina and Philladelphia that saw it score four goals in each game. Carolina Panthers Hats. The Lightning were without star forward Vincent Lecavalier, who reportedly suffered a broken left foot March 12 against Florida. "It took us too much time to get our legs," complained Tampa coach Guy Boucher. "Were a hard-working fast team and it didnt look like that the first half." "We looked like we were waiting to see what was going to happen out there," he added. "I dont know if it was because the guys froze or it was a road game --I cant tell you. But it wasnt a good game to start." The game marked the return of 22-year-old defenceman Jake Gardiner, a member of the all-rookie team last season who has been playing in the American Hockey League for the Toronto Marlies this season after recovering from a concussion. "I thought he was really good tonight," said Phaneuf. "He definitely adds to our team." Earlier in the day, the Leafs placed high-priced, little-used defenceman Mike Komisarek on waivers. Gardiner, who had 10 goals and 21 assists in 43 games with the Marlies this season, partnered John-Michael Liles and led all Leafs with 8:14 ice time in the first period. He finished with 19:20, fourth best on the team. Defenceman Mark Fraser pushed Torontos league-leading number of fighting majors to 30 early in the second period when he tangled -- successfully -- with B.J. Crombeen. Up 4-0 at 7:22 of the second period, Tampa made a goalie change. Garon, who gave up four goals on 14 shots, was pulled in favour of Anders Lindback. Lupul was front and centre throughout the night, dispatched to the penalty box early in the third for an illegal hit to the head that floored six-foot-six defenceman Victor Hedman. Lupul hit Hedman with his shoulder, leaving the big Swede dazed. "By no means did I go after him and try and hit him in the head," said Lupul. Garon returned to goal in the third period, as Lindback went to the dressing room. Boucher called it a lower-body injury. "Hopefully its not something thats going to keep him out for long," Boucher said. "He was doing really good for us his last four or five starts. Hopefully it wont last very long." The first and last Toronto goals were beauties. Lupul -- making his 99th appearance as a Leaf -- opened the scoring at 6:56 of the first period, completing a nifty tic-tac-toe passing play with Kadri and Carl Gunnarson that found him alone in front of Mathieu Garon as checker Alex Killorn went walkabout. It was Lupuls third goal in two games since returning from a broken forearm. Kulemin then padded Torontos lead to 4-0 with his fourth on the season after neatly evading the trailing Gudas and snapping a wrist shot from the slot. cheap jerseys ' ' ' |
