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(SportsNetwork. Earl Thomas III Authentic Jersey .com) - The Edmonton Oilers will seek to cool off the red-hot New York Rangers on Thursday night when they visit Madison Square Garden. The Oilers, who currently are in last place in the West, have won four of their last five games and recently posted a 3-2 regulation decision in Buffalo. After losing 4-0 in Boston on Saturday to begin its four-game road trip, a swing that will carry the club into the Olympic break, the Oilers bounced back with Mondays win over the Sabres. Matt Hendricks scored the winner in the third period to help Edmonton edge Buffalo at First Niagara Center. Jeff Petry and Justin Schultz also scored for the Oilers, while Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 42 shots in the win. "He played great because we put him behind the eight ball a lot with all the penalties we took and shots we gave up," said Schultz of Bryzgalov. "He really came up big several times tonight." The Oilers went 0-for-5 on the power play, but killed off five of Buffalos six chances with the extra man. Ben Scrivens is expected to be back between the pipes for the Oilers on Thursday. Scrivens is 2-3-0 with a 2.21 goals against average and .944 save percentage in five games with Edmonton since coming over last month in a trade with Los Angeles. The 27-year-old netminder set an NHL record for saves in a regular-season shutout with 59 stops in a 3-0 win over San Jose on Jan. 29, but he yielded four goals on 41 shots in Saturdays setback in Boston. Edmonton improved to 9-19-4 as the visiting team this season. The Oilers will close their pre-Olympic schedule with Fridays game in New Jersey. The Oilers have won three of the last five meetings in the series with the Rangers overall, but New York has taken two of three and six of the last eight encounters in the Big Apple. The last time Edmonton visited MSG was on Nov. 14, 2010, when the Rangers picked up a victory with an 8-2 rout. The Rangers have earned four straight victories and the current winning streak gives New York wins in seven of nine and 10 of its past 13 games. The Blueshirts have won three of the four tilts during their recent hot streak by three or more goals and are outscoring the opposition by an 18-6 margin during that span. New York hasnt won five in a row since the 2011-12 season when it went 5-0 from Dec. 30-Jan. 10 of that campaign. Despite their recent hot play, the second-place Rangers still find themselves 17 points behind Pittsburgh for the Metropolitan Division lead. New York is three points in front of Columbus for the divisions second spot and also three clear of the eighth and final playoff spot in the East. Ryan Callahan played a standout role for the Rangers in their most recent win, as the team captain shook off recent trade rumors to score a pair of first- period goals that set the tone in Tuesdays 5-1 home rout of the Colorado Avalanche. Callahan, mentioned as a possible candidate to be moved prior to the upcoming trade deadline due to his unrestricted free agent status at seasons end, also added an assist on Brad Richards late tally to help the Rangers record their longest win streak of the season. Richards and Derick Brassard each posted a goal and assist and Anton Stralman also lit the lamp for New York. Henrik Lundqvist did his part as well between the pipes, turning back 27-of-28 shots in the triumph. "We had a real strong start," Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault remarked. "Obviously we were meeting a team that was tired and we were fresh. It was their third game in four nights, but we came out the way I thought we needed to come out and that was a determining factor tonight." The Rangers, who are 14-13-3 at MSG this season, will try to complete a three- game homestand tonight with a perfect record. New York will play its final tilt before the Olympic break Friday night in Pittsburgh. 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"Theyre one of the best teams at going to the net and we like to take pages out of their book and tonight it worked out in our favour." The goal gave the Canucks a 3-1 lead and Burrows, who scored his fourth goal in as many games, didnt think it would stand up as the game-winner. "Its too early," said Burrows who tied Sedin for the team lead with his 13th goal of the season. "When you give them room, theyre going to make some plays. "We sat back too much in the third and they kept coming in waves and (goalie) Roberto (Luongo) made some big saves." Luongo had to be sharp in the third period when the Canucks were outshot 16-4 while nursing their lead. He finished with 38 stops, including late saves on Darren Helm and Pavel Datsyuk. Burrows and Sedin twins Daniel and Henrik have combined for 10 points in the last two games. "Theyre such unbelievable players," Burrows said. "Theyre going to make plays all over the ice. "For me on that play, I think he (Howard) thought they were going to make a give-and-go or something and bought me time to get to the net." Daniel Sedin the goal came from Burrows ability to get into a good scoring position. "Typical Burrows goal," he said. "Hes so good at hand-eye co-ordination, its unbelievable. He goes to open spots behind their (defencemen) and we try to find him." Chris Higgins and Cody Hodgson scored 21 seconds apart earlier in the period to give Vancouver a 2-0 advantage, prompting Detroit coach Mike Babcock to call a time out. Alex Edler completed the attack for Vancouver while Todd Bertuzzi and Drew Miller scored for Detroit. "Today we made too many mistakes through the neutral zone, and on our forecheck," Babcock said. "Behind 3-1, I thought we crawled back in the game, had a good push." Vancouver (21-11-2) won its third straight game, and 12th in its last 15 to close to within a point of Northwest Division-leading Minnesota Wild. The Red Wings (21-11-1), who are chasing the Chicago Blackhawks in the Central Division, llost for only the second time in seven games. Navy Blue Kam Chancellor Limited Youth Jersey. Both clubs, who have been climbing the Western Conference standings after sluggish starts to their season, scored crease-crashing goals. Bertuzzi jammed a puck past Luongo to cut the deficit to 2-1 after the Canuck netminder was knocked over when teammate Sami Salo was pushed into him. Edler, who suffered back spasms late in the game, provided third-period insurance by burying Jannik Hansens rebound behind a frustrated Howard while the Canucks were short handed. The Detroit netminder went after Hansen who bumped into him while fighting off a check by Detroits Henrik Zetterberg. "I was interfered with," said Howard who blanked the Canucks 2-0 in Detroit on Oct. 13. "Im just sick and tired of getting run over. Every single game. Sometimes you cant help it, your Ds battling in front, things do happen. But I am actually just getting sick of it." The Canucks were killing a roughing penalty to Ryan Kesler, who challenged Niklas Kronwall after the Wings defenceman left his feet to deliver a hard hit along the boards. The check brought some feeling into a game that didnt see a penalty called until 18:36 of the second period. Kronwall said the hit was just part of the game. "The puck was right there and I just tried to put a clean check in," Kronwall said. "The way I looked at it is he had the puck and he had it under control. I thought the puck was right there." Kesler said he hadnt seen a replay but thought Kronwall should have responded to his invitation to fight. "If you want to hit guys like that, youre going to have to drop the gloves," he said. All four penalties in the game were called against Vancouver and Zetterberg said the Wings should have made more of their man-advantage chances. "You have to take care of your power play, you have to have at least one (man-advantage goal) to win games," he said. "Its so tight five-on-five." Notes: The two clubs have appeared three of the last four Stanley Cup finals ... Andrew Ebbett returned to the Vancouver lineup for the first time since suffering a foot fracture on Nov. 10 ... minor league call-up Mark Mancari sat out ... the Canucks were again without their third defensive pairing of Aaron Rome (thumb) and Keith Ballard (back) ... Andrew Alberts and Alexander Sulzer continued to fill in on the Vancouver blue-line ... the Wings continue their road trip Thursday in Calgary. ' ' ' |
