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WINNIPEG -- Alexandre Burrows knew the goals would come, but he didnt expect it would take until March. Andrew Sendejo Womens Jersey . The Vancouver right-winger scored his first and second goals of an injury-marred season as the Canucks defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in a shootout Wednesday night. Chris Higgins had the only goal in the shootout as Vancouver (30-28-10) handed the Jets (30-28-9) their fifth straight loss. Burrows was playing in only his 36th game this season after breaking a foot to start the season and then breaking his jaw in December. "I hit a few posts, a few saves, a few rebounds, a few empty nets that should have gone in," Burrows said. "Its a fine line between goals and not. "Tonight I was able to get a few. Even though, honestly, I could have got four, I think. I hit the post, a few tips that they blocked and a two-on-one in the first my stick breaks." But Vancouver suffered another injury blow when centre Ryan Kesler left the game in the second period after a knee-on-knee collision with Jets centre Jim Slater. Canucks head coach John Tortorella said Kesler will be sent back to Vancouver for tests while his teammates keep travelling to games against Washington, Florida and Tampa Bay. "Hes going to get some imaging and well have a better indication of where hes at, but hes out for a while," Tortorella said. Slater said he didnt intentionally try to hurt Kesler. "I thought I had him lined up, he kind of bailed there at the last second there," Slater said. "I didnt stick my knee out or anything in his path, wasnt leading with my leg. I thought I actually took the worst of it. "Obviously, if hes hurt bad, I feel bad about that. It wasnt any intent. I thought I had him lined up and at the last second he tried to jump out of the way." Higgins scored the decisive goal with some quick stick-handling on his way toward Ondrej Pavelec, flipping the puck by him after the netminder went down. Andrew Ladd scored his 18th goal of the season and Michael Frolik added his 13th that put the Jets ahead 2-1 early in the third period. Burrows had tied the game 2-2 at 11:17 of the third period. Vancouver is now 2-4-1 in their last seven games. The game was a big improvement for the Canucks, who collapsed on Monday and gave up seven goals in the third period in a 7-4 loss to the New York Islanders. Pavelec stopped 30 of the 32 shots he faced in regulation and overtime, while Eddie Lack made 31 saves for Vancouver. Lack had let in six goals in the embarrassing loss to the Islanders. "I just needed a big bounce-back game and I was really happy we got the win," Lack said. The Canucks now have 70 points and Winnipeg 69 as they battle for a playoff spot in the Western Conference. Dallas holds the last wild-card berth with 74 points. Phoenix has 73. The Stars and Coyotes were idle Wednesday night. The Jets are 0-2-3 in their last five and host the New York Rangers on Friday. "We got opportunities to get the second point there the last couple games. Weve got to start getting them," said Jets rookie defenceman Jacob Trouba, who logged almost 28 minutes of ice time. "Those are points were letting slip away. Its good that we get one and we look at the positives and try to think about that, but at the same time its at the back of your mind -- youve got to get those points that youre letting go." Vancouver outshot Winnipeg 14-9 in the scoreless first period, but the Jets outshot the Canucks 16-5 in the third. Vancouver was 0 for 5 on the power play and the Jets went 0 for 4. "I thought we played hard right on through, and thats two out the last three games weve played well in the third period so good for them," Tortorella said. "Theyve hung in, theyve hung together. 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Jason Williams and Simon Despres both scored their first goal with Pittsburgh during the first seven minutes, and James Neal, Deryk Engelland and Chris Kunitz added goals for the Penguins, who had lost four of five. "It was a very exciting night for us," said Malkin, whose previous hat trick was Nov. 18, 2010, at Atlanta. "I very (much) enjoyed playing. I dont know, it was a lucky day for the whole team." It certainly was a milestone night for Pittsburgh. Marc-Andre Fleury made 16 saves and became the fourth-youngest goalie to reach 200 NHL victories since 1967, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Despres goal was his first in the NHL, Carl Sneep had an assist in his first NHL game, Pascal Dupuis recorded his 300th point and defenceman Brooks Orpik posted the 100th of his career. "We havent handed that many pucks out after a game ever since Ive been here," coach Dan Bylsma said. Fourteen players had at least a point for the Penguins, who needed a team effort after losing yet another regular player in a 6-4 loss at Ottawa on Friday. Defenceman Paul Martin (lower-body) didnt play, joining captain Sidney Crosby, top defenceman Kris Letang, centre Jordan Staal and six others who were already out. Williams -- recalled along with Sneep earlier Saturday from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL -- scored 2:17 in. Despres added a power-play goal 3:50 later, and Malkins first of the game came 2:36 after that. "I dont like talking to doctors at this point in time," Bylsma said, "But (the strong start) was just what the doctor ordered, yes." Thomas Vanek scored for the fifth time in six games, and Luke Adam and Paul Gaustad added third-period goals for Buffalo, which has lost six of nine. Malkin moved into 10th place on the Penguins career assist list with 281 and has 12 points in five games since Crosby was sidelined again. Crosby was placed on the injured list Saturday due to concussion-like symptoms. The move helped create roster space for the recalls. The Penguins had lost three of four since Crosby left the lineup. He complained of headaches last weekk in a recurrence of concussion symptoms that sidelined him from Jan. John Randle Jersey. 5 until Nov. 21. Malkin, Pittsburghs other former NHL scoring champion, has a point in each of the five games Crosby has missed and a goal in four of them. Malkin was facing the Sabres for the first time since a hit from Buffalo defenceman Tyler Myers in a February game resulted in a torn knee ligament and ended Malkins season. "Im not thinking about my points; Im trying to find my game," Malkin said. "I lost a pretty long time (because of) my knee and started a little bit slow and now I feel a little bit better. Im just finding my way a little and trying to continue to play better every game." His first goal on Saturday chased goalie Ryan Miller to the bench. Malkin scored later in the first against backup Jhonas Enroth off a pass that travelled more than 100 feet from Sneep. Pittsburgh built a five-goal lead through two periods, but after the Sabres cut the deficit to 6-3 with goals 1:24 apart midway through the third, Malkin struck on the power play. His 15th of the season led to a shower of hats on the ice. The Penguins scored five times on Miller, who has allowed 12 goals in three games. He returned for the second period, but Enroth played the third. "I wasnt good enough," said Miller, 4-10-3 against Pittsburgh. "I dont think that was anywhere close to good hockey on my part, so I just have to regroup and recover." Neals goal gave him 18 on the season and extended his point streak to five games. Neal, Williams, Engelland and Kunitz each had a goal and an assist, and Matt Niskanen and Alexandre Picard both had two assists. The Sabres entered the game without seven players due to injury, and neither Tyler Ennis nor Colin Stuart finished this one. Ennis aggravated an ankle injury, and is day-to-day, according to Sabres coach Lindy Ruff. The team didnt disclose Stuarts injury, but Ruff said, "We lost him for a good period of time. Hes probably in the month range or something like that." NOTES: Fleury, second in the NHL in wins with 16, is 27 years and 19 days old. Only Grant Fuhr, Martin Brodeur and Tom Barasso were younger when they reached win No. 200. ... Crosby is eligible to come off the injured list at any time because the minimum seven days has passed since he first missed a game. There is no change in his status. ... Orpik assisted Malkins first goal, and Dupuis assist came on the goal by Engelland. wholesale nfl jerseys cheap jerseys from china ' ' ' |
