The Penguins get by the Blue Jackets, the Wild and Kings force Game Sevens. [url=https://www.cheapphilliesjerseys.us/]Philadelphia Phillies Shirts[/url] . Notes on Malkin, Crosby, Johnson, Dubinsky, Parise, Kopitar, Williams, Stalock and more. PENGUINS GET PAST BLUE JACKETS Pittsburgh looked like the

The Penguins get by the Blue Jackets, the Wild and Kings force Game Sevens. Philadelphia Phillies Shirts . Notes on Malkin, Crosby, Johnson, Dubinsky, Parise, Kopitar, Williams, Stalock and more. PENGUINS GET PAST BLUE JACKETS Pittsburgh looked like they were free and clear after racing out to a 4-0 lead, led by Evgeni Malkins hat trick, but then the Blue Jackets scored three goals in a 4:52 span in the third period to make for a heart-stopping finish. In the end, the Penguins held on to win 4-3, taking the series in six games. Malkin, who took some criticism for his lack of production, finished the series with seven points in six games. Not bad at all. After being on the ice for 71.2% of 5-on-5 shot attempts in Game Six, Malkin finished the series with an impressive 59.2% Corsi percentage. Malkin was the driving force for Pittsburgh in the deciding game, as was D Kris Letang, who was on for 21 5-on-5 shot attempts for and seven against. Penguins D Matt Niskanen contributed a couple of assists, giving him eight points for the series. That tied D Paul Martin for the Penguins scoring lead. The ever-disappointing Sidney Crosby (I kid, I kid) had six assists in six games and was on the ice for 61.3% of 5-on-5 shot attempts. If thats a Crosby worthy of criticism, rue the day that he starts playing to his typical level of excellence. Columbus attack was paced by a couple of defencemen. Fedor Tyutin, with a goal and an assist, and Jack Johnson, with two assists, led the charge. Johnson finished the series with a team-leading seven points, despite struggling in puck possession terms. While Johnson struggled in terms of possession, James Wisniewski fared pretty well in that regard, at least in relative terms. Centres Brandon Dubinsky and Ryan Johansen each had six points for the Blue Jackets, while rookie LW Boone Jenner had five. Dubinsky had 40 hits over the course of the series, a total that leads the NHL postseason. That the series proved to be competitive should come as no surprise, but it should also come as no surprise that the Penguins had the high-end skill to overcome a spirited challenge from Columbus. WILD FORCE SEVEN Fighting for their playoff lives, the Minnesota Wild jumped out to a 2-0 lead, gave it back, then scored the winner with 6:29 left in third period, before adding a couple of empty-netters to ice a 5-2 victory in Game Six, forcing Game Seven back in Denver. Wild LW Zach Parise had a huge game, netting the game-winner as part of a two goal, two assist performance. Parise now has 10 points in the postseason, tied with Colorados Nathan MacKinnon for the playoff scoring lead. Ryan Suter and Mikko Koivu each had two assists and Jason Pominville had a goal and an assist. Wild LW Nino Niederreiter had quite a game in possession terms, on for 15 shot attempts for and three against (83.3%). With Niederreiter off the ice, the Wild had 38.2% of the 5-on-5 shot attempts. Though they came out on the losing end, Colorado did get C Matt Duchene back in the lineup and he contributed an assist in 18:52 of ice time. RW Ryan OReilly assisted on both Colorado goals. That this series is going seven games is rather fortunate for the Avalanche. The Wild have the best Fenwick Close in the playoffs which, naturally, means Colorado has the worse and that 60-40 disparity in even-strength shot attempts is difficult to overcome. The Avalanche have overcome shot deficits all season, leaning heavily on G Semyon Varlamov, so that is likely what they will need if they are going to get through Game Seven. The Avalanche can also take some comfort in the fact that the home team has won every game in this series. KINGS PUSH SHARKS TO SEVEN Faced with the prospect of losing their three-games-to-none lead in the series, the San Jose Sharks were forced to go into Game Six without top defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic, who was injured in Game Five, and then made the decision to start backup goaltender Alex Stalock in place of Antti Niemi. The result? A 4-1 Kings win, sending the series to Game Seven back in San Jose. Tied at one, with 8:04 remaining, Kings RW Justin Williams scored the winning goal, pushing Stalock back towards the Sharks net, jarring the puck loose and into the net. As controversial as that goal was, the Kings tacked on two more in short order, both by C Anze Kopitar, in the next 2:46 to put the game away. Kopitar added an assist, giving him eight points in the series, to the lead the Kings, while D Drew Doughty added a couple of assists, giving him six points in six games. Williams finished with two goals and an assist to lead the Kings. This series has been very even, with the Sharks holding a 132-128 edge in unblocked shot attempts with the score close (within a goal for the first two periods, tied in the third/overtime). Thats close enough for goaltending to make the difference and, given the uncertainty in that respect with the Sharks, Jonathan Quick is more appealing. Even so, the Sharks do get home-ice advantage in their attempt to avoid being the fourth team in NHL history to lose a series in which they led three games to none. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. Granny Hamner Jersey . -- Washingtons Bradley Beal seemed to make every shot he took in setting a career high with 37 points. Nick Pivetta Jersey . Braves reliever David Carpenter was also fined for throwing at Rockies outfielder Corey Dickerson in the same game, which featured several ejections, including Colorado manager Walt Weiss. https://www.cheapphilliesjerseys.us/467n-roy-halladay-jersey-phillies.html . The CFL club is making the move after holding its camp and regular-season practices at the University of Toronto campus in Mississauga, Ont.Joffrey Lupul still didna€?t think hea€?d sleep much on the eve of Wednesdaya€?s opener against Montreal, even at this point in a career that now spans 10 NHL seasons and exactly 600 games. Lupul, now 31, is trying to re-energize that career following the lowest season of what remains a brief Maple Leafs tenure. A first-time All-Star two years earlier, he dipped to just 44 points last season, trailed by a stream of injuries and inconsistency. He is among the many Toronto candidates hoping to rebound this season. Healthy and feeling stronger physically than he has in years, Lupul believes hea€?s capable of much more than he showed last year. a€?I have very high expectations of myself. I can play better than I did last year and Ia€?ll have to play better than I did last year for us to have the success that I feel wea€?re capable of,a€? said Lupul, who did manage more than 20 goals for the fifth time in 2013-14. a€?And therea€?s a lot of guys in the room that I think are saying the same thing that they have to play better and mostly more consistent and more as a team.a€? Though he played in 69 games a€“ the most hea€?s managed since 2008-09 a€“ health was again part of the conversation for Lupul and it began even before the regular season kicked off; back spasms kept him off the ice in the early days of training camp last fall. He continued to be hampered by injuries throughout the year; there was a bruised calf, bruised foot, and groin tear that held him out a couple of weeks. He also played through a bothersome knee injury that would eventually require surgery. Injuries have always been the thing with Lupul. Over the course of the past three seasons, hea€?s missed 59 games due to an assortment of maladies that includes everything from a broken forearm to a dislocated shoulder to a concussion that saw him sandwiched between a pair of Flyers in the spring of 2013. However unlucky in many of those circumstances a€“ he broke that right forearm when a Dion Phaneuf point shot sailed high a€“ Lupul suggests that some of the injuries could have been avoided. He missed two games, for instance, because of a bone bruise on his right foot, an injury he suffered when he blocked a shot at practice; he was not wearing the protective skate covers the team had strongly suggested. It was bumps, bruises and tears of that kind that kept him finding a comfortable rhythm alongside Nazem Kadri on what was a mostly inconsistent second line last season. a€?Right now Ia€?m 100 per cent healthy and Ia€?m going to take every possible step to remain that way,a€? he said. Lupul spent a good chunk of his time on the ice this suummer with Barb Underhill, the teama€?s skating coach. Adonis Medina Jersey. The result - an improvement in his skating, he says. Whether that and an offseason of training translates into production on the ice remains to be seen, a€?but from a physical standpoint Ia€?m very happy with where Ia€?m at and ita€?s just a matter of maintaining that.a€? An All-Star for the first and only time back in 2011-12 a€“ he had a career-high 67 points in 66 games a€“ Lupula€?s role with the Leafs has changed over time. Primary, of course, is that hea€?s no longer running with Phil Kessel on the teama€?s top line, which means that hea€?s no longer a benefactor of the attention Kessel receives, the openings he creates,and the top power-play minutes and again, attention, he garners. Replaced by James van Riemsdyk on the left to Kessela€?s right on that top unit a€“ coincidentally while he was hurt in January 2013 a€“ Lupul has teamed with Kadri for the better part of the past two seasons and, while theya€?ve had the occasional spark, the connection has been hit or miss. That inconsistency a€“ not to mention a barely-employed fourth line of little tangible value a€“ has helped to cause an imbalanced Leaf attack, one that saw the top line carrying an untenable amount of weight before sputtering out down the stretch last season. Bolstering the depths of the roster in a busy offseason was designed to aid in that solution. If Lupul and Kadri can, additionally, connect and perform to a higher level, the Leafs could boast the kind of one-two punch up front theya€?ve lacked since the unlikely trio of Grabovski, Kulemin and MacArthur ascended alongside Kessel and Lupul a few years earlier. Possessing the puck more as a group and subsequently defending less would certainly help; Lupul started only 41.8 per cent of his shifts in the offensive zone last season, the lowest of his NHL career. Hea€?s made it a point of paying more attention to the defensive side of the game this season, vowing to become a better all-around player. Lupul is just one of many Leafs hoping to bounce back this season. Therea€?s Cody Franson, who fell off after a career year in 2013; David Clarkson, who had a nightmarish first season in Toronto; Dion Phaneuf, who crumbled under a heavy burden last year; Matt Frattin, who failed to catch on in either Los Angeles or Columbus; and Stephane Robidas, who is coming two serious knee injuries at age 37. Lupul doesna€?t have any targets as far as goals, assists or points are concerned. a€?I just want to do my part to get this team in the playoffs,a€? he says, a€?and Ia€?ll have to do more than I did last year.a€? ' ' '