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| The Columbus Blue Jackets have developed a solid regional and Metropolitan Division rivalry with the Pittsburgh Penguins in recent seasons.That could be evident in the style of play when the teams meet for the first time this season Saturday at PPG Paints Arena Nate Schmidt Jersey , but it’s the Blue Jackets who come in on a high.Columbus (13-7-3) beat Toronto 4-2 Friday to avenge a 4-2 loss Monday in the first game of a home-and-home set against the Maple Leafs and keep a hold on the top spot in the Metropolitan. The Blue Jackets were on a 5-0-2 run before the two games against the Maple Leafs.Article continues below ...Pittsburgh (8-9-4) fell at Boston 2-1 in overtime Friday to remain last in the division.Josh Anderson’s two first-period goals were illustrative of the way the season is going for the Blue Jackets. “Just going to the net hard,” Anderson said.Columbus had to withstand a strong comeback by Toronto, which tied it 2-2 before Cam Atkinson scored shorthanded to restore the Blue Jackets’ lead and extend his goal streak to six games.“That was the definition of finding a way to win,” Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said.Columbus will be playing in its third set of back-to-back games — the Blue Jackets were 2-1-1 over the first two sets — and will make it three in four nights Monday against Detroit.“We’ve got three tough games here — I guess two more,” Columbus defenseman Scott Harrington said. “We’re playing games with a lot of skill and a lot of speed. … Great job by us to lock it down in the third (Friday) and play well defensively and have that confidence moving forward (that) if we put ourselves in a similar situation in the next two games, we can have the confidence that we can seal the deal and get it done.”That’s been something the Penguins haven’t been able to do much. They are 2-7-3 in their past 12 games, although that includes 1-0-2 in their past three.“The last three games we have points,” said center Evgeni Malkin, who scored on a power play for Pittsburgh’s only goal — and a lead — against Boston and has a six-game point streak.“We had a chance to win (Friday). It’s a tough loss, but we have a great team. We believe in each other. … If we play the same and we get a little bit lucky http://www.officialknightsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-oscar-dansk-jersey , we’ll win games for sure.”Pittsburgh is expected to start Casey DeSmith in goal after Tristan Jarry made his first NHL start this season, and 28th of his career, against the Bruins. The Penguins placed goaltender Matt Murray on injured reserve Thursday with an upper-body injury that coach Mike Sullivan said will keep Murray out “longer term.”Pittsburgh also lost top-line winger Patric Hornqvist for the third period against the Bruins after he took a hard hit against the boards from Boston’s Kevan Miller in the second period. Sullivan did not have an update on Hornqvist’s status after the game.Sullivan, in contrast to Malkin, doesn’t seem satisfied with picking up individual points here and there.“We’re looking for wins,” Sullivan said tersely, then repeated that sentence.“We have higher expectations. We’re trying to win every game that we’re in.” The Philadelphia Flyers‘ play their home opener Tuesday night against the San Jose Sharks and they will do it without winger James van Riemsdyk.Reacquired as a free agent in the offseason, the 29-year-old van Riemsdyk will be out five to six weeks due to a lower-body injury suffered when he blocked a clearing attempt Saturday at Colorado, according to the club.Van Riemsdyk, who began his career with the Flyers Authentic Oscar Lindberg Jersey , signed a five-year, $35 million deal with Philadelphia in the offseason after he totaled 36 goals and 18 assists with the Maple Leafs in 2017-18.Article continues below ...“It’s a big loss, but it’s going to be other guys who are going to step up and fill some roles,” center Sean Couturier told Philly.com after Monday’s practice. “It’s just an opportunity for someone else.”That someone appears to be 26-year-old Jordan Weal, who will reportedly take van Riemsdyk’s spot on the third with rookie Mikhail “Misha” Vorobyev and Wayne Simmonds.The Flyers (1-1) split a pair of games out west to start the season. After opening with a 5-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights, the Flyers lost by that same score on Saturday to the Colorado Avalanche.Goalie Brian Elliott stopped 30 of 34 shots while Couturier and Vorobyev scored their first goals of the season.“We got two of the four points on the road, and for me, this was a game where points were available,” coach Dave Hakstol told Philly.com after Saturday’s loss. “I liked the fact we were cleaner and sharper with the puck (against the Avs) … but there are things we can clean up.”The Sharks (1-2) were shut out 4-0 by the New York Islanders Monday in the second outing of their five-game road swing. The Islanders broke open a close contest with three third-period goals and Robin Lehner stopped 35 shots.“It was a game that was winnable,” Sharks captain Joe Pavelski told NHL.com. “It’s frustrating we don’t stick any in the net with some of the looks we had Reilly Smith Jersey , some of the power plays, the kind of momentum we felt like we had. It’s one of those games every time you get that Grade A (chance), it seems to hit him in the chest or finds his pad.”Martin Jones made 26 saves for the Sharks.The Islanders broke on top with a second-period power play goal. The Sharks were 0-for-4 on the power play and are 0-for-10 through three games. The Islanders were 1-for-4.“We got beat in special teams tonight and that’s an important piece of the game that we have to start being on the right side of the ledger on,” coach Pete DeBoer told the San Jose Mercury News, though he called the Sharks’ nine shots on goal with the man advantage “encouraging.”The news was better off the ice for San Jose. DeBoer said before the game that the swelling in center Joe Thornton’s surgically repaired right knee is the result of an infection.“Nothing structurally. It looks like an infection, put him on antibiotics,” DeBoer told the Mercury News before the games. “He should be fine.”Thornton, who was placed on injured reserve, is not with team. |
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