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Oct 11 '17
DETROIT - After a while, it felt as though the Detroit Red Wings were just showing off. C.J. Anderson Jersey .Henrik Zetterberg scored from behind the goal line in the second, and Tomas Tatar batted a pass out of midair and into the net later that period, helping Detroit snap Nashvilles five-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory over the Predators on Saturday night.Tatar had two goals and an assist.Theyre probably the best team in the league right now by the points, and I was real excited to play against them, Tatar said. I think we did a really good job the whole game.Gustav Nyquist, Kyle Quincey and Tatar scored in the first period for Detroit, chasing Nashville goalie Carter Hutton from the game after only one save. Hutton was making his second start since the Predators lost Pekka Rinne to a knee injury.The Red Wings are without their top goalie, too, but Petr Mrazek made 34 saves in place of the injured Jimmy Howard.The Predators came in tied with Anaheim for the most points in the NHL, and this was only their second loss by more than two goals this season. Pittsburgh beat Nashville 3-0 in October.We made mistakes and didnt do a good job trying to cover up for those mistakes, Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. Some nights, it just doesnt go your way. Tipped pucks out of the air, a goal going in off the back of the goalies head.Detroit led 3-1 when Zetterberg surprised just about everyone with his power-play goal. The veteran forward flipped the puck toward the net from near the left corner, and it appeared to skip off goalie Marek Mazanecs mask and slipped into the far corner of the net.The Predators had earned at least a point in 10 straight games, but they were also coming off a hard-fought victory over Washington and former Nashville coach Barry Trotz on Friday night. The Red Wings jumped ahead after only 57 seconds, when Nyquist scored off a pass from Riley Sheahan on an odd-man rush.It was an emotional game for them (Friday) night, Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. I think the emotion in that probably didnt help them today, but the schedules what the schedule is. We needed the points. We got them.Quincey made it 2-0 when his shot from near the blue line appeared to deflect off at least two Nashville players and past Hutton. Tatar scored 70 seconds later, and the Predators switched goalies.They came out strong and got some chances. They got some breaks early. That second one went off of four guys, Nashvilles Mike Fisher said. It was their night for sure.Mattias Ekholm scored for Nashville late in the first.Zetterbergs goal was so unusual that the crowd didnt cheer in earnest until the teams were just about ready to take the ensuing faceoff. It was as if fans were having a hard time believing the puck could have gone in.Tatars team-leading 20th goal made it 5-1 in the final minute of the period. He batted Sheahans pass out of midair and past Mazanec from right in front of the net.It was just a reaction. I cut to the middle and I saw puck coming in the air, and just knocked it in, Tatar said. I think its more luck than anything else.Mazanec made 18 saves in his first appearance of the season.Fisher scored a power-play goal in the first minute of the third for Nashville.NOTES: With 757 points, Zetterberg is one behind Norm Ullman for seventh place on Detroits career list. ... Howard has been out with a groin injury, and Detroit was also without D Jakub Kindl (elbow), RW Tomas Jurco (back), G Jonas Gustavsson (shoulder) and RW Johan Franzen (head). In addition to Rinne, Nashville was missing D Ryan Ellis (lower body) and RW Eric Nystrom (upper body). Chad Kelly Jersey .The Toronto Raptors guard, who will represent the Eastern Conference at the All-Star Game in New Orleans on Sunday, says he doesnt complain in the face of adversity "because I know this little girl is just happy for anything. Emmanuel Sanders Jersey . Cincinnati has lost back-to-back games in overtime, wasting a chance to take a commanding lead in their division.WENGEN, Switzerland -- Patrick Kueng gave his home Swiss fans a lot to cheer about by winning the shortened Lauberhorn downhill Saturday. Kueng clocked 1 minute, 32.66 seconds down a course that had more than a minute of racing and signature features cut off due to strong winds, to earn his second World Cup victory -- and first in downhill. Hannes Reichelt of Austria finished second, 0.06 seconds behind, and overall World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway was third, only one more hundredth further back. "Its incredible," said Kueng, who is the fourth different Swiss winner in six years in the countrys signature sports event. "Its very special for me. I think its the best place to win a race." Reichelt said he lost crucial time in the bumpy s-turns into the finish area, though praised Kueng as a worthy winner. "(Patrick) was very consistent this season. It was just time until he got the victory," said Reichelt, adding wryly that he was "getting closer" after placing third last year. Erik Guay of of Mont-Tremblant, Que., who won the final training session Thursday, lost control after appearing to hit a bump midway down and skied off course. Bode Miller finished fifth, 0.35 back, after making a big mistake in the same spot that troubled Reichelt. MMillers American teammate Jared Goldberg placed 12th with a starting number of 40. Jeff Heuerman Jersey. Lower-ranked skiers were still coming down. Kueng joined a Wengen winners roll that includes his more heralded teammates Didier Defago (2009), Carlo Janka (2010) and Beat Feuz (2012). Kueng, who turned 30 last weekend, is having a breakout season. He won a super-G in Beaver Creek, Colorado, last month for his first career win and has also recorded two fifths -- in the Lake Louise, Alberta, super-G; and the Beaver Creek downhill; and was sixth in the downhill in Val Gardena, Italy. "Hats off to Kueng, hes been skiing amazing this season. Its really not a surprise to the racers," said Marco Sullivan of the U.S., who was 16th trailing by 0.99. The course missed top sections -- including the signature Hundschopf cliff face jump -- that usually favour pure downhill racers, and became more suited to technical, super-G specialists. Svindal now leads two-time defending champion Marcel Hirscher by 82 points in the overall standings. In the downhill rankings, Svindal leads with 360 points, Reichelt is next with 260 and Kueng is third with 221. A slalom is scheduled for Wengen on Sunday, then the mens circuit heads to Kitzbuehel, Austria, for the famed Hahnenkamm races next weekend. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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