NEWARK Youth Dustin Byfuglien Jersey , N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Devils have found a perfect combination for the start of the season.Kyle Palmieri scores early and goaltender Keith Kinkaid makes the lead stand up.Palmieri scored his seventh goal in four games, Kinkaid stopped 24 shots for his second shutout and the Devils continued their best start since the 1995-96 season with a 3-0 win over the road-challenged Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.Palmieri is now the first player in NHL history to score his team’s opening goal in four consecutive games to begin a season.“It’s nice to get rewarded for putting pucks on net but I think it’s fun to come to the rink right now,” Palmiery said. “The team is in a good mood and we’re happy with the way we’re playing and beating some really good teams so hopefully we keep that going.”Kinkaid has been a big reason for that. He has given up four goals in four games.The 29-year-old who became the Devils’ No. 1 goalie after Cory Schneider was hurt last season, said he feels confident.“I have a shot to play a few games in a row and I think I play my best that well because then you don’t have to dwell on a week or two weeks so that’s huge in a goalie’s play,” Kinkaid said. “I’m just doing my part and the guys are doing a great job.”Palmieri said Kinkaid took a big step last season when he got the No. 1 job.“I don’t know how much as a goalie it rolls off the year before, but he played tremendous down the stretch and he gave us a chance to win every night and ultimately propel us into the playoffs,” Palmieri said. “As a goalie, and as a hockey player in generally, it just gives you the confidence that you know you can do it.”Late pickup Jean-Sebastien Dea tallied for the third straight game and Blake Coleman added a goal as the Devils remained the NHL’s only unbeaten team.Anton Khudobin made 31 saves as Dallas lost for the second time in as many nights. It marked the first time it had been shut out.The Stars went 42-32-8 last season but they were only 16-20-5 on the road.“We have to look in the mirror and talk about it, make some adjustments,” said Stars forward Tyler Seguin, who hit a couple of goalposted. “It’s happened the last two years. I am not pressing the panic button, it’s only two games, we have to figure some stuff out here.”Palmieri http://www.jetsshoppro.com/authentic-jacob-trouba-jersey , who had two goals in each of the first three games, put the Devils ahead at 3:42 with his fourth power-play goal of the season.Coleman stretched the lead 2:03 into the second period with a shot from the right circle.Dea’s goal came from the left circle with Khudobin playing without a stick late in the second period. He broke it on a check and then played about 45 seconds as it lay on the ice. He waved to his bench for a replacement but got no help.Kinkaid had a great glove save on Jamie Benn and a glove stop on Radek Faksa on an odd-man rush in the second period. In the third period, he also stopped Roope Hintz, Mattias Janmark and Gemel Smith in the final 2:17 to preserve his sixth career shutout.NOTES: The Devils have used the same lineup all four games. F Drew Stafford and Ds Steven Santini and Eric Gryba have not played. … Taylor Hall cost the Devils a two-man advantage in the first period when he was called for delay of call for deliberately shooting the puck into his own bench to stop play. … Jamie Benn of Dallas and Miles Wood of New Jersey exchanged haymakers in a big third-period fight.UP NEXTStars: Return home to host Minnesota on Friday night.Devils: Host Colorado on Thursday night. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Cam Ward allowed an early goal when the puck stuck in his skate. With Arizona trying to force overtime, the Carolina goalie used his glove to prevent another one.Jeff Skinner scored his second goal with 1:58 left, and the Hurricanes beat the Coyotes 6-5 on Thursday night despite giving up a weird goal with a puck lodged in Ward’s skate.”That first one was probably one of the weirdest goals I’ve ever seen,” Skinner said. ”You stick with it, though, and it paid off for us.”Skinner added an assist, and Valentin Zykov scored two goals, the second tying it at 5 with 10:14 remaining. Phil Di Giuseppe had a goal and two assists, and Jaccob Slavin had three assists.Teuvo Teravainen also scored, and Ward made 28 saves for Carolina. The Hurricanes had lost six of eight.Alex Goligoski scored twice Josh Morrissey Jersey , including arguably the most bizarre goal of the season when Ward unknowingly skated across the red line with the puck lodged in his right skate.Rookie Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist, Josh Archibald and Nick Cousins also scored and Darcy Kuemper stopped 24 shots for Arizona. Eliminated from the playoff race last week, the Coyotes won at Buffalo on Wednesday night for their second straight victory.”We scored five goals, 5-4, if we lock it down, we win the game,” coach Rick Tocchet said. ”We have to learn as a team, when you’re a little bit tired, you have to have mental toughness. You can’t just say you’re tired, and I’m going to make a stupid mistake. You’re tired, you can still be focused. … Good teams know they tired, and they can still stay in their structure, and I felt our guys gave in.”Skinner’s winner came when he backhanded his blocked shot past Kuemper after some slick passing from Di Giuseppe and Slavin. Ward preserved the lead with a slick glove save off Oliver Ekman-Larsson’s blast with about 40 seconds remaining.Goligoski’s second goal came on a power play with 10.3 seconds left in the second period and put the Coyotes up 5-4.His first goal was the one everyone will be talking about .Ward skated behind the net to play the puck midway through the first, and it somehow wedged inside his right skate. The play was not blown dead http://www.jetsshoppro.com/authentic-kyle-connor-jersey , so Ward returned to the net and as he dug into his crease, the puck crossed the goal line. After a brief video review, the goal was awarded to Goligoski.”It’s bad luck for Ward there, but good for us, obviously,” Tocchet said.For the Hurricanes, that was a fitting application of Murphy’s Law to a once-promising season that has gone awry.”That’s a first – got to be a first,” coach Bill Peters said. ”It was one of those where you’re shaking your head, wondering `What else? What’s next?”’Since a victory over New Jersey on March 2, Carolina had gone into a tailspin – a slump marked by consecutive third-period collapses – to all but eliminate itself from the playoff chase. The Hurricanes entered nine points behind the Devils for the East’s final playoff spot.NOTES: Keller has points in seven straight games and is one goal shy of the team rookie record of 22 set by Peter Mueller in 2007-08. … Teravainen and C Sebastian Aho also each have points in seven straight. … Arizona D Niklas Hjalmarsson went down with an apparent leg injury late in the second. … The Hurricanes have given up at least three goals in six straight games.UP NEXTCoyotes: Continue their six-game road swing at Florida on Saturday night.Hurricanes: At Ottawa on Saturday night.—
