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DETROIT - Gustav Nyquist and the Detroit Red Wings are rolling into the All-Star break on a five-game winning streak. Cody Eakin Jersey .Their latest victory even came in a shootout — that fickle tiebreaker that has confounded the Red Wings all season.Weve had some troubles with that. I dont know our stats really, but theyre not good, Nyquist said. Every win you get in a shootout is a nice bonus point there.Nyqust and Pavel Datsyuk scored in the shootout, and Detroit outlasted Minnesota for a 5-4 victory Tuesday night after the Wild rallied from three goals down in the third period. Detroit won for only the second time in nine shootouts this season. Nyquist also scored in regulation, but the Red Wings blew a 4-1 lead in the third period.Zach Parise scored twice for Minnesota, but he missed his attempt to start the shootout. Mikko Koivu, who also scored in regulation, had his shootout attempt stopped by Detroits Petr Mrazek.Nyquists backhander under Minnesota goalie Darcy Kuemper gave the Red Wings the win.I was really pleased with our battle level. Of course, we made a couple of mistakes. That always happens. And every time it happened, it seemed to wind up in the net, Minnesota coach Mike Yeo said. I give everybody a lot of credit tonight.When the season began, the big question was whether the Red Wings could extend their streak of 23 consecutive post-season appearances, but now they have reached the All-Star break just a point behind Tampa Bay for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Detroits five-game winning streak is its season high.Detroits Teemu Pulkkinen opened the scoring with his first NHL goal, beating goalie Devan Dubnyk from the high slot. The 23-year-old Pulkkinen was leading the AHL in goals when he was called up to the Red Wings earlier this month.It was good to get that, Pulkkinen said. Obviously it was a great pass from (Stephen Weiss.) I kind of had an easy job there because I was in the middle and I just shoot it.Koivu scored 7 seconds into a Detroit penalty to tie it, but Jonathan Ericssons shot from the point found the net for the Red Wings just over a minute later.Nyquist deflected a shot past Dubnyk early in the second, and Xavier Ouellets shot bounced in off the foot of Minnesotas Justin Fontaine to put the Red Wings ahead 4-1.Dubnyk was pulled, having allowed four goals on 10 shots. Kuemper stopped all 14 he faced before the shootout.Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard is 0-6 in shootouts this season, but hes out with a groin injury. Mrazek had 34 saves for the Red Wings, although the Wild rallied to salvage a point by scoring three goals in the third.Parises power-play goal made it 4-2, and Thomas Vanek backhanded a shot over Mrazek with 9:59 remaining to pull the Wild within one.Parise then tied it with a terrific individual effort. Ericsson was attempting to clear the puck with a pass up the middle from behind his own net, and Parise intercepted it at close range and suddenly had the puck right in front of Mrazek. His unassisted goal with 6:39 to play made it 4-all.But Parise shot over the net in the shootout, and Koivus bid toward Mrazeks glove side was turned away.The shootout, its 50-50, Mrazek said. The first one, he missed it. The second one, I thought he was going to go high glove, so I was prepared for that.NOTES: Kuemper played for the first time since Jan. 6. He had been out with a lower-body injury. ... The Red Wings were without Johan Franzen (upper body). William Carrier Golden Knights Jersey . The third-ranked Lewis, a three-time winner this year on the LPGA Tour, had a 9-under 135 total at Emirates Golf Course in the Ladies European Tours season-ending tournament. Vegas Golden Knights Jerseys .com) - The New York Jets have named Mike Maccagnan their new general manager. BALTIMORE -- Even though the Boston Red Sox insist that theyve turned the page from last year, their first win of the season was eerily reminiscent of 2013. David Ortiz and Mike Napoli homered, John Lackey threw six sharp innings and Boston ruined the Baltimore debut of Ubaldo Jimenez with a 6-2 victory Wednesday night. Dustin Pedroia had four hits for the defending World Series champion Red Sox, now 1-1 after losing to Baltimore on opening day. "Dustin, David and Mike. Thats three of the better hitters in the league," said Boston manager John Farrell, who rode the trio to 97 wins during the 2013 regular season. Lackey (1-0) looked even sharper than he did last year, when he had a 3.52 ERA in 29 starts. In this one, the right-hander allowed two runs and three hits before handing the ball to the bullpen, which finished with three scoreless innings. "I just threw country hard balls the first few innings, then was able to mix in other pitches later on," Lackey said. "I was very pleased for the first time. It felt pretty good. Its something I can keep building on." Lackey said he made "one mistake" -- an 0-2 pitch that Nelson Cruz hit over the right field wall for his second homer in two games. But the Orioles did little else right against Lackey, who walked one and struck out six in improving to 14-5 lifetime against Baltimore. "He had command and he was throwing strikes and he was working fast," Orioles catcher Matt Wieters said. "It seemed like it was the fourth or fifth inning before we really started to see some pitches over the middle of the plate. Youve got to tip your hat to him. When he can locate like that with his kind of stuff, youre going to have success." Ortiz connected in the third inning and Napoli made it 4-2 with a two-run shot in the fifth. Both homers came off Jimenez (0-1), who signed a four-year contract with the Orioles in February after winning 13 games with Cleveland last year. "The one to David, that was a good pitch," Jimenez said. "It seems like he was looking for that pitch and he hit it good. But the one to Napoli, I would definitely like to have that back. Oh-and-2, biig mistake. Max Pacioretty Jersey. I was trying to go away and left it right down the middle." Jimenez allowed four runs, five hits and three walks in six innings. He struck out six in his lamentable Orioles debut. "You always want to win. But it is part of the game," he said. "Thats how it goes. I still have 30 more games to go. I have to get ready for my next one." Ortiz put the Red Sox up 2-0 in the third inning with a drive to right following a single by Pedroia. Ortiz was 0 for 7 lifetime against Jimenez before connecting. "The pitch to Ortiz wasnt a bad pitch," Wieters said. "He was probably looking for something in and he got it and he didnt miss it. Youve got to give him credit." Lackey gave up a leadoff single to Nick Markakis, then retired 11 straight before Chris Davis walked with two outs in the fourth. Cruz followed with an opposite-field drive to right on an 0-2 pitch. Signed as a free agent in February, Cruz has accounted for all of Baltimores four runs this season -- three RBIs and a run scored. In the fifth, Jimenez hit Daniel Nava with a pitch and Napoli homered on an 0-2 count. Boston pulled away in the seventh against Ryan Webb. After two singles and an intentional walk to Ortiz loaded the bases, Napoli lined a two-run single to left. Napoli had a major league-leading 31 RBIs last year with the bases loaded. And this year, nothings changed. "In that situation, youve got one out and the bases loaded, so Im just trying to hit a flyball to get the run in," Napoli said. "I just happened to get a base hit, so thats extra. Its nice to come through in those situations." NOTES: Thursday nights series finale features a duel of left-handers: Bostons Felix Doubront against Wei-Yin Chen. ... Baltimore LHP Johan Santana, seeking to rebound from shoulder surgery, threw 30 pitches off a full mound Wednesday in Florida. "Its encouraging to see that Johans throwing all his pitches," manager Buck Showalter said. ... David Lough went 0 for 4 and Steve Lombardozzi went 1 for 3 in their Orioles debut. ... Lackey has gone at least five innings in 23 of 24 starts against Baltimore. ' ' '
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