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After the blissful whirlwind of a second Melbourne Cup and the arrival of his fourth child jockey Kerrin McEvoy has slotted back into Sydney racing without missing a beat. Deandre Ayton Jersey .Almandins victory put a second Cup on the 36-year-olds mantelpiece 16 years after Brew thrust him into the limelight.Eight days after his heroics in Australias great race, his wife Cathy gave birth to their first daughter Eva-Mae.We havent had a heap of time to sit down and really look back on it all, McEvoy told AAP.Weve just been trying to get the newborn settled and into a routine which were getting on top of now.That has coincided with McEvoy returning from the pinnacle of Australian racing to the regular working week of one of Sydneys finest jockeys.You still have to pinch yourself to think that youve won a Melbourne Cup again, McEvoy said.There has been no sign of a Cup hangover.McEvoy has booted home 10 winners since winning the worlds richest handicap including Group Three victories on Spright and Aspect as well as the Listed Sandown Cup aboard Qewy.He underscored his form with a winning double at Canterbury on Wednesday, his second metropolitan brace since returning to Sydney.McEvoy will be out for more success at Rosehill on Saturday with key rides aboard Religify in the Group Three Festival Stakes (1500m) and Princefamous in the Listed Starlight Stakes.Chris Waller-trained gelding Religify rewarded punters who remained loyal after two defeats as favourite when McEvoy rode him to win the November Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on November 19.Hes a horse that makes his own luck, McEvoy said.Youve got Rageese and Hazzabeel up from Melbourne, a couple of other locals that weve seen plenty of times.So its a good quality race and he seems to be in good form.On the same day Religify won, McEvoy got Princefamous home and he sticks with him in the Starlight where the horse drops to 54kg.It strikes a chord with me that hes in with a light weight on his back, McEvoy said.Hes going to be up there making his own luck hell be looking the winner at some stage.McEvoy will also be on early favourite Falkenberg in the Listed ATC Cup (2000m) for trainers Peter and Paul Snowden. 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PAUL, Minn. -- Eric Staal scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 3-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in an NHL exhibition game Sunday in St. Paul.Staal, playing against his former team, also assisted on Charlie Coyles second period goal for the Wild, which tied the game 1-1. Jason Zucker added a late goal.Devan Dubnyk made 16 saves, only yielding Derek Ryans power-play goal at 8:46 of the first period.Michael Leighton and Alex Nedeljkovic each saw time in goal for Carolina. Leighton started and made 20 saves on 21 shots. Nedeljkovic allowed two goals on 17 shots.PENGUINS BLANK BLUE JACKETSIn Columbus, Ohio, Tristan Jarry made 24 saves to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.Carter Rowney scored in the first period and Tom Kuhnhackl had a goal early in the second.Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 shots for Columbus.Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella spent the game watching from the press box.RED WINGS DOUBLE UP BLACKHAWKSIn Detroit, Martin Frk and Andreas Athanasiou each had a goal and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.Frk, Luke Glendening and Danny DeKeyser scored in the first. Dylan Larkin and Anthony Mantha added goals in the second period, and Athanasious goal in the third ended the scoring.Petr Mrazek played the entire game in goal for Detroit, and made 11 saves on 14 shots.Alexandre Fortin, Dennis Rasmussen and Brandon Mashinter scored for the Blackhawks. Ivan Nalimov started and gave up three goals on 16 shots, and was replaced by Lars Johnson, who stopped 12 of the 15 shots he faced.EBERTS OT GOAL LIFTS STARS OVER PANTHERSIn London, Ontario, Nick Ebert scored 2:20 into overtime to lift the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers.Antoine Roussel tied the score for Dallas about 4 1/2 minutes into the second period.Jonathan Huberdeau gave the Panthers the lead with 7 seconds left in the first.MATTHEWS MAKES LEAFS DEBUT IN OT WIN OVER CANADIENSIn Toronto, No. 1 overall draft pick Auston Matthews had a scoreless preseason debut in the Maple Leafs 3-2 oovertime win over the Montreal Canadiens. Dan Majerle Jersey. .Matthews played more than 18 minutes and had two shots, displaying the elite skills which helped him become the first player selected with the top pick by the Leafs since 1985.Matt Hunwick got the winner 4:20 into the extra period, and Nikita Zaitsev and Morgan Rielly also scored for Toronto. Jhonas Enroth stopped seven of the eight shots he faced, and Garret Sparks had 17 saves on 18 shots.Daniel Audette and Daniel Carr scored for Montral, and Mike Condon stopped 28 shots.KINGS BLANK DUCKSIn Anaheim, California, Jonathan Quick made 31 saves to lead a Los Angeles Kings split squad to a 1-0 win over the Ducks.Andy Andreoff scored the games lone goal midway through the second period.Jonathan Bernier had 25 saves for Anaheim.NIETO LIFTS SHARKS PAST CANUCKS IN OVERTIMEAt Vancouver, British Columbia, Matt Nieto scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.Kevin Labanc also scored, and Martin Jones made 26 saves for the San Jose. The Sharks are 3-0-0 in exhibition play.Anton Rodin and Tuomo Ruutu scored for Vancouver, and Ryan Miller stopped 18 shots.JETS PAVELEC SHUTS OUT FLAMESIn Calgary, Alberta, Scott Kosmachuk had a goal and two assists and Ondrej Pavelec made 31 saves as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Flames 4-0.Kosmachuk opened the scoring 4:48 into the first period, converting a slick feed from Chase De Leo on a 2-on-1.The 22-year-old right winger was in the right spot to pick up an assist on the Jets second goal. Flames defenseman Brett Kulak tried to slap the puck around the end boards. Instead it drilled Kosmachuk in the shin and caromed out front where Ben Chariot knocked it in.Mark Stuart made it 3-0 at 8:54 of the second and Paul Postma also scored for Winnipeg.Calgarys Mikael Backlund hit a goal post twice.Chad Johnson gave up three goals on six shots, and Flames prospect Jon Gillies made 17 saves on the 18 shots he faced in relief. ' ' '