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(SportsNetwork. Mike Nott Jersey Store .com) - The St. Louis Blues aim to extend a 10-game point streak and grab a share of first place in the Central Division on Sunday afternoon as they visit the Washington Capitals. The Blues picked up a fourth win in a row on Friday, posting a 3-2 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk had the winner in the tiebreaker, scoring as St. Louis second shooter before Jake Allen sealed things with a stop on Eric Staals wrister. Allen made 26 saves, while David Backes and Ryan Reaves scored early to help the Blues improve to 9-0-1 in their last 10 games. This was a big game to win, said St. Louis head coach Ken Hitchcock. We played back-to-back, and our record was only two games over .500 on the road. To start off the second half of the season with a big road win is important, so they deserve a lot of credit. Backes goal extended his point streak to nine straight games and he has totaled eight goals and 16 points over the run. St. Louis is second in the Central Division with 66 points, two ahead of Chicago and a pair of points back of idle Nashville. Brian Elliott, who leads the NHL with a 1.95 goals against average, will start today for the Blues and is 5-2-0 lifetime versus the Capitals with a 3.19 GAA and .881 save percentage in nine games (8 starts). The Capitals are in action for a second straight afternoon, having lost a 1-0 overtime decision to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Braden Holtby, coming off a shutout win over Pittsburgh, made 29 saves, but gave up the only goal of the game with Montreals Max Pacioretty chipped home a pass with 1:52 left in overtime. Were happy with the way we played against a very good team, Holtby said. There were some big performances on both sides. Alex Ovechkin, tied for the league lead with 29 goals, had a big performance despite not scoring. He logged just over 25 minutes of ice time and had eight shots on net along with five hits. However, Washington still fell to 1-3-2 in its last six games and is tied for third in the Metropolitan Division with the New York Rangers. Holtby made his 42nd start of the season, tied for second most in the NHL, and it is unknown if hell get the call again today. He has won both of his previous starts versus the Blues, giving up only two goals on 76 shots. Backup Justin Peters, meanwhile, is 0-2-0 versus St. Louis while giving up seven goals on 65 shots for a 3.50 GAA and .892 save percentage. The Capitals have won four of their past six versus the Blues overall and four of the last five meetings at home, but St. Louis did notch a 4-1 victory as the hosting club on Nov. 15. Elliott made 24 saves and Backes was one of four goal-scorers for the Blues, while Peters made 30 saves. Will Herring Jersey Store . 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Brennan added an empty netter with less than 25 seconds remaining for his second of the playoffs.GENEVA -- World Cup-bound Algeria beat Romania 2-1 in a warm-up match on Wednesday marred by widespread fan disorder. The teams were taken off the field after 43 minutes with the score 1-1, and Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic went to the centre circle to broadcast an appeal for fans to stop throwing lit flares and bottles. Referee Nikolaj Haeni of Switzerland brought players back after a 15-minute break to play the final two minutes of the first half, then immediately changed ends to start the second period. When El Arabi Soudani scored the decisive goal in the 66th minute, around 15 fans ran on the pitch from three sides of the Stade de Geneve. Nabil Bentaleb had put Algeria ahead in the 21st minute after a handling error by Romania goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon, and Alexandru Chipciu levelled in the 28th. "The result is very satisfying. The team is progressing on all levels," said Halilhodzic, adding he was "a bit disappointed with the behaviour of our supporters." The final whistle brought around 1,000 of the 15,600 spectators on to the field. Many dispersed when water sprinklers were turned on, though some continued to clash with stewards in one corner of the pitch. Algeria opens against Group H favourite Belgium on June 17 in Belo Horizonte. DeShawn Williams Jersey Store. It then plays South Korea in Porto Alegre and Russia in Curitiba. Despite events in the stands, Algeria made a good impression on the field. Abdelmoumene Djabou and Bentaleb gave Romania right-back Vlad Chiriches, Bentalebs Tottenham teammate, a tough time and Algerias best moves flowed there. Sofiane Feghouli twice wasted clear shooting chances in the 17th minute, before Algeria led when Manchester City keeper Pantilimon spilled Djabous cross. Bentaleb and Feghouli converged on the loose ball which looped into the empty goal. The goal sparked a firework display around the stadium with at least 15 flares burning in the stands. Romania levelled seven minutes later when Alexandru Chipciu beat the offside line, rounded goalkeeper Rais MBolhi who had charged out of his penalty area, and rolled the ball into an unguarded goal. Fan trouble resumed in the second period when an Algerian supporter encroached on the pitch in the 57th as his team prepared to take a corner. A mini-pitch invasion followed Algeria retaking the lead in the 66th when El Arabi Soudani connected with Saphir Taiders pass from the right side of the penalty area. ' ' '
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