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(SportsNetwork. Cheap Yeezy 350 v2 Static .com) - The first-place Nashville Predators will try to match their longest winning streak of the season when they shoot for a fourth consecutive victory in Tuesdays home clash with the Vancouver Canucks. The Predators, who lead the Central Division by two points over Chicago, have been the model of consistency during what has so far been a superb showing in 2014-15. Nashville has yet to lose consecutive games this season, but the clubs longest winning streak is still a modest four-game run from Nov. 22-29. Nashville has earned its fourth three-game winning streak of the campaign thanks to recent wins over Carolina, Dallas and Minnesota. The Preds also are currently on a 6-0-2 point streak that has the club in a tie with Anaheim for the most points in the NHL with 60. As a result of their strong showing so far, the Preds will be well-represented at this seasons NHL All-Star Weekend later this month in Columbus. One of the All-Star teams will be led by Nashville head coach Peter Laviolette, while his goaltender Pekka Rinne and defenseman Shea Weber were named as All-Stars. Also, forward Filip Forsberg was among six rookie skater chosen to partake in the All-Star Skills competition on Jan. 24 at Nationwide Arena. The All-Star Game will be played on Sunday, Jan. 25. Rinne is 28-6-2 with a sparkling 1.98 goals against average and .930 save percentage this season and he came up with 36 saves to anchor Saturdays 3-1 win at Minnesota. Calle Jarnkrok and Colin Wilson scored in the third period to help the Preds pick up the win at Xcel Energy Center. Mike Fisher added an early score for Nashville. Were going to have our off-nights, but when we have those kind of games we still find a way to win. Thats why were at where were at, Wilson said. Nashville is kicking off a brief two-game homestand tonight when it aims for a sixth consecutive win at Bridgestone Arena. All told, the Preds boast a 16-2-1 record on home ice this season. They will complete the homestand Friday against Washington when former Nashville coach Barry Trotz returns to Bridgestone Arena. Trotz was the head coach for the Predators for 15 seasons from the franchises inception until he was let go at the end of last season. The Canucks enter the second of three meetings this season against Nashville having dropped two of the past three encounters. Vancouver lost a 3-1 home decision to the Preds on Nov. 2, with Forsberg posting two goals and an assist and Rinne stopping 26-of-27 shots for the win. Vancouver has fared well in Music City, however, claiming three straight and five of the past six meetings at Bridgestone Arena. The Canucks are 12-6-2 as the visiting club this season and are kicking off a five-game road trip tonight. The Canucks went 2-3-0 on a recent five-game homestand and lost the final two tilts of the residency against Florida and Calgary. The most recent setback came in Saturdays 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Flames, who saw Joni Ortio make 36 saves to record a shutout in his first start of the season. Mikael Backlund also provided the game-winning goal on Calgarys first shot. Eddie Lack saved all but one of the 23 shots he faced in the loss. Sometimes you play well and dont win, that was tonight, Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins said. Ryan Miller will start tonight for Vancouver and he is expected to face Rinne. Miller is 5-2-1 with a 2.17 GAA in eight career outings against the Predators, while Rinne is 6-7-1 with a 2.74 GAA when playing against Vancouver. The Canucks, who are tied with San Jose for the third automatic playoff bid in the Pacific Division, will continue their swing on Thursday when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers. Vancouver could get defenseman Dan Hamhuis back at some point during this trip, but he is expected to miss tonights contest. Hamhuis has been out since suffering a groin injury on Nov. 20, missing Vancouvers last 20 games. Cheap Yeezy 350 v2 White . This has become the Raptors mantra as they embark on a new era with a new regime and, in the not-so-distant future, a new image. Cheap Yeezy 350 Citrin .J. -- All those records, all for naught.BROSSARD, Que. -- It was up to veterans Brian Gionta and Tomas Plekanec to convince the world, and perhaps themselves, that the Montreal Canadiens still have hope. The team that looked so solid in coming back to eliminate the first-place overall Boston Bruins is down 3-1 to the New York Rangers in the NHL Eastern Conference final, but Gionta insisted Monday that morale is good and the Canadiens are far from finished. They will be facing elimination in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series at the Bell Centre on Tuesday night, however. "Its no secret: you start doing the right things, you start getting rewarded for it and momentum builds," Gionta said. "You keep carrying that. "A couple of teams have been able to do that this year, the Kings and the Rangers. So its not something that cant be done and with the group we have in here, we believe we can do it. And we believe weve got better as the series goes on." Gionta and Plekanec were part of a Canadiens team that came back from a 3-1 deficit to upset the high-powered Washington Capitals en route to their last trip to the conference final in 2010. They did it that time with desperate shot-blocking, spectacular goaltending from Jaroslav Halak and a quiet belief that they could pull it off. This time, they are looking to third-stringer Dustin Tokarski to imitate Halak. The 24-year-old has been solid in goal since replacing the injured Carey Price in Game 2, allowing eight goals in 11 periods over three games. He helped them claim an overtime win in New York in Game 3 but was beaten on Martin St. Louis overtime snipe in Game 4 on Sunday night. The Canadiens have played the Rangers close to evenly since a 7-2 loss in the series opener, but there were worrying signs in their latest loss. Defenceman Alexei Emein missed most of the first period after blocking a shot and then was mostly immobile after he returned. And top forwards Thomas Vanek, who has struggled all series, and Max Pacioretty were all-but invisible. And they remain without Price, the Canadian gold medallist from the Sochi Olympics in February who suffered a suspected right knee injury when New Yorks Chris Kreider crashed the net in the second period of the series opener. Price skated for about 20 minutes without equipment before the teams optional practice, but coach Michel Therrien said he will not be back in this series. For Gionta, hope comes from a feeling that his team is getting better and still has time to turn things around, as they did when they fell behind 3-2 to the Bruins in the conference semifinal. The Canadiens rebounded with their best game of the playoffs in Game 6 and closed it ouut in Boston two days later. Fake Yeezy 350 V2. "We were able to wear (Bostons) defence down with our speed and our forechecking," he said. "We need to get better at that and I think thats what weve got better at as (the New York series) went on. "Try to take advantage of their defencemen down low, try to spend some time in the offensive zone, and start to make breakdowns and make things happen that way. Our backs are against the wall. Its win or go home. I would expect the same kind of effort as we had against Boston for sure." They could also improve on special teams, although they had a breakthrough when P.K. Subban finally got a power play goal to tie the game in the third period on the sixth of Montreals eight man-advantages. "We sat down after the second period and made a little adjustment and it worked and hopefully we can carry it over to the next game," said Plekanec. "Special teams was one of the things that we probably werent good enough at in the series so far, so it would be a good time to turn that around. "Its not over. I didnt see one guy that was down after the game." Plekanec was among five players in the Game 4 lineup who joined the reserve players in the optional skate, along with Tokarski, Rene Bourque, Michael Bournival and defenceman Francis Bouillon, who scored in his first appearance in the series in place of rookie Nathan Beaulieu. Another potential boost for the Canadiens would be to score the first goal, which they did consistently in the first two rounds but have yet to do against the Rangers. It would perhaps give them another missing element -- confidence. "We have to start playing more with confidence, making the right plays at the right time," said Plekanec. "When theres a play, weve got to make it. "When theres no play, weve got to go for the puck. Sometimes we didnt make the right decisions, so thats an aspect that definitely can be better. Confidence is a thing that, when you dont make the right plays, you start chipping it in instead of making plays, and sometimes its a situation where you should have made a play." Therrien feels his team has shown it can bounce back against the Bruins and can do it again. Gionta, a Stanley Cup winner with New Jersey in 2003, agrees. "Part of the playoffs part of being a professional, of being part of a winning team is being able to regroup and forget about it and deal with the circumstances that are ahead of you and not with whats behind you," he said. "Guys were disappointed. It was a huge blow. But the series isnt over. We still believe in this group so no one is panicking." ' ' '
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