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| ST. LOUIS -- A week ago, Jaroslav Halak couldnt wait to get off the ice and find a place to hide. Hed been no relief at all after replacing Brian Elliott in net in New Jersey and was embarrassed along with the rest of St. Louis Blues. "I can speak for myself: I was hoping the game was over after the second period," Halak said. The bad taste is all gone now. Alexander Steen gave the Blues the early lead and Halak earned his fourth shutout of the season and was the games first star in a 3-0 victory over the Devils on Tuesday night. New Jersey had 23 shots, the same as it needed in a 7-1 rout at home last week, but, this time, had nothing to show for it. "It was weird, going to New York and getting back and playing Jersey again," Halak said. "It was a good thing we got it over with and we didnt have to wait." Brenden Morrow added a power-play goal midway through the third period and Maxim Lapierre scored into an empty net with 2:08 left. Patrik Berglund assisted on both third-period scores. "I think the more we learn from those types of games the better, because thats never a good recipe when youre chasing games," Morrow said. "Good teams stay with their structure, stay with their system and let that roll over and get back into the game that way, and I think we learned our lesson there." The Blues have won three straight and moved a point ahead of the Blackhawks, who played later at Calgary, for the Central Division lead. St. Louis cleaned up on defence a week after getting whipped in New Jersey when Halak allowed four goals in 14 shots after relieving Elliott. Halak has started all three games since that setback, allowing a total of four goals. Hes 7-1-1 in his last nine starts with a 1.77 goals-against average and .940 save percentage. The Devils mustered little offensively coming off a 7-3 loss to the Rangers at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. They were shut out for the sixth time, although this was the first time in 35 games. "Well, we didnt have many chances to score, but they played great tight defence and we had nothing," said forward Jaromir Jagr, held to two shots. "We had chances but not 100 per cent chances." The Devils have the NHLs second-best power play but were 0 for 5 against Halak. "Two totally different games," coach Peter DeBoer said. "Both goaltenders were very good. I dont think that was the case last week in New Jersey." The Blues are an NHL-best 17-3-1 against the Eastern Conference, and 9-0 at home. Steen was the NHLs second-leading goal scorer in late December before missing 11 games with a concussion. Hes been back six games and has a point in the last five with three goals and four assists. "He is a very dynamic player," coach Ken Hitchcock said. "For him to get to the elite level where he was before, I think he just has to learn to get back to the right balance between reward and risk. "He had an unbelievable balance of reward and risk going before he got hurt." Halak and Brian Elliott have combined for seven shutouts this season. Halak has won four straight starts with two shutouts this month, and holds the franchise mark with 20 shutouts in four seasons. Morrow deflected a waist-high shot past Cory Schneider for his eighth goal and first point in nine games, capitalizing on a tripping call against Bryce Salvador. St. Louis killed off Roman Polaks high-sticking penalty just nine seconds into the game, and then took the lead on Steens 27th goal at 3:25. Steen scored his 100th goal in six seasons with St. Louis scoring from the slot on an odd-man rush with assists by Jaden Schwartz and David Backes. Alex Pietrangelo took a holding call foiling a break-in by Stephen Gionta late in the period and, again, the St. Louis penalty killers came through. The Blues Vladimir Sobotka hit the goal post on an odd-man rush with just under five minutes to go. The Devils played in St. Louis for the first time since Nov. 20, 2010, a 3-2 Blues victory. NOTES: NFL Hall of Famer Dan Dierdorf, who recently retired from broadcasting, wore a Blues jersey with his number 72 while watching from a private box. ... New Jersey is 5-16-3 when trailing after two periods. ... Jagr had totalled two goals and four assists the previous four games. ... Steen has seven game-winners in 41 games this season. The previous two seasons, he totalled six game-winners in 83 games. Darren ODay Braves Jersey . -- Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton will be sidelined for at least two weeks because of a strained calf muscle, and pitcher C. Dale Murphy Jersey . -- Phil Mickelson came to the St. http://www.baseballbravesproshop.com/orlando-cepeda-braves-jersey/ . "Right now were kind of looking at him at the end of the rotation right now," said pitching coach Pete Walker. "Not indicative of how hes doing or how hes feeling. Its just, it seems like the spot we want him right now. Bobby Cox Braves Jersey . The Broncos quarterback earned the offensive award Wednesday after passing for 374 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-21 win over the Raiders Monday night. Manning completed 32-of-37 passes and had a passer rating of 135. Brian McCann Braves Jersey . -- Dee Ford prefers to keep things simple: Play hard and fast, and let others worry about his NFL draft stock.Liverpools season should be judged on their Premier League finishing position rather than any cup success, says John Barnes. After taking up the Liverpool reins in October 2015, Jurgen Klopp led the Reds to the finals of the Capital One Cup and Europa League last season, but an eighth-place finish in the Premier League means they will not be competing in Europe in 2016/17. Liverpool finished 21 points behind champions Leicester City last season and Barnes says they must close the gap to the countrys best this campaign. A success for me, with every team, is how well you do in the league, the former Liverpool winger told Sky Sports. If you win the Europa League but finish 10th in the league, is that success? Not to me its not. If you win the League Cup but finish 10th in the league, is that success? Its not.If Liverpool finish third but dont win a trophy or get to a final, that would be more successful. The quality of a team is shown over a period of time, which is the season. In a cup you can be lucky. Liverpool were beaten finalists in the Capital One Cup and Europa League last season The aim for Liverpool this season should be pushing up the league and challenging. Wed like to challenge to win the league but we finished eighth last year so you cant say unless we finish second or third its not success. But as long as were moving in the direction and were competitive in every game we play and coming into April we are still not far off the top of the league, thats success.I wouldnt put them under pressure to say unless we finish in the top four its not success because we could finish fifth and be six points off first or fourth and 30 points off first.Liverpool must aim to finish as close as possible to the top in terms of points, which would mean were competing with whoever wins the league. That would be success: Liverpool right in the mix with the best teams.Liverpool have already spent big money in the transfer window, with a £36m outlay on Southamptons Sadio Mane and the £25m purchase of Newcastles Georginio Wijnaldum. Defenders Joel Matip and Ragnar Klavan have also arrived from Germany, along with goalkeepers Loris Karius and Alex Manninger. The quality of a team is shown over a period of time, which is the season. In a cup you can be lucky. John Barnes The Reds are not alone in making significant investments, though, with the majority of leading Premier League sides spending large sums on new recruits. However, Barnes says the key work Liverpool will do this summer is on the training field, where he expects Klopp to relish the extra time he has to mould his squad in his style.Regardless of whatever players he brings in, I trust him to integrate a style that suits them, said Barnes. I wouldnt be disappointed if Liverpool didnt sign big name players because hes signed Mane, Matip… players who he knows he can get the most out of.Can the players do what he wants? It doesnt matter about how good we think they are. No matter what players you have, if they can understand what you want from them annd they can do it, you can be successful.dddddddddddd All you can ask any manager to do is maximise the players at his disposal.Liverpool pulled off several standout results last season, including big wins over Manchester City home and away, and Barnes expects them to add more consistency to their performances this time around, following a full pre-season under Klopp. Liverpool enjoyed some big wins last season but must strive for consistency, says Barnes Every season there is excitement all over football, all through the leagues; new players, new managers, renewed optimism, said Barnes. And its probably a more exciting time in the Premier League than before because we now have seemingly the top managers in the world there and a really exciting season ahead.From Liverpools perspective, Im really looking forward to it. When Klopp came last year I said I wouldnt judge him positively or negatively because it wasnt his team, he didnt have a pre-season with the players, which I think is important.To get your style over, to implement the strategy you believe in, really takes a good pre-season to do that. Last year he didnt have much time to work on anything. You could see at times they played well - against Man City and Chelsea - but at times they didnt.Looking at what they did on the odd occasion last year you can see that given time and given his influence over a longer period of time, particularly during pre-season, they will be able to do that more consistently.John Barnes is supporting the Weetabix #Sportingstarts campaign for summer 2016, and was challenged to take up bubble football. #Sportingstarts will see over 15 million special promotional packs of Weetabix, across the whole Weetabix family, and every pack purchased will come with a £5 sports voucher PLUS a free or 2-4-1 sports session. See how he got on below or watch the full video here. John Barnes is supporting the Weetabix #Sportingstarts campaign for summer 2016, and was challenged to take up bubble football. See how he got on here Also See: Latest Liverpool transfer rumours Football training vests explained Fabregas off in feisty friendly Grujic taken to hospital Cheap Jerseys China NFL Jerseys Cheap NBA Jerseys Wholesale NHL Jerseys Wholesale MLB Jerseys Cheap Soccer Jerseys China Wholesale NCAA Jerseys Wholesale Football Jerseys Wholesale Basketball Jerseys Wholesale Baseball Jerseys ' ' ' |
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