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The Chicago Blackhawks power play came to life to give new coach Joel Quenneville

CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks power play came to life to give new coach Joel Quenneville his first victory with the team. Arizona Cardinals Jersey . Patrick Sharp had two goals - one with a man advantage - and an assist to help the Blackhawks beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Sunday night. The Blackhawks went 2-for-5 on the power play after entering the game 2-for-22. Quenneville took over behind the bench on Thursday after Denis Savard was fired following a 1-2-1 start. On Saturday night in St. Louis in Quennevilles first game, the Blackhawks blew a 3-1 lead and lost 4-3 in a shootout. I liked the response, Quenneville said. It was a real emotional loss for us (in St. Louis). Theres a big picture thats very bright here. The skill level of our kids will get better and better. But as a coach, were in a short-term business. We want to win hockey games. Patrick Kane added a power-play goal and two assists, and Brent Seabrook also scored for Chicago. Kane, the NHLs rookie of the year last season, was in tears following last Fridays practice when he was asked about Savards dismissal. Kane has three goals and three assists in the last two games. I dont know how much (the coaching change) affected him, said captain Jonathan Toews, also a second-year player. but I guess it motivated him. Were reaping the benefits right now. Cristobal Huet made 28 saves for his first victory with Chicago. Huet, who signed a US$24.45-million, four-year free-agent contract on July 1, was strong in his third start with the Blackhawks. Hes splitting the goaltending load with veteran Nikolai Khabibulin. The way it is now, every chance you have to play you have to take it and respond, Huet said. Nik has been playing well. Its important for me to play well, too. Pavol Demitra and Henrik Sedin scored for the Canucks and Roberto Luongo made 22 saves. Demitra, along Vancouvers Sami Salo and Darcy Hordichuk were injured, According to Canucks coach Alain Vigneault, Demitra has a rib contusion, Salo a tweaked groin, and Hordichuk a tweaked knee. Another team official said Hordichuks injury was a mild MCL sprain. Vancouver has allowed eight power-play goals against in 19 chances in the last four games. Meanwhile, the Canucks failed to convert any of their four power-play chances on Sunday and are 2-for-29 with the advantage. We have to find a way to play better, Vancouver defenceman Mattias Ohlund said. Maybe there was a goal or two tonight where you can said maybe there was a bad bounce, but overall weve had a stretch a games where we havent played good defensive hockey. Demitra opened the scoring midway through the first period. He connected from just in front of the crease after taking a centring pass from Mason Raymond following a turnover by Chicagos Aaron Johnson behind the net. Seabrook tied it just over a minute later on a shot from the top of the right circle that sailed over Luongos glove. Kane set up the goal with a pass from behind the Vancouver net. Sharp was credited with a power-play goal that gave Chicago a 2-1 lead with 4:29 left in the first. Sharp tried to centre the puck to Kris Versteeg, but the hard pass deflected off Ohlunds stick and past Luongo. Kanes power-play goal at 6:58 of the third made it 3-1. He stuffed in a rebound of Sharps shot from the slot after Chicagos Dustin Byfuglien failed to convert an initial rebound. Sharp made it 4-1 with 6:45 left in the third when his shot hit the post and then deflected in off Luongo. Just under two minutes later, Sedin cut it to 4-2 when his shot deflected in off the stick of Chicagos Duncan Keith. Notes: Vancouver D Kevin Bieksa returned after missing three game because of a knee injury. Canucks C Rick Rypien sat out because of an undisclosed injury. . Chicago D Niklas Hjalmarsson missed his fifth game because of bruised ribs. Chris Bosh Jersey . The government will also sell a set amount of cooking vegetable oil and soybeans from its reserves beginning next week, in addition to the weekly policy-oriented sales of wheat, rice and corn that has already begun, the State Administration of Grain said in a statement posted on its website Friday. Jeremy Lin Jersey . Petersburg, FL (Sports Network) - Mike Napoli hit a pair of homers and drove in five runs, as the Texas Rangers used a 20-hit attack to crush the Tampa Bay Rays, 11-5, in the opener of a three-game series. Tyler Myers Jersey . After three days of tough negotiations, the Iraqi politicians brokered a deal Wednesday night that granted the incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki another four-year term, Hassan al-Senied, a Shiite lawmaker, told reporters. Jason Pominville Authentic Jersey . Mora went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer and five RBI for the Rockies, who bounced back from a 9-8 loss in the opener of this series on Monday. Francis (3-3) fanned a season-best seven batters and allowed just three hits to pick up his first victory since June 13. Authentic Brad Richards Jersey . Johnson (12-2), who fanned a career-high 11 batters and walked three, made his lone mistake of the tilt when he gave up a solo homer to Garrett Atkins in the seventh. The right-hander picked up his second consecutive win and the fifth victory in his last six starts and improved to 6-1 in 12 home starts this year. (Sports Network) - The Vancouver Canucks have been breaking franchise record after franchise record over the past week. They can surpass another club mark this evening and move closer to another first as they visit the streaking Nashville Predators and Bridgestone Arena. The Canucks have already set new team highs for points (109) and road wins (25) in a season, and reached the 50-win total for the first time in club history with a 4-1 triumph over the Blue Jackets on Sunday. The victory was their eighth in a row on the road, matching a franchise record for set from Dec. 20, 2003-Jan. 13, 2004. Chris Higgins had two goals and an assist, while Cory Schneider made 39 saves in giving regular No. 1 Roberto Luongo a breather. We got another great goaltender performance, said Vancouver head coach Alain Vigneault after his team won their third straight game and 10th in their past 11. Teams are obviously getting themselves prepared for us. I thought Columbus, tonight, played real strong. At the end of the night, our goaltender was better than their goaltender and we won the game. Daniel Sedin had an assist to give him eight goals and 17 points over his past 11 games. He is tops in the NHL with a career-best 96 points and has three goals and nine points in his last seven versus the Predators. The Canucks come into the meeting 11 points ahead of Detroit for the top seed in the West and can clinch the conferences No. 1 spot by earning at least a point in this matchup. Vancouver is also nine points ahead of Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia in the race for the Presidents Trophy, an award the franchise has never before captured. The Canucks have six games left to the Flyers seven. The Canucks will have to take on the red-hot Predators without defenseman Dan Hamhuis, who suffered his second concussion of the season during a collision on Sunday versus Columbus. Hamhuis, wwho spent his first six NHL seasons with Nashville prior to joining Vancouver, wont play tonight as he continues to be monitored. Johan Franzen Jersey. I talked to him briefly and he said he was feeling better, so well see as we move forward here, Vigneault said on Monday. Were just going to follow the NHL protocol that weve always followed and see what happens. Vancouver has lost 328 total man-games to injury this season, a healthy chunk of that from its blueliners. Nashville has matched its longest winning streak of the season, a six-game run first done from Dec. 31-Jan. 11, with Saturdays 4-2 victory over Dallas. David Legwand and Mike Fisher both scored twice and Pekka Rinne ended with 28 saves. Fisher scored just his second and third goal in 21 games with Nashville since coming over in a trade with Ottawa. Mike does so many other good things, Nashville head coach Barry Trotz said. He was snake-bit and frustrated that he wasnt scoring. He had been a little bit dry here. It is probably a big weight off of his back. The Predators, who last won seven straight from Nov. 12-25, 2009, sit in a tie for fifth overall in the Western Conference with the Kings, one point up on the Ducks and one back of the fourth-place Coyotes. Nashville is also six points back of Detroit for first place in the Central Division with six games left for both clubs. The Predators will host the Red Wings on April 2. The Predators, who have won five straight and eight of their last nine at home, have won their last two versus the Canucks, including a 3-0 road victory on March 3 that featured a 29-save shutout by Rinne. Their 3-1 home win over Vancouver on Feb. 17 was just their second in the past seven in this series played at Nashville. Rinne is 4-3-0 with a 1.88 goals-against average versus the Canucks, while Luongo is 9-10-0 with three ties and a 2.24 GAA when facing the Preds. Wholesale Jerseys. The accident took place in Wuqi county of Yanan city at about 3 pm when a tanker carrying cement rammed a police wagon patrolling the area, said Yan Wenxue, a publicity officer with the county government. ' ' '

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