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in Allgemeines 30.09.2019 04:53von jinshuiqian0713 • 179 Beiträge
BOSTON -- The Boston Bruins own the NHLs best home record. Now they know theyll have home-ice advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs. Johnny Boychuk scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:06 left in the third period, Milan Lucic had two goals and the Bruins clinched the conferences best record with a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday afternoon. With four games remaining on their schedule, the Bruins have 50 regulation and overtime wins -- the leagues first tiebreaker. Second-place Pittsburgh has 44 and cant catch Boston if it wins the rest of its games. "You work so hard for that all season, its nice we could do it here," Lucic said. It was Bostons league-leading 30th home victory. The win also moved Boston two points ahead of St. Louis for the NHLs best record. The Blues lost to Colorado on Saturday. "With the win today we clinched (the conference), and its good for our team," Boston defenceman Torey Krug said. "Were excited about having home ice now." Boston coach Claude Julien knows its been a good season. "You just have to look at our record," he said. "Were at 113 (points). I think that shows you overall weve been a pretty good team. Weve had struggles at times, but I dont think theres an area Id consider a weakness on the team." David Krejci also scored for the Bruins and Patrice Bergeron extended his consecutive point streak to 11 games, setting up Boychuks go-ahead score. Wayne Simmonds and Jay Rosehill scored for the Flyers, who are in a tight race with a group of teams for a playoff spot. "Every game is a must-win," Flyers captain Claude Giroux said. "There are a lot of teams behind us trying to make the playoffs. We have played good enough to be in the position we are right now and we cant forget that. We have to remember that we are a good team and we are in this position because we did a lot of good things this year." Tuukka Rask stopped 24 shots for the Bruins, who had lost their past two games. Ray Emery made 37 saves for the Flyers. Philadelphia has lost three straight. Emery hopes the Flyers can turn things around quickly. "The playoffs come fast and if youre not playing well, normally you see yourselves out pretty quick," he said. "So we definitely want to be sharp going in." Bergeron won a faceoff cleanly back to Boychuk, who fired a slap shot past Emerys glove for the go-ahead goal. Lucic scored less than a minute later and Chris Kelly added an empty-netter with 21 seconds to play. The teams were tied 2-2 entering the third period after the Flyers came back twice. Trailing 1-0, the Flyers snapped a lengthy scoreless stretch on Simmonds power-play goal 14:36 into the second when he gained possession of a shot off the back boards and slipped a backhand behind Rask. Philadelphia was shut out in its past two games, and it halted the scoreless stretch at 165:01. But Boston regained the lead 19 seconds later when Krejci circled the net and fed Lucic, who one-timed a shot past Emery from the slot. Philadelphia then tied it at 2 when Rosehill collected Michael Raffls pass alone at the bottom of the right circle, spun quickly and beat Rask inside the far post at 16:21. Krejcis goal 15:56 into the first period gave Boston a 1-0 lead. He scored off the rebound of Loui Erikssons shot, collecting the puck and shifting to his right before firing a wrist shot into the open side of the net. NOTES: Boston F Jarome Iginla was sidelined for the second time in three games, moving Eriksson to the top line. The team said the first one was because of a lower body injury, but didnt have injury details of this one before the game. "Its very minor," Julien said. "More of a maintenance day." ... Bruins D Kevan Miller was also scratched with an unspecified injury. ... The Flyers host Buffalo on Sunday before three straight road games. ... Boston is off until it opens a two-game road trip at Minnesota on Tuesday. The Bruins are at Winnipeg on Thursday. ... Boston F Reilly Smith was presented the teams Seventh Player Award before the game. The award is voted by the fans for the player that performs "above and beyond" expectations. ... It was the Flyers only regular season visit to Boston. Sneakers Adidas Nmd Femme . At a news conference Tuesday where it was thought that the fiery Schallibaum may be shown the door after a dismal finish to the Major League Soccer season, team president Joey Saputo said no decision has been made on whether the Swiss Volcano will be back in 2014. Yeezy Boost 350 Pas Cher Ebay . -- EJ Manuel followed the worst game of his career with the best. http://www.basketnmdpascher.fr/. Toronto dropped a 7-2 decision to the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon, with only a pair of late runs preventing a second straight shutout loss. Josh Willingham belted a two-run homer in the first inning and Kendrys Morales hit a bases-clearing double in the seventh as the Twins took the rubber game of the three-game series. Adidas Nmd Pas Cher Chine . - Tom Brady was upset that his New England Patriots hardly looked like a division champion in the first half. Fausse Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Pas Cher . Rockhold." Known as an aggressive striker, Belfort (23-10) instead paced himself as the engaged in the early going and showed restraint by not overcommitting against the larger Rockhold (10-2). But when the opportunity presented itself, Belfort delivered an incredible spinning heel kick that landed flush on Rockholds chin and sent him toppling to the floor.(SportsNetwork.com) - While playing from behind is never a desired position, the Cleveland Browns pulled off the largest road comeback in NFL history last weekend. It was a deficit they nearly came back from in a Week 1 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Browns hope for a better start and another strong finish this Sunday when they return home to FirstEnergy Stadium for their second matchup of the season with the Steelers. Cleveland found itself down 25 points with 2:44 left in the first half on Sunday in Tennessee, but found the end zone before halftime and then managed a third-quarter field goal while shutting out the Titans in the frame. Special teams then helped fuel the comeback as Tank Carder blocked a punt out of the end zone for a safety, and Brian Hoyer threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes to rally Cleveland to a 29-28 win. Hoyers second scoring throw of the frame went to Travis Benjamin with 1:09 left to play and completed the third-largest comeback in NFL history. San Francisco came back from 28 points in 1980 and Buffalo rallied from 26 down in 1997, but both of those came at home. I think our fans are excited. Hopefully none of them are in the ER, Hoyer deadpanned. Hoyer threw for 292 yards and three touchdowns in total, matching a career high, while getting intercepted once, while Ben Tate picked up a career-high 123 yards on 22 carries. Tate was seeing his first action since suffering a knee injury in Week 1 versus Pittsburgh. I did tell them after the game theyve got to stop doing it. I have an EKG scheduled, stated Browns head coach Mike Pettine. Pettines Browns evened their record at 2-2 and that includes a 30-27 setback in Pittsburgh to open the season. The Steelers led 27-3 at half before the Browns responded with 24 straight points to tie the game. However, Pittsburghs Shaun Suisham hit a 40-yard field goal as time expired to give the Steelers their fourth straight win over the Browns. Pittsburgh also has won 14 of its last 17 in Cleveland and will try to sweep the season series for the 11th time since 2000. The Steelers had trouble finishing a Week 4 contest against Tampa Bay, blowing a 24-17 fourth-quarter lead and losing 27-24 to fall to 2-2. However, they rebounded with a solid win over Jacksonville this past Sunday as Ben Roethlisberger threw a touchdown pass and Brice McCain returned an interception 22 yards for a score. I liked the way we finished, especially when you consider that we didnt do a good job of it last week and it cost us the game, said Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin. Roethlisberger, who has an 18-1 career record against the Browns as a starter, was 26-of-36 for 273 yards, throwing to 11 different receivers in the win. Antonio Brown caught five passes for 84 yards, Michael Palmer hauled in a touchdown pass and Heath Miller had three catches for 46 yards. WHAT TO WATCH FOR Some better starts could have the Browns much better than 2-2. They are outscoring their opponents 67-30 in the second half this season and own the fewest turnovers in the NFL with just one. Pettine made the decision to go with Hoyer over high draft pick Johnny Manziel and it has paid off as Cleveland has scored at least 21 points in each game this season. The franchise haasnt done so in five straight since 2007.dddddddddddd Hoyer is now 5-2 as a starter for Cleveland with three two-minute game-winning drives. He has thrown six touchdown passes to just one pick. He is smart. He plays within himself. He is going to be efficient. He is going to move the offense and take care of the football, Tomlin said of Hoyer, who dressed for two games with Pittsburgh in 2012 but did not play. We talked about him in that vein in preparation for the opener. I think his play over the last month has verified that. He is making really good decisions. The return of Tate should also help Hoyer and the Browns, who have flashed three quality running backs this season. Isaiah Crowell has three rushing touchdowns on the year, scoring twice versus Pittsburgh, and Terrance West leads all NFL rookies with 235 rushing yards to go along with a pair of scores. Pittsburgh has managed to hold each of its last three opponents under 100 yards rushing, the first such three-game stretch for the club since late in the 2012 season. Cleveland corners Buster Skrine and Joe Haden, who is battling a hip injury, figure to have their hands full with Brown and head a secondary that is allowing 269.3 yards per game. If Haden cant play, rookie Justin Gilbert could get the start. Whoever is out there I just have to be my best, noted Brown. Regardless of who the opponent (is) I just have to sharpen my tools and make sure Im on my game. Brown has been a consistent threat this season, ranking third in the NFL with 511 receiving yards while leading the AFC with 34 catches. His effort versus Jacksonville extended his NFL record streak of at least five catches and 50 receiving yards to 21 straight games. Brown had five receptions for 116 yards versus the Browns in Week 1, including a 35-yard scoring grab. Pittsburghs Cortez Allen grabbed his second interception of the season last week and second in two games, becoming the first Steeler since Ike Taylor in 2011 to have picks in back-to-back games. His arrow has been pointing up the last couple of weeks. He is touching a lot of balls. He is catching some of them, Tomlin said of Allen. No Steeler has recorded an interception in three straight games since safety Troy Polamalu did so in four consecutive contests in 2008. Defensive lineman Phil Taylor is out for Cleveland following arthroscopic knee surgery on Wednesday. OVERALL ANALYSIS Both of these teams can move the ball, but the Browns have not been getting it done on defense. They rank 31st in the NFL, allowing 421.8 YPG. That is bad news for Cleveland, as Pittsburgh has dominated this series as of late and is fourth on offense currently at 404.0 YPG. The Steelers have struggled finishing off drives, though, scoring just 22.8 points per game to rank 18th. Cleveland pulled off an incredible feat last weekend, but falling behind against Pittsburgh is another animal. People talk about the historic comeback. I said all that means is that we played really bad for a half and really well for a half. So we have some issues there to get cleaned up, said Pettine. The Browns nearly pulled it off once, but the Steelers should be ready this time around. Sports Network predicted outcome: Steelers 24, Browns 20 ' ' '
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