{allcanada} OHL: Fischer has three points to lead Spitfires over Storm

 

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WINDSOR, Ont. - Christian Fischer scored twice and added an assist as the Windsor Spitfires downed the Guelph Storm 5-1 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action.

Logan Brown added a goal and two assists for the Spitfires (10-3-3). Andrew Burns and Aaron Luchuk rounded out the attack while Cole Carter, Bradley Latour and Cristiano DiGiacinto tacked on two assists apiece.

C.J. Garcia had a goal in the second period for Guelph (1-11-1).

Garret Hughson turned away 32 shots for the win in net. Bradley Van Schubert kicked out 4-of-6 shots in 7:20 before giving way to Justin Nichols. Nichols turned aside 30-of-33 shots in 52:40 of relief.

Windsor was scoreless on six power-play attempts while the Storm went 0 for 4.

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ATTACK 2 FIREBIRDS 1

FLINT, Mich. — Jaden Lindo scored the winner 58 seconds into the second period and added an assist as Owen Sound edged the Firebirds.

Jonah Gadjovich opened the scoring with a power-play goal for the Attack (8-6-2).

Cullen Mercer answered with a goal in the third for Flint (5-8-1), which has now dropped five in a row.

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BULLDOGS 6 COLTS 5

HAMILTON — Michael Cramarossa struck twice as the Bulldogs slipped past Barrie.

Benjamin Gleason had a goal and two assists for Hamilton (6-8-0), which also got goals from Mason Marchment, Niki Petti and Brandon Saigeon. Matt Luff and Trent Fox both had a pair of helpers.

Roy Radke scored a hat trick to lead the Colts (8-6-0) offensively. Rasmus Andersson and Julius Nattinen had the others.

Barrie's Chiwetin Blacksmith received a match penalty for slew footing at 5:40 of the second period.

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OTTERS 4 STING 2

ERIE, Pa. — Nick Betz scored the first of four-straight goals for the Otters as they doubled up Sarnia for their third consecutive victory.

Jake Marchment, Alex DeBrincat and Taylor Egan supplied the rest of the offence for Erie (12-1-1).

Josh Jacobs and Brandon Lindberg responded late in the third period for the Sting (8-5-1).

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KNIGHTS 7 SPIRIT 0

SAGINAW, Mich. — Max Jones had a hat trick and Tyler Parsons stopped all 22 shots he faced as London shut out the Spirit.

Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Mitchell Marner had a goal and two assists for the Knights (10-2-2). Matthew Tkachuk, Christian Dvorak and Aiden Jamieson also scored.

Evan Cormier started in net for Saginaw (6-7-2), but was pulled after kicking out 9-of-13 shots in 26:56. David Ovsjannikov made 14 saves in relief.

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{allcanada} Jets hand Blue Jackets another home loss

 

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COLUMBUS -- The last time the Columbus Blue Jackets played at home, they trailed by a goal in the third period, failed to score on three successive power plays, and lost by four.

Coach Todd Richards was fired the next day.

His replacement, John Tortorella, in his Nationwide Arena debut, could not change that luck in a 3-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday.

Winnipeg led 3-1 midway through the third period by surviving a double-minor for high-sticking to defenseman Mark Stuart. The Blue Jackets got one shot on goal during the power play.

"We have to simplify the game and come back to the basics," Columbus defenseman David Savard. "Play the same way on the power play we do 5-on-5 and shoot pucks and hopefully get rebounds."

Columbus (2-10-0) won two of four on the road since Tortorella took over Oct. 21 but has lost all five games at home this season.

"It's not through a lack of caring," Tortorella said. "It's confidence. You see the difference. You see Winnipeg. They're full of confidence right now, just working the puck out of their zone. At times I thought we had chances to make plays, but we weren't able to."

Blake Wheeler and Bryan Little each had a goal and an assist, and Ondrej Pavelec made 19 saves for the Jets (7-3-1), who started a four-game road trip that continues Sunday at the Montreal Canadiens.

Little's fifth and Andrew Copp's first of his NHL career gave the Jets a 2-0 lead in the first period before Brandon Saad scored for Columbus at 10:32. Wheeler completed the first-period scoring with a power-play goal at 16:59.

"We've been talking about getting off to good start and I thought we had one tonight," Copp said. "We played with a lot of confidence."

The Jets scored first for the third time in 11 games and then scored 53 seconds later.

Wheeler took advantage of a Columbus line change to hit Little with a stretch pass. Little's slap shot from the top of the right circle whizzed over the blocker of Sergei Bobrovsky 5:52 into the period.

Copp, a former Michigan player in his 12th NHL game, scored at 6:45 with the help of a fortuitous bounce of the puck off the end boards that put it on his stick near the right post.

Copp's family and friends made the nearly three-hour drive from his home in Ann Arbor, Mich.

"It's been a little bit of a long time coming but it's a great place for me to do it," he said. "My parents and grandparents are here and I've got a couple of buddies down here. It's a pretty good feeling."

There was another reason the goal was special.

"Being a Michigan alum, it's a little bit sweeter in Ohio State territory," he said.

The Blue Jackets made it 2-1 on Saad's fourth goal that came two seconds after a power play expired. The forward missed a 3-1 loss at the Washington Capitals on Friday because of illness.

Columbus did not score again until there was 1:14 left in regulation, Scott Hartnell's fourth of the season with an extra attacker on the ice.

"We're doing a lot of good things defensively," Columbus captain Nick Foligno said. "Now the offense needs to take over. We need to generate some offense. One goal isn't going to win games.

"I think we've simplified our offense enough to play right defensively. Now it's about making the right plays offensively to get some goals."

Columbus starts a three-game California road trip on Tuesday against the San Jose Sharks.

Wheeler made it 3-1 with his sixth goal of the season from the left circle with low drive that hit the right post on the way in.

"That was one of the better power-play chances we've had this year," Little said. "We moved the puck around and had several chances before the goal. Thank God for that. If you weren't into the game, you were after that."

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{allcanada} Red Wings use power play to defeat Senators

 

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OTTAWA -- The Detroit Red Wings took advantage of the penalty prone Ottawa Senators for a 5-3 win at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday.

Tomas Tatar and Gustav Nyquist scored power-play goals to give the Red Wings a 2-0 lead, and Jonathan Ericsson, Dylan Larkin and Danny DeKeyser scored, allowing the Red Wings (5-5-1) to avoid a sweep in their home-and-home with the Senators (5-4-2).

Ottawa won 3-1 Friday at Joe Louis Arena.

The win was Detroit's second in its past eight games (2-5-1). The Red Wings, who have outshot their opponents in three of 11 games this season, were pleased with their ability to put some pressure on the Senators in the Ottawa zone, in part because of some good support from their defensemen, who had two goals and three assists Saturday.

"I liked our game," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "I thought the second period was as good as we had done throughout the season in terms of having zone time, kind of grinding it in their end, getting changes, getting new guys out there and continuing to grind. That's the way we want to play, that's what we want to be as a hockey team."

The Senators, who entered the game with 50 minor penalties, the most in the NHL, gave up their 10th and 11th power-play goals this season, also most in the League.

"I thought we were playing some decent hockey early, took a few bad penalties, me included, and it kind of took away a little momentum," Senators wing Mark Stone said.

"I think in the third period we just really gave up after they made it 4-1 really early, which is not what we need."

The Senators are 1-3-2 at home.

"It's not just struggling on home ice, it's the drop in our game," Senators coach Dave Cameron said. "There's too big a drop in our game when we're good and when we're not good. We have to figure out why that is. I talked to them and I had a few suggestions why I think that is and challenged them in a couple of areas. We'll see where that goes."

Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg had two assists. His first was the 500th of his NHL career and his second was his 800th point.

"[Red Wings forward Drew] Miller told me a few games ago that I was close," Zetterberg said. "He's the stats guy on the team. I'm happy I reached it. Obviously, I played with a lot of great players. I've got to thank them a lot too.

"For us, it was nice to get a win, but now we've just got to do it again. You can't just be one and done."

Zetterberg's milestones were popular in the Red Wings dressing room.

"Good for him," Blashill said. "(Defenseman) Johnny Ericsson said at the end of the game it's a pleasure to play with a guy like that. He's had a great career. He's got lots of career left in him."

Senators goaltender Craig Anderson made 23 saves. Petr Mrazek made 33 saves for the Red Wings.

Ottawa's Kyle Turris scored his seventh goal of the season and the 100th of his NHL career to make it 2-1 at 13:36 of the second period.

Tatar gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 12:55 of the first period. With Ottawa defenseman Cody Ceci in the penalty box for slashing, Tatar got the puck in the left-wing circle. Justin Abdelkader provided a screen in front of Anderson, and Tatar found the net to Anderson's right for his third goal of the season.

With Ottawa's Chris Neil in the penalty box for interference, Nyquist scored his fifth of the season at 5:29 of the second period when he deflected Zetterberg's hard pass in the slot.

Ericsson scored at 18:05 of the second period after the Red Wings won an offensive-zone faceoff. Larkin showed his good speed to get around Karlsson and scored on a wraparound 39 seconds into the third, and DeKeyser scored off an odd-man rush at 5:35 to make it 5-1.

Larkin's goal turned out to be the game-winner -- the first in the League for the 19-year-old rookie -- after Stone scored off a turnover at 15:51 of the third and Bobby Ryan scored his fourth of the season with 1:09 left to make it 5-3.

"I didn't even know (my goal was the winner), but it feels good just to hear the word 'win,'" Larkin said. "It feels pretty good to contribute."

What did Blashill think of Larkin's goal?

"It was good," he said. "We talked to him a little bit about pulling up and hitting late attackers, so it's good he's not listening to us."

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{allcanada} JETS (7-3-1) at CANADIENS (10-2-0)

 

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Sunday, November 1, 2015

7:00 PM ET

 

JETS (7-3-1) at CANADIENS (10-2-0)

TV: NHLN, SN, RDS

Season series: The Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets split their two games in 2014-15, with each team winning at home. Montreal goaltender Carey Price had a 29-save shutout in a 3-0 win on Nov. 11, 2014 at Bell Centre. Winnipeg won the rematch 5-2 at MTS Centre on March 26.

Jets team scope: Winnipeg, 3-1-0 in its past four games, continues its four-game road trip with its second game in as many nights; the Jets are 2-0-0 in the second half of back-to-backs. Coach Paul Maurice has not confirmed a starting goaltender for Sunday, but Ondrej Pavelec played in a 3-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday, meaning that Michael Hutchinson could get the call. Anthony Peluso replaced rookie Nic Petan on the fourth line Saturday. Petan is likely to return to the lineup Sunday. Forward Blake Wheeler has three goals and four assists in his past six games; linemate Bryan Little has two goals and four assists in his past four games. Each had a goal and an assist on Saturday. Seven of the Jets' next eight games will be on the road, including Wednesday at the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Canadiens team scope: Montreal starts a four-game homestand after a travel day following a 1-2-0 road trip to Western Canada that ended with a 6-2 win against the Calgary Flames. "We needed a win, and we got a complete effort. A lot of guys chipped in," said forward Dale Weise, who had the first three-goal game of his NHL career. Coach Michel Therrien has not announced a starting goaltender for Sunday; backup Mike Condon played in a 6-2 win against the Calgary Flames on Friday that ended a two-game losing streak. Forward Alexander Semin has been a healthy scratch for the past two games, and his status for Sunday remains unknown. Forward Torrey Mitchell has three goals and two assists in his past five games. Seven of the Canadiens' next eight games are at home.

Team Stats

	GP	Record	Home	Road	L10	G/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	PIM/GP	S/GP	SA/GP	FO%
	11	7-3-1	3-2-1	4-1-0	6-3-1	3.18	2.54	25.0	85.4	9.5	29.6	32.5	48.5
	12	10-2-0	4-0-0	6-2-0	8-2-0	3.75	1.92	23.8	88.1	9.2	30.9	31.0	48.9

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{allcanada} QMJHL: D'Aoust, Beauvillier lead Cataractes over Drakkar

 

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BAIE-COMEAU, Que. - Alexis D'Aoust and Anthony Beauvillier both scored twice and added an assist as the Shawinigan Cataractes beat the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 7-4 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

Giovanni Fiore also struck twice for Shawinigan (15-3-0), with Alex Pawelczyk rounding out the attack. Samuel Girard tacked on three assists.

Matt Jones had a pair of goals for the Drakkar (3-13-0). Vaclav Karabacek and Antoine Pouliot had the others.

Mikhail Denisov made 27 saves for the Cataractes as Evgeny Kiselev kicked out 24-of-30 shots for Baie-Comeau.

Shawinigan scored twice on four power plays while the Drakkar were 1 for 4.

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OCEANIC 3 MOOSEHEADS 2

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Beau Rusk scored the eventual winner in the second period as the Oceanic hung on to beat Halifax.

Tyler Boland and Pierre-Olivier Demers also found the back of the net for Rimouski (11-6-0).

Kelly Bent opened the scoring in the first before Danny Moynihan added a power-play goal in the second for the Mooseheads (7-11-2).

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OLYMPIQUES 3 SAGUENEENS 2

CHICOUTIMI, Que. — Gabriel Bilodeau and Alexandre Alain had goals in the first period to lead Gatineau over the Sagueneens.

Alex Breton rounded out the attack with a goal in the second for the Olympiques (11-5-1).

Garrett Johnston and Nicolas Roy replied with second-period goals for Chicoutimi (7-10-1).

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SEA DOGS 5 FOREURS 3

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Daniel Del Paggio and Matthew Highmore both had a goal and an assist as the Sea Dogs toppled Val-d'Or.

Ottawa Senators draft pick Thomas Chabot, Adam Marsh and Jakub Zboril also found the back of the net for Saint John (10-7-1).

Nathan Tremblay struck twice, with Shawn Ouellette-St-Amant adding the other for the Foreurs (10-7-3).

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TITAN 7 WILDCATS 3

BATHURST, N.B. — Nicholas Blanchard scored twice and added an assist as the Titan dominated Moncton.

Jeffrey Truchon-Viel had a goal and two assists while Quintin Lisoway, Andrew Cordssen-David, Egor Popov and Felix Boivin rounded out the attack for Acadie-Bathurst (6-11-2).

Cameron Askew scored twice for the Wildcats (11-6-2), with William Bower also chipping in.

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{allcanada} Penguins shut out Maple Leafs in Kessel's return

 

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TORONTO -- Phil Kessel did not score, but Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves for his second shutout of the season and the Pittsburgh Penguins opened a four-game road trip with a 4-0 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre on Saturday.

It was the Penguins' (7-4-0) fourth consecutive victory and seventh in their past eight games.

The Maple Leafs (1-7-2) have lost four in a row and are 0-3-1 at home.

The game marked the return to Toronto for Kessel, who was traded to the Penguins on July 1. Kessel led the Maple Leafs in scoring the past six seasons with 181 goals and 395 points in 446 games.

The Penguins opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 13:33 of the first period. With Toronto center Byron Froese off for tripping, Pittsburgh left wing David Perron drove to the net with the puck and took a shot that went between the legs of Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier. The puck stopped on the goal line and was poked in by Chris Kunitz, who scored his second goal of the season.

Pittsburgh was unable to add to its lead when Toronto forward Rich Clune was penalized five minutes for boarding at 16:02 of the opening period, but did make it 2-0 with a shorthanded goal at 2:34 of the second. With Pascal Dupuis off for slashing, Eric Fehr collected a rebound and put it past Bernier for his first goal of the season. Fehr made his Penguins debut after signing as a free agent in the summer. He missed the first 10 games after having elbow surgery.

Pittsburgh center Matt Cullen extended the lead to 3-0 at 10:29 when he broke in 2-on-1 with Sergei Plotnikov. Cullen skated in on the right wing and put a shot past Bernier for his first of the season.

The Penguins scored again at 4:31 of the third period when Brian Dumoulin's dump-in off the end boards was collected in front of the net by Patric Hornqvist, who beat Bernier for his second goal of the season.

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{allcanada} Pospisil falls to Sousa in Valencia Open semis

 

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VALENCIA, Spain — Joao Sousa is through to the final of the Valencia Open after beating Canada's Vasek Pospisil 6-4 6-4 Saturday.

The Portuguese broke Pospisil in the fifth game with a deep forehand return which forced the error as his opponent sent his forehand long. Sousa remained untroubled for the remainder of the set and closed it out on serve in 37 minutes.

Sousa took full control by breaking Pospisil to love at the start of the second set, and after saving two break points in the sixth game he cruised to a straight sets victory.

"I was very solid from the baseline," Sousa said. "I know him very well and I was able to make my tactics work against him today."

Sousa is chasing his first title of the year and will face Roberto Bautista Agut after he saved six match points before beating American Steve Johnson 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8).

Johnson had his first match point in the 12th game of the deciding set and then led 6-3 in the tiebreaker without being able to clinch the win. Bautista Agut then set up his first match point with a backhand return winner and converted it when Johnson sent a backhand long.

Bautista Agut said "it was an incredible match. It was really tough and I was really close to losing. I think today I could win, I could lose — anything was possible on the court."

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{allcanada} Stamps rout 'Riders to keep first-place hopes alive

 

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CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders stayed in the race for first place in the CFL's West Division for at least another day.

The defending Grey Cup champions improved to 13-4 after a 42-19 win over the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday.

But the Edmonton Eskimos were also 13-4. They can claim first in the West and the right to host the division final with a victory Sunday against the Montreal Alouettes.

Eric Rogers paced the Stampeders with pair of touchdown catches in front of an announced crowd of 31,591 at McMahon Stadium. With 96 receiving yards in the game, Rogers padded his league-leading total to 1,448.

Joe West had a touchdown catch and backup quarterback Bryant Moniz added a rushing touchdown for Calgary. Running back Jerome Messam rushed for a two-point convert in his Stampeder debut. Marquay McDaniel also contributed a two-point convert catch.

Messam rumbled for 121 yards on 15 carries in his first game since the Roughriders dealt the Toronto native to Calgary on Oct. 14.

Calgary kicker Rene Paredes was successful on four field-goal attempts to reach a career 203. He also kicked two convert points.

Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell completed 21 of 29 passes for 247 yards and three touchdowns throws. Mitchell was replaced late in the fourth quarter by Drew Tate, who threw two passes for 22 yards.

Anthony Allen ran for a touchdown and Naaman Roosevelt caught another for Saskatchewan. Kicker Tyler Crapigna add a pair of field goals and a convert.

Roughrider starting quarterback Brett Smith completed 10 of 13 pass attempts for 90 yards before he was replaced by Keith Price at halftime. Price was 15-for-26 in passing for 183 yards and a touchdown pass.

Calgary was already guaranteed a home playoff game — either the division semifinal Nov. 15 or final Nov. 22.

The Stampeders won't be the only team watching Sunday's game in Edmonton with interest as the outcome impacts the post-season prospects of the B.C. Lions (7-10).

An Edmonton victory knocks the Alouettes out of contention for a cross-over playoff berth and the Lions would thus finish third in the West. The Stampeders and Lions meet next Saturday in Vancouver in their regular-season finales.

The Roughriders (2-15) finish the season next Sunday against the Alouettes.

Paredes kicked field goals from 32 and 37 yards and Crapigna was good from 39 yards in the fourth quarter. Price threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Roosevelt at 13:54.

Moniz's one-yard plunge for a TD capped a 10-play, 80-yard drive late in the third to make it 36-10 for the hosts.

A 39-yard field goal by Paredes at 13:38 of the second quarter gave Calgary a 29-10 halftime cushion. Allen scored on a nine-yard carry for Saskatchewan at 12:14 of the second quarter.

Mitchell and West connected on a 15-yard-yard catch and run for a touchdown at 9:07. Paredes' 200th career field goal was a 13-yarder at 3:35.Mitchell found Rogers on the Roughrider goal-line with a 24-yard throw at 10:12 of the first quarter. Rogers carried his momentum over the line despite a low, hard tackle by Roughrider Don Unamba.

Mitchell's three-yard throw to McDaniel gave McDaniel his fifth two-point convert of the season, which was a CFL record.

Calgary traded Crapigna to the 'Riders in the Messam deal. The 22-year-old from Ottawa kicked a 45-yard field goal at 7:18 of the opening quarter.

The Stampeders scored on their first possession of the game thanks to a 56-yard kickoff return by Tori Harrison. Mitchell finished the drive with a 15-yard pass to Rogers deep in the end zone.

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{allcanada} Surging McDavid leads Oilers into rematch vs. Flames

 

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FLAMES (2-8-1) at OILERS (4-7-0)

TV: CBC, TVA Sports

EDMONTON -- Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid had a breakout performance in his first game against the Calgary Flames this season.

McDavid scored two goals and had an assist in a 5-2 win on Oct. 17, and has since been on a seven-game point streak.

Going into his second game against Calgary on Saturday at Rexall Place, McDavid leads the Oilers in scoring with five goals and seven assists for 12 points.

"I think the two things go hand-in-hand, when things are going well for the team, that's when individual success is going to happen," McDavid said. "I thought the team played well [that night against Calgary] and that meant a couple of guys were going to get a few points, which is always good."

McDavid had one goal in four games going into his first Battle of Alberta and, at the time, the Oilers were winless. The win against Calgary was the first of three straight for Edmonton.

"It was very special night," McDavid said. "I obviously watched a lot of 'Hockey Night in Canada' growing up and the Battle of Alberta was always being played. It's a game that I watched for a long time and that was pretty special playing in it, for sure."

The Oilers have won four of seven games since the win against the Flames, in large part because of McDavid. He had two assists in a 4-3 come-from-behind win against the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday.

"It's been going OK, I've been feeling more comfortable as the games go by," McDavid said. "I'm just trying to get into a rhythm and a routine. I'm feeling good."

Oilers coach Todd McLellan said the first game against Calgary was an awakening for the No. 1 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.

"I think that was the night where I believe I used the words 'gave himself permission to get going,'" McLellan said. "I think he realized that he can be a go-to guy on our team. He can be closer to the front of the bus, rather than to the back of the bus. He can do certain things in our game against the opposition and be successful. So he has more confidence, but also the guys playing to the left and right of him [Benoit Pouliot and Nail Yakupov] I think have felt that too, [Yakupov] in particular."

Edmonton ended a three-game losing streak with its win against Montreal; the Oilers trailed 3-0 in the first period.

Calgary lost to Montreal 6-2 on Friday, extending its losing streak to four games. The Flames did not have morning skate Saturday.

Goaltender Cam Talbot will make his fourth consecutive start for Edmonton. Goalie Karri Ramo will start for Calgary in the second of back-to-back games.

Here are the projected lineups:

FLAMES

Joe Colborne - Sean Monahan - Jiri Hudler

Johnny Gaudreau - Sam Bennett - Michael Frolik

Mason Raymond - Mikael Backlund - David Jones

Brandon Bollig - Matt Stajan - Josh Jooris

Mark Giordano - TJ Brodie

Kris Russell - Dennis Wideman

Deryk Engelland - Dougie Hamilton

Karri Ramo

Joni Ortio

Scratched: Derek Grant, Ladislav Smid

Injured: Lance Bouma (leg), Micheal Ferland (lower body), Jonas Hiller (lower body)

OILERS

Taylor Hall – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins – Leon Draisaitl

Benoit Pouliot – Connor McDavid – Nail Yakupov

Anton Slepyshev – Iiro Pakarinen – Teddy Purcell

Luke Gazdic – Anton Lander – Mark Letestu

Andrej Sekera – Darnell Nurse

Brandon Davidson – Oscar Klefbom

Andrew Ference – Eric Gryba

Scratched: Mark Fayne

Injured: Jordan Eberle (shoulder), Matt Hendricks (foot), Griffin Reinhart (undisclosed), Justin Schultz (back), Lauri Korpikoski (head), Rob Klinkhammer (leg)

Status report: In an effort to get more offense out of the bottom of his lineup, McLellan made changes to his third and fourth lines. Pakarinen will move to center on the third line and Lander will drop to center the fourth line … Fayne will be a healthy scratch for the first time this season.

Who's hot: McDavid has four goals and seven assists on his seven-game point streak … Yakupov is on a seven-game point streak with two goals and seven assists. … Gaudreau has seven assists in his past six games.

Team Stats

	GP	Record	Home	Road	L10	G/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	PIM/GP	S/GP	SA/GP	FO%
	11	2-8-1	1-5-0	1-3-1	2-7-1	2.00	4.09	12.9	80.0	12.0	28.3	30.4	46.9
	11	4-7-0	2-3-0	2-4-0	4-6-0	2.54	3.09	19.4	80.0	8.3	26.5	30.4	47.9

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{allcanada} CBS signs rights deal for CBC's 'Mr. D'

 

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Turns out CBS likes the CBC classroom sitcom Mr. D – a lot. They just want to American it up a bit.

Comedian Gerry Dee, the creator of the sitcom, told the Sun he'd signed a deal Thursday with CBS for the format rights to the series based on his career as a Toronto teacher.

Fellow Canadian Will Arnett will be shepherding the project through his production company.

"It's like they did with The Office, they're going to do a U.S. version of Mr. D," Dee said. "Mike (co-creator Volpe) and I will be executive producers

"The evolution of it is I have a friend who said, 'I'm good buddies with Will Arnett. I used to go to high school with him. I should set you two guys up.' I've heard that, like 50 times in my life, 'I know so-and-so.' So I'm like, 'Sure, Scott. Go ahead.'

"I get an email from Will Arnett, like, four hours later. 'Dude watched your show, watched your clips, we love it, let's talk.' I went to LA. We pitched. We're working with CBS Studios."

For its part, in a release Friday, the network confirmed the planned series, as well as Dee and Volpe's involvement, and described it as "a workplace ensemble set at a public high school." It did not name Mr. D as the series' inspiration.

Tom Hertz, former showrunner for Rules Of Engagement, is attached to run the show.

No word on whether Arnett's interest means he'd like to act in it as well. "It's too early for that. We don't even have a pilot script yet," Dee said. "My role is going to be behind-the-scenes as an executive producer.

"I don't even know where I'm going to be involved creatively – except that I will be involved, because it's about my life.

"I have the same agent as Ricky Gervais down there who did that deal for The Office. I'm not Ricky Gervais, I get that. But at the same time I don't know of a Canadian sitcom that's ever done this before."

Production wrapped in September on season five of Mr. D and there is already talk of a sixth. Dee is interrupting his time in the editing booth next week to kick off a national tour as host of Just For Laughs National Tour, with comedians Robert Kelly, Cristela Alonzo and Graham Chittenden.

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{allcanada} Senators try for home-and-home sweep of Red Wings

 

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OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators will be looking for their first three-game winning streak of the season when they play the Detroit Red Wings at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday.

The Senators defeated the Red Wings 3-1 on Friday in the first game of their home-and-home matchup.

"It was probably our best all-round game of the year," said Senators center Kyle Turris, who scored his sixth goal of the season. "We have the opportunity to follow it up with another good one and hopefully take both games.

"We were really on top of them in their zone. We put a lot of pressure on them offensively and we really took their space away."

Ottawa coach Dave Cameron said he liked the way the Senators played as five-man units.

"We have to play the way we've been preaching and it's play with some pace and support all over the ice," he said. "The way that we describe it is if I stop my video at any time no matter where the puck is and I see five guys in the picture, we're playing good hockey."

Craig Anderson will be in goal for the Senators after Andrew Hammond got his first win of the season Friday.

Peter Mrazek is expected to start in goal for the Red Wings, who have lost two games in a row.

The Red Wings are 1-5-1 in their past seven games after winning their first three games.

"Especially after such a good start, 3-0," Red Wings rookie Dylan Larkin said. "There's ups and downs and we're really feeling it. I think we just have to get back to working hard and playing our game."

Detroit coach Jeff Blashill juggled his lines on Friday with injuries to forwards Pavel Datsyuk, Brad Richards and Johan Franzen.

"Usually when Blashill moves (lines) around it works and generates some energy," Larkin said. "We're still trying to find combinations that work. We need to start making some plays and playing the way we were playing the first three games."

Here are the projected lineups:

RED WINGS

Justin Abdelkader – Henrik Zetterberg – Dylan Larkin

Tomas Tatar – Riley Sheahan – Gustav Nyquist

Tomas Jurco – Darren Helm – Teemu Pulkkinen

Drew Miller – Luke Glendening – Joakim Andersson

Jonathan Ericsson – Niklas Kronwall

Danny DeKeyser – Alexey Marchenko

Jakub Kindl – Brendan Smith

Peter Mrazek

Jimmy Howard

Injured: Pavel Datysuk (ankle), Johan Franzen (concussion), Brad Richards (upper body), Mike Green (upper body), Kyle Quincy (concussion).

Scratched: Landon Ferraro

SENATORS

Shane Prince – Kyle Turris – Mark Stone

Matt Puempel – Mika Zibanejad – Bobby Ryan

Milan Michalek – Jean-Gabriel Pageau – Alex Chiasson

Max McCormick – Zack Smith – Chris Neil

Marc Methot - Erik Karlsson

Patrick Wiercioch - Cody Ceci

Jared Cowen – Mark Borowiecki

Craig Anderson

Andrew Hammond

Scratched: Chris Wideman

Injured: Chris Phillips (back), Clarke MacArthur (concussion), Mike Hoffman (lower body), Curtis Lazar (upper body).

Status report: Hoffman and Lazar skated Saturday morning. Hoffman could return against the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.

Who's hot: Ryan has two goals and two assists in his past two games. … Turris has two goals and an assist in his past two games. … Stone has three assists in his past three games.

Team Stats

	GP	Record	Home	Road	L10	G/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	PIM/GP	S/GP	SA/GP	FO%
	10	4-5-1	2-3-0	2-2-1	4-5-1	2.30	2.70	16.7	81.1	8.9	24.9	32.3	48.3
	10	5-3-2	1-2-2	4-1-0	5-3-2	3.00	2.90	14.7	78.6	12.5	29.9	33.0	52.1

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{allcanada} Blue Jackets face Jets in Tortorella's home debut

 

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JETS (6-3-1) at BLUE JACKETS (2-9-0)

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COLUMBUS – Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella will work his first home game since replacing the fired Todd Richards on Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets.

The Blue Jackets did not skate Saturday morning after losing 2-1 at the Washington Capitals on Friday. The game Saturday is sandwiched between a four- and three-game road trip.

There are several unknowns about the lineup, starting with the status of left wing Brandon Saad, who did not play Friday because of an illness. Saad has three goals, tied for second on the Blue Jackets with Brandon Dubinsky and Scott Hartnell, but hasn't scored since the fourth game of the season against the Ottawa Senators on Oct. 14.

Another question for Tortorella will be his starting goaltender. Sergei Bobrovsky has played all four games since Tortorella took over, going 2-2-0. Bobrovsky made 26 saves against the Capitals.

Backup Curtis McElhinney last played Oct. 20, when he allowed three goals on 28 shots in a 4-0 loss to the New York Islanders in Richards' final game.

Also, defenseman Kevin Connauton played for the first time Friday under Tortorella, marking the first healthy scratch for Fedor Tyutin since Dec. 6, 2010.

Despite allowing the first goal in eight of 10 games this season, the Jets are 5-2-1 in those games. Winnipeg fell behind Thursday but rallied for 3-1 victory against the Chicago Blackhawks to complete a 3-2-1 homestand.

Saturday starts a stretch of four straight, and eight of nine on the road, for the Jets.

"I thought we've had some pretty strong starts," Jets defenseman Tyler Myers said. "The other team just happened to get the first goal. We bounced back. That's what you need from a team. It shows a lot of character and not letting it affect you.

"Certainly you want to score the first goal more often, especially on the road. You want to keep the other teams from getting momentum in front of their own fans."

Here are the projected lineups:

JETS

Andrew Ladd – Bryan Little – Blake Wheeler

Mathieu Perreault – Mark Scheifele – Nikolaj Ehlers

Alexander Burmistrov – Adam Lowry – Drew Stafford

Nic Petan – Andrew Copp - Chris Thorburn

Toby Enstrom – Dustin Byfuglien

Ben Chiarot – Tyler Myers

Mark Stuart – Jacob Trouba

Ondrej Pavelec

Michael Hutchinson

Scratched: Adam Pardy, Anthony Peluso, Paul Postma

Injured: Grant Clitsome (back)

BLUE JACKETS

Brandon Dubinsky - Ryan Johansen - Cam Atkinson

Scott Hartnell - Alexander Wennberg - Nick Foligno

Boone Jenner - William Karlsson - Matt Calvert

Rene Bourque - Gregory Campbell - David Clarkson

Jack Johnson - David Savard

Fedor Tyutin - Dalton Prout

Cody Goloubef - Ryan Murray

Sergei Bobrovsky

Curtis McElhinney

Injured: Brandon Saad (illness)

Scratched: Jared Boll, Kevin Connauton

Status report: Pavelec will start against the Blue Jackets after Hutchinson (4-0-0) made 45 saves against the Blackhawks. "His play has been good," Jets coach Paul Maurice said of Pavelec. "We won't look at the result only, when a goaltender's in the net. Both of our goaltenders have performed exceptionally well. We've got back-to-backs coming up twice here so it kind sorts itself out right." … Boll and McElhinney are the two Blue Jackets players who have yet to see ice time since Tortorella became coach. Boll's last game was Oct. 14 against Ottawa.

Who's hot: The Jets are 3-1-1 against the Eastern Conference this season. … Ehlers has three goals and two assists during his five-game point streak. … Bobrovsky has a 2.02 goals-against average and a .930 save percentage in his past three games.

Team Stats

	GP	Record	Home	Road	L10	G/GP	GA/GP	PP%	PK%	PIM/GP	S/GP	SA/GP	FO%
	10	6-3-1	3-2-1	3-1-0	6-3-1	3.20	2.60	24.1	83.3	9.0	29.9	33.7	47.8
	11	2-9-0	0-4-0	2-5-0	2-8-0	2.09	3.91	19.0	71.4	10.3	30.3	28.7	48.6

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