Wennberg, open in front of the goal, swept in a Boone Jenner pass 2:21 into the frame. But they couldn’t sustain it. Guentzel capped it for Pittsburgh with 5:51 left.”It’s tough traveling and playing back to back games, so we

MONTREAL (AP) After weeks without a win http://www.officialhockeypanthersshop.com/authentic-adidas-roberto-luongo-jersey , the Montreal Canadiens finally found a team they could beat in the struggling New York Rangers.Antti Niemi made 31 saves and the Canadiens topped the Rangers 3-1 on Thursday night to snap their six-game losing streak.Tomas Plekanec, Jeff Petry and Phillip Danault scored for Montreal (23-29-8), which won for the first time since Feb. 4 and avoided matching its longest skid of the season.”Regardless of what happens all year, this is the feeling you play for,” said Brendan Gallagher, who got his team-leading 36th point with an assist. ”The more we can do this, the happier we’ll be. It’s rewarding. A lot of guys played a really good hockey game tonight and we got what we deserved.”For the crowd, it’s been a while since we’ve been able to put smiles on their faces.”The Canadiens have the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference and are 11 points out of a playoff spot.”It’s been a frustrating year for everyone,” said Petry, who scored the game-winner in the second period. ”It’s about playing a strong game. We have a lot to prove still http://www.officialkings.com/authentic-adidas-alex-iafallo-jersey , whether it be personally or as a team. Nobody wants to give up in here. We want to fight until the end.”Niemi got the start in place of injured Carey Price.Before the game, Montreal announced Price will be sidelined indefinitely with a concussion. The goalie took a shot to the mask in Tuesday’s loss to Philadelphia.Earlier on Thursday, the Canadiens also announced Shea Weber will miss the rest of the season because he needs surgery for a torn tendon in his left foot. The 32-year-old defenseman, likely injured on opening night in early October, has not played since Dec. 16.”Those are big losses for us,” Danault said. ”We have to learn to play without them. It’s part of the game.”Kevin Hayes scored for the Rangers (27-29-5), who have lost five in a row. Alexandar Georgiev, making his NHL debut, stopped 38 of 40 shots.”I felt great about my game today,” said the 22-year-old Georgiev Womens Anze Kopitar Jersey , who was solid throughout. ”The guys played really great in front of me and blocked a lot of shots. It really helped me. I just played my game and it was very fun from the first second of warmups.”Hayes spoiled Niemi’s shutout bid with exactly three minutes remaining. The Rangers’ forward appeared to have kicked the puck straight into the net, but instead deflected the puck with his stick before it crossed the line.With Price and Weber out of the lineup, another veteran stepped up for Montreal.Plekanec made it 1-0 at 6:59 of the first period with his sixth goal of the season. The 35-year-old beat defenseman Rob O’Gara to the puck and buried a no-look feed from Paul Byron.In the second period, Charles Hudon connected with Petry on a 2-on-1 for Montreal’s second of the game at 3:50. Hudon’s saucer pass narrowly avoided Brady Skjei’s slide and landed right on Petry’s stick at the side of the net. Petry has scored 10 goals for the first time in his career.The play got started with a big hit by Nicolas Deslauriers in the neutral zone.Danault scored into an empty net from deep in his own zone with 1:17 left.NOTES: After the game, the Rangers traded speedy winger Michael Grabner to the Devils in the first trade between the cross-river rivals. New Jersey sent a 2018 second-round draft pick and 20-year-old defensive prospect Yegor Rykov to New York. … Grabner and Rick Nash were healthy scratches for New York, likely to avoid any injuries before Monday’s trade deadline. Two weeks ago, the Rangers organization, in a letter to fans, strongly suggested a roster overhaul was imminent. … Montreal’s Noah Juulsen made his NHL debut. He finished with two shots, one blocked shot and four hits in 17:14 of ice time.UP NEXTRangers: Host the Minnesota Wild on Friday night.Canadiens: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night.— COLUMBUS Authentic Derek Forbort Jersey Kids , Ohio (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins won without goals from Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin or the other three top scorers. Instead, they created opportunities for some guys who are usually in the background.Third-line center Riley Sheahan scored twice in the first period and Pittsburgh went on to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Sunday night. Their fifth straight victory moved the Penguins past Washington into first place in the Metropolitan Division.Rookie Tristan Jarry, who was in for starter Matt Murray on second leg of a back-to-back, had 35 saves for Pittsburgh. It was Jarry’s first NHL action in a month after going 3-0 in three starts for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the AHL.Article continues below ...Sheahan’s goals were his seventh and eighth of the season. Defenseman Brian Dumoulin and rookie winger Zach Aston-Reese each picked up their fourth. Sheahan’s linemate Jake Guentzel picked up his 19th in the third period.”We’ve liked that line,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said about the Guentzel-Sheahan-Phil Kessel grouping. ”That line has the ability to generate offense with those three. Riley brings such a conscientious two-way game to the other two guys. It creates the balance, not only on the line but on the team.”Pittsburgh, playing its third game in four days, won despite being outshot by the Blue Jackets 37-23.”We’ve got some secondary guys who can contribute, too Youth Dion Phaneuf Jersey ,” Sheahan said. ”When you can have that depth and capitalize on maybe not as many shots, it’s dangerous.”Artemi Panarin and Alexander Wennberg scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 18 shots for the Blue Jackets. They have lost two straight and seven of the last nine.In what is becoming the norm lately, Columbus piled up more shots than its opponent but couldn’t score enough to win. The Blue Jackets lead the NHL in shots per game but are lingering near the bottom of the division, unable to generate much traction.”I’m certainly not putting this all on (Bobrovsky),” Columbus coach John Tortorella said. ”We had our chances. We can talk about the goalie, but you also have to talk about the other people, and the job they have to do.”The Penguins had just seven shots in the first period but scored on three of them.Sheahan got credit for a goal when he redirected a shot from defenseman Jamie Oleksiak.Later in the first, Dumoulin scored with a slap shot from the left point off a beautiful no-look drop pass from Malkin.Three minutes later, Panarin tapped in his 16th goal of the season Drew Doughty Jersey , set up by Cam Atkinson, to make it 2-1. That’s as close at the Blue Jackets would get.Sheahan got his second tally of the game with 8:31 left in the first on a wrist shot from top of the right circle. Bobrovsky got a piece of it but couldn’t keep it out of the net.Aston-Reese made it 4-1 when he tipped in a rebound off Zach Werenski’s skate in traffic in the second period.The Blue Jackets seemed to come out with a little more juice in the third period, and Wennberg, open in front of the goal, swept in a Boone Jenner pass 2:21 into the frame. But they couldn’t sustain it. Guentzel capped it for Pittsburgh with 5:51 left.”It’s tough traveling and playing back to back games, so we did a good job bearing down,” Sheahan said. ”It was a really important game for us.”NOTES: The Columbus captain, Nick Foligno, suffered a ”lower-body” injury and didn’t play for most of the third period. … Pittsburgh’s 16-4-1 record since the beginning of the calendar year leads the NHL. … Blue Jackets D Dean Kukan suffered an ”upper-body” injury in the first period and didn’t return. … Columbus D Markus Nutivaara didn’t play after he was injured in Friday night’s game against Philadelphia. Scott Harrington replaced him in the lineup.UP NEXT:Pittsburgh: Hosts Toronto on Saturday night.Columbus: At New Jersey on Tuesday night.—