The Winnipeg Jets will play the first of four straight pre-season games against Canadian opposition when they tangle with the Edmonton Oilers tonight at Rexall Place. Balenciaga x Nike Air Max 97 . This is the second pre-season meeting between the teams, as the Oilers claimed a 3-2 victory in Winnipeg. Viewers in the Jets region can watch the action live on TSN3 at 8pm ct, and the game can also be heard on TSN Radio 1290 Winnipeg. Viktor Fasth will be between the pipes for the Oilers, who will also feature Tyler Pitlick on their top line with Taylor Hall and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Goaltenders Danny Taylor and Michael Hutchinson will travel to Edmonton for the Jets, while both Mark Stuart and Jacob Trouba will be in the Winnipeg lineup. In their first pre-season meeting at MTS Centre, Nugent-Hopkins, Bogdan Yakimov and Justin Schultz all scored second period goals for the Oilers as they earned a come-from-behind, 3-2 victory over the Jets. TJ Galiardi had given the Jets a first period lead and Matt Halischuk doubled the advantage before the Oilers scored three to capture the contest. The Jets enter Mondays game having dropped two in a row, as after the loss to the Oilers they were beaten 4-3 by the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. In that contest, Wild defenceman Jared Spurgeon scored the winner on the power-play with under five minutes left in regulation. Ondrej Pavelec started for the Jets against the Wild and surrendered four goals on 28 shots. The Oilers also enter the contest coming off a loss as they were defeated 5-0 by the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. Captain Andrew Ference left with a right arm injury and did not return to action, however following the game Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins said that x-rays were negative and that hell be fine. Following this contest, the Jets will face the Ottawa Senators and the Calgary Flames twice to close out their pre-season schedule. Air Max 97 Nintendo 64 . This week, they discuss the NCAAs revenue sharing, Don Zimmer, soccer language and Super Bowl 50. Air Max Sequent 97 . Some members of the U.S. Congress arent so sure. They say Russia isnt doing enough to assure that athletes will be protected at the Feb. 7-23 games, happening not far from an Islamic insurgency that Russias huge security apparatus has struggled for two decades to quell. Russia may run greater risks in towns outside the tightly controlled Olympic zone. Suicide bombs last month a few hundred kilometres (miles) away have increased concerns, and an Islamic warlord has urged his followers to attack the Sochi Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putins pet project.LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Although Jonathan Quick has a serious aversion to attention, the goalie reluctantly acknowledged the spotlight when he broke the Los Angeles Kings 36-year-old franchise record for shutouts.After blanking the Buffalo Sabres, Quick would be happy to fade into the background again until he has another chance to raise the Stanley Cup.Quick made 29 saves to set the club record with his 33rd career shutout, and the Kings beat the Sabres 2-0 on Thursday night for their fifth consecutive victory.Quick was tested only occasionally while pulling ahead of Rogie Vachon for the franchise lead in shutouts with his second in three games. Los Angeles, the NHLs best defensive team last season, has allowed just three goals while winning the first five games of its six-game homestand, which concludes Sunday against Columbus.A shutout, it takes 20 men to do that, to shut a team out for 60 minutes, so Im very grateful to my teammates over the years, Quick said. Its over now. Well keep playing. ... Its more about what as a team were able to do, but I know what Rogie achieved and what he meant to this team and this city.Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar scored power-play goals for the defending champions in their first game since defenceman Slava Voynov was suspended indefinitely by the NHL after his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence early Monday.Voynov, a two-time Stanley Cup winner and a key contributor to the Kings for the past three seasons, hasnt been charged. He was replaced by Jake Muzzin, who returned from injury for his first game of the season.The Kings ramped up their defensive play in Voynovs absence, and the spiraling Sabres couldnt crack them.Weve had to do it in different ways, different start times and different things going on, Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. Weve had a lot to deal with, and we handled it well tonight.Kings forward Jordan Nolan played against his father, Sabres coach Ted Nolan, for the first time in the NHL, but the sons team dominated the reunion.Jhonas Enroth stopped 37 shots for the Sabres, who have lost seven of eeight to start the season despite an improved performance in their coachs eyes. Air Max 97 VaporMax. Our last couple of games, our effort has been a lot better, Ted Nolan said. Everything starts with work. The first five or six games, the effort wasnt there. And now the last couple of games, the effort is there.Buffalo has scored one goal in its last four games, and its power play is 0 for 27 this season.When youre struggling, youve got to simplify things, put pucks to the net and bang home some rebounds, Buffalo forward Chris Stewart said. Its not very often that youre going to beat Jonathan Quick with a clean shot, so weve got to get traffic to the net, shoot for the pads, and get a couple of ugly goals. Its that simple.Carter scored in the opening minute and added an assist. His third multipoint performance in five games highlighted another productive night for That 70s Line. Carter, Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson have scored 12 of the Kings 16 goals this season.Carter put the Kings ahead just 36 seconds after the opening faceoff, firing a long shot through traffic 7 seconds into a power play for his fourth goal of the season. With fresh legs from three days off, Los Angeles had a step on the Sabres for much of the night.Kopitar doubled the lead late in the second period when he brought the puck in from the point and did a give-and-go with Carter, whose assist was his 100th point with Los Angeles.We talked about it before this homestand — we want to have a strong start, Kopitar said. Its a good way to start a season, and were doing a fairly good job right now.NOTES: The Kings have killed 17 straight penalties. ... Former Buffalo defenceman Brayden McNabb levelled Torrey Mitchell with a big hit in the first period, and Drew Stafford got an instigator penalty and a misconduct for challenging McNabb to an immediate fight. The Kings acquired McNabb from the Sabres last March in a four-player trade that included Nicolas Deslauriers, who blocked two shots for Buffalo. ... Muzzin agreed to a five-year, $20 million contract extension while injured. ' ' '
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