All those off-season moves paid off quickly

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NASHVILLE -- All those off-season moves paid off quickly for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Air Jordan Schuhe Günstig . Derick Brassard scored in the sixth round of the NHLs first shootout this season, and the Blue Jackets beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 Saturday night for their fifth win in an opener along with a rare win over their Central Division foe. "Its a great feeling to win here, especially when in the past we have struggled here, but what a great challenge for us to come here with some new faces already tonight all of our new guys made the difference," Brassard said of a Columbus team featuring five new players. Columbus had not won an opener since Oct. 3, 2009, against Minnesota, and the Blue Jackets had won only once in Nashville in the previous 20 games. But this team also features two new assistant coaches and a new president of hockey operations in John Davidson. The Blue Jackets hadnt beaten Nashville in regulation since April 3, 2006, with 17 games with the Predators going to overtime or shootouts. "The guys should be real proud of the way that they played," Columbus coach Todd Richards said. "Tough building. Tough situation." Artem Anisimov, acquired in the trade that sent Rick Nash to the Rangers, scored on a backhand over Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne in the second round of the shootout. David Legwand scored on a backhand in the third round to tie it up and extend the shootout. That was it before Brassard scored under Rinnes glove hand. Colin Wilson had a chance to tie it up. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, another Columbus newcomer via a trade with the Flyers, got his right foot out for the save and the win. Anisimov also had a goal in regulation, and another newcomer Nick Foligno scored a goal for Columbus. Martin Erat and Ryan Ellis each scored goals for the Predators, and Sergei Kostitsyn had two assists. Nashville snapped a streak of three straight season-opening wins despite outshooting the Blue Jackets 34-28. "We didnt have any exhibitions," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "I know its going to be a roller coaster ride, and it sort of was today. You thought you got your group sorted back together and then youre going through spells of the other team has the pressure on. Thats part of the 48-game season." Nashville sold this opener out in just three days, and team officials threw a party outside before shifting inside where singer Michael W. Smith handled the national anthem. They even had actor Charles Esten, who plays Deacon on the TV show "Nashville," sing "The Boys Are Back" with the house band at the first intermission. The Predators took care of providing excitement on the ice as Erat, a new assistant captain with Ryan Suter now in Minnesota, scoring 39 seconds into the game. That easily fired up the sold-out crowd. Rinne, who played some in the Kontinental Hockey League, only allowed a power-play goal by Foligno, who tipped in a slap shot by Fedor Tyutin right in front of the goalie at 16:08. "We were able to overcome all the adversity weve had and anytime you do that, youre going to give yourself a good chance to win and we did that to night," Foligno said. But Ellis put Nashville back up 2-1 with a power-play goal at 17:55. In the second period, Nashville captain Shea Weber fought Jared Boll after Webers teammate, Smith, was checked too hard. Weber, who had a 14-year, $110 million offer sheet from Philadelphia matched by Nashville before the lockout, wound up with his first fighting major since the 2009-10 season and seven minutes in the penalty box along with a big cheer from the home fans. He said Smith got hit "pretty good." "A little bit of timing was off, and guys on both sides were swinging away and not manning up I guess you can say, maybe used to summer hockey a little bit," Weber said. "But that will come and, and in a hurry I think its going to get a lot better. Columbus tied it up when Anisimov got a pass from Tyutin at the blue line and held off Nashville centre Paul Gaustad before he beat Rinne with a backhand at 12:05 of the second. That was all the scoring until the shootout. Richards started Bobrovsky at goalie because the Russian also played in the KHL during the lockout and had four shutouts. Bobrovsky had 32 saves through overtime in giving Columbus a chance a rare season-opening win. He stopped Nick Spaling with a pad save 4:08 into overtime off a slap shot from Nashville defenceman Roman Josi. In the shootout, Bobrovsky stopped Erat with a pad save. Mike Fisher was wide, and Bobrovsky made saves on Ellis and Colin Wilson and finally Smith for the win. Notes: Legwand scored the fastest goal in Predators history, just 11 seconds into the game April 5, 2007, against St. Louis. ... Ellis scored two of his three goals last season with the man advantage. ... Nashville had the NHLs best percentage on the power play last season. ... Kostitsyn had nine multi-point games last season. Weber also had a fighting major in Game 2 of the opening round of the playoffs against Detroit. Air Jordan 6 Schuhe Schwarz .C. -- North America is taking control at the World Financial Group Continental Cup. Air Jordan Retro Schuhe . No buzzer beater. No fourth-quarter rally. No record for James and the Miami Heat, either. The Heats bid for NBA history ended Wednesday night when their 27-game winning streak was snapped by the Chicago Bulls 101-97, setting off a raucous celebration inside United Center. http://www.jordanairde.eu/ . -- Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly will be trying for his first BCS championship, instead of a Super Bowl title, next season. Air Jordan Schuhe Kaufen . Mariners starter Jason Vargas matched a career high with 10 strikeouts in 6 2-3 innings. Charlie Furbush (4-1) earned the win with a scoreless eighth and Seattle improved to 13-20 at home. Air Jordan Basketballschuhe . - Paul Goldschmidt couldnt be doing much better against Chris Capuano.TORONTO -- Mixed in amongst the nerves and excitement as the Toronto Maple Leafs reported for training camp was an emotion rarely seen on Day 1 of a NHL season. "Theres a lot of concern," Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said Sunday. Concern about the lack of time to get ready for a condensed 48-game schedule. Concern about how best to evaluate which of the 31 players in camp should be in the lineup next Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Concern about finding a way to end the NHLs longest playoff drought. Its been a whirlwind week for the Maple Leafs organization, with general manager Brian Burke being replaced by Dave Nonis just days after the end of the lockout, and the pace is only going to pick up. The message to players as they arrived to the teams practice facility on Sunday morning surrounded the importance of giving a hard, consistent effort right from the get-go. The Leafs hope that any shortcomings in skill can be made up with enthusiasm. And with five games scheduled in the first eight days of the season they plan on making an early move in the standings. "If (the players) dont understand the importance of the first seven or eight games then they didnt do very well in math," said Nonis. "Its going to be difficult for us to take games off." The new Leafs GM made a couple moves as camp opened, but not the one many are expecting. Defencemen Cody Franson and Mike Mottau were each signed to one-year contracts, although Mottau received a two-way deal and can easily be sent to the American Hockey League. For now, the Leafs appear prepared to go with the goaltending tandem of James Reimer and Ben Scrivens. They are the only two goalies who earned an invitation to camp and bring a combined 83 NHL games to the teams crease. "The only issue I would have with our goaltending would be experience," said Nonis. "Its not that theyre not quality goalies." Rumours will no doubt persist about Torontos interest in Roberto Luongo, who reported for duty with the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. While Nonis acknowledged that he would look at adding veteran players in a trade, he made it clear that he wasnt prepared to mortgage the future to acquire one. "We do have some decent building blocks in place and were not going to blow them up in order to try to move one step closer," said Nonis. After a lockout that stretched over 119 days, most of the players seemed thrilled to be back in a familiar team environment. Winger James van Riemsdyk, acquired in a June trade from Philadelphia, said it felt good to officially be a member of the Maple Leafs. He spent the llockout skating in Minnesota and grew tired of all the talk that surrounded the labour dispute -- with terms like disclaimer of interest, memorandum of understanding and make-whole payments entering the hockey lexicon. Air Jordan Basketballschuhe Kaufen. "Those are all SAT words," said van Riemsdyk. "Im done hopefully for awhile listening to those types of words. Were all happy to be playing again." The Leafs roster that finished 13th in the Eastern Conference from a year ago remains largely unchanged. In addition to van Riemsdyk, veteran centre Jay McClement was signed in free agency while 18-year-old defenceman Morgan Rielly could also challenge for a job after being selected fifth overall in the draft. Beyond that, improvement must come from within. Nikolai Kulemin, who followed a 30-goal season in 2010-11 with just seven last year, seems like a possible candidate. He spent the lockout playing alongside Evgeni Malkin in his hometown of Magnitogorsk and compiled 38 points in 36 games. Mikhail Grabovski also professes to being in mid-season form after scoring 12 goals for CSKA Moscow in 29 games, the last handful of which saw him playing on a line with Pavel Datsyuk and Alex Radulov. "Im ready to play and I have good conditioning," said Grabovski. "Thanks very much to my team in Russia, they gave me a chance to play when I have this stupid situation when the seasons not started here." In all, the Leafs have 18 forwards and 11 defencemen in camp. It will be difficult for any players on the bubble to separate themselves from the pack, especially with no exhibition games scheduled. "The message is to do what you do best when you get here," said Carlyle. "We obviously have an assessment on some people and were looking for some people to step out of their comfort zone." With such a small window to prepare for the season, the Leafs are looking to be creative. Carlyle plans to shift some practices to the Air Canada Centre later in the week in an effort to mimic the playing conditions the team will face once the puck drops for real. At that point, there will be very little practice time afforded to the team, especially in February when it plays 15 times in just 28 days. "I dont think that its any different than anybody else," said Carlyle. "Its like the schedule. They hand you this schedule and youre going to have to play it. Weve been handed these circumstances through the lockout so were all going to have to live it. "Were going to have to make adjustments and were going to try and cover every base we possibly can through the next six days." ' ' '

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