09-04-2019, 08:56 PM
WINNIPEG - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins goal was the turning point as the Edmonton Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 in pre-season action Wednesday night. Phil Simms Giants Jersey .And linemate Jordan Eberle believes some of the prospects should get credit for making it happen.It might have been just before that, he said of Nugent-Hopkins second-period goal.We had a couple of shifts in our third and fourth lines, some young guys went out there had some zone pressure against them and we were able to capitalize on a shot there.Nugent-Hopkins agreed.That line of (Kale) Kessy, (Tyler) Pitlick and (Travis) Ewanyk had a big shift for us, he said.Ewanyk and Kessy played last season for Edmontons AHL franchise in Oklahoma City as did Pitlick a€” although he also played 10 games with the Oilers.Bogdan Yakimov and Justin Schultz also scored for Edmonton in the second period.Before that it had been all Jets.TJ Galiardi got things started on a first-period breakaway off a long pass from Will ONeill and beat Laurent Brossoit at 14:09. Brossoit played last season in the ECHL and finished with Edmontons AHL farm team in Oklahoma City.Jets forward Evander Kane had a breakaway as well in the first and earned a penalty shot on a hook but hit the crossbar. Wednesday night was the debut of the Kane, Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler line.Nugent-Hopkins took the first penalty of the game late in the first period and the Jets opened the second with 1:19 left in their power play. Matt Halischuk cashed in at 1:11 off a pass from Kane as he snapped the puck past Brossoits glove.We definitely rope-a-doped em. I mean early, it seemed like they were playing in our end quite a bit, said Eberle.Galiardi said the Jets gave it away after their strong start.It was more what we did, not what they did, said the off-season acquisition from the Calgary Flames.Every chance they had and every goal they got was basically our doing. We gave them the opportunities and thats the kind of team they are. Theyve got a lot of skill and if you give them those two-on-ones and odd-man rushes theyre going to score.It was Edmontons second pre-season win. The Jets are now 1-1.The Oilers made Brossoit work pretty hard in the second a€” at one point the Jets were ahead 17-8 on shots a€” but Nugent-Hopkins finally got the Oilers on the board with a slick shot as he rushed past Jets defenceman Jacob Trouba to beat Michael Hutchinsons glove.Yakimov tied the game off a cross-net pass from Vladimir Tkachev at 16:03 and with just nine seconds left in the period Tkachev fed Schultz in front of the Winnipeg net to make it 3-2. The Oilers ended up outshooting the Jets 12-10 in the second.As a measure of how the complexion of the game changed, the Jets had managed only two shots in about 20 minutes of hockey midway through the third period while the Oilers had 20 in the same time span.Tyler Rimmer relieved Brossoit for the third period but Hutchinson stayed in the Winnipeg net.The Jets finally regained some momentum but Halischuk hit the crossbar with just over three minutes left on what could have been the tying goal.Despite the loss, Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice liked what he saw from some of the young players he had in the lineup.I think Nik Ehlers showed flashes in each of the two games . . . I really liked Nicky Petan in the middle, in the centre face-off . . . Adam Lowrys just smart kind of wherever he goes. . . and (Josh) Morrissey, another step better.He said overall they were too happy with themselves midway through the second, stopped doing what had been working until then and paid for it.Thats human nature.Maurice also liked the way Kane and Scheifele helped kill penalties. The teams each took three but the Jets managed to kill all of theirs without giving up a goal.Notes a€” The Jets sent six more of their young prospects back to their junior teams Wednesday: Axel Blomqvist, Eric Comrie, Chase De Leo, Jan Kostalek, Jimmy Lodge and Nelson Nogier.Follow @tsedmonds on Twitter Doug Kotar Jersey . Murray beat Sam Querrey 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-3 to clinch Britains opening-round victory against the United States on Sunday at Petco Park. "Im proud of the way Im playing just now, because I had to do a lot of work to get back to where I want to be," Murray said after celebrating with his teammates on the red clay court in a temporary stadium in left field of the downtown home of baseballs San Diego Padres. Dalvin Tomlinson Womens Jersey . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a course-record 10-under 62 on Wednesday to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. http://www.authenticnygiantspro.com/Mich...ts-jersey/ . The Oilers jumped into the free agent market early by signing defencemen Keith Aulie (six-foot-six, 228 pounds) and Mark Fayne (6-3, 210 pounds) and left-winger Benoit Pouliot (6-3, 197-pounds). Two days earlier MacTavish traded lightweight forward Sam Gagner to Tampa Bay for 6-3, 203-pound right winger Ted Purcell.The UFC has rejigged a pair of high-profile fights, moving Matt (the Immortal) Brown from a Colorado card to face former welterweight champion Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks at UFC 185 in Dallas on March 14. Brown, ranked sixth among 170-pound contenders, had been due to face No. 9 Tarec (Sponge) Saffiedine in the main event of a televised event Feb. 14 in Broomfield, Colo. But the bout was scrapped when a replacement opponent could not be found for the injured Saffiedine.The Broomfield card will now be headlined by welterweights Brandon (Rukus) Thatch, a Coloradao native, and Stephen (Wonderboy) Thompson.With new welterweight champion (Ruthless) Robbie Lawler electing not to fight until the summer, Hendricks had some time on his hands before the final leg of their trilogy. And with Hendricks wanting to fight in his home town of Dallas, the UFC shifted Brown to UFC 185.That likely opens the door for No. 2 contender Rory MacDonald to fight in April at UFC 186 in Montreal. No. 5 Hector Lombard offered to take on the Canadian after defeating Josh Burkman last month.Brown (21-12) has won seven of his last eight, losing to Lawler in July 2014.Hendricks (16-3) defeated Lawler at UUFC 171 last March to claim the title vacated by Montreals Georges St-Pierre. Harry Carson Jersey. . Lawler took the crown away when he won a split decision at UFC 181 in December.The UFC 185 main event at American Airlines Center will pit lightweight champion Anthony (Showtime) Pettis (18-2) against No. 1 contender Rafael dos Anjos (23-7).Pettiss younger brother Sergio will also be in action at UFC 185, dropping down to flyweight to fight Dallas native Ryan Benoit.The brothers last fought together at UFC 181 with Anthony successfully defending his title against Gilbert Melendez and Sergio beating Matt Hobar.Unbeaten Toronto middleweight Elias (The Spartan) Theodorou will face off against Texan Roger (Silverback) Narvaez in Dallas. Other fights include ninth-ranked heavyweight contender Roy (Big Country) Nelson against No. 11 Alistair (The Reem) Overeem and No. 9 flyweight Chris (Kamikaze) Cariaso against Henry (The Messenger) Cejudo.Thatch (11-1) has been out of action since November 2013 due to injury. He is unbeaten in his last 10 fights dating back to 2009.Thompson (10-1) has won four straight since losing to Brown at UFC 145.___Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter ' ' '