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New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Carey Price made 24 saves for his third shutout of the season, and the Montreal Canadiens blanked the New York Rangers 1-0 on Thursday. Max Pacioretty scored the lone goal with 4:17 remaining in the third period, helping the Canadiens extend their win streak to four games. Henrik Lundqvist finished with 25 saves for the Rangers, who have dropped two straight following the All-Star break. They had been on a 16-3-0 tear prior to the hiatus. . - This win was more the New Jersey Devils style. . -- Houstons All-Star tandem of James Harden and Dwight Howard refused to let the Rockets give in to fatigue. . Forsman closed with a 3-under 69 in windy conditions Sunday for his third Champions Tour title. He beat Jay Don Blake by two shots. .Pete Morelli said the back judge threw a flag on Cowboys linebacker Anthony Hitchens on a pass to Lions tight end Brandon Pettigrew in Dallas 24-20 wild-card win Sunday. But the head linesman said there wasnt enough contact and that Hitchens was face-guarding, which isnt a penalty in the NFL. .Tzavelas opened the scoring in the 11th and Pereyra added another in the 51st. Emmanuel Kone pulled one back in the 80th and Levadiakos missed several chances to level in the last 10 minutes.TORONTO - Toronto FC finds itself hurting on defence as it heads to Houston for a Saturday game with the Dynamo. Right fullback Mark Bloom and Brazilian winger Jackson were both hurt in Wednesdays 1-1 tie with Vancouver. Manager Ryan Nelsen says Bloom will be out for four to six weeks with a knee injury while Jackson could be out for 10 days or longer with a knock to tthe Achilles.dddddddddddd Centre back Steven Caldwell is already out for a month with a quad tear. Bradley Orr and Nick Hagglund are likely to step in the backline but the team may have to recall Ryan Richter next week from his loan to Ottawa Fury FC as cover. The injuries come just as Toronto (7-5-4) seemed to finally be getting back to full fitness. ' ' 'day. C Martin Hanzal, who missed that game because of illness, returned against Dallas. ... The Stars have not allowed more than 28 shots in any of their last 11 games. ... Vrbata has scored three goals in the last four games. ... Saturdays game was delayed briefly in the second period when linesman Ryan Galloway was upended in a collision with Whitney along the boards. Galloway stayed in the game. ... The public address announcer saluted the five Coyotes and three Stars who will be competing in the Olympics. Smith, a former Stars goalie, received almost as strong an ovation as the Dallas players. . James scored 25 points against his former team, leading the energized Heat to a 114-107 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. Dwyane Wade added 24 points and Chris Bosh had 22 for the Heat, idle since a 90-84 loss Tuesday at Indiana. .com) - Colorado forward P. . -- Manager Bob Melvin shuffled the Athletics batting order and got the type of production he was looking for from the top of the lineup. . Johansen scored twice and Derek MacKenzie, Brandon Dubinsky and Cam Atkinson also had goals to lead the Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night, ending a three-game losing skid. . - The Baltimore Ravens have hired Steve Spagnuolo to be their secondary coach and assistant head coach.Can a player have a statement game even in a loss? If he accomplishes what Johnny Manziel did against the No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide he can. Manziels 464 yards through the air, 98 yards on the ground, and five touchdown performance against one of the NCAAs best defences vaulted him to the top of TSN.cas Heisman Watch after three weeks. While he did throw two interceptions against Alabama, last years Heisman Trophy winner was the main reason Texas A&M had a chance last week. On the year the sophomore has 984 yards and 11 touchdowns. Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewaters less than spectacular day against Kentucky sees his fall to No. 2 on the Watch. Bridgewater finished the game with 250 yards passing and a touchdown in the win and now has 1,002 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season. Clemsons Tajh Boyd drops for the second straight week thanks to a bye. The drop could have been more severe as Oregon QB Marcus Mariota clocks in right behind Boyd after another strong offensive performance by the Ducks. Mariotas day rivaled that of Manziels, albeit against a lesser opponent, in throwing 456 yards and four touchdowns. The sophomore has yet to throw an interception on the year while totaling 889 yards and seven touchdowns. And with UCLA making all sorts of waves in NCAA football these days, especially in light of their emotional win over the previously ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers last year, QB Brett Hundley makes a surprise jump into the Top 5. Hundley threw for 294 yards and three touchdowns to one interception, adding 61 yards on the ground in the Bruins come from behind win. On the season the sophomore has 568 yards passsing, 124 yards rushing, seven combined TDs, and one statement game.dddddddddddd Another guy to keep an eye on moving forward is ‘Bama QB AJ McCarron. After a slow start to the year, McCarron went off for 334 yards and four touchdowns against A&M. A statement game of his own. Rank Player Notes 1 Johnny Manziel Last years Heisman winner has statement game in loss to Bama 2 Teddy Bridgewater Pedestrian day for Louisville QB drops him in rankings 3 Tajh Boyd Clemson QB drops for second straight week after bye 4 Marcus Mariota QB could be best Oregon has had in 10+ years 5 Brett Hundley UCLA QB making name for himself along with whole team - AJ McCarron Bama QB was impressive against Manziel as well - Todd Gurley Top RB (Georgia) had bye week - Lache Seastrunk Baylor RB had bye week as well - Jadeveon Clowney Soutch Carolina DE has two sacks on the season - Braxton Miller Ohio State QB in danger of getting forgotten after missing Week 3 ' ' '
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