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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Derek Stepan scored a pair of special-teams goals and completed a hat trick into an empty net, Henrik Lundqvist made 19 saves in his 600th NHL contest, and the New York Rangers won their eighth consecutive game, 3-1, spoiling the debut of the New Jersey Devils revamped coaching staff on Saturday night.Stepan netted an unassisted short-handed goal in the first period, and a power-play tally in the second for the Rangers (19-10-4), who have won 12 of 14 and earned at least one point in 22 of 29 (18-7-4).Stepans empty-netter with 54.6 seconds left clinched the victory and his third NHL hat trick.Lundqvist, second to Mike Richter (666) in goalie games played with the Rangers, has a franchise record 325 wins. He tied his personal best winning streak of seven games and became the ninth NHL goalie to play 600 games with one team.BLUE JACKETS 6, BRUINS 2COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kevin Connauton had a goal and two assists and the Blue Jackets scored four times in the second period for a win against the Bruins.Scott Hartnell, in his first game back after missing five games with a broken finger, scored the Blue Jackets first two goals for a 2-1 lead early in the second. Nick Foligno and Connauton made it 4-1 before Craig Cunningham scored for the Bruins (18-15-3). Matt Calvert regained the three-goal lead with 51 seconds left in the second.Jeremy Morin added a goal for Columbus in the third.Patrice Bergeron scored in the first period for the Bruins, 20 seconds after Hartnell had given the Blue Jackets (15-16-3) a 1-0 advantage.Columbus backup goalie Curtis McElhinney made 26 saves.SABRES 4, ISLANDERS 3, SOBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tyler Ennis scored in a shootout in the Sabres victory over the Islanders.The Sabres overcame a 3-0 deficit, with Nicolas Deslauriers, Zemgus Girgensons and Chris Stewart scoring in the third period to spoil Kevin Poulins shutout bid.John Tavares scored twice, and Nick Leddy added a goal for the Islanders.Poulin was recalled from Bridgeport of the American Hockey League on Tuesday after Jaroslav Halak sustained a lower-body injury.The Sabres snapped a four-game losing streak in sending New York to its second consecutive loss.LIGHTNING 2, HURRICANES 1TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ben Bishop made 25 saves in his return from an injury and the Lightning beat the Hurricanes.Bishop, who had missed the previous four games due to a lower body injury, lost his bid for his second shutout this season and 10th overall with 5:56 to play on Andrej Sekeras goal. The goalie is 5-0 with two shutouts against Carolina.Tampa Bay got goals from Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn.Bishop made a post to post pad save on John-Michael Liles in-close shot with 7 minutes left in the first.Cam Ward stopped 36 shots for the Hurricanes, who are 2-8-1 in their last 11 games. Carolina, with just 71 goals in 35 games this season, has dropped nine of its last 10 games against the Lightning.RED WINGS 3, SENATORS 2, OTOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Gustav Nyquist scored at 4:12 of overtime to lift the Red Wings to a win over the Senators.Nyquist circled the Senators net, carrying the puck around their zone for 10-12 seconds before launching a shot from the slot for the game winner.The Red Wings (19-8-9) got their other goals from Justin Abdelkader and Henrik Zetterberg, but it was the work of netminder Jimmy Howard and his 31 saves that avoided a Detroit loss in regulation. He stopped Ottawas Erik Karlsson on a breakaway early in the overtime period to help keep the game tied.Mike Hoffman and Clarke MacArthur scored in regulation for the Senators (14-14-7) while Craig Anderson turned aside 24 shots.JETS 4, WILD 3, OTST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Andrew Ladd scored a fluky goal in overtime and the Jets beat the Wild.Bryan Little, Adam Lowry and Blake Wheeler also scored for the Jets, winners in four of five, and are 4-1-1 in their past six and 7-1-3 in the past 11.Michael Hutchinson made 22 saves.Mikael Granlund, Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek scored for Minnesota, which has lost five straight and is 1-3-3 in its past seven.CAPITALS 3, PENGUINS 0PITTSBURGH (AP) — Goaltender Braden Holtby stopped 31 shots and Eric Fehr scored two goals as the Capitals defeated the Penguins.Fehr, who scored twice during the Capitals win in the 2011 Winter Classic at Pittsburgh, did it again on Saturday with his eighth and ninth goals of the year. Marcus Johansson got his 10th for the Capitals, who won for the fifth time in seven games.Washington also defeated Pittsburgh for the first time since January 22, 2012, a span of nine games.BLACKHAWKS 5, AVALANCHE 2DENVER (AP) — Patrick Kane scored twice and Corey Crawford stopped 23 shots, leading the Central Division-leading Blackhawks to a win over the Avalanche.Brandon Saad and Brent Seabrook also scored for the Blackhawks, while Patrick Sharp celebrated his 33rd birthday with a game-sealing goal in the third period. Kane added an empty-net goal with 5.4 seconds remaining.Nathan MacKinnon and Erik Johnson had goals for the Avalanche as their three-game win streak was snapped.PREDATORS 4, FLYERS 1NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Colin Wilson scored two goals to lead the Predators to a win over the Flyers.Filip Forsberg and Mike Fisher also scored for Nashville, winners of four of their last five.Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux had the lone goal for the Flyers, who had their three-game winning streak snapped.Forsberg scored the games first goal at 9:41 of the opening period.With Nashville on a power play, Forsbergs wrist shot beat Philadelphia goaltender Ray Emery on the glove side.Nashville is 12-1-1 when scoring first this season. Giroux tied the game at 6:50 of the second with a wrist shot from the right circle with the Flyers on a 2-on-1 break.Fisher and Wilson scored power-play goals 38 seconds apart late in the second.STARS 4, BLUES 3ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Stars seized control with power-play goals from Trevor Daley and Jason Demers in the second period and held on to beat the Blues.The Stars (15-14-5) have won five of their last six. Dallas had a four-game win streak snapped with a loss to Toronto on Tuesday.The Blues (21-11-3) have lost four straight games. They lost in Los Angeles, San Jose and Colorado during a recent three-game road trip.COYOTES 2, DUCKS 1GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Shane Doan scored the only goal in the shootout with a broken stick, Devan Dubnyk stopped 36 shots and the Coyotes beat the Ducks.Arizona played well in its own end against one of the NHLs most explosive teams and Dubnyk made some big saves when Anaheim picked up the pressure in the third period.After both teams failed to score in the first three rounds of the shootout, Doan broke his stick while shooting on Frederik Andersen, sending the puck trickling toward the right post. Thrown off by the stick and slow-moving puck, Andersen couldnt react in time to stop the puck from sneaking over the line.Zbynek Michalek also scored for Arizona, which has won consecutive games for the first time since beating Vancouver and Edmonton on Nov. 14 and 16.Andersen stopped 28 shots and Rene Bourque scored for Ducks, who are 17-0-6 in one-goal games this season.FLAMES 4, OILERS 1CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Rookie Johnny Gaudreau continued his torrid scoring Saturday night with two goals to lead Calgary over Edmonton.Gaudreaus goals came 16 seconds apart early in the first period as the Flames blew the game open with three goals in less than two minutes. Coming off a natural hat trick in Tuesdays comeback victory over Los Angeles, the 21-year-old has six goals in his last three games and eight in his last 10. Gaudreau is second in rookie scoring with 29 points, five behind the leader, Nashvilles Filip Forsberg.Joe Colborne and Curtis Glencross also scored for Calgary (19-15-3), which has won consecutive games after ending an eight-game winless skid.Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the lone goal for Edmonton (7-22-7), which is winless in their last nine (0-7-2).KINGS 3, SHARKS 1LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anze Kopitar and Jake Muzzin scored power-play goals, Jonathan Quick made 21 saves and Los Angeles returned from the holiday break with a victory over San Jose.Tyler Toffoli also scored in the defending Stanley Cup champions third victory in four games. The Kings gave a dominant defensive effort in their NHL lead-tying 14th home win, avenging a 4-0 loss to the Sharks on opening night that dampened their championship banner-raising ceremony.Joe Pavelski scored his 17th goal and Antti Niemi stopped 26 shots for the Sharks, who lost in regulation for just the second time since Nov. 26.Los Angeles pulled even with its upstate rivals into second place in the Pacific Division standings. Bill Dickey Jersey . -- Mike Shanahan gave Robert Griffin III a rest, and may have turned up the pressure on himself, too. Phil Rizzuto Jersey . -- Terry Francona likened the atmosphere at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday to a playoff game in October. https://www.cheapyankees.com/ . -- On any given day here at his companys Silicon Valley headquarters, Vivek Ranadive is ready to compete against any employee who wants to challenge him to any contest. Mickey Mantle Yankees Jersey . -- Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson couldnt hear himself amid the roar in Koch Arena, so he kept stomping on the floor in a fruitless attempt to get his teams attention. Kyle Higashioka Yankees Jersey . The CFL unveiled its 2014 schedule Wednesday and the Redblacks will play their first-ever regular-season game in Winnipeg against the Blue Bombers on July 3.MINNEAPOLIS – There are 750 active player jobs in Major League Baseball at any one time. Of those, 68, or nine-percent, were on the active rosters for the 85th edition of the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Target Field. Blue Jays rightfielder Jose Bautista participated in his fifth Midsummer Classic and fifth in a row. While some players look for ways to excuse themselves from the festivities, choosing instead to take a four-day break from the daily grind of the six-month season, Bautista relishes the opportunity to be front and centre on one of the sports biggest stages. "Nothing gets old, everythings the same, you get to enjoy everything every single time," said Bautista. "Theres always different stuff going on and new and different, exciting players. Im excited to see those new names like Jose Abreu and Mike Trout. I know (Trouts) been here before but hes one of the younger guys that are part of this event so theres always great stuff to see and enjoy so I dont complain whatsoever. Always proud and humbled to be chosen." Bautista, for the second time, was the leading vote-getter, netting almost six million votes. He doesnt take the responsibility lightly. His itinerary in Minneapolis was jam-packed. If he was weary, he wasnt letting on but regardless, there would be hardly any rest. Bautista arrived via private jet on Sunday night, flying in from Tampa Bay, where his Blue Jays had just finished a series with the Rays. He went to his hotel, checked in, took enough time to drop off his belongings in his room and then, in a manner of speaking, went to work. First up was a Sunday night MLB.com party for which Bautista played host. He eventually made it to bed and estimated that he got five hours of sleep. There was more to do – much, much more to do – on Monday. Bautista had breakfast on Monday morning. Then, a charitable endeavour; he went to the Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities to meet some of the programs children and donate shoes. By one oclock in the afternoon central daylight time, Monday, Bautista had arrived at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Minneapolis. It was media time, including indulging reporters for 45 minutes during the American League players availability, followed by the Home Run Derby press conference. "Basically stressful, Im going to lose a couple of more hairs in this next 48 houurs," Bautista told TSN.dddddddddddd.ca during the availability. "It goes by fast. It feels like right when you get here youre doing one thing after the other. You dont get enough sleep. You always have something to do but you cant help but enjoy it when youre out on the field and playing with stars. I cant complain about it but it is busy." Bautista participated in the Home Run Derby. He was the American Leagues captain. He hit 10 home runs in the first round, received a bye to the semifinals and hit four more. He was defeated by eventual winner, Oaklands Yoenis Cespedes. The Derby behind him, it was back out on the town for a party thrown by Marucci Sports, which has become one of baseballs premier suppliers of equipment like bats, batting gloves, gloves, you name it. Bautista sits on the companys board of directors. The party ended. Bautista estimated he got about six hours of sleep before waking up on Tuesday morning. It was right off to the All-Star parade through downtown Minneapolis and the red carpet which followed. Bautista was in rightfield for five innings, going hitless in two at-bats. He was to fly to Toronto, on a private jet, over the lunch hour on Wednesday. Blue Jays fans concerned Bautista kept too busy in advance of what will be the most important second half of his tenure in Toronto, neednt worry. "I still get two days on Wednesday and Thursday," said Bautista. "Id rather be here then at home relaxing. Its a good signal when you get picked and selected to come here and Im not going to keep complaining. Im going to keep trying to be a contributor to my team and hopefully play good enough to keep getting selected." After all, it wasnt obvious in his early years that Bautista would become the elite player you see today. Hell keep coming to the All-Star Game as long as hes invited. "Maybe if I was somebody like Mike Trout, whos been here since his first year and this would be my 17th year, maybe I wouldnt care about it so much but thats not the case," said Bautista. "I work very hard and somehow manage to be good enough to get selected. I dont think it means that much more but it means about as much as it probably means to every other guy thats here. We value it a lot and its always great to be recognized among the best so Im always humbled and honoured to be here." ' ' '