and help me and its hard for me to try to figure out where hes going. We tried to chang

(SportsNetwork.com) - The Colorado Avalanche try to extend their mastery of the Tampa Bay Lightning when they continue a five-game road trip with Saturdays stop at Amalie Arena. The Avalanche are 1-1-1 so far on their road trip but hope to pick up a second straight win in tonights clash with the Lightning. Colorado and Tampa have split the last four encounters, but the Avs have claimed eight of the past 10 meetings and own a 12-4-0 record with a tie over the past 17 matchups. However, the Bolts have won two straight at home in this series after dropping their previous four meetings with Colorado in Central Florida. After losing games in Washington and Carolina to begin its current swing, Colorado posted a 4-2 win Thursday at Florida. Nick Holden scored the go-ahead goal at 11:03 of the third period to give the Avs a 3-2 lead and Jarome Iginla added an empty-netter in the final minute to seal it. Holden fired a point shot that deflected in off the stick of Panthers forward Scottie Upshall with one second left on a power play. Meanwhile, Iginlas goal was the 573rd of his career, moving him into a tie with Mike Bossy for 20th all-time in NHL history. Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves for the Avalanche, who are 4-1-1 over their last six games and three points out of a playoff spot in the Western Conference. It was an important one for our confidence. I thought our guys did a good job, said Colorado coach Patrick Roy. We were okay in the first, but I thought we played better in the second and third. The Avs are 8-8-6 as the road club this season and will complete this trip Monday in St. Louis. Varlamov is 6-2-1 with a 2.14 goals against average in 10 career outings against Tampa and is expected to get the start tonight. The Lightning, who lead the Atlantic Division by three points over Detroit and Montreal, halted a two-game slide in their last trip to the ice, edging the visiting Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Thursday. Tampa Bay trailed Edmonton by scores of 1-0 and 2-1, but was able to rally for the win thanks to a pair of third-period goals from Ondrej Palat. Steven Stamkos also lit the lamp for Tampa Bay to help the Bolts win for the eighth time in 11 games. I liked the ending, Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said. You want to make a habit of coming back, but you dont want to make a habit of being down. Tampa Bay was outshot 32-19 by the Oilers, but Ben Bishop made 30 saves for the victory. Bishop is expected to start tonight and is 1-1-0 with a 3.03 GAA in two career games against Colorado. The Lightning have played the last two games without top defenseman Victor Hedman, who is dealing with a lower-body injury. However, he was able to skate with the club on Friday and is expected to be a game-time decision. Hedman is leading Tampa blueliners with five goals and is tied with Anton Stralman with 20 points. The Bolts also recalled defenseman Luke Witkowski from the minors on Friday with blueliner Matt Carle suffering from an undisclosed injury that has his status for this game unknown. Tampa, which is 17-4-1 as the host, will head into the All-Star break by completing a three-game homestand. The Bolts will host Vancouver on Tuesday before the league goes on hiatus for the mid-season showcase. After completing its swing in St. Louis, Colorado will host Boston on Wednesday in its final tilt before All-Star weekend. Custom Miami Dolphins Jerseys . - This is just the warm-up act for 18-year-old William Nylander. Robert Quinn Dolphins Jersey . His absence against the Celtics comes a day after he scored 43 points in the Heats 100-96 win at Cleveland. http://www.dolphinsrookiestore.com/Dolphins-Kalen-Ballage-Jersey/ . -- Jerel Worthy and his Michigan State teammates charged across the field, holding four fingers in the air while celebrating another sweet victory over their biggest rival. Frank Gore Jersey . In Europe, top teams seem to be largely happy with their squads after spending nearly $1 billion in the off-season. And although English league clubs are unlikely to splash cash in January, Arsenal and Chelsea could be tempted to strengthen their squads with new strikers. Daniel Kilgore Jersey .40 metres at the Drake Relays. Drouin, from Corunna, Ont., bested his own record of 2.38 metres set in Aug.ATLANTA - With an ice pack wrapped around his injured lower back, a frustrated Jonas Valanciunas spoke to the media having just watched his teams second straight loss from the visitors locker room, unable to influence the final result. After missing 20 games as a rookie a year ago, Valanciunas - like the Raptors as a whole - has been fortunate to be in good health this season. As he spoke about it, the Raptors sophomore centre scanned the room for wood to knock on. "It is disappointing because we lost today so thats the worst part of the day," said Valanciunas, who left Tuesdays game with a lower-back sprain in the third quarter, missing the rest of Torontos 118-113 overtime defeat at the hands of the Hawks. "Everyone wants to win and do something to help us win but I couldnt do anything sitting back here." With Valanciunas unavailable and Patrick Patterson missing his sixth straight game with an elbow injury, the Raptors found themselves as far outside their comfort zone as theyve been in months. Dwane Casey was forced to mix and match several different combinations of Amir Johnson, Chuck Hayes, Steve Novak and Tyler Hansbrough in the frontcourt while cycling through various unorthodox lineups to spark an underperforming second unit. All the while, Atlanta - winners of five straight after losing 14 of 15 - did them no favours. Following Sundays loss to the Suns, Casey was confident his team would not have to face the level of speed and quickness they saw that afternoon. Two days later, Jeff Teague had something to say about that. "He lived in the paint tonight," Kyle Lowry said of Teague, who matched his career-high with 34 points, hitting 11 of his 18 shots, all but six of them taken in the paint. "He got layups and free throws. You have a quick guy like that its hard for the bigs to try and help me and its hard for me to try to figure out where hes going. We tried to change our coverage a little and it worked but he lived in the paint too much tonight." "Its my fault," Lowry said, taking responsibility for his counterpart. But it wasnt, not entirely. "Its a speed league," he acknowledged. Its not the Raptors strength but theres too many up-tempo teams, too many quick players to allow it to be such a glaring weakness. Like Phoenix on the weekend, the Hawks burnt Toronto with speed, playing at a pace that the Raptors could not catch up with, especially with two key defensive players out of the lineup. Toronto tried blitzing Teague, they tried trapping him and switching and pick and rolls. More often than not tthe Hawks point guard blew by the coverage.dddddddddddd. He ran an effective two-man game with all-star Paul Millsap - who recorded his first career triple-double - and found open shooters. The Hawks hit 11 three-pointers, their seventh straight game with 10 or more. "We were trying to take away their threes," said DeMar DeRozan, who had 29 points to go along with 10 rebounds and six assists. "We did a good job to start out the game but we got out of place, missed some rotations and they started knocking down threes. They got confident with it and they kept knocking them down." "They make you change your coverages a little bit with the way they space the floor," added Lowry after a 20-point, nine-assist night. "But we had a decent chance to win that game." Late-game execution failed the Raptors - now 1-5 in overtime this season - once again. They turned the ball over eight times in the fourth quarter and overtime, also committing 16 fouls and giving up seven offensive rebounds. "I just thought we were casual with the basketball," said Casey, his team dropping back-to-back games for the first time since the West Coast trip in early February. "[We] had a lot of opportunities to attack and were casual and soft with our passes and they took advantage of it." The Raptors got off to a strong start, holding Atlanta to 17 points on 25 per cent shooting, including 2-for-9 from long distance in the first quarter. The momentum turned immediately as the second quarter began and the Raptors depleted bench came into the game. Without Patterson, Torontos second unit - outscored 59-11 on Sunday and 20-11 in the first half Tuesday - lacks spacing and movement on the offensive end and foot speed defensively. Then, late in the third quarter, the Raptors lost Valanciunas. The seven-footer felt his back tighten up as he turned to set a screen. "I stopped and hyperextended my back," he said. "I cant tell much about it. I just felt pain and that was it." Valanciunas, who hasnt dealt with back issues in the past, wanted to continue playing but the teams medical staff pulled him prior to the fourth quarter. For the third straight game the sophomore centre got off to a hot start, scoring 11 points and grabbing four boards in the opening frame. "I thought he had something good going, a match inside," Casey said. "He was attacking the rim, attacking the basket, he was giving us some rim protection and rebounding." Valanciunas will be re-evaluated in New Orleans ahead of Wednesdays game against the Pelicans. Cheap Nike Celtics Jerseys Cheap Nike Nets Jerseys Cheap New York Knicks Jerseys Cheap Philadelphia 76ers Jerseys China Raptors Jerseys Wholesale Chicago Bulls Jerseys Wholesale Cleveland Cavaliers Jerseys China Pistons Jerseys Wholesale Indiana Pacers Jerseys Cheap Milwaukee Bucks Jerseys Atlanta Hawks Jerseys Online Cheap Nike Hornets Jerseys China Heat Jerseys Cheap Nike Magic Jerseys China Wizards Jerseys Cheap Nike Nuggets Jerseys China Timberwolves Jerseys China Thunder Jerseys China Blazers Jerseys Cheap Utah Jazz Jerseys China Warriors Jerseys Cheap Nike Clippers Jerseys Discount Lakers Jerseys Phoenix Suns Jerseys Online Cheap Sacramento Kings Jerseys Dallas Mavericks Jerseys Online Wholesale Houston Rockets Jerseys Wholesale Memphis Grizzlies Jerseys New Orleans Pelicans Jerseys Online Discount Spurs Jerseys ' ' '