Minecraft Disskusion » Noah didnt want to go down that route

A newcomer helps the Habs, analytics stars Patrice Bergeron and Mark Giordano do what they do, and San Josea€?s third line comes up big. Shoes Black Friday Deals 2020 . That and much more in Scott Cullena€?s notes from opening night of the NHL season. PARENTEAU ADVISORY The Canadiensa€? line of LW Max Pacioretty, C David Desharnais and RW P.A. Parenteau was dominant, with Parenteau leading the game with a 67.9% Corsi (19 CF, 9 CA) to go with his pair of assists. The addition of Parenteau, in exchange for Daniel Briere, could be a real shot in the arm to the Habsa€? attack. Desharnais Line Crushes Bozak Trio Montreal Corsi% Toronto Corsi% RW P.A. Parenteau 68% RW Phil Kessel 41% LW Max Pacioretty 67% LW James van Riemsdyk 41% C David Desharnais 63% C Tyler Bozak 39% Maple Leafs D Stuart Percy had a strong showing in his NHL debut. He played 20:21 alongside Roman Polak and recorded an assist and all seemed to be going well until Montreala€?s winning goal deflected in off his skate. RW David Clarkson (60.0%, 12 CF, 8 CA) was one the Leafsa€? Corsi leaders for the first game, behind only Peter Holland. Clarkson, Mike Santorelli as well as defencemen Morgan Rielly and Jake Gardiner, all started at least 75% of their even-strength shifts in the offensive zone. More: Canadiens C Tomas Plekanec scored a pair of goals and D Alexei Emelin recorded two assists. It was Emelina€?s third multi-assist game in his 165-game NHL careera€|Maple Leafs D Roman Polak recorded a game-high seven hitsa€|Canadiens D Andrei Markov played a game-high 26:17. SHUTDOWN LINE The Flyersa€? number one line of LW Brayden Schenn, C Claude Giroux and RW Jakub Voracek got buried, mostly by the Bruinsa€? line of LW Brad Marchand, C Patrice Bergeron and RW Reilly Smith. Therea€?s no shame in that, as Bergeron is one of the gamea€?s premier puck possession forwards, but ita€?s tough for the Flyers to generate offence when their top line is locked down like that. Schenn was on for a game-worst 16.0% (4 for, 21 against) of the even-strength shot attempts. Bergeron also won 15-of-19 (78.9%) faceoffs, with Giroux winning three of 17 (17.6%). Bostona€?s leader in ice time was D Adam McQuaid, who logged 21:47, the second-highest of his 221-game career (and most since February 26, 2011), spending time with both Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg at various points. McQuaid also assisted on Chris Kellya€?s game-winning goal with 1:51 remaining in the third period when Steve Mason couldna€?t handle McQuaida€?s knuckling one-timer. 32-year-old Bobby Robins made his NHL debut for the Bruins, registering five hits and scrapping with Flyers D Luke Schenn, earning seven penalty minutes in 6:58 of actual ice time. More: Bruins C Carl Soderberg had a pair of assistsa€|Flyers C Sean Couturier scored Philadelphiaa€?s lone goal, started 21.4% of his shifts in the offensive zone and generated positive possession stats. ON THE MARK Flames D Mark Giordano turned into an analytics superstar last season, most notably because his relative possession numbers were the best in the league. In that respect, Giordano got off to a good start against Vancouver, on the ice for 78.3% (18 for, 5 against) of even-strength shot attempts, while the Flames managed 35.7% (20 for, 36 against) of the shot share with Giordano off the ice. All the more impressive, it came largely at the expense of the Sedins and Radim Vrbata. One of the big questions for the Canucks is how well new centres Nick Bonino and Linden Vey can hold up the second and third lines. Both had positive possession stats and Vey assisted on Zack Kassiana€?s goal. Canucks D Chris Tanev, who may be leaned on more now that Jason Garrison has departed, had a strong game, contributing two assists and positive possession numbers despite starting three quarters of his shifts in the defensive zone. More: Flames rookie LW Johnny Gaudreau started 30.0% of his shifts in the offensive zonea€|Flames LW Curtis Glencross led the forwards with 19:10 TOI, four shots on goal and five hits. WING AND A PRAYER The Sharksa€? offence was paced by RW Tommy Wingels, who had a pair of goals. Wingelsa€? line, with LW Tye McGinn and rookie C Chris Tierney had positive possession numbers to go with those couple goals, despite starting fewer than 30% of their shifts in the offensive zone. Sharks G Antti Niemi was much maligned after his performance against Los Angeles in last yeara€?s playoffs, and while a regular-season game is a far cry from providing redemption, a 34-save shutout was a good way to start the year. Kings D Brayden McNabb played 23:27, second only to partner Drew Doughty (27:28). McNabb was filling in for an injured Jake Muzzin. Notes: Sharks LW Patrick Marleau contributed a goal and an assista€|In his return to the San Jose defence, Brent Burns picked up a couple of assists and had a game-high five giveaways while leading the Sharks with 21:35 time on icea€|Kings line of LW Kyle Clifford, C Jarret Stoll and RW Trevor didna€?t start one shift with a defensive zone faceoff. Scott Cullen can be reached at scott.cullen@bellmedia.ca. Buy Shoes Black Friday . Moments after his Brooklyn Nets teammates ran out onto the court to congratulate him following their 100-98 overtime win over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night, Johnson could only shake his head at scoring only 13 points on 6-of-19 shooting. Cheap Shoes Black Friday . The 20-year-old Barkley, whose impressive form this season could earn him a place in Englands World Cup squad, was hurt in Evertons 4-0 win over Queens Park Rangers in the FA Cup on Jan. https://www.cheapshoesblackfriday.com/ . Virtanen opened the scoring at 6:45 of the first period, then gave Canada a two-goal lead with a power-play goal 1:03 into the second. Sweden cut the lead in half when Daniel Muzito Bagenda scored a power-play goal at 10:57 of the second. CHICAGO -- Kyle Lowry believes the Toronto Raptors are built to withstand stretches like this. Thats because theyre a little deeper. Lowry scored 16 points, Jonas Valanciunas added 15 points and 11 rebounds, and Toronto beat the Chicago Bulls 99-77 Saturday night. DeMar DeRozan scored 15 and Amir Johnson added 14 points and eight rebounds to help the Raptors earn their second win in as many nights after dropping six of seven. "Weve got the bodies," Lowry said. "Were a deeper team." Theyre a different team, too, with Rudy Gay now in Sacramento after a seven-player trade this week. They got rid of someone who was averaging 18 points but shooting a career-low 38.8 per cent. Theyve won three of four without him, and they made it look rather easy against Chicago. "Nothing to do with Rudy personally, just the fit," coach Dwane Casey said. "Rudy is a talented player, the fit is a different thing." The Raptors led by 16 early in the third, and pulled away in the fourth after the gap dwindled to four, sending the Bulls to their 10th loss in 13 games. Luol Deng led Chicago with 17 points and Mike Dunleavy Jr. scored 14. Joakim Noah added 10 points and 12 rebounds, while Jimmy Butler scored 11. But it was another difficult night for the Bulls. They shot just 36 per cent and were 6 of 18 on 3-pointers. They were also missing Kirk Hinrich, who sat out with back stiffness. "Losing (stinks), theres no question about it," Noah said. "But it also shows true colours, whos willing to keep fighting through the adversity or whos just going to say, You know what, I want no part of this. Im just going to take bad shots and just not care at all about making winning plays, playing defence, things like that." The Raptors led 51-41 at the half after Lowry nailed a 20-foot jumper and open 3-pointer in the closing seconds, and they scored the first six of the third quarter, with the Bulls turning it over twice and missing four shots Johnsons jumper made it 57-41 three minutes into the quarter, but Bulls started too chip away. Wholesale Shoes Black Friday Free Shipping. Marquis Teague banked in a 3 in the closing minute of the third to make it 73-66, and D.J. Augustin hit one early in the fourth to make it a four-point game. But a jumper by DeRozan, a layup by Tyler Hansbrough and two free throws by Greivis Vasquez quickly got it back up to 79-69. It hasnt been an easy stretch for either team. The Bulls saw their championship visions get crushed when they lost Derrick Rose to another knee injury. Just about every other key player has been banged up, too. "I think a lot of it is us having guys in and out," Deng said, referring to the Bulls struggles on offence. "Were not getting as much practice time with guys." But Noah didnt want to go down that route. "No excuses," he said. "I know that were capable of a lot better than that. We cant get frustrated. Our effort has to be a lot better to play winning basketball. But its going to come." The Raptors seem to be coming together after experiencing some upheaval the past week. They acquired point guard Vasquez and forwards Patrick Patterson, John Salmons and Chuck Hayes along with financial flexibility after the season in the deal that sent Gay to Sacramento. They also waived Augustin, who was signed by Chicago. "Its gone well," Patterson said. "We want to come in with the right mentality and attitude. What we bring individually we want to incorporate in the system. I think weve done that. Moving the ball, sharing the ball, making the extra pass, averaging high assists every night, that causes everybody to have fun. No one is being selfish. "Thatll make everybody want to play tougher than before." NOTES: Casey said Augustin could fill a need for Chicago, something he was unable to do in Toronto. "We had a gluttony," he said. "Kyle Lowry was getting a lot of minutes." Signed as a free agent in July, he appeared in 10 games this year with the Raptors and averaged 2.1 points and 1.0 assists for Toronto. ... Hinrich missed his first game this season. ' ' '