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Malcolm Jenkins Green Jersey . -- Ryan Millers debut for the St. Louis Blues started with a tough break and ended with a victory. Miller made 23 saves and Patrik Berglund scored twice during St. Louis four-goal, third-period rally and the Blues beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 on Sunday night. Kevin Shattenkirk and Magnus Paajarvi added goals for the Blues, who had been scoreless for a franchise-record 187:44 before scoring three in a nine-plus minute span. Miller was playing in his first game since being acquired by St. Louis in a five-player deal with Buffalo on Friday. In addition to posting a 284-186-57 record in 10-plus seasons, all with the Sabres, Miller entered the game 6-0-0 with a shutout and a 1.15 goals-against average in his career against Phoenix. "I was pretty anxious and nervous all day," Miller said. "Its a new group of guys and you want to show them what youve got and let them know youre there for them." The night got off to a rocky start courtesy of an unlucky bounce less than three minutes into the game. With a teammate skating down the slot, Paul Bissonnette wristed a soft shot toward the net. St. Louis defenceman Barret Jackman, seemingly anticipating a harder attempt, dropped to the ice for the block. But the puck ticked off the prone Jackmans left skate and bounced off Millers right shoulder and into the net for the goal and a 1-0 Phoenix lead at 2:56 of the first. "Things like that happen," Miller said. "You need to be able to react quickly enough to recover." Halpern made it 2-0 at 7:09 of the second, slipping behind Shattenkirk after the Blues defenceman cleared Bissonnette from the front of the crease and scoring off Yandles pass from the left boards. But momentum turned quickly in the third. Berglund took a backhand pass from Jaden Schwartz and beat Mike Smith from the left of the net to pull St. Louis within a goal at 3-1 at 3:18 of the third, his first goal in 17 games. "Everyone on the team could see Berglund was going to score," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. "He was on a 2-on-1 and when it went in everyone jumped up. Once we got that first goal, it was a like the weight was lifted off of everybodys shoulders and they just took off." Just over four minutes later, Paajarvi rifled a shot past Smith from the middle of the faceoff circle to tie the game with 12:26 to go. Shattenkirk gave the Blues their first lead of the game with 7:14 left when he took a pass at the point, skated into the left faceoff circle and took advantage of a screen from T.J. Oshie to score his first goal since Jan. 21. Berglund capped the scoring with an unassisted goal with 1:39 left, jumping on a loose puck after Yandle was apparently tripped between the circles in the St. Louis zone and skating the length of the ice before scoring on a sharp wrist shot. "I think that in the last few games weve had a lot of chances, but we havent been able to capitalize," Shattenkirk said. "We did a great job of going down 2-nothing and staying with our game plan." Jeff Halpern scored his 150th career goal and Bissonnette added his first goal since Dec. 14 for the Coyotes, who have lost four straight and five of six. "I still look and there are good things that we are doing," said Coyotes coach Dave Tippett, whose team squandered a chance to move from 11th place into a wild-card playoff spot in the Western Conference. "They pushed hard and we couldnt push back." Smith made 26 saves for the Coyotes. NOTES: The Blues have won four straight in Phoenix. ... Shattenkirks goal was his first since Jan. 23. ... Bissonnette set a career high with his seventh point of the season. ... Ott, who had been the Sabres captain before the trade, also was making his St. Louis debut. ... St. Louis power-play goal was its first in its past 28 chances. ... Phoenix has surrendered the lead in five of its past 11 games.
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Jerome Brown Black Jersey . -- Canadian Kevin Pangos had 18 points, Drew Barham matched his career high with 17 points off the bench, and Gonzaga beat Pacific 70-53 on Thursday night to clinch the outright West Coast Conference regular season title.WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand may face a greater challenge from itself than from Australia when the teams meet in a Bledisloe Cup rugby test in Dunedin on Saturday. The All Blacks played their best rugby of recent years when they beat South Africa 38-27 in Johannesburg two weeks ago, clinching the Rugby Championships in a match which has been hailed as one of the best ever played. Having reached such heights, the All Blacks must try to maintain that standard in a dead rubber -- the Bledisloe Cup having already been won -- and against an injury-battered Australia. "We respect the Australians immensely," New Zealand coach Steve Hansen said. "But we understand that this match not only has the challenge of our opponent but also one of the biggest challenges in sport, that is backing up a great performance with another great performance. "This is a challenge this team needs and will help define the progress we are making. If we dont attempt to improve our performance from our last outing, we are vulnerable to being overtaken." Australia is also coming off a good performance, having won 54-17 away to Argentina two weeks ago. Scrumhalf Will Genia will play his 50th test, becoming the 39th Australian player to do so but goalkicking centre Christian Lealiifano is absent. New Zealand-born winger Peter Betham, who plays for the New South Wales, won a Wallabies callup when wingers Joe Tomane and Chris Feauai-Sautia were both ruled out with injuries.
Jeremy Maclin Jersey. . Matt Toomua has been named at inside centre in place of Lealiifano and flyhalf Quade Cooper will likely take over the goalkicking. Fans at Dunedins indoor stadium, which has a section called "the zoo" for the raucous behaviour of its supporters, are likely to renew their campaign against Cooper, who is deeply disliked in New Zealand. He has a history of poor performances against the All Blacks, stretching back to the semifinals of the 2011 World Cup. Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie, who also coached Cooper at the Queensland Reds, said Genias struggles against New Zealand were overstated. "I dont think he has a problem," he said. "I dont have a problem. If hes there hell do the job. "Part of whats been created is a function of the media liking to talk about that. But he just gets on with playing and thats what hes been doing." New Zealand has been able to choose a side much less dictated by injury than Australias. Veteran centre Conrad Smith has began a four-month "sabbatical" from rugby, so Ben Smith moves from wing to centre and allowing the return of winger Cory Jane after a nine-months injury layoff. Hansen said Jane is "a 43-test veteran who before his injury was by the medias opinion -- and probably my own too -- one of the best wingers in the world. "He hasnt lost any form while hes been injured. What he has lost is his time in the jersey."
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