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vNEW YORK -- Shea Weber came through with a late goal to get the NHL-leading Montreal Canadiens another big win. Sergio Busquets Barcelona Jersey .Webers power-play goal with 2:57 remaining lifted the Canadiens to their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night. Paul Byron and Phillip Danault also scored to help Montreal improve to 6-0-1 and remain the only team in the NHL without a regulation loss.Its still early but weve done some good things so far, Weber said after getting his third goal and ninth point since being acquired in a big offseason trade with Nashville. Got to keep winning games. It doesnt mean anything if we lose two, three in a row. We got to keep getting better every night.Al Montoya, who played for the Islanders from 2010-12, stopped 26 shots in his first start since Oct. 18 as the Canadiens beat New York for the seventh straight time.We had a slow start. Montoya played well for us, great in the first, Weber said. We came on maybe in the last five, six minutes of the first, played better after that. He made some big saves at the end of the third before we were able to score on the power play.John Tavares and Dennis Seidenberg scored for New York and Thomas Greiss had 26 saves in his second straight start and third of the season. The Islanders lost for the second time on a five-game homestand.With the Islanders Nick Leddy off for slashing, Weber took a pass from defenseman Jeff Petry and fired a shot from the point for the tiebreaking goal. It was just the second power-play goal in 23 opportunities given up by New Yorks league-leading penalty-killing unit.I knew (Petry) was going to pass it over, Weber said. It was kind of rolling, so I just wanted to make sure I got good wood on it. I think (Islanders defenseman Travis) Hamonic went down in front of the goal and it just found a way through.Danault gave the Canadiens a 2-1 lead with 8:39 remaining. He deflected the rebound of a shot by Torrey Mitchell past Greiss for his second of the season and sixth of his career.Seidenberg tied it with 5:44 to go with a one-timer from above the right faceoff circle.Andrew Shaw had breakaway for Montreal less than a minute later but fired his shot wide of the net.Alex Galchenyuk nearly gave the Canadiens the lead about 6 minutes into the third, but his shot hit the crossbar.Montreal came out more aggressive in the second period and outshot New York 12-5. The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead early in the middle period as Brendan Gallaghers wrister from the right side was stopped by Greiss, but the rebound went past New York defenseman Travis Hamonic in front and Byron fired it in at 3:10.Montreal had another great chance more than a minute later but Greiss made a sprawling save on Artturi Lehkonen.Second period (was) probably our worst period of the season, Tavares said. We responded in the third and gave ourselves a chance and we just didnt get it done.Tavares tied it for the Islanders with 4:47 left in the second on a power play with Lehkonen off for high-sticking. Nick Leddy fired a point shot from inside the blue line through traffic that bounced off a screened Montoya. Andrew Ladd knocked Alexei Emelins stick off the puck and Tavares came in and fired it past the Montoya from the right side for his fourth of the season.New Yorks Anthony Beauvillier blocked a slap shot from Greg Pateryn on his right leg with about 1:48 left in the middle period and was down for several minutes before being helped off the ice to the dressing room. He returned for the start of the third.The Islanders controlled the play for most of the scoreless opening period, outshooting the Canadiens 8-6.Game notes Montreals Tomas Plekenec played in his 850th game, two behind Mario Tremblay for 17th place on the franchise list. ... Montreal scratched D Mikhail Sergachev, the No. 9 pick in the June draft, for the third straight game. ... New York F Nikolay Kulemin missed the game due to an upper body injury. He was replaced in the lineup by Mathew Barzal, one of the Islanders two 19-year-old rookies who played for the second time. ... New York went 3-1-0 on its five-game homestand. After a trip to Pittsburgh to complete a back-to-back, the Islanders will open another stretch of five straight at home on Sunday against Toronto. ... Tavares goal on the Islanders lone power play made them 5 for 26 with the man advantage this season.UP NEXTCanadiens: Host Tampa Bay on Thursday to complete their first of 15 back-to-backs this season.Islanders: At defending champion Pittsburgh in their first road game since the opening weekend of the season.---Follow Vin Cherwoo at www.twitter.com/VinCherwooAP Arda Turan Barcelona Jersey . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday. Andre Gomes Jersey . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. http://www.barcelonateampro.com/xavi-hernandez-fc-barcelona-jersey/ . Already owning gold from competition in Vancouver in 2010, Loch posted a combined four-run time of 3:27.526. That included a track-record third run of 51. Focus on ... Mercedes enginesSeventy-nine percent of the Monza lap is spent at full throttle with top speeds nudging 360km/h (224mph) at the end of its long pit straight. A typical race lasts less than an hour and 20 minutes and a 5.8km qualifying lap is complete in just 1:23s. Its nicknamed the Temple of Speed for a reason.At such extremes even the smallest advantage can count for a lot and ever since his multiple engine changes at the Belgian Grand Prix, Hamilton has gained a minor, but not insignificant, advantage over teammate Nico Rosberg.All that engine stockpiling at Spa-Francorchamps gave Hamilton three power units to complete nine races (including Spa itself) -- meaning each power unit has to complete three races. Rosberg, meanwhile, took his fourth power unit of the season in Spa, leaving him one fresh power unit before he starts incurring penalties of his own. Therefore, he had two power units to complete the same nine race period -- meaning each power unit has to complete 4.5 races. The situation may be slightly more complex if Rosberg subs in old power units during free practice to save the life on his race engines and an expected upgrade at Suzuka gives his fifth engine the edge over Hamiltons pool of three. In the meantime, however, it still represents a minor advantage for Hamilton in the title race, and he knows it.I can definitely push them more and there is a certain amount of life and limits that you are given during a race weekend and I never even get close to them [so far this season], Hamilton said of his power units. When I had the five engines, I was always saving, saving, hoping to take them further, but now I am going to use my allowance and I can do that at all the races now.It may be a small advantage, but it is an advantage nonetheless, especially on a track where the power units are already operating at extremes. No wonder Hamilton was so ecstatic with his podium at Spa.In need of a podiumFerrari has not scored a podium since the Austrian Grand Prix and in that time Ferrari has lost second place in the constructors to Red Bull. Spa should have represented an opportunity, especially with Hamilton starting from the back of the grid, but a collision between its two drivers at Turn 1 put both cars on a mission of damage limitation. Monza should suit the Ferrari - Kimi Raikkonen qualified on the front row last year and Sebastian Vettel finished second - but the pressure to perform is huge and how the team reacts will say a lot about its current mindset.In need of pointsDaniil Kvyats F1 career is on the ropes as he attempts to prove his talent in a car that appears to be less competitive by the round. Spa and Monza were never going to suit the Toro Rosso and its year-old Ferrari engine, but its strength in high- and medium-speed also went missing at the Belgian Grand Prix. The dip in form could not have come at a worse time for Kvyat as Red Bull junior Pierre Gasly has finally started stringing together the results he needed to take a comfortable lead in GP2. It would be a shame to see the career of a driver of Kvyats talent career fizzle out over the remaining rounds, but unless he starts performing miracles soon he is unlikely to remain in F1 next year.ESPN predictionIn reality this is a Mercedes track, but F1 often has tendency to surprise when you least expect it. For that reason, we are backing Sebastian Vettel to get the speed, luck and whatever else is needed to win in front of the Tifosi. Lucas Digne Barcelona Jersey. . Just dont ask us how it happens...WeatherIt looks like it should be a sunny weekend in Monza, but there is a chance of rain spicing up the show on Sunday. Friday should have sunny conditions with cumulus cloud and showers developing to the mountains north of Monza, but only light winds and temperatures ranging from 29 to 31 degrees down in the park itself. Sunny and dry conditions are forecast for Saturday with some cloud developing into the afternoon and maximum daytime temperatures of around 31 degrees. Sunday will see higher amounts convective cloud and hence an increased risk of rain, especially in the afternoon.BettingLewis Hamilton is the favourite to win on Sunday at 8/13, with Nico Rosberg 9/4. Both Red Bull drivers have odds 12/1, but if you fancy following ESPNs outlandish prediction of a Sebastian Vettel victory you can get odds of 16/1. Up the ante with a bet on Kimi Raikkonen and youll be rewarded with odds of 28/1. Back on planet earth, the smarter money is on Valtteri Bottas to score a podium in the Williams at 25/1 or Felipe Massa at 50/1.A lap with Carlos SainzAs you go down into Turn 1 you can see, hear and smell them - they are all doing barbecues in this area of the track and are all so passionate! Getting to the first chicane is one of the best feelings, arriving at nearly 350kph, surrounded by these incredible fans... Its fantastic! Obviously, its a very tough couple of corners, always tight during the first lap of the race and there are very frequently a few tangles there.You then reach another 330kph top speed section, before entering another chicane, Turns 4 and 5. Here its very important to jump over the kerbs. We then go into what is one of my favourite parts of this circuit, the two Lesmos. These corners have a lot of banking, so it allows you to carry a lot of speed into them. I have to say that lap by lap you go quicker each time through these corners just because of gaining more and more confidence.Just before arriving to Turn 8 you reach another high speed of around 340kph, and this just shows that its a really fast track, its incredible. Another of my favourite chicanes is Turns 8, 9 and 10, taken in fourth gear and much faster than what it could seem... Its important to ride the kerbs here as well.After this theres a very long and fast straight, before arriving to a Turn 11, a corner that has lost a lot of its beauty - the run off area used to be gravel and it was so much nicer back then! Now its tarmac and everyone can go fast through the Parabolica. Its a shame that they decided to do this.TyresAvailable compounds: Medium, soft, super-softWhile average speeds are high, cornering speeds are reasonably low, minimising tyre wear.This means that some teams could aim for a one-stop strategy.Heavy longitudinal forces act on tyres, especially under braking and traction in the two chicanes.The drivers tend to hit the famous kerbs at Monza hard, which further tests the tyre structure.Parabolica and Curva Grande are particularly challenging, as they are long corners putting plenty of energy through the tyres.Low downforce means braking and acceleration is tricky: drivers must try to avoid wheelspin. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '