MONTREAL -- Carey Price feels that the Montreal Canadiens are really starting to
jell.
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Canadiens 3-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday. Still, the veteran
goaltender likes what he sees from Montreal so far this pre-season. "Its coming
along," said Price. "The guys are getting a little more comfortable with each
other. Weve been working quite a bit. "Its all positive." It was Prices first
full pre-season game. He played well despite taking the loss and felt more
confident as the game wore on. "I felt a little bit on my heels at first.
Started to settle in probably later on in the second period," said Price. "I
started handling the puck better." But by then it was too late; the Canadiens
were already down 3-0, and they would only find a late consolation goal.
Montreal was repeatedly frustrated by Anton Khudobins superb play in Carolinas
net. Khudobin, who played 14 games with Boston last year and is slated to become
the Hurricanes backup goalie this year, stopped 41 of 42 shots. "We did this
result all together as a team," said Khudobin. "But that many shots and one goal
is pretty good too." Hurricanes head coach -- and former Canadiens assistant
coach -- Kirk Muller was impressed by his goalie. "Were just getting to know him
and obviously were excited to bring him into the organization," said Muller.
"The nice thing is he has a lot of structure to his game and hes a real
competitor. Hes been a great addition so far. "We actually feel weve got a
pretty strong one-two punch with our goalies." Carolina opened the scoring at
the end of the first period when Drayson Bowman fired home his first goal of the
pre-season. Price misplayed a clearance behind his net, leaving the puck for
Eric Staal, who passed it to a wide-open Bowman. Price blamed the goal on an
unlucky bounce off the boards, and miscommunication with defenceman
Andrei Markov. Jeff Skinner added to the Hurricanes lead early in the second --
the eventual game-winner -- and Carolina put the contest out of reach at the end
of the period when Nathan Gerbe fired a shot past Price on the power play. It
was the Habs fourth penalty of the period. Rookie Michael Bournival, whos
Montreals leading scorer this pre-season, scored the Canadiens only goal late in
the third period. Montreal outshot Carolina 42-27 on the heels of a dominant
third period. But it was not to be. This was Montreals second game in two nights
against the Hurricanes. The Habs beat Carolina 6-0 in a lopsided match in Quebec
City on Friday. The Hurricanes, who have played four pre-season games in as many
nights, showed no sign of fatigue after Fridays game. The Canadiens next game is
on Monday when they host the New Jersey Devils.
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in the third period as the London Knights rallied from a 3-0 deficit to beat the
Erie Otters 5-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday.
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Southampton as Arsenal looks to extend its two-point lead at the top of the
Premier League. The Gunners are currently the second highest scorers in the
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was followed closely by David Clarkson, donning red, seconds later. Clarksons
actions one night earlier, leaping off the bench in defence of Kessel during a
pre-season game against the Buffalo Sabres, will cost him the first 10 games of
the regular season.TORONTO -- Nick Young and the Los Angeles Lakers got the
Toronto Raptors to play it their way Sunday afternoon. Young had 29 points while
Pau Gasol added 22 to lead the short-handed Lakers to a 112-106 win at the Air
Canada Centre, halting Torontos six-game home win streak. Los Angeles (16-25)
used an attacking style to rally from deficits of 19 and 17 points and earn its
second straight road victory but just its third in 15 games overall. "We didnt
get defence into the game," Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. "We played their
game . . . it was pretty but we didnt get defence into the game. "That allowed
those big runs and thats not who we are. We have to be a defence-first team, not
a three-point shooting team . . . we got caught up in their quick threes, which
were not very good at." The Lakers hit 12-of-22 (54.5 per cent) three-pointers
but also made 26-of-28 free throws. Toronto finished 9 of 30 (30 per cent) from
beyond the arc and held a 47-31 edge in rebounding but only attempted 11 free
throws, making nine. "That tells us either were not getting the calls or were
not driving to the rim," Casey said. "They were the aggressor going to the
basket. We had some bonehead fouls on some three-point shots, thats something
you shouldnt do. "But it starts on the defensive end. We didnt get up into
people and when we did react we reacted late and subsequently you get fouls
called." DeMar DeRozan had 23 points while Kyle Lowry added 21 for Toronto
(20-19), which lost the chance for its first-ever season sweep of the Lakers.
The Raptors won the first meeting 106-94 on Dec. 8. Kyle Lowry added 21 points
for Toronto while Patrick Patterson added 17 points coming off the bench. Lowrys
three-pointer pulled Toronto to within 102-101 with just over two minutes
remaining. Ryan Kellys three free throws made it 105-101 before Youngs
three-pointer put the Lakers ahead 108-103 with 1:15 left. Youngs two free
throws with 20.5 seconds made it 110-104 and effectively cemented the win. Kelly
said Young was a difference-maker for the Lakers. "The one thing Nick does is
score, especially at the end of clocks," said Kelly, who finished with 17
points. "There are not many people in the league who can do what he does. "We
have seven seconds on the clock and you get Nick the ball and he finds a way to
get a shot or get to the line . . . we need that." The Lakers were without
all-stars Steve Nash of Victoria and Kobe Bryant. Nash, a two-time NBA MVP, is
out with a back injury while Bryant, a five-time league champion and Los
Angeless all-time scoring leader, is sidelined with a fractured left knee.
"After not feeling it in the first half, we just got a bit more aggressive on
defence and they felt us," Lakers coach Mike DAntoni said. "You have to give
them credit, they hit a lot of good shots to start with but our guys somehow
found the resolve to stay into themm and it worked out.dddddddddddd" The Lakers
improved to 27-8 all-time against Toronto, including 13-5 at the ACC. "Weve got
to understand no matter now big the lead is no team is going to lay down,"
DeRozan said. "Theyre going to play extremely hard to try and get back and weve
got to understand that and withstand the runs theyre trying to make. We didnt do
that. "We gave up too many threes. We know theyre a three-point shooting team
and we left them in their comfort zone and they knocked them down." Lowery
couldnt hide his disappointment about Torontos inability to twice put the Lakers
away after surging into commanding double-digit leads. "Yeah, it sucks," he
said. "They did a good job of playing the way they wanted and making us play
that way also. "They attacked us a lot more. We settled for a lot more jumpshots
and we didnt attack as much as we couldve to get to the free-throw line as much
as they did." L.A. took an 82-81 lead into the fourth, thanks to three Young
free throws with 27.3 seconds left. Young converted a technical on
Terrence Ross, then hit two-of-three from the line after being fouled by Ross on
a three-point shot. The resilient Lakers overcame a 17-point deficit to take the
lead. Toronto opened the third on a 14-2 run to go ahead 73-56 but the Lakers
tied it 79-79 on Manny Harriss three-pointer with under three minutes remaining
after both Kendall Marshall and Young connected from beyond the arc. Gasols two
free throws with 3.4 seconds remaining cut Torontos half-time advantage to
58-54. The Raptors surged into a commanding 50-31 lead in the quarter before
being outscored by the Lakers 23-8 the rest of the way. DeRozan was a one-man
show for Toronto, scoring 12 of his 16 first-half points in the second. The
Raptors were 5 of 16 (31.3 per cent) from three-point range in the half while
L.A. was 6-of-10. Toronto led 36-29 after the first, erasing a 24-20 deficit by
outscoring L.A. 16-5 over the final 2:58. Patterson led the way for the Raptors
with eight points, including two three-pointers as the home team hit on 14-of-19
field goals and 5-of-6 three-pointers in the quarter. Gasol played a big part in
leading the Lakers to their early lead with 10 points. NOTES -- Toronto is off
to Charlotte for a game Monday afternoon against the Bobcats on Martin Luther
King Jr. Day in the U.S. while Los Angeles continues a seven-game road trip in
Chicago on Tuesday night . . . Torontos 94-89 home win over Minnesota on Friday
night was its 20th victory in 38 games this year, the fastest the Raptors have
reached 20 wins since 2007-08 when they did so in 37 games . . . Toronto forward
Tyler Hansbrough (ankle) missed his ninth straight game while forward
John Salmons, who reportedly suffered a back injury against Minnesota, didnt
dress . . . Lakers centre Robert Sacre is a native of Baton Rouge, La., but grew
up in B.C. and has dual Canadian-American citizenship.
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