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WINNIPEG - Rookie Adam Lowry was sporting a smile and a special grey helmet after he scored his first NHL goal in Winnipegs 3-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.Lowrys game-winning goal snapped Winnipegs four-game losing streak. His teammates chose him player of the game, so he got to wear the special fighter-pilot type of helmet.Its something Ive dreamed about for a long time, the 21-year-old native of Calgary said about his first NHL goal.So its a pretty special feeling to tip it and see the puck go through (goalie Anton Khudobins) legs.Ondrej Pavelec made 20 saves in the win, while Khudobin faced 26 shots.Andrew Ladd and then Dustin Byfuglien on a breakaway also scored for the Jets (2-4-0), who won their first game at home this season.Jiri Tlusty scored on the power play for Carolina (0-3-2), which is still looking for its first win of the season and had been coming off back-to-back overtime losses.Ladd opened the games scoring with his first goal of the year at 1:57 and Lowry netted his 40 seconds later.Carolina head coach Bill Peters said his players couldnt overcome the bad start.We got away from our structure and then we were freelancing and then it just made it harder than it needs to be, he said.Peters said itll take an attitude adjustment to get the seasons first win.Its going to take responsible play by all 18 guys, he said.Everyones got to be on the same page, everyones got to be hungry in order for it to happen.Ladds goal was reviewed after a scramble in front the net led to the puck going onto Khudobins back and then down his pad and across the goal-line.Lowry redirected Grant Clitsomes shot from the point at 2:37.It was a reversal of fortune for the Jets, who had three goals scored on them in just under seven minutes last Sunday in a 4-1 loss to Calgary.The two goals also equalled the number the Jets had scored during their four-game losing skid.Clitsome smiled and said the players didnt realize right away it was Lowrys first NHL goal. If they had, he said, they would have celebrated more.I think spirits are good now, Clitsome said. It was a pressure game. We needed the win and weve been talking a lot about it in the room. Not only did we get the win, but I thought we played really well.We eliminated their chances, we shut them down along the neutral zone and didnt give them a whole lot.Jeff Skinner, Carolinas top goal-scorer last season, made his season debut after missing the first four games with a concussion. Defenceman Andrej Sekera was also on the ice after sitting out the last game with an upper-body injury.Skinners first game back was more memorable for the two penalties he got, while Sekera had one.The Jets carried a power play into the third period on Skinners high-sticking penalty, and then had 11 seconds with a two-man advantage when Sekera was called for hooking. Winnipeg made five shots on net.It was good to have him back, but we need Jeff Skinner, you know what I mean? Peters said.People think youre going to parachute in the lineup and be a star, its not the way it works. We need him to get assertive and play responsibly.Tlustys fourth goal of the season off a rebound at 7:03 of the first period was reviewed to ensure his stick touched the puck before it went past Pavelec.Winnipeg outshot the Hurricanes 11-9 in the opening period.The second period was scoreless until Byfuglien made it 3-1 at 16:26.Carolina couldnt hang on to the puck in Winnipegs end and Byfuglien picked it up, used his speed to stay ahead of defenceman Justin Faulk and then shot a backhand between Khudobins pads.We got some good blocks and some good second efforts at those critical times and some good saves, Jets head coach Paul Maurice said.Both teams had difficulty getting shots in the second period, with Carolina having the 5-4 edge.Winnipeg was 0 for 5 on the power play. The Jets havent scored a power-play goal this season after 19 opportunities.Carolina was 1 for 5 with the man advantage.Winnipeg hosts Tampa Bay on Friday for the third game of a five-game homestand.Carolina heads off to Calgary for its third game of a five-game road trip through Western Canada on Thursday. The Hurricanes face Edmonton Friday and Vancouver on Oct. 28.Notes — Winnipegs four-game losing streak was the longest since Paul Maurice took over as head coach last Jan. 12. Under Maurice, the Jets longest stretch without a win lasted six games (0-3-3) … It was the first time Maurice faced his former team on home ice. He was Carolinas head coach for 775 games during two stretches in his career. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Last years runner-up, Sara Errani, also reached the last eight in straight sets. Flipkens converted all four of her break points against Meusburger, and the third-seeded Errani broke Karin Knapps serve five times to win their all-Italian match 6-4, 6-3. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . Szabados joined the Southern Professional Hockey League team last week. The 27-year-old goaltender from Edmonton backstopped the Canadian womens hockey team to Olympic gold Feb. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку!. - Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has nothing but good problems right now. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! . -- Aaron Rodgers isnt out for revenge in Green Bays season opener. Зарегистрируйтесь, чтобы увидеть ссылку! .com) - The Buffalo Bills will return to the friendly confines of Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday when they welcome the upstart Cleveland Browns to town.James Reimer and his Toronto teammates return to the scene of the crime Saturday night. Its a new season -- some six months on -- so the chalk outline of the Maple Leafs has been erased at TD Garden in Boston. But memories of a Game 7 collapse against the Bruins in last seasons playoffs may take longer to forget. For Reimer, the post-season ended facedown in his crease after Patrice Bergeron scored at 6:05 of overtime to cap a miraculous 5-4 recovery for a Bruins team that trailed 4-1 some nine minutes into the third period. Back in the post-season after a nine-year absence, Toronto had clawed its way back from a 3-1 series deficit only to see the first-round comeback crash and burn. It was painful for players and fans alike. "That hockey game will haunt me until the day I die," winger Joffrey Lupul tweeted the next day. Reimer, who has been sharing goaltending duties with Jonathan Bernier this season, gets a chance to write some new memories in Beantown on Saturday. "It means something, but I dont think its as big a deal as Im sure people are making it out to be," Reimer said after the morning skate Friday. "If we win there (Saturday) it doesnt reverse what happened last year. If we play them in the first round of the playoffs again, then maybe you can say theres more of a story there. But its a regular-season game. "Obviously theres a history there and you want to play well and you want to win. But the main thing is the two points." Toronto (11-5-0) can also take solace from the fact that it arrives in Boston with a slightly better record than the Bruins (9-5-1). The return to Boston holds no surprises for Toronto coach Randy Carlyle. "We know that we can and we have proven to ourselves we can go in and compete with the Boston Bruins," he said. "Simple as that." "We think we can go into any building and compete with any team as long as we stick to the game plan and execute," echoed ccentre Nazem Kadri.dddddddddddd Leafs forward Jay McClement looked to take something positive from the playoff loss. "Our goal is to not worry about it, but our goal is to get in to that situation again and handle it better," he said. Plus the Leafs have other things to think about, he suggested. "We want to get our game back to where it should be," McClement said. "Its not really something thats been brought up around here." Kadri said most of the memories had faded. "It was a little tough before the season started and kind of waiting all summer and just having to deal with it," he said. "Now that the seasons started and were kind of 15, 16 games into it, I think a lot of guys have forgotten about it. "Its still in the back of your head," he conceded, however. Reimer says the Boston meltdown can be used as motivation, although he insisted he was over it. "Its just a memory, its just something that happened in the past," he said. "Ive got lots of memories. Its just something you learn from. Its something you use to help you in every game, in every situation so far. Is it still there? Yeah. But its not a negative any more." "Its something that happened, but its not at the forefront of your thoughts at all," he added. Reimer, who had the night off Friday after Bernier started a 2-1 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils, arrives in fine form. He has a 4-1-0 record with 2.36 goals-against average and .942 save percentage despite facing a nightly barrage of shots. He made 43 saves last time out, some of the highlight-reel variety, losing 4-0 in Vancouver in a game that was not as close at the score indicated. It marked the 13th time in 15 games that Toronto has been outshot. Prior to that, he blanked the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 in another 43-save performance that marked his 11th career shutout and stopped 37 shots en route to a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. ' ' '