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WINNIPEG http://www.officialislanders.com/authentic-adidas-mathew-barzal-jersey , Manitoba (AP) Henrik Lundqvist was in the right spot at the right time for most of the day.Jimmy Vesey was in a perfect spot at a key moment for the New York Rangers.Lundqvist made 37 saves, Vesey scored with 3:53 left in the third period, and the Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 on Sunday.”This win is so important in so many ways,” Lundqvist said. ”To be able to go on the road and beat a really good team. The way we do it, stick with it, and in the end we come up with a couple big plays. That’s how you’re going to win a lot of games.”Vesey returned to the lineup after missing three games with a concussion and picked up his 11th of season when he deflected Brady Skjei’s shot after it hit a Jets player.It looked as if Dustin Byfuglien tied it for Winnipeg with 1:22 remaining, but his goal was called off because of teammate Mark Scheifele’s high stick. Michael Grabner then scored an empty-net goal for New York with 43 seconds left.Mats Zuccarello also scored for New York in the opener of a four-game trip. He stopped a 21-game drought with his ninth goal.Nikolaj Ehlers scored his 21st goal for Winnipeg, which lost consecutive games at home for the first time this season. Connor Hellebuyck made 25 saves.Ehlers praised Lundqvist for his stellar effort.”Of course he’s a great goalie,” he said. ”He made some pretty cool saves today and definitely made a difference. I still think we had a lot of chances, but some days they go in and some days they don’t.”The Jets dropped to 3-2-1 in their 10-game homestand.Winnipeg got off to a nice start, but lost out on a chance for a bigger advantage in the first. Tyler Myers’ goal was disallowed after New York challenged for offside. Ehlers then ripped a one-timer past Lundqvist’s glove side to make it 1-0 at 1:06.With 1:06 left in the period http://www.officialislanders.com/authentic-adidas-nick-leddy-jersey , Ehlers’ pass attempt was intercepted by Zuccarello and he broke in alone on Hellebuyck. The puck hit Hellebuyck, dropped to the ice and trickled in under the goalie’s pads.”It was a stupid pass from me trying to make it into the middle there,” Ehlers said.The scoreless second featured three power plays for New York and one for the Jets. Both goaltenders made some big saves, including Hellebuyck diving to stop a Rick Nash shot and Lundqvist turning away a close-in try for Myers.Winnipeg had two early power plays in the third and Lundqvist made saves on Blake Wheeler and Patrik Laine. The Rangers also got a power play and Zuccarello had a shot stopped and hit the post.”This was a real good team win, like last game,” Zuccarello said. ”Blocking shots, everyone playing really well. (Lundqvist) was real good for us.”NOTES: Both teams finished 0 for 4 with the man advantage. … Jets F Matt Hendricks was back in action after missing two games with a concussion and got into a fight with F Cody McLeod.UP NEXTRangers: Visit Minnesota on Tuesday.Jets: Host Washington on Tuesday. The retirement of the Sedin twins eliminated two Vancouver Canucks stars from Sweden who presented problems for the Calgary Flames, but it now looks like another Swedish standout has arrived on the scene.Calgary fans get their first regular season look at Canucks phenom Elias Pettersson on Saturday as the Flames host Vancouver for Calgary’s regular-season home opener at the Scotiabank Saddledome.The fifth overall pick from the 2017 entry draft scored in his NHL debut on Wednesday and added an assist in the Canucks’ 5-2 win over the Flames in Vancouver, setting high expectations for his first season.Article continues below ...“I think you can tell the potential he has, the plays he makes and the way he sees the ice,” Canucks defenseman Alex Edler http://www.floridapanthersteamshops.com/authentic-james-reimer-jersey , another Swede, told reporters. “Now he just has to do it 81 more times.”The rebuilding Canucks, who are without Henrik and Daniel Sedin for the first time in 18 seasons, haven’t been given much respect heading into the new season and are anticipated to be a lottery team come April. The Flames, on the other hand, are being billed as a contender for a playoff spot after failing to live up to expectations in 2017-18.Pettersson, a 19-year-old center, joins Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser as the offensive leaders for Vancouver. One game in to his career, he’s already impressing.“Nothing seems to faze him,” Horvat told the media in Vancouver. “He doesn’t get too high or too low. He doesn’t get discouraged.” Pettersson led the Swedish Hockey League in scoring with 56 points (24 goals, 32 assists) in 44 games and was named league MVP in the regular season and playoffs last season.Saturday’s game marks the home debut for Calgary’s new local favorite http://www.hurricanesshoponline.com/authentic-jeff-skinner-jersey , Dillon Dube, who made his NHL debut in Vancouver. From the Calgary bedroom community of Cochrane, the second-round pick from 2017 had an impressive preseason with four goals and two assists. It left general manager Brad Treliving with no choice but to keep the 20-year-old around for the start of the regular season.Although he was asked about his first NHL game prior to face-off on Wednesday, Dube was queried afterward about having teammate Travis Hamonic stand up for him after he was popped by Erik Gudbranson.Turns out, that fight was costly as it left Hamonic with a fractured jaw that on Friday put him on the injured reserved and out week-to-week.Rasmus Andersson was recalled Friday to replace Hamonic. The 21-year-old played 10 games with the Flames last season and was close to making the regular season roster this season. “(Travis) stuck up for me and obviously I have to do a lot for him for the rest of the year. I look up to him because when you do that for a teammate, it means a lot,” Dube said.“Gudbranson, he’s a pretty big dude. So when you go up and do that … I just hope he gets back as soon as he can.”Hamonic had this to say about the fight when chatting with Ryan Leslie of Sportsnet on Thursday: “If that were my kid, I’d want someone to do something about it.”