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(SportsNetwork.com) - Tonight will go a long way in determining the two wild card spots in the Eastern Conference. The Columbus Blue Jackets welcome the Phoenix Coyotes to town while the Detroit Red Wings are in Buffalo to face the Sabres. Detroit and Columbus are currently four and three points ahead of the New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs, respectively, in the Easts wild card race. The Maple Leafs are also in action tonight against the Lightning. Columbus is currently in postseason position as it holds the second of the Eastern Conferences two wild card spots with 87 points through 78 games. Columbus also is only two points behind Philadelphia for the third of the Metropolitan Divisions three automatic bids to the playoffs. The Flyers, who also have four games left, are visiting the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. The Blue Jackets picked up a valuable two points in their last trip to the ice, while Phoenix is currently mired in a costly four-game losing streak. Columbus, which is hosting its final game of the regular season tonight, used a potent power play on Sunday to bounce back from a deflating loss in its previous outing. The Blue Jackets converted on 3-of-6 opportunities with the man advantage in a 4-0 home win over the New York Islanders, two days after losing Fridays 4-3 regulation decision against visiting Chicago. Columbus failed to gain a point on Friday after the Blackhawks scored the winning goal in the waning seconds of regulation. Boone Jenner, Jack Johnson and Ryan Murray each record power-play goals on Sunday, while Mark Letestu added an even strength tally. Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves in his career-high 29th win of the season. "This is a huge win," Columbus forward Matt Calvert said. "We needed these two points badly. Our power play came up big and (Bobrovsky) was great." The Blue Jackets are 21-15-4 as the home team this season and had lost three straight (0-2-1) at Nationwide Arena before Sundays victory. Columbus will visit Dallas, Tampa Bay and Florida to complete its regular-season slate. Columbus notched a 2-0 win at Phoenix on Jan. 2, giving the Blue Jackets two straight wins in this series following a three-game slide versus the Coyotes. Phoenix has lost four in a row in Columbus, where it hasnt won since a 4-3 regulation victory on Jan. 11, 2011. The Red Wings hope to return to the win column on Tuesday when the playoff-hopeful club visits the Buffalo Sabres for a clash at First Niagara Center. Detroit is in position to secure its 23rd straight playoff berth, as it currently sits in the first of two wild card spots in the Eastern Conference. The Red Wings, who last missed the postseason in 1990, are one point ahead of Columbus and four in front of New Jersey and Toronto. The Red Wings had won four straight before losing Saturdays 5-3 decision in Montreal. Detroit rallied from a 3-0 deficit to even the score in the third period, but the Canadiens recovered to win it in regulation. Detroit used third-period goals from Pavel Datsyuk, Justin Abdelkader and Niklas Kronwall to tie the contest, but Brian Gionta restored Montreals lead with 6:47 left and Alex Galchenyuk added an insurance tally a little over two minutes later. Kronwall also added an assist in the loss, while Johan Franzen notched a pair of helpers. Meanwhile, Jonas Gustavsson only stopped 21 of the 26 shots he faced. "The puck went in our net way too often. Obviously, you cant give up five on the road and expect to win," said Detroit head coach Mike Babcock. Detroit fell to 19-15-4 as the guest and is playing the middle portion of a three-game road trip tonight. The Red Wings will complete the swing Wednesday night at Pittsburgh. Tuesdays game marks an excellent chance for Detroit to get back on track, as the Red Wings have won seven straight and 10 of their last 11 games against Buffalo. The Sabres also have lost three in a row and six of their past seven home tests against Detroit. Replica NCAA Jerseys .Those stars, most notably the top line of James van Riemsdyk, Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel, struggled against the Montreal Canadiens and must be better as the Leafs look ahead to facing the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers this weekend. Fake NCAA Jerseys . -- Brendan Leipsic had two goals and an assist and Nicolas Petan extended his point streak to 11 games as the Portland Winterhawks slipped past the Red Deer Rebels 5-4 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action. https://www.chinajerseysncaa.us/ . The Boston Celtics hadnt played since the All-Star break. So the Suns 100-94 victory over Boston Wednesday night was an uphill affair, with Phoenix relying on balance rather than its trademark high energy. Wholesale NCAA Jerseys . Or maybe he already did. Clark hit his first homer, Wily Peralta pitched into the seventh inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 4-1 Wednesday night. NCAA Jerseys China .C. -- Cam Newton wasnt flawless on Sunday.PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly doesnt plan to get caught in a trap.So the words Dallas and Cowboys have not been mentioned as his team prepares to host the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.After a 53-20 blowout loss to the Green Bay Packers last Sunday, and with the NFC East showdown Thanksgiving Day in Dallas, it might be easy for the Eagles (7-3) to look past a struggling Titans team from the other conference.Kelly wont let it happen.No, Kelly said Friday. No. 1, I dont believe in trap games. I think everybody knows in this league, everybody can beat anybody on any given day. There are a million examples of it, and I think its. . . it doesnt help anybody if youre looking for one team to go to the next game. The great thing about our league is you only have to play one game a week, so our focus and attention is on the one game we have this week.Former Eagles head coaches, most recently Andy Reid, would have some assistants look ahead when his team had a Thursday game coming up to get a jumpstart on the opponent. Thats not second-year head coach Kellys style.No, Kelly said about working ahead. Weve had this mapped out. We know exactly what were going to do on Sunday (after the Titans game). Well come right back in as coaches and get working on the game plan and be here all night.Then our players will come back in on Monday and well train on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and get ready for the game. So we have the formula. Were not doing anything in terms of showing players film (on Dallas) or anything like that. Our attention, and sole attention, is on the Tennessee Tittans.ddddddddddddagles players are buying into Kellys thinking. The defence is concentrating on rookie quarterback Zach Mettenberger and rookie running back Bishop Sankey, not Tony Romo and DeMarco Murray. Not yet.Were all about Tennessee, Eagles safety Nate Allen said. Dallas is a week away. Well worry about that game after the Tennessee game. You cant afford to look ahead. Thats how you get in trouble.Its up to us to bounce back from last weeks game, take care of our business, here at home, and then in a quick turnaround get ready for the next game.Tennessee comes in at 2-8, a loser of four straight and eight of nine. The Titans rank 31st in overall offence and in run defence.Kellys coaches, like himself, dont want to forget the Titans.Thats next weeks question, right? offensive co-ordinator Pat Shurmur said when asked how he deals with a Sunday-Thursday turnaround. No, were working solely on Tennessee. We know, as coaches, we have what are considered four-day weeks. Last week we had a six-day week. But the bottom line its who do you play this week, and for us thats Tennessee.NOTES: Only quarterback Nick Foles (broken collarbone) was ruled out for Sundays game. The Eagles do list eight players as probable on their final injury report: defensive end Brandon Bair (elbow), cornerback Brandon Boykin (hamstring), centre Jason Kelce (thumb), linebacker Mychal Kendricks (calf, hamstring), wide receivers Jordan Matthews (knee) and Jeff Maehl (foot), safety Chris Maragos (groin) and guard Matt Tobin (concussion).___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '

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