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ST. LOUIS -- Antti Niemi thinks the San Jose Sharks have finally found the key to beating the St. Louis Blues. Its all about familiarity. "It took a while, but now we know how they play and thats whats made us better against them," Niemi said. "Were feeling comfortable when we face them." Niemi made 20 saves and Joe Pavelski scored the first of three straight San Jose goals to lead the Sharks to a 4-2 victory Tuesday night. San Jose completed a season sweep of the Blues, winning all three games by a combined 16-7. "Its really good to get the three wins against a tough team," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said. "A lot of different variables went into the three nights. Fortunately for us, we got the (six) points." St. Louis, which got goals from Kevin Shattenkirk and Jay Bouwmeester, had won six of seven against San Jose entering this season. But the Sharks have turned it around, winning 6-3 and 6-2 in the first two meetings. Matt Irwin, Brent Burns and Marty Havlat added goals for the Sharks, who led 3-0 after 22 minutes. Niemi improved to 18-6-6. He held off the Blues when they had a 6-on-4 skating advantage in the closing 2 minutes. "This was big for us," Niemi said. "We got in front, then reset our game and got the win." The Blues were playing their third game in four nights. San Jose had been in St. Louis since Sunday after losing in Nashville on Saturday. "Theyre a really good team and they could have been a little tired," Sharks centre Joe Thornton said. "We started fast and we played good enough to win." The Sharks jumped to a 2-0 first-period lead on goals by Pavelski and Irwin in a span of 2:56. Both came from close range on rebounds of missed shots that caromed off the end boards. Pavelski scored his 13th after a miss by Havlat, and Irwin jumped on a misfire from Justin Braun for his first of the season. St. Louis goalie Jaroslav Halak gave up three goals on the first 12 shots and fell to 16-6-2. Halak has allowed 14 goals in his last five starts, 10 in the first period. "Tonight, it starts with me," he said. "I need to do a better job. We just need to play better, thats the bottom line." The Blues climbed to 3-2 on Bouwmeesters goal with 24.2 seconds left in the second period, but Havlat pounced on a rebound with 11:41 left in the game to make it 4-2. "The fourth one was tough. It was kind of like a dagger," Shattenkirk said. "Because we felt like we were moving in the right direction." San Jose snapped a season-high, four-game road losing streak with a solid effort. "A win is a win and were going to take that," McLellan said. "I havent seen anybody play a perfect game this year. We let the momentum get away on us. But in the third period, I thought we went out there and re-established it." NOTES: San Jose has outscored its opponents 44-15 in the first period this season. .... Blues coach Ken Hitchcock celebrated his 62nd birthday. ... St. Louis C David Backes missed his first game since Jan. 25, 2010, a string of 274 successive regular-season appearances. He sustained an upper-body injury in a collision with Ottawa C Colin Greening on Monday. Backes, who has 16 goals and 14 assists in 32 games, is expected to be out at least a week. ... The Blues were also without LWs Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Sobotka, who missed the game with upper-body injuries. Backes, Schwartz and Sobotka have combined for 29 goals and 38 assists. ... The Sharks are 0 for 16 on the power play over their last seven road games. Vapormax 97 Scontate .The 24-year-old quarterback spent four seasons at Northern Illinois and in 2013 was a finalist for the Heisman, which is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in U. Vapormax Flyknit Scontate . -- A deflected pass that landed in DeSean Jacksons hands. http://www.airmaxscarpescontate.it/scarpe-air-max-270-prezzo-basso.html . 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Japan sealed its victory over Canada in the first-round Davis Cup tie after Nishikori downed an ailing Dancevic 6-2, 1-0.MILWAUKEE - Practice may not make perfect, though it made a big difference for the Milwaukee Bucks.Brandon Knight scored 22 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 20, and the Bucks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 111-106 on Saturday night.The Bucks defence had been faltering the past two weeks, allowing at least 107 points in four of five games and losing five of their last six contests.With three days off since losing at Oklahoma City on Tuesday night, the Bucks went into the gym to correct some errors. It paid off, with the Clippers star tandem of Chris Paul and Blake Griffin held to just 10 points apiece.We harked in on things that are very valuable about our defence that weve seen on film, where we make little mistakes and our whole defence collapses, said Larry Sanders, who had 15 points and nine rebounds, but was just as valuable disrupting the Los Angeles offence in the paint.Everyone has to be on point and I think everyone did a great job of stepping up tonight, Sanders said.The Bucks held Los Angeles to 43 per cent shooting. Griffin missed eight of 12 shots and Paul missed 10 of 15 while committing six turnovers for the second straight game.You can throw them different looks and you just hope that they miss, Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd said. We gave them different looks and, again, one shot. When Griffin misses a shot, (DeAndre) Jordan normally around the rim cleaning it up. We just tried to make it tough on those guys and they missed some shots down the stretch.It was the ninth consecutive game the Bucks scored at least 100 points, the franchises longest run since 1991. Los Angeles shot 39 of 91 while Milwaukee took only 76 shots, but made 43.They got everywhere they wanted to tonight, Paul said. We never really made an impact on the game. Just like last night, it was (six) turnovers. Never did that before. Dont think I ever had four offensive fouls in a game, either. We have to defend. We have to play better.Jamal Crawford hit a 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left to pull the Clippers to 109-106. Knights inboundds pass was tipped out of bounds by Matt Barnes, who was tied up with Khris Middleton on a close play.ddddddddddddThe referees reviewed the replay and confirmed that the Bucks had the ball. Milwaukee inbounded again, and Knight hit a pair of free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining to close the scoring.Barnes scored a season-high 26 points and JJ Redick added 25 for Los Angeles.Milwaukee made eight consecutive shots en route to a decisive 18-3 run midway through the fourth quarter, sending the Clippers to consecutive losses for the first time this season.We allowed them to shoot 56 per cent from the field and 60-something (64 per cent) from 3, Los Angeles coach Doc Rivers said. When you do that, you should probably lose the game and we did.___TIP-INSClippers: It was the first time this season the Clippers lost the second game when playing on consecutive nights. They won the first five times. . The Clippers were outscored in the paint, 50-36. . The teams play again next Saturday night in Los Angeles.Bucks: Rookie F Johnny OBryant dressed for the first time, but did not play. He missed the teams first 23 games with a sprained right knee. . D.M.C. From the group Run-D.M.C. Performed a short set at halftime.INTEREST IN RAY ALLENRivers said the Clippers would be among the teams with an interest in signing Ray Allen if the veteran guard decides to return to the NBA this season. Rivers said he talks to Allen frequently. He wants to wait and see if he wants to play, and I think he is doing the right thing and has earned that right, Rivers said.TECHNICAL AFTER REPLAYBarnes committed a hard foul on Antetokounmpo with 40 seconds left in the second quarter, and the Bucks forward swiped his free arm at the Clippers forward during the play. Antetokounmpo was called for a technical foul after the referees reviewed the video. Theres always something youve never seen, Kidd said of the technical being assessed after the referees viewed the replay.UP NEXTClippers: Host Detroit on Monday.Bucks: Visit Phoenix on Monday ' ' '
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