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Leafs are just getting used to each other.So far http://www.jaguarscheapstore.com/yannick-ngakoue-jersey-cheap , so good.Tavares and Auston Matthews each had two goals, and the high-scoring Maple Leafs beat the Dallas Stars 7-4 on Tuesday night.Toronto defenseman Morgan Rielly had a career-high four assists after he scored the winning goal in Sunday night’s 7-6 overtime win at Chicago. Mitchell Marner had a goal and three assists as the Maple Leafs improved to 2-0 on a four-game trip.Led by Matthews and Tavares, Toronto has won three of its first four games, averaging five goals per contest. Matthews has seven goals and three assists already. Tavares, who signed a blockbuster deal with his hometown Maple Leafs this summer, has scored five of his six goals in the past two games.“When it’s always going in, it’s always a really good feeling,” Matthews said. “You want to continue to generate chances because it’s going to get harder and harder as the season goes along.”Tyler Seguin had a goal and three assists for Dallas, and Alexander Radulov finished with a goal and two assists.Ben Bishop Authentic Patrick Mahomes Jersey , who had stopped 62 of 63 shots to help the Stars to a 2-0 start, made 23 saves.Frederik Andersen had 30 stops for the Maple Leafs.The Leafs grabbed control by scoring three times in the last 8:01 of the second period for a 5-2 lead. Matthews and Tavares scored on the power play, and Ron Hainsey put in a shot from the blue line at even strength for his first goal this season.“What I like about the power play is we’re not trying to make any highlight-reel plays,” Tavares said. “I think we’re just kind of sticking with our structure and what we believe is going to work for us.”Toronto was 2 for 3 on the power play.“We have to do a better job killing penalties than we did tonight,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. “We made it too easy. They make it hard on you. Those were some really nice goals they scored.”Dallas’ top line continued to provide most of the Stars’ scoring. Seguin posted his second straight four-point game. Radulov scored for the third straight game, and Jamie Benn scored his third power-play goal.The Stars had 17 giveaways by 12 different players.“Their speed and their creativity forced those mistakes,” Montgomery said. “Our execution wasn’t where it needed to be against a real good hockey club.”Marner scored unassisted at 9:40 of the first period, putting the Stars behind for the first time this season.Dallas tied it at 17:23. Seguin passed ahead to Radulov inside the right faceoff circle, and he sent a low wrist shot past Andersen into the left corner of the net.Matthews broke the tie with a slap shot at 18:58 for a 2-1 lead after one period.The Stars tied it again at 9:04 of the second. Esa Lindell sent a long pass to Seguin in the neutral zone. He outmaneuvered Hainsey and skated in alone on Andersen for a wrist shot inside the right goalpost.Matthews put Toronto in the lead to stay 39 seconds into the game’s first power play http://www.kansascitychiefsteamonline.com/patrick-mahomes-ii-jersey , at 11:39.Stars defenseman John Klingberg scored 2:39 into the third, but Tavares converted a wraparound at 4:55 to restore the two-goal margin. Connor Brown added an empty-net goal at 16:40.NOTES: Matthews has scored two goals in three games this season. The power-play goal was his second. … RW Valeri Nichushkin (lower-body injury) made his season debut. He was playing for the Stars for the first time since 2015-16 after playing the last two years in Russia. … Toronto C Frederik Gauthier played in his first game this season.UP NEXTMaple Leafs: Visit Detroit on Thursday.Stars: Conclude their season-opening four-game homestand against Anaheim on Saturday. NEW YORK (AP) The Washington Capitals – particularly T.J. Oshie – were grateful to get a high-scoring win.Oshie scored twice, Dmitry Orlov and Nicklas Backstrom each had a goal and two assists, and the first-place Capitals beat the reeling New York Islanders 7-3 Thursday night.”I’ve been working hard lately, trying to get my game going,” said Oshie, who hadn’t scored since Jan 31, a span of 19 games. ”It felt nice. But more importantly it was good to get a team win with scoring up and down the lineup.”It was the first time this season the Capitals had scored seven times and their three-game winning streak is their first since early January. They remained tied with Pittsburgh atop the Metropolitan Division, but currently hold the tiebreaker with two games in hand.Andrei Burakovsky added a goal and an assist Authentic Derwin James Jersey , and Lars Eller and John Carlson also scored to help Washington improve to 10-4-3 in its last 17 games against the Islanders. Evgeny Kuznetsov had three assists and Philipp Grubauer finished with 35 saves for his 11th win of the season.”We capitalized on some opportunities and Gruby was really strong tonight,” Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. ”And we had little bit of luck.”Brock Nelson, Andrew Ladd and Ryan Pulock scored for the Islanders, who lost for the ninth time in 10 games.Christopher Gibson started and gave up five goals on 12 shots before he was pulled midway through the second period. Jaroslav Halak came on and finished with eight saves.Despite the lopsided result, Islanders coach Doug Weight was somehow satisfied with his team’s effort.”We played pretty well. We had some good chances,” he said. ”The guys kept working and shooting.”Orlov gave the Capitals a 3-2 lead with 2:43 left in the first as he beat Gibson for his ninth of the season.Burakovsky extended Washington’s lead at 3:12 of the second, and Backstrom made it 5-2 with his 18th with 9:38 remaining in the middle period, ending Gibson’s night.Carlson got his 13th with 4:19 left in the third to give the Capitals a four-goal lead.Pulock got the Islanders to 6-3 just 52 seconds later, but Oshie scored an empty-netter for his second of the night and 14th of the season with just under two minutes to go.The Islanders were coming off a 5-2 win at Calgary on Sunday night that snapped their eight-game skid (0-4-4) with Gibson making 50 saves. However http://www.sandiegochargersteamonline.com/derwin-james-jersey , their defensive struggles returned against the Capitals.The Islanders have allowed a league-high 252 goals and are 15-23-8 since finishing November at 15-7-2. They will almost certainly miss the playoffs for the second straight year and the third time in five years.New York has won only one playoff series – in 2016 – in the nine-year career of their captain John Tavares, who is set to become an unrestricted free agent in July.Weight replaced Jack Capuano behind the bench midway through last season and the Islanders surged to finish with 94 points, narrowly missing the postseason.But their play has been haphazard this season and amid their most recent swoon – especially at home – their season is on the ropes. They are 4-10-1 at Barclays Center starting with a Jan. 2 loss against Boston.Nelson opened the scoring at 2:19 of the first as he took a pass from rookie Tanner Fritz while skating down the slot before beating Grubauer for his 16th.Eller tied it at 10:19 with his 16th before Oshie scored at 11:29 to put the Capitals ahead 2-1.Ladd tied the score 2-2 at 12:29 when he scored his 10th. Rookie Mathew Barzal got his team-leading 52nd assist on the play.NOTES: Washington is 26-12-5 against Eastern Conference opponents this season. … The Islanders on Thursday signed forward Scott Eansor to a two-year, two-way contract. The 21-year-old Eansor has 16 goals for AHL Bridgeport this season. He was a teammate of Barzal with the junior Seattle Thunderbirds previously. … The Islanders scratched D Dennis Seidenberg, D Sebastian Aho and F Chris Wagner. … Washington scratched D Christian Djoos, F Alex Chiasson and F Travis Boyd.UP NEXTCapitals: Host the Islanders on Friday.Islanders: At Washington on Friday.