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a way to win on the road when they visit the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday at Bell Centre.The Rangers are road worriers this season with a 3-7-2 record away from home Authentic Gustav Nyquist Jersey , contrasted with a 10-4-0 record at home at Madison Square Garden.The Rangers will have veteran defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk on board against the Canadiens after he and Rangers rookie coach David Quinn addressed the issue that led to Shattenkirk’s benching in the third period during a 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.Article continues below ...“Absolutely,” Quinn told Newsday when asked if the benching had been put behind them. “You’ll see him (Saturday) night.”The 29-year-old Shattenkirk was a healthy scratch on Oct. 11. The free agent signed a four-year, $26.6 million contract in the summer of 2017.Quinn and Shattenkirk have a history going back to when Quinn, then an assistant coach at Boston University, recruited Shattenkirk to play for the school. Shattenkirk said they have moved on from Thursday’s drama.“That’s something that’s handled in house, and something that we talked about today and it’s water under the bridge,” Shattenkirk told Newsday. “So we move on. We need to move on quickly — it’s just a tough emotional night, and that’s what it came down to.“He knows how to get the best out of me,” Shattenkirk said. “I know, sometimes, it can feel Womens Henrik Zetterberg Jersey , as a player, that he’s pushing your buttons. But it’s all for the right reasons. And I have the utmost respect for him and listen to him 100 percent of the time.”The Rangers, battling injuries in the forward ranks, called up right winger Vinni Lettieri from Hartford of the American Hockey League.Alexandar Georgiev, the first Bulgarian-born player in the NHL, will get the start in goal for the Rangers. The 22-year-old is 4-3-0 this season and is coming off a 29-save shutout in his last start against the New York Islanders on Nov. 21.The Canadiens (11-9-5) have their own issues. They have lost five in a row (0-3-2), their longest losing streak of the season, though they might have deserved better. They are coming off a 2-1 loss at home to the Carolina Hurricanes in which they had 93 shot attempts.“We were able to have two good practices yesterday and today and the chemistry is still good,” Canadiens forward Phillip Danault told the team’s website. “We’re not going to change our attitude or our system because we lost a game. We haven’t had any bad games. We haven’t played very badly. We for sure have some things to work on, but we’ve done some good things, too.”“We didn’t play badly against the Hurricanes Jimmy Howard Jersey ,” Canadiens forward Jonathan Drouin told montrealcanadiens.com. “It’s true we’ve lost five straight games, but we’ve always had a chance to win. It’s 82 games. We have to continue working and not giving up.”Canadiens captain Shea Weber will play his second game of the season after offseason knee and ankle surgery. He had 13 shot attempts in his season debut against the Hurricanes.“A good two days of practice, for sure. I’d probably just rather play a bunch of games, get back into games,” Weber told montrealcanadiens.com. “It’s good to practice and get things going that way, but I’ve had time to practice before and it wasn’t the same as a game. The game situations, you have to get in those and live those to get it back.” RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes and Buffalo Sabres kept shooting pucks off each other’s players — and they kept going in the net.Sebastian Aho and the Hurricanes simply did it more often.Aho scored two goals off the skates of Buffalo defensemen, and the Hurricanes held on to beat the Sabres 4-3 on Friday night, spoiling Jeff Skinner’s return to Raleigh.“Sometimes you don’t get those bounces, and today Jonathan Ericsson Jersey , both of my goals were lucky,” Aho said. “So that’s how it goes, but a good win.”Micheal Ferland had a deflected goal and two assists, Justin Williams also scored and Teuvo Teravainen added two assists. The Hurricanes scored three goals in 7:27 of the second period and have won five of six for the first time this season to move within five points of a playoff spot.“Huge. You can either go one way or the other,” Williams said, referring to a 3-1 loss at Tampa Bay the night before. “Tough loss, felt we deserved better, blah, blah, blah. You’ve heard that before this season. But the jump-back here for a team that was waiting for us last night — big win.”Skinner scored his 30th goal in his first game against Carolina since he was traded to the Sabres. Jason Pominville also scored and Kyle Okposo pulled Buffalo within one with a deflected goal of his own with 3:12 remaining.The Sabres have lost five of seven, going 2-4-1 in that stretch. They had Jack Eichel back in the lineup after the center with a team-best 49 points missed three games with an upper-body injury.“Those bounces go both ways Womens Justin Abdelkader Jersey ,” Skinner said. “You just have to do a good job of working for your own bounces and eliminating as many opportunities (for the other team) as you can.”Curtis McElhinney made 30 saves for Carolina. Carter Hutton stopped 26 shots for the Sabres but gave up three fluky goals — including two to Aho.Carolina led 3-2 after a flurry in which the teams combined for three goals in a 72-second stretch of the second, with Aho’s goal off Rasmus Dahlin’s skate following Pominville’s tying one-timer and a wrist shot from Williams that started it all.Aho then stretched it to 4-2 with 7:33 left in the period when his wraparound shot clicked off Jake McCabe’s skate and by Hutton.Okposo made it a one-goal game late with — what else? — a tipped goal when his pass down the goal line bounced off the stick of Carolina forward Saku Maenalanen and past McElhinney.“We don’t seem to make things easy,” Williams said. “We got up a couple goals, and gave up one late, and then are really scrambling. That, we have to clean up. I’m happy we’re getting the two points, but important to make it easy on ourselves, if we can.”Those strange goals overshadowed Skinner’s return to Raleigh , which came on the same day he was picked for the All-Star Game for the first time since he was a rookie with Carolina and in the midst of the first of his six 20-goal seasons in eight years with the Hurricanes.They traded him to Buffalo in August for Cliff Pu and three draft picks, and with a goal total surpassed only by Washington star Alex Ovechkin this season, he’s certainly fit right in with his new team.“It’s a good feeling. It sort of summarizes my time here Luke Glendening Jersey , the way I feel,” Skinner said. “I had a good time here as a player here, as a part of the community. Just a lot of good memories.”Skinner’s 30th goal tied it at 1 with 20.7 seconds left in the first, when he whacked a rebound out of midair past McElhinney. It came after Ferland was credited with the first weird goal of the night with 9:35 to go. His shot hit off Hutton’s glove before bouncing off the top of the net and off Marco Scandella’s stick before trickling across the line.NOTES: Williams has points in six straight games. … Skinner has four goals in four games. … This was Ferland’s first career three-point game. … Carolina D Justin Faulk and Buffalo C Johan Larsson dropped their gloves late in the second. Both players received roughing penalties, with Faulk’s a double minor. … The Sabres made room for Eichel by sending LW C.J. Smith to their AHL affiliate in Rochester.UP NEXTSabres: Play host to Tampa Bay on Saturday night.Hurricanes: Play host to Nashville on Sunday.