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Dodger Stadium is likely to be a more friendly venue for the Dodgers based on their familiarity with their home ballpark and a return to their homes and more familiar routines.The Dodgers have been on the road since last Friday as they played two games in Milwaukee鈥攍osing Game 6 of the NLCS and winning Game 7鈥攂efore going directly to Boston for a day off, a workout and two losses in the first two games of the series.If the Dodgers are not rejuvenated by returning home, the World Series could end shortly. Boston has been the team that has taken advantage of its opportunities in both games. The Dodgers have battled hard, put runners on base in the first game and through the first four innings of the second, but have failed to get the big hit when they needed it.The Red Sox have excelled at delivering the big hit with two out and runners in scoring position. The numbers are eye-catching, as they are17-for-41 with seven extra-base hits and 31 runs batted in those situations this postseason, per MLB.com's Ian Browne.MLB MLBThe RedSox are 8-0 this #postseason when they score first. 馃憖#WorldSeries fNPzMy8uzzSecond baseman Ian Kinsler explained that the Red Sox have a never-give-in attitude at the plate."It doesn't matter how many outs there are鈥攐ne, two, none鈥攚e're going to battle all the way up and down the lineup, and we understand that with two outs, if you can keep the inning alive, anything can happen," Kinsler said, per Browne.The Dodgers have struggled to score runs against left-handed starters Chris Sale and David Price along with the Boston bullpen.Right-hander Rick Porcello will get the Game 3 start Friday night at 8:09 p.m. ET against Walker Buehler of the Dodgers. The game will be televised by Fox. World Series ScheduleTuesday, October 23 (Game 1): Boston 8, Los Angeles 4Wednesday http://www.pantherscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-christian-mccaffrey-jersey , October 24 (Game 2): Boston 4, Los Angeles 2Friday, October 26 (Game 3):Boston Red SoxatLos Angeles Dodgers, 8:09 p.m. ETSaturday, October 27 (Game 4):Boston Red SoxatLos Angeles Dodgers, 8:09 p.m. ETSunday, October 28 (Game 5, if necessary):Boston Red SoxatLos Angeles Dodgers, 8:15 p.m. ETTuesday, October 30 (Game 6, if necessary):Los Angeles DodgersatBoston Red Sox, 8:09 p.m. ETWednesday, October 31 (Game 7, if necessary):Los Angeles DodgersatBoston Red Sox, 8:09 p.m. ETAll World Series games will be televised by Fox.Live Stream:Fox Sports Go Porcello has a 1-0 record with a 4.22 earned run average in the postseason. He has started two games and come out of the bullpen in two more for manager Alex Cora.He was sharp in his first start against the New York Yankees, but he had some difficulty against the Astros in his second.The Game 3 start could have gone to Nathan Eovaldi, but he has been used in relief in the first two games of the World Series. He said on a postgame interview on MLB Network that he is more likely to get the ball for Game 4.Porcello was 17-7 with a 4.28 ERA in the regular season while striking out 190 batters in 191.1 innings. Opponents hit .241 against him and he allowed 27 home runs with a WHIP of 1.18.Buehler is a hard thrower who was on the mound for the Dodgers in Game 163 that gave Los Angeles the National League West Division title over the Colorado Rockies. He also took the ball in Game 7 against the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS, pitching 4.2 innings while allowing six hits and one earned run.Buehler was 8-5 with a 2.62 ERA during the regular season and he held opponents to a .192 average while giving up 12 home runs with a WHIP of 0.96. His overall postseason numbers have not been as impressive http://www.clevelandbrownsteamonline.com/baker-mayfield-jersey , as he is 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA. His effort in the decisive game against the Rockies was considered a regular-season game.According to OddsShark, the Red Sox are -650 favorites to win the World Series at this point, while the Dodgers are +450 underdogs. Those betting on the Red Sox have to risk $650 to win $100, while a $100 bet on the Dodgers will return a profit of $450. The Dodgers are -165 favorites to win Game 3, while the Red Sox are +140 underdogs.The key for the Dodgers will be finding a way to deliver the clutch hits that have been a big part of Boston's success to this point. If they can, they have a much better chance to get back into the World Series. If not, the Red Sox have an excellent chance to finish off their remarkable season with a World Series title. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Archer came to Pittsburgh with much fanfare when he was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays on July 31. Then he went 1-3 in his first eight starts with the Pirates.It’s almost certainly too late for the Pirates to make a playoff push this season, but on Wednesday night, Archer finally looked like the pitcher they thought they were getting at the non-waiver trade deadline. He pitched seven strong innings, and Pittsburgh completed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 2-1 win.In his most impressive start since the trade, Archer (5-8) allowed one run on six hits with eight strikeouts and one walk. The right-hander made it out of the sixth inning for the first time in nine starts for the Pirates.“The one thing I hang my hat on is making starts and pitching deep into ballgames,” Archer said. “Giving up way more runs than I wanted to this year, but the thing that frustrates me the most is my average innings. It has to be the lowest of my career, but there’s a correlation. The better you pitch, the deeper you pitch into games.”The Pirates remain marooned in fourth place in the NL Central despite a five-game winning streak that’s moved them three games over .500.“You play the game to win the game,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “The games matter. They matter Game 1 to Game 150 to Game 151. There’s nobody that suits up and wants to go out and not play well.”Felipe Vazquez allowed one walk in the ninth but earned his 35th save one day after he let a 1-0 lead slip away — his fifth blown save of the season. The Pirates went on to win 2-1 in 11 innings on Tuesday night.Adam Frazier broke a 1-1 tie with a homer to right-center with two outs in the fifth inning off rookie right-hander Heath Fillmyer (3-2). It was Frazier’s ninth homer of the season, and it came two days after he fouled a ball off his knee.The injury held Frazier out of the starting lineup Tuesday, although he entered in the ninth and played the final three innings. He started Wednesday at second base.Fillmyer allowed two runs on eight hits with five strikeouts in seven innings for Kansas City Authentic Baker Mayfield Jersey , which has lost four straight after winning five of six.“What do they say in baseball? You can win a game with 100 pitches and lose a game with one. That’s kind of what happened today,” Fillmyer said. “Not that I was perfect by any means, but you know what? I left one a little up. The guy got it, and it ended up being the difference.”Royals manager Ned Yost was pleased with how the 24-year-old battled.“These are big-league starts,” Yost said. “That’s exactly what you ask for. Go out, keep us in the game, give us a chance to win. That’s exactly what it is.”Colin Moran put the Pirates on the board with a single to left that scored Corey Dickerson, who was 2 for 3 with two doubles, in the second inning. Adalberto Mondesi tied it with a homer to center, his 10th, in the third.LINEUP CHANGERoyals: OF Jorge Bonifacio was taken out of the starting lineup after going 0 for 4 with four strikeouts and one walk Tuesday. He entered as a pinch-hitter in the ninth and drew a walk.TRAINER’S ROOMPirates: RHP Chad Kuhl underwent elbow surgery on Wednesday. No further details regarding the operation were provided. Kuhl was re-examined by Dr. David Altchek in New York on Tuesday. He last pitched on June 26.UP NEXTRoyals: RHP Jorge Lopez (2-4, 3.93 ERA) is expected to start against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. He left Kansas City’s game against the Minnesota Twins on Sept. 14 with a left rib contusion sustained in a collision with 3B Hunter Dozier.Pirates: RHP Ivan Nova (9-9, 4.07) takes the mound against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. In his past two starts, Nova has allowed one run on seven hits over 12 innings with 13 strikeouts and two walks.

TORONTO (AP) Nazem Kadri had three goals and two assists Adidas Laurent Brossoit Jersey , Frederik Andersen made a career-high 54 saves and the surging Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3 on Wednesday night.Kadri had his fourth career hat trick and set a career high with the five points.Patrick Marleau added a goal and two assists and Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist to help Toronto close out a perfect five-game hometand.Article continues below ...The Blue Jackets had 50 or more shots for the third straight game, making them the first team to accomplish the feat in the post-expansion era (since 1967-68). Nick Foligno had two goals and an assist, and Joonas Korpisalo made 22 saves.PANTHERS 4, CANUCKS 3VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Nick Bjugstad had a goal and an assist, leading Florida to the road win.The Panthers trailed 2-1 midway through the first period, but battled back with three straight goals, the last two just 1:11 apart.Evgenii Dadonov Anaheim Ducks T-Shirts Womens , Jamie McGinn and Alexander Petrovic also scored for Florida (25-23-6). The Panthers are 6-1-0 in their last seven games and seven points behind Carolina for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.Bo Horvat had a goal and two assists for Vancouver (22-29-6). Brock Boeser and Michael Del Zotto also scored for the Canucks, who are 1-6-0 in their last seven games.AVALANCHE 2, CANADIENS 0DENVER (AP) – Semyon Varlamov made 43 saves and Colorado beat Montreal to match the franchise record of 10 straight home wins set in Quebec in 1994-95.Carl Soderberg and Alexander Kerfoot scored. Antti Niemi stopped 23 shots for Montreal. NEW YORK (AP) — After the New York Rangers squandered another late lead at home, goalie Henrik Lundqvist was at a loss for words.Pierre-Luc Dubois scored 31 seconds into overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York 4-3 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.Columbus tied the game with less than three minutes left in regulation, and the Rangers lost in extra time for the fifth time in their last six home games.“It’s really frustrating. I don’t know what to say anymore,” said Lundqvist, who made 25 saves. “That’s how it’s been going the last few weeks. It’s only on us.”The Rangers took a 3-2 lead on Chris Kreider’s second goal of the game at 12:06 of the third period and appeared to go ahead by two several minutes later on a goal by Ryan Strome, but Columbus coach John Tortorella challenged the play and it was ruled offside.Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski then tied it at 17:40 when he scored his seventh of the season after the puck went back to him at the point and he fired it past Lundqvist.The 20-year-old Dubois won it with his 14th goal of the season.“We found a way Anaheim Ducks Hoodies Womens ,” Tortorella said.Backup goaltender Joonas Korpisalo finished with 19 saves for Columbus.The teams played a generally haphazard and at times listless game after the three-day Christmas break. And once again, the victory margin was narrow. Sixteen of the last 18 games between the Rangers and Blue Jackets have been decided by one or two goals.“I thought both teams didn’t have a whole lot of juice,” said Tortorella, the former Rangers coach. “We have to try to keep getting better each day.”Columbus struck first when Oliver Bjorkstrand scored at 9:17 of the first. Bjorkstrand took a pass from Boone Jenner and beat Lundqvist with a shot from the faceoff circle to the goaltender’s right. Cam Atkinson also had an assist.Jimmy Vesey tied it for the Rangers at 13:59 with his 10th of the season. Vesey took a pass from Kevin Hayes on a 2-on-1 break before tapping the puck past Korpisalo. With the assist, Hayes extended his point streak to eight games. Vladislav Namestnikov also assisted.Columbus went ahead 2-1 when David Savard’s long-range shot from the right circle beat Lundqvist at 16:08. The goal was the second for the Blue Jackets’ defenseman. Bjorkstrand and defenseman Scott Harrington assisted.The Rangers tied it with a power-play goal by Kreider at 1:45 of the second. Kreider deflected a soft shot from the point by Mats Zuccarello. Hayes also added another assist. The 26-year-old forward leads the Rangers with 31 points.Hayes has five goals and 10 assists during his eight-game scoring streak and also has nine points in his last nine games against Columbus.“When you lose, no one is happy,” Hayes said. “You want to get two points every night.”The Rangers were coming off a 3-2 home shootout loss to Philadelphia on Sunday. Starting with a Dec. 2 shootout loss to Winnipeg, their home woes have escalated and also included overtime losses to Arizona and Vegas.The Rangers have points in seven straight home games but only two of them wins Anaheim Ducks Hats Womens , going 2-0-5 during that stretch. New York is 3-6-5 overall since Nov. 23.And with a 4-10-2 road record, they are facing seven of their next nine games away from home — where they haven’t won in regulation yet this season.“We certainly can’t let this get in the way of us moving on,” coach David Quinn said. “The bottom line is we had chances to do things right. That’s the only thing we can control. We didn’t execute what we were supposed to do.”Korpisalo made his first start since Dec. 11, when he lost 3-2 to Vancouver. Columbus had been 5-0-1 since behind starter Sergei Bobrovsky.“We were a little inconsistent. It was one of those games where it was lucky for us to get the last goal,” Bjorkstrand said. “These are huge points. They will mean a lot at the end of the season.”NOTES: Korpisalo also played in the previous game between the Rangers and Blue Jackets when New York won 5-4 in a shootout at Columbus on Nov. 10. … The Rangers and Blue Jackets meet again Jan. 13 in Columbus and April 5 at Madison Square Garden. … The Rangers scratched defenseman Tony DeAngelo and injured forward Jesper Fast. … New York again played without defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, sidelined with a shoulder injury sustained Dec. 10 against Tampa Bay. … Columbus scratched defenseman Dean Kukan and forward Lukas Sedlak.UP NEXTBlue Jackets: Host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday.Rangers: Visit the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) T.J. Oshie found his father on the ice amid the jubilant madness of the Washington Capitals‘ postgame celebration and wrapped him in a fierce hug.Five years after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease Craig Anderson Jersey , Tim Oshie’s memory is inconsistent and cloudy.Anyone who saw the depth of emotion in his Stanley Cup-winning son’s eyes Thursday night will never forget it.Right after Oshie won his first NHL title in the Capitals’ 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights, the veteran forward’s thoughts were on his family – particularly his father, who fostered his son’s love of the sport as a coach and a hockey dad in Everett, Washington, north of Seattle.”My dad, he doesn’t remember a lot of stuff these days,” Oshie said, his voice choking with emotion . ”He remembers enough. But I tell you what, he’s here tonight. I don’t know where he’s at, but this one will stick with him forever. You can guarantee that.”Moments later, Oshie found him. Tim had watched the game alongside his sister and daughter in the T-Mobile Arena stands.Oshie was outstanding throughout Washington’s playoff run, racking up eight goals and 13 assists in 24 games as the Caps’ fourth-leading scorer. He had a goal and two assists in the Caps’ 6-2 victory in Game 4 of the Final Authentic Erik Karlsson Jersey Kids , which he finished with six points in five games.”I’ve never seen a team come together like we did here,” Oshie said. ”I’ve never seen the commitment from start to finish like we had here.”The Capitals’ Stanley Cup victory was a crowning achievement for the 31-year-old Oshie, a 10-year NHL veteran with stops in St. Louis and Washington after beginning his pursuit of the sport in the Pacific Northwest, which doesn’t produce pro hockey players in high volume.Oshie said he couldn’t have done it without steadfast support from Tim, who served as a coach for one of T.J.’s childhood teams in Everett. They both later moved to Minnesota for T.J.’s high school career.”To have him here is amazing,” Oshie said of his father. ”He doesn’t travel very well, and I’ve been trying to figure out how to get him out all playoffs. It was kind of a perfect storm to get him with my aunt and sister out from Seattle.”Later in the celebration, Oshie went for a celebratory skate with his young daughters, Lyla and Leni.”Besides my family, that’s one of the best feelings I’ve ever had,” he said. ”It’s for my family. For my two little girls. I got my name on something so they’ll know that dad played hockey when they grow up.”Oshie already carved out a place in hockey history four years ago while playing for the U.S. team at the Sochi Olympics. He dominated a shootout against Russia in unbelievable fashion when coach Dan Bylsma sent him out six times. Oshie scored four goals in the eight-round shootout, including the game-winner for the Americans to beat Alex Ovechkin and the Russians.Oshie’s already strong popularity among Caps fans got a boost last week when he took Washington’s public Metro trains to Games 3 and 4.His heartfelt love for his father will be another indelible memory of the Caps’ championship season.”His memory is slipping a little Jean-Gabriel Pageau Jersey ,” Oshie said. ”This is one memory that I don’t think he’s going to forget.”—More Stanley Cup coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/StanleyCupFinals SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers (10-10-5) should be well rested when they play host to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday.With no game Sunday or Monday, it’s the Panthers’ biggest break since they got back from Finland one month ago.“It was our fifth game in eight days,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said of Saturday’s 5-4 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. “We started the week with a back to back, and we ended with a back to back. You could tell our tank was a little bit empty toward the end.”Article continues below ...Indeed, the Panthers have blown multi-goal leads in two of their past three losses.Meanwhile, the Bruins (14-8-4), who are Florida’s rivals in the Atlantic Division, have also been off since Saturday, although they did have to make the trip down to Sunrise while the Panthers rested.Boston is trying to win now while also breaking in young players, and that’s especially true on defense, where injuries have taken out the Bruins’ top two players: Zdeno Chara and Charlie McAvoy. Chara is out with a knee injury Mark Stone Jersey , and McAvoy has a concussion.Two other Bruins defensemen who have played this season are also on injured reserve: Kevan Miller (throat) and top rookie Urho Vaakanainen (concussion).Due to those injuries, the Bruins have been forced to play rookie defensemen Connor Clifton, 23; and Jeremy Lauzon, 21. Between the two of them, they have just 22 games of NHL experience.The Bruins will rely on their more experienced defensemen — Brandon Carlo, John Moore, Torey Krug and Matt Grzelcyk — for most of the playing time against a potent Panthers offense.The hottest Panthers forwards at the moment are Jonathan Huberdeau, who has a five-game, multi-point streak; and Mike Hoffman, who has 24 points in his past 23 games.Panthers center Vincent Trocheck, who has scored 54 goals the past two seasons, is out with a fractured ankle. But the Panthers still have captain/center Aleksander Barkov (10 goals Youth Matt Duchene Jersey , 23 points), winger Evgenii Dadonov (12 goals, 26 points) and a power play that has scored in 14 of their past 15 games.Defenseman Keith Yandle, the quarterback of Florida’s power play, earned career assist No. 40 on Saturday.The job of being the last line of defense against that offense on Tuesday will likely belong to Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask, who is off to a 6-5-2 start with a 2.59 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage.Boston’s offense is also making an adjustment that skews younger. Center Patrice Bergeron, 33, who scored 30 goals last season and has nine this season, is out due to a shoulder injury.David Pastrnak, 22, leads the Bruins in goals (19) and points (30). Jake DeBrusk, also 22 Mike Condon Jersey , has 10 goals after scoring 16 last season.The Bruins are also still looking for breakthroughs from players such as Ryan Donato, a rookie from Harvard who produced nine points in 12 games late last season and has two goals and no assists in 13 games this season.“We’ve got some young wingers who are learning their way,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said.After Saturday’s 4-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, Cassidy bemoaned Boston’s inability to finish chances at the net. But, he added, “there was fire in the group.”

OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk is making up for lost time.In the process Adidas Matt Martin Jersey , the Ottawa Senators rookie is also working himself into the early season Calder Trophy conversation.Tkachuk, who on Nov. 8 returned from a leg injury that sidelined him for 11 games, scored twice to propel the Senators to a 4-3 comeback win on Tuesday in Philadelphia that stopped the team’s losing streak at four games. He also had an assist to give him five points in two games and 16 in 14 games this season.Article continues below ...With nine goals, Tkachuk has already surpassed the eight he had in 40 games last season at Boston University. And his recent point surge has him tied with teammate Colin White for second place among rookie scorers, five behind Vancouver’s Elias Peterson.The fourth overall selection in last spring’s NHL entry draft has also provided the Senators with the physical, gritty winger they’ve long lacked.“He brings something a little different,” teammate Matt Duchene told the Ottawa Sun. “I don’t think we have a power forward quite like him on the team. When we drafted him, that was something I was excited about, to have a guy like that.“I played with Gabriel Landeskog in Colorado and I told (Tkachuk) they’re very similar players in the stuff they do. They crash and bang, they have good hands and feet and they can see the ice at the same time. You can see the reasons he was such a high pick.”The Senators (10-12-3) will anxiously return to Canadian Tire Centre for Thursday’s game against the New York Rangers. They are 7-4-2 on home ice.The Rangers (13-10-2) have had a break since beating the Senators 4-2 on Monday in New York. That win was not without its cost. Forward Vladislav Namestnikov landed in concussion protocol after a collision with Ottawa’s Thomas Chabot.The Rangers will also be without winger Mats Zuccarello Adidas Anthony Beauvillier Jersey , who is dealing with a groin problem. With only 11 healthy forwards, Rangers coach Dave Quinn said he might have to go to use seven defenceman against Ottawa by dressing former Senators player Fredrik Claesson.“I don’t love it, but it is on the table,” Quinn, who coached Tkachuk at Boston University, told the New York Post of the 7-11 format. “I want to get Freddie back in. He didn’t deserve to come out.”Henrik Lundqvist is expected to be in goal for the Rangers. In 41 career games against the Senators, he has a sagging 17-20-3 record but a strong 2.16 goals-against average and .928 save percentage.The Senators will start Craig Anderson, who has a 12-7-3 record against the Rangers that includes a sparkling 1.87 goals-against average and .940 save percentage.The Senators, who are among the league leaders in goals scored, have also surrendered a league-high 107.Anderson has substantial leads in goalie categories that reflect the defensive struggles of his team. Heading into Wednesday Adidas Scott Mayfield Jersey , he had faced in excess of 100 more shots (788) than the second busiest goalie in the league. He was also a long way in front of the pack in saves (709) and goals against (79). LAS VEGAS (AP) Marc-Andre Fleury sat shirtless in front of his locker, staring blankly, his exhausted gaze fixed nowhere. Pads still strapped to his legs after another spectacular night’s work, the Vegas Golden Knights goalie looked as if he were trying to gather his thoughts, trying somehow to make sense of it all.The rest of the hockey world is, too, as the newly minted Knights play Sunday with the most improbable prize of all at stake – a chance to go to the Stanley Cup Final.The story is well known by now, or at least it should be. But the fantasy has never been so close to reality as it is now, with the Knights up 3-1 going into Sunday’s game against the Jets in Winnipeg.An expansion team born last October on the heels of the Las Vegas massacre that took 58 lives is on the brink of winning it all, confounding both hockey experts and expert bookies alike.Even the guys on the other team are shaking their heads at what the hockey gods wrought.”You know it’s just the stars are just aligning for them Adidas Dustin Tokarski Jersey ,” Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck said. ”But it’s not going to stay that way.”Maybe not, partly because hockey is a notoriously fickle game. But in this gambling town the odds are suddenly in the house’s favor.With the hope they don’t have to play at home again until the Stanley Cup Final, the Knights trotted out some old Vegas mojo Friday night with Wayne Newton and the Blue Man Group making appearances to root the team on. The Backstreet Boys were there and rapper Lil Jon took the microphone to lead the cheers just before Reilly Smith punched in the go-ahead goal in the third period.And, of course, this being Las Vegas the guy doing the anthems was a singing gondolier whose day job is serenading tourists in the faux canals of Venice just across the street.There’s nothing fake about this team now one win from one of most improbable runs ever. Once 500-1 longshots to win the Stanley Cup in their first year, the Knights are now favored – at least in the sports books – to win it all.It’s enough to make even Bark-Andre Furry – the lovable canine and goalie namesake who is now the unofficial team mascot – to sit up and take notice.”It’s nice, but the last one is always the toughest to get,” Fleury said. ”I think we have to keep the same mind set and just go and take it one game at a time and not think too far ahead and be ready to play that next game because they are going to be coming hard.”That mentality has worked well for a team that began the season as an afterthought, a collection of unwanted players from other teams thrown together in hopes of winning a respectable number of games in their first year. The coach himself, Gerard Gallant Adidas Robin Lehner Jersey , had been unceremoniously fired from the Florida Panthers, left on the side of a road with his luggage as the team bus headed down the road.It’s been a remarkable run for a team that likes to call itself the Golden Misfits. They’ve struck gold in Las Vegas, a town that loves winners and has embraced its first major pro sports team.Just how remarkable? Well, consider that while the Knights are five wins from bringing home the Stanley Cup in their first year, the Toronto Maple Leafs – a member of the NHL’s exclusive Original Six club – haven’t won one in the last 51 years.On Friday, the Knights used the same formula – speed and stellar goaltending – that has worked for them all year to beat the Jets 3-1 and take a commanding advantage in the Western Conference finals. It was the third straight win for the Knights, who have no illusion on how tough getting win No. 4 will be.”No team is going to go out quietly this time of the year,” Gallant said.Still, everything seems to be aligning in the Knights’ favor. They’re playing hard, yes Adidas Leo Komarov Jersey , but they’re also getting the kind of bounces and breaks that are usually the difference in a series between two evenly matched teams.That continued in Game 4 as Dustin Byfuglien whiffed on an attempt near the blue line and Smith scooped up the loose puck and raced down the ice to score the winner over the shoulder of Hellebuyck with 6:58 left.Soon the Knights were celebrating, and Elvis was singing. Viva Las Vegas blared through the arena, and the crowd of 18,697 filed out happily into the warm desert night.One win away for a team no one dares bet against.—-Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg(at)ap.org or http://twitter.com/timdahlberg

OTTAWA Womens Andrew Cogliano Jersey , Ontario (AP) — Torey Krug felt like the Boston Bruins were “still in their pre-game nap” during their game against the Ottawa Senators.Tuukka Rask helped the Bruins stick around, and Krug gave Boston the jolt it needed for a road victory.Krug took a cross-crease pass from David Krejci and beat Mike McKenna with a one-timer 3:07 into overtime to lift the Bruins over the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Sunday night.“It was a tough game for us,” Krug said. “It took us a while to wake up there.”Krug deferred credit to Krejci on the winner.“It’s a highly, highly skilled player making a great pass,” Krug said. “He sees things that other guys can’t see, even from up in the press box. He made a great play and I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of it.”Brad Marchand had the regulation goal for the Bruins (16-10-4), and Rask made 27 saves.Mark Stone scored in regulation for the Senators (13-14-4), who got a career-best 42-save performance from McKenna, including a diving two-pad stack save against Sean Kuraly in overtime.The third period finished with a frantic seven minutes, starting with a game-saving glove save by Rask against Stone on a 2-on-1 when the Senators were short-handed and a delayed penalty was coming to the Bruins.McKenna stopped Marchand in close before turning aside David Pastrnak on a breakaway. McKenna stopped 14 shots in the third period as the Bruins outshot Ottawa 14-4.“I felt like myself and I felt like I’ve had a lot of good work leading up to this to be ready for it,” McKenna said. “Credit to our goalie coaching, credit to my teammates and all that, but I felt like myself out there. It might have been the most (saves) in the NHL Brandon Montour Jersey Kids , but I’ve had games like that in other places before.”Stone put Ottawa on the board 12:51 into the first who he one-timed a circle-to-circle pass from Colin White.The Senators failed to capitalize on a 5-on-3 advantage for one minute, including the final 50 seconds of the first period.Marchand tied it at 1, beating McKenna at 7:49 of the second period as the Senators played a man short following an instigator penalty to Ben Harpur.NOTES: Dylan DeMelo and Christian Jaros were scratches for the Senators while Noel Acciari, Jake Debrusk and Jeremy Lauzon were scratches for the Bruins. … After sweeping the season-series against the Bruins two years ago, the Senators have lost seven straight against Boston, including their two previous meetings this season.UP NEXTBruins: Host Arizona on Tuesday night.Senators: Open a three-game trip Tuesday night at Nashville. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) With the top three teams in the Eastern Conference all coming out of the Atlantic Division, there’s a good chance the second and third best teams in the East will play in the first round for the second straight year.That imbalance has led some to push to abandon the division playoff format and go back to seeding teams one through eight by conference. Why stop there?The minor league that brought 3-on-3 overtime to hockey more than a decade before the NHL followed suit is adding a new innovation this season for the playoffs.The Southern Professional Hockey League will use a ”pick your opponent” playoff format, with the first-place team choosing its first-round opponent from the teams that finished from fifth to eighth place, then the second- and third-place teams makes their choices before the final two teams get matched up. In the second round, teams will be matched by regular-season points.SPHL President Jim Combs said he decided to bring this format to his 10-team league after a conversation with an executive from Austria’s Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, which already uses it.”I immediately knew this was the greatest idea I’d ever heard,” Combs said. ”The person at the top earns the right to pick the weakest of the bottom four. He can base it on travel Womens Cam Fowler Jersey , he can base it on difficulty of opponent, how the guy has been playing the past three or four weeks. A lot of times, you don’t want the eighth-place team because that’s the guy who has hustled and played hard and put the team together the last two or three weeks of the season. That’s the hot team.”Combs said most teams started the year with thoughts of following the old format of picking the team with the fewest points as the opponent. But as the season has gone on, Combs said teams seem more open to picking what they believe is best matchup.Calgary coach Glen Gulutzan said if the format was used in the NHL, he’d probably make it known he’d pick the lowest seed available in any case.”The first thing that comes to my mind is all of us coaches are paranoid,” Gulutzan said. ”So to actually have to pick somebody, you think immediately we’ve given them some fuel in a playoff series, right, like: `Oh yeah, they picked us.”’To add even more intrigue, the SPHL will broadcast the selection show at the end of the season so fans and teams can watch live as the matchups are chosen and the extra motivation is created for whoever is picked as the most desirable playoff opponent.”I think there would be some bulletin board material,” said Columbus defenseman Ian Cole, who won the Stanley Cup the past two seasons with Pittsburgh. ”I think that would certainly fire a team up if you’re picking them because you think you could beat them.”Dallas general manager Jim Nill agrees with that sentiment Corey Perry Jersey , saying ”it might be great for their league, but it’s not something I’d encourage our league to do and I couldn’t see it ever happening.”Others are more intrigued by the idea, pointing to the unfairness last year that had Pittsburgh and Columbus matched up in the first round despite finishing with the second and fourth most points in the league, respectively.”It sounds like a great idea,” Buffalo backup goalie Chad Johnson said. ”I mean, why not if you’re in first place you should have that choice of who you want to play? It gives you that advantage regardless, because sometimes the eighth-place team, you might have struggled against them, right?”Combs said he has heard from executives from other minor leagues, NHL teams and a few people from the NHL league office about the new format and hopes it will become more widespread after people see the added drama it creates even if there is some initial hesitation.”In 2004, when we started 3-on-3 overtime, everyone laughed at us and said `Hey this will never happen at the top level,”’ Combs said. ”We played it for 10 years and the NHL adopted it Conor Timmins Jersey Womens , they’re playing it, they revamped the All-Star Game. They have totally embraced it. Will the NHL take this? They might. I don’t know why after all this excitement every sport wouldn’t do it.”GAME OF THE WEEKPittsburgh at Toronto on Saturday. Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews has been sidelined since Feb. 22 with an apparent shoulder injury but could be ready to return this weekend for a showdown against Sidney Crosby and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Even if Matthews can’t go, this is still an intriguing game between two Cup contenders.LEADERSThrough Tuesday’s games: Goals: Alex Ovechkin (Washington), 40; Assists: Jakub Voracek (Philadelphia) and Blake Wheeler (Winnipeg), 57; Points: Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay), 86; Wins: Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay), 39; Goals-against average: Carter Hutton (St. Louis), 2.02; Save percentage: Hutton, .934.—AP Hockey Writers Larry Lage in Detroit and John Wawrow in Buffalo, New York, contributed to this report.—

Made from Scratch: Panthers at Falcons It’s week two of the regular season and the Carolina Panthers have a perfect record so far. That’s the good news. The bad news Youth Luke Kuechly Jersey , is the offensive line is completely decimated by injury, Greg Olsen re-injured his foot, and there is a major hurricane named Florence barreling toward North and South Carolina with the potential to make water polo the only sport anyone can even consider playing in Charlotte. In other words...Regardless of all of this, the Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons have a game to play this Sunday, one that is thankfully scheduled to be played under the roof at Mercedes-Benz stadium in Georgia. I would take this opportunity to make a joke about Chic-Fil-A not being available, but at least the people of Atlanta will probably possess the capacity to make other chicken this weekend, unlike us.Both teams come in with their fair share of injuries. with the Atlanta Falcons losing Keanu Neal and Deion Jones to season ending injuries to match the Panthers losing Greg Olsen and Daryl Williams. The net result is going to be banged up defense versus a banged up offense http://www.panthersfootballauthentic.com/graham-gano-jersey-authentic , and this could potentially be a lower scoring game than the two sides are used to in these yearly contests. In the end, I think it is going to boil down to which team can ultimately buy their quarterback enough time, and while that would seem to favor Atlanta, there could be a lot more broken coverages to exploit for Cam Newton rather than Matt Ryan. I expect a close contest, and hopefully I’ll be able to watch it.With that final thought in mind, I figured with most of our audience under threat of this hurricane, this would be a good week to roll out a non-perishable treat that you can make regardless of having power or not. You can go ahead and make this now while you do www.carolinapanthersteamonline.com , but you could even make this with the help of a simple gas stove or outdoor grill.Loaded Rice Krispie Treatshttps://insidebrucrewlife.com/mons...spie-treats/The recipe this week is courtesy of insidebrucrewlife.com, and in the interest of not robbing them of clicks, I’d say visit the above link and check it out there. All of you reading in the Carolinas, stay safe out there, we at Cat Scratch Reader hope all of you pull through this storm with all friends, family, and property intact. Always...KEEP POUNDING.Carolina Panthers place S Da’Norris Searcy on injured reserve The Carolina Panthers have placed veteran safety Da’Norris Searcy on injured reserve Carolina Panthers T-Shirt , according to Jourdan Rodrigue of the Charlotte Observer.No corresponding roster move has been made yet, but the Panthers are expected to find a replacement for Searcy within the organization.It’s interesting that Cole Luke has been moved from cornerback to safety, but I’m not sure that’s the best answer to fill the void left by Searcy’s absence on the roster. It’s a shame there aren’t any high-quality safeties who happen to be free agents and would be willing to come to Carolina and play for a fair salary. I’ve looked at the free agent list and I can’t find a single name among the players who can be signed who fits this bill. It’s a tragedy that we can’t bring in a guy like Eric Reid who currently plays for...No one. Seriously, he’s available Marty. Go get him right now.Sign. Eric. Reid.Problem solved.

Ryan Tannehill says when he calls a trick play Cheap Jerome Baker Jersey , even his offensive linemen get excited.And why not? Razzle dazzle is a big reason the surprising Miami Dolphins are undefeated."I'm all for anytime everybody gets excited about a play call," play-caller and coach Adam Gase said with a chuckle Monday. "The worst is when the quarterback says he doesn't believe it's going to work. That's when you get a little nervous."If I feel like guys really like something, we'll get to it."They're likely cueing up something exotic for the New England Patriots, where the Dolphins play Sunday with a chance to end their streak of nine consecutive losses in Foxborough.The Dolphins used a receiver-to-receiver pass and two wideout sweeps to score three touchdowns Sunday and rally past Oakland 28-20. With the win, Miami improved to 3-0 for only the third time since the Dan Marino era and took a two-game lead over the other three teams in the AFC East, including perennial power New England.How much is left in Gase's bag of play-calling tricks?"A lot," he said.Sunday's surprises allowed the Dolphins to spring their speed 鈥?NASCAR on grass, as receiver Jakeem Grant called it. He and receiver Albert Wilson each scored on a jet sweep, and Wilson threw his first NFL pass for a 52-yard touchdown to Grant .Fun, right?"When you win," Gase said, "it's fun."The Dolphins had practiced the three plays for weeks and chose the right time to call them. The scores helped erase a 17-7 second-half deficit."The play comes into the huddle, and everyone kind of gets excited," Tannehill said. "Anytime there's a big-shot call or a trick play, you can feel the offensive line kind of get excited."The defensive line, too."It's a lot of fun watching guys run down the sideline untouched," defensive end Cameron Wake said.Wilson did just that, sprinting into the clear on his 74-yard jet sweep catch and run. The Raiders' reaction?"They got behind me so quick, I didn't really see their faces," Wilson said.Zing.He did see Grant, exchanging a high five with his teammate as they ran strike for stride into the end zone.The 5-foot-9 Wilson and 5-foot-7 Grant are part of the fastest receiving corps in team history. Kenny Stills can fly too, as he has showed while averaging 20.4 yards on nine catches this season, three for touchdowns. Running back Kenyan Drake is also swift Josh Sitton Jersey , giving Miami yet another quick-strike option."Coach always tells us just go out there and run 鈥?a lot of defenders are going to be terrified by speed, so just take off and run," Grant said.It's not really that simple. The trick plays require perfect timing, and talent.The receiver-to-receiver pass involved a fake pitch by Tannehill, a handoff to Frank Gore and a lateral to Wilson. The former high school quarterback then rolled to his right as he threw a pass right on the money, as had been the case daily in practice."I know how hard that is to be running full speed laterally and make that throw," Tannehill said. "During the week, he was consistent on making a perfect throw. It wasn't ever a question. He never stretched Jakeem out or made him adjust really. After I saw him run it the first time I thought, 'He's got this. He doesn't need any tips.'"After the game Wilson tweeted: "& he can pass !!"Grant made the catch at the 35-yard line and broke two tackles en route to the end zone, motivated by an earlier conversation with Wilson."All he told me was, 'Make sure you score. And if you get tackled by one man in the open field, you owe me $100,'" Grant recalled. "Now he owes me $100."The Dolphins know trickery will take them only so far. The early schedule has been soft, injuries are mounting, and keeping Tannehill healthy is a must. Vegas is so unimpressed by the Dolphins that they're a touchdown underdog at struggling New England.But Gase, who came to Miami in 2016 with a reputation as an offensive wiz, finally seems to have the right personnel for his playbook. That includes the versatile Wilson, acquired last offseason from the Kansas City Chiefs."We have so much stuff," Wilson said. "I'm ready for everything he calls 鈥?every run play, every pass play. Whatever he has for me, I'm ready for it."The Dolphins hope the defense won't be.Follow Steven Wine on Twitter: ://Steve_Wine MIAMI (5-4) at GREEN BAY (3-4-1)Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBSOPENING LINE - Packers by 7RECORD VS. SPREAD - Miami 5-4 Womens Kenyan Drake Jersey , Green Bay 3-5SERIES RECORD - Dolphins lead 10-4LAST MEETING - Packers beat Dolphins 27-24, Oct. 12, 2014LAST WEEK - Dolphins beat Jets 13-6; Packers lost to Patriots 31-17AP PRO32 RANKING - Dolphins No. 19, Packers No. 16DOLPHINS OFFENSE - OVERALL (28), RUSH (21), PASS (26).DOLPHINS DEFENSE - OVERALL (26), RUSH (28), PASS (22).PACKERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (6), RUSH (19), PASS (6).PACKERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (16), RUSH (22), PASS (10).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Dolphins won last matchup at Lambeau Field, 23-20 in OT in 2010. ... Dolphins have lost past three road games while being outscored 107-47. ... Miami is above .500 despite being outgained by 704 yards and outscored by 38 points. ... QB Brock Osweiler makes fifth start for injured Ryan Tannehill (shoulder). . Osweiler threw for 202 yards and score in last game against Packers while with Texans in 2016. ... RB Kenyan Drake averaging 4.8 yards per carry, but has had six or fewer in five of Miami's nine games. Drake's 73 carries trail 104 for 35-year-old Frank Gore. ... Miami is fourth worst in third-down conversions (34 percent). ... Miami ranks first with 15 interceptions, including four last week against Jets. ... Dolphins rank third in both punt return and kickoff return average, but last in kickoff return coverage. ... P Matt Haack had seven punts inside 20 last week, tied for third most in NFL game since 1991. Haack's tied for NFL lead with 26 punts inside 20 this season. ... Packers QB Aaron Rodgers' 60.6 completion percentage is below career 64.8 percentage. Rodgers has thrown 15 touchdowns to one interception, leading league with 0.3 percent interception percentage. ... RB Aaron Jones leads NFL at 6.03 yards per carry. ... WR Davante Adams first player in franchise history with at least five catches in first eight games of season. ... LB Blake Martinez, who has ankle injury, has 46 tackles and four sacks in last five games. ... Rookie CB Jaire Alexander has INT and six passes defended in past three games. ... Defense ranked 21st in red zone (61.5 percent). ... Fantasy tip: Rookie WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling poised for more playing time with WR Geronimo Allison (groin) going on injured reserve. Valdes-Scantling has 15 catches for 317 yards and two scores in last three games. Dolphins rank 28th while allowing 8.2 yards per catch.

Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick attended a "tailgate" party at a nursing home in suburban Loveland before Cincinnati's 34-23 win over the Baltimore Ravens. A 95-year-old woman stole the show and made for a popular video.Irma Shafer got up and danced away Youth Tavon Young Jersey , making Kirkpatrick smile as he danced along. The moment was captured by a local television crew and shared on social media. Many fans shared it a few hours later as the Bengals played their way to their first 2-0 start since 2015. Kirkpatrick was surprised it got so much reaction."I didn't even know how big it was going to get," Kirkpatrick said. "When they sent it out 鈥?however it got out 鈥?my phone just started going crazy."Kirkpatrick's girlfriend is a close friend of one of the nursing home administrators, and they came up with the idea for the party. Kirkpatrick stopped in after the team's morning meeting and was inspired by Shafer's reaction."She was dancing the whole time I was in there," Kirkpatrick said. "Just to see the energy she had 鈥?that was such an amazing thing. I want to be that one day. I want to still be able to move and enjoy music the way she did."REPLACING THE ONSIDE KICKFootball safety surveys have shown the onside kick to be one of the most dangerous plays. But it also can provide a last-ditch chance for a team to make a comeback, and the trickery of it is one of the more intriguing elements.The Alliance of American Football, which kicks off its spring league the week after the Super Bowl in February, has an interesting replacement for the onside kick."We've replaced the onside kick with an onside conversion attempt," says Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Polian, co-founder of the eight-team Alliance. "When teams are behind by 17 points or more or within five minutes remaining in the second half, after a touchdown or field goal, the trailing team can opt to receive the ball on their 28-yard line. They can attempt to convert a fourth-and-12. If they are successful and gain a first down, they keep the ball and can continue on. If they fail, the other team takes possession of the ball where it is spotted following the failed conversion attempt."The league also has only a 2-point conversion attempt after touchdowns and will eliminate the PAT kick."That way, we eliminate block attempts that are not the safest plays in football," Polian explains.WHAT'S IN A NAME?Denver Broncos tight end Jake Butt's family learned long ago to have fun with their last name.His father, Rob, wore a Broncos jersey with the name "Head Butt" stitched across the back in Denver when his son made his NFL debut with two catches for 29 yards in the Broncos' win over Seattle.Jake Butt, who sat out his rookie season after tearing up his right knee in his final game for Michigan, remembers asking his dad if he could change his name when he was younger."Shoot, I remember in kindergarten I would get terrorized, and that's like when you take everything personally http://www.ravenscheapstores.com/alex-collins-jersey-cheap ," Butt says. "I hated the first-day-of-class roll call, because they'd always call out 'Butt.' I'd just get beet red and I'd come home to my dad and tell him that I wanted to change my last name."He'd laugh and tell me, 'You're going to have fun with this someday.' So, here we are. We're having a lot of fun with it."Jake Butt didn't have to wait for adulthood for the teasing to stop."I was getting bigger than everybody, so I could just laugh at them, probably like seventh, eighth grade," he said.He now stands 6-foot-6 and weighs 250 pounds, but would get heckled for his last name on the road in the Big Ten, too."Yeah, some Iowa fans got creative, like, 'Haha. Your last name's Butt.' I'm like, 'Man, that's not that creative. You've got to do better than that," Butt said. "Yeah, even away fans, they kind of have fun with it."LEWIS ON LUKEBengals coach Marvin Lewis discovered at an early age that Luke Kuechly was a phenomenal athlete while watching him play summer lacrosse with his son, Marcus, growing up in Ohio.And he has followed Kuechly's football career closely over the years at Boston College and now with the Carolina Panthers.Lewis said before the 2012 NFL draft, he told Bengals owner Mike Brown that Kuechly was "the best collegiate linebacker I think I've ever seen." However Cheap Ronnie Stanley Jersey , Kuechly never returned to his native Ohio because the Panthers took him 11th overall. The Bengals had the No. 17 pick."We're trying to clone guys like Luke Kuechly here," said Lewis, whose Bengals visit Kuechly and the Panthers on Sunday.Kuechly played three years of lacrosse in high school, along with playing on travel teams. He said he didn't score many goals because 鈥?naturally 鈥?he played defense."I would get bored during the offseason if I wasn't doing something," said Kuechly, a four-time All-Pro. "I grew up playing basketball, football and lacrosse."BAYOU DIETLouisiana native and Dolphins defensive tackle Davon Godchaux hosts his teammates on the defensive line for an evening of Cajun cuisine on occasion, serving them crawfish and barbecue.He spares them one of his other favorite foods 鈥?raccoon."Tastes just like chicken," Godchaux said. "They'd probably be grossed out by that. But I'm from the Bayou. So that's what we eat."Godchaux, who's 6-foot-3 and 315 pounds, says his diet is healthy as well as tasty. His foundation, Chauxdown, supports the battle against obesity."Growing up as a child, you always want to eat right to get to this level," Godchaux said.AP Pro Football Writers Barry Wilner and Arnie Stapleton and Sports Writers Steven Wine, Joe Kay and Steve Reed contributed.The NFL kicking crown: Comparing Justin Tucker, Dan Bailey, Adam Vinatieri and Chris Boswell This week, the Pittsburgh Steelers inked kicker Chris Boswell to a four-year extension.After reading the Reddit comments discussing the news, one user mentioned Boswell is only five attempts from the 100 minimum attempts required to be recognized on the all-time completion percentage rankings. If he completes all five, he’ll surpass Dan Bailey as the second-most accurate kicker in NFL history. If Boswell completes eight-straight kicks Youth Michael Crabtree Jersey , he overtakes Justin Tucker as the most accurate kicker.NFL Field Goal Percent Career LeadersBecause kicking means so much to us all, I spent the past two days compiling stats regarding Tucker, Bailey, Boswell and Adam Vinatieri to compare some of the league’s most elite kickers. I couldn’t account for everything though, like how Bailey kicks in a dome at home and Vinatieri enjoyed the roof over Lucas Oil Stadium while both Tucker and Boswell kick in the elements at home games ...just saying.Now, for all stats and tables below, I’ve included the career numbers from all players. These sample sizes are different, but that’s how we must measure them when comparing all-time greatness. I placed Vinatieri at the top as a benchmark for greatness and having an established career. Below him are the younger players who are competing for the crown.Career Average StatsPlayerAvg. Attempt DistanceAvg. Comp. DistanceAvg. Miss DistanceAvg. Miss W/O BlocksPlayerAvg. Attempt DistanceAvg. Comp. DistanceAvg. Miss DistanceAvg. Miss W/O BlocksFirst, the graph shows kicking has changed in the NFL. Yes, these kickers may regress during their careers and the numbers may fall a bit, but all three kickers’ stats are higher than Vinatieri’s in every category. I don’t think it’s regression so much as NFL kicking skill, strength and coaching has evolved into a higher floor and a higher ceiling.From the table you can see Tucker is better than any of the other three players. He’s averaging just more than one yard-per-attempt more than Bailey and nearly two yards more than Boswell. He’s also three yards greater than Vinatieri.His average completion percentage is similar, being one yard greater than Bailey and nearly two-yards greater than Boswell, just as the attempts scored. Once more, Tucker averages more than three-yards greater than Vinatieri.As for his average missing distance, Tucker’s range is longer. His missing distance is greater than 50 yards, while Bailey’s is three-yards closer. Both Boswell and Vinatieri place under 45-yards, though Boswell’s distance is greater.Take out all blocked kicks and once more Tucker leads. When he misses a kick it’s due to ridiculous distance attempts. His average miss attempt is more than 50-yards while Bailey’s stands around 47-yards and Boswell sits at 45-yards. Vinatieri is a strange case as when you eliminate the blocks, his range is virtually the same.Attempt BreakdownsPlayerAtt. <= 29Att. 30-39Att. 40-49Att. 50+PlayerAtt. <= 29Att. 30-39Att. 40-49Att. 50+Kyle P BarberAnother demonstration on the ever-changing skill-cap of kicking, more than 90 percent of Vinatieri’s attempts come from inside the 49-yard line. Meanwhile, both Tucker (79 percent) and Bailey (81 percent) attempt 10 percent more kicks from the greatest distances.The Steelers Youth Tony Jefferson Jersey , it looks like, know Boswell’s range; his 50+ yard attempts are lower than Vinatieri’s as only 8.421 percent of his kicks come from that distance.This also shows Boswell’s incredible accuracy is due to far lower kicking distances than either Bailey or Tucker.Completion BreakdownsPlayerComp <= 29Comp. 30-39Comp. 40-49Comp. 50+PlayerComp <= 29Comp. 30-39Comp. 40-49Comp. 50+Here we see Bailey’s struggles of recent. If Vinatieri is the benchmark, Bailey sits 1 percent behind on kicks shorter than 30-yards. Both Tucker and Boswell are perfect.Move the kicks between the 30- and 39-yard line and you see where Tucker and Bailey stand above the rest. Tucker leads, per usual, but Bailey is within 2 percent. Boswell is still above 90 percent, which is great, especially when measuring the kicks against Vinatieri’s where he’s not even above 85 percent.Between 40- to 49-yards is where Tucker stands alone. His accuracy lands 13 percent higher than Vinatieri’s and he’s the only kicker ranking above 90 percent. Bailey isn’t far behind and all three younger kickers do stand above 85 percent.Once it comes to kicks of 50-yards or more, things become skewed. Boswell leads all kickers in this category, but it is largely due to his sample size, completing six of eight attempts. Regardless, that’s still a great feat. Tucker places second, 6 percent higher than the ‘Vinatieri baseline.’ Bailey places third, still above 67 percent.AnalysisAll four kickers are incredible. Though this may read like I’m knocking down those not named Tucker, this sheds light on the incredible performances in comparison to these great kickers. When you see other teams spending second-round picks on place-kickers, that becomes especially clear. To be this accurate is no easy feat. Boswell earned his money.Vinatieri is an all-time great. He has been kicking for more than two decades now; it’s bewildering. Finally, Tucker is a machine. He leads these kickers in nearly all stats. Only the small sample size of Boswell on the 50+ completion category takes first place from Tucker. This means Tucker is not only the most accurate kicker in NFL history, he’s doing this from further distances than anybody else. This is why Ravens fans, including myself, are so defensive when people talk about how great other kickers are. Those kickers are great, but they aren’t Justin Tucker.