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WASHINGTON -- San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan was surprised to hear his team has won 16 of its past 17 games against the Washington Capitals. Cheap Jerseys Deals . "There isnt a magic wand or any secret formula to beating them," McLellan insisted. Perhaps. A fluke of a first score, success on the power play, and two goals each by Joe Pavalski and Patrick Marleau sure do help, though. So does getting to face a goalie recalled from the minors and playing in the NHL for the first time in nearly a year. Add it all up, and the Pacific Division-leading Sharks beat the Capitals 5-3 Monday night, as Pavelski also delivered two assists, Joe Thornton collected three assists, and Brent Burns scored on Braden Holtby, who was brought up from Hershey of the American Hockey League in the afternoon. Capitals coach Dale Hunter might have been hoping for a spark -- his team has won only three of its past 11 games to fall out of the top eight spots in the Eastern Conference, and left the ice to boos -- or the element of surprise, because Holtby hadnt started for Washington since last March. Washingtons No. 1 goalie, Tomas Vokoun, was ill, and No. 2 Michal Neuvirth played Sunday in a loss at the New York Rangers. "Neuvy played the night before there, so we figured he hasnt played much of back-to-backs, so Holtby was ready to go," Hunter explained. "So we tried him." Holtby had played Sunday, too, for Hershey, and didnt find out hed be headed to Washington until Monday morning. When did he find out hed be starting? "When I got to the rink here before the game," Holtby said. The Sharks didnt know theyd face him until pre-game warmups. "We had no idea," McLellan said. Didnt matter. "Nothing changes," San Jose defenceman Dan Boyle said. "Goalies have to be pretty good to get to this level -- and most of them are." Holtby was hardly at his best Monday, looking little like the guy who went 10-2-2 with a 1.79 goals-against average for Washington as a rookie in 2010-11, winning his last five starts. The Sharks went ahead 12:12 into the game on an odd score after going about eight minutes without even registering a single shot on goal. Indeed, they were coming off a power play during which the best chance for either team came when Capitals forward Brooks Laich bore down 1-on-1 during a short-handed breakaway but Thomas Greiss made one of his 39 saves. A little more than 1 1/2 minutes later, Boyle struck a shot from beyond the red line. The puck deflected off Pavelskis stick, bounced off the ice, then trickled off Holtbys glove and into the net to make it 1-0 for the visitors. Pavelski was credited with his 21st goal of the season. "You see it bounce, and you hope when youre that far away that something stupid happens," Pavalski said. "And it did." Said Boyle: "I dont think Ive ever been a part of anything like that." Holtbys take? "Hit me in a weird spot in my glove and popped over," he said. Pavelski got his 22nd in the second period on a far-more-usual goal -- one of three power-play goals scored by San Jose a night after going 0 for 4 in a loss at St. Louis. With Laich in the penalty box for cross-checking, Logan Couture centred the puck right in front of the net for Pavelski, who lifted a shot over Holtbys glove and into the upper corner at the 3:26 mark of the second, making it 2-0. Pavelski was credited with an assist when his shot was redirected by Marleau at the 16:11 mark of the second period; the puck hit Holtby in the right shoulder on its way in. That made it 3-0, before Greiss allowed Dmitry Orlovs slap shot from just inside the blue line past him in the final second of the second period. "You never want to give one up at that point. Youve got the crowd thats in it now. Youve got a coach that was probably upset going in, and then within one second, he changes his mind and hes now selling, Hey, we can do this comeback material," McLellan said. "But we challenged our guys. We said its up to them. They can choose to be on their heels or they can get on their toes and get after them. Im glad they chose the second." They sure did. San Jose went up 5-1 in the third period, before Roman Hamrlik and Jeff Schultz scored late for Washington. Those goals were inconsequential. As usual, the Sharks came out on top against the Capitals. NOTES: The Sharks played the second game of a nine-game road trip. ... Capitals F Mike Knuble was a healthy scratch for the third consecutive game. ... Sharks C Tommy Wingels returned to action. He had been on injured reserve with an upper body injury and hadnt played since Jan. 19. Cheap NFL Jerseys China . 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Vargas struck out seven in seven innings to end the Indians four-game winning streak and give Seattle a 4-1 win Wednesday night.MINNEAPOLIS - Heavy are the shoulders that wear the cape. Kevin Love has been doing it all in Minnesota this season, leading the league in minutes played and hoisting the once-lowly Timberwolves back to relevance. Over the last month, five of his best teammates have gone down with injuries, forcing him to carry even more of the load on a nightly basis. His numbers still jump off the stat sheet, but the mental and physical toll is starting to catch up to the All-Star power forward. "Its tough to try and play Superman every night," an exhausted Love said after putting up 29 points and 12 rebounds in 43 minutes Wednesday night in a loss to Golden State. Ricky Rubio has been out since March 9 with a torn ACL in his left knee, Nikola Pekovic has been severely limited by bone spurs in his right ankle and an illness, J.J. Barea has missed all sorts of time with a variety of ailments, Michael Beasley has been out six of the last eight games with a sprained toe on his left foot and Luke Ridnour is out indefinitely with sprained right ankle. Love has been the one constant, and coach Rick Adelman has struggled to take him off the floor while the team tried to stay in the playoff hunt. Hes spending more time at centre, a more physically demanding position and opposing defences are able to throw more of their attention at him everywhere he goes. "Hes played huge minutes all season long," Wolves guard Wayne Ellington said. "I know his bodys probably pretty beat up right now. I feel for him." Love had a monster March, averaging better than 30 points and nearly 14 rebounds per game and becoming the first player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring, rebounding and 3-pointers for an entire month. But the Wolves have lost 12 of 16 games since Rubio went down, including four in a row to fade from contention in the West. And Loves legs might be going right with those playoff hopes. "I dont like to use that as an excuse, but I can feel it," Love said. "My body and my legs, especially on my shot, they arent under me right now. With that said, thats not an excuse on the defensive end for every single one of us." Love needed 28 shots to score those 29 points against the Warriors. He also went 0 for 7 from 3-point range, unable to get a deccent look from the elbow with 0. Michael kors Black Friday 2014. 7 seconds left that could have put the game into overtime. His lack of energy was also evident on defence, where counterpart David Lee went for 31 points and eight rebounds to all but nullify Loves big night. Before his league-leading 46th double-double on Wednesday, Love had 26 points and nine rebounds in a loss at Portland and 23 points and seven boards in a loss at Sacramento. Most players would be ecstatic with those numbers, but it was the first time all season that Love has failed to get a double-double in two straight games. Its taking him a little longer to pull himself up off the court after fighting for a loose ball; a little longer to get back into transition when an opponent hits the break and a little longer to rise up out of the chair in front of his locker and hit the showers after another long nights work. "Ive felt my whole career Ive been fighting an uphill battle, whether its been with (the media), coaches or players, system, no matter what. I like that. I embrace that," Love said of the responsibility. "Now its a little bit of both, mentally and physically (draining). "The minutes are definitely catching up, but we have 10 games left and Im 23 years old so Im not complaining about it. Im just going to keep going out there and fighting. We just need to all-around have a better defensive effort." The Wolves have given up 332 points over the last three games. They look a step slow and are lacking the fire and energy on that end of the floor that made them one of the surprise teams in the league through the first two and a half months of the season. For a team that was showing so much promise earlier in the season, its the renewal of a troubling trend. The Wolves have shown a propensity to plummet in the final weeks of the season over the past few years, having lost 15 in a row to finish last season and 29 of their final 31 games in 2010. The Wolves have not won a game in April since 2009. "Its effort. They beat us to every loose ball, they beat us to every play, they beat us off the dribble, every play," Adelman said. "If things start turning a little bit south on you and youre just going to quit at that end, youre never going to win. Youre never going to change the mentality." ' ' '
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