A big night for a Predators defenceman, Leafs sniper, Sharks rising star and more in Scott Cullen’s Statistically Speaking. Joe Theismann Redskins Jersey . HEROES Predators D Ryan Ellis scored a goal and two assists, then added the shootout winner, in Nashville’s 4-3 win at Arizona. Maple Leafs RW Phil Kessel scored a pair of goals and added an assist as the Maple Leafs won 5-2 at the Islanders. Kessel also had eight shot attempts (5 SOG). Sharks C Logan Couture scored a pair of goals and generated 10 shot attempts (8 SOG) in a 5-3 loss at Boston. Coyotes D Keith Yandle had a goal and an assist, generating 13 shot attempts (9 SOG) in Arizona’s 4-3 loss to Nashville. Vancouver’s top line – LW Daniel Sedin (17 shot attempts for, 0 against, 100.0%), RW Radim Vrbata (14 for, 0 against, 100.0%) and C Henrik Sedin (16 for, 1 against, 94.1%) – dominated play when they were on at even strength in the Canucks’ 6-3 loss in Dallas. The Panthers defence pairing of Dmitri Kulikov (26 shot attempts for, 6 against, 81.3%) and Willie Mitchell (26 for, 9 against, 74.3%) had a strong game for Florida in a 4-3 shootout win at Colorado. ZEROES Flames C Joe Colborne (3 shot attempts for, 16 against, 15.8%) and LW Curtis Glencross (4 for, 15 against, 21.1%) were buried in possession terms during Calgary’s 2-1 overtime loss to Tampa Bay. Canucks G Ryan Miller was pulled after allowing five goals on 13 shots in Vancouver’s 6-3 loss at Dallas. Islanders G Jaroslav Halak was pulled after allowing five goals on 23 shots in a 5-2 loss to Toronto. Avalanche D Brad Stuart (8 for, 21 against, 27.6%), primarily matched against the line of Aleksander Barkov, Sean Bergenheim and Brad Boyes, was on the wrong side of the shot attempt battle versus Florida. NOTABLE LINEUP CHANGES Pavel Datsyuk played his first game of the season for Detroit, and assisted on Henrik Zetterberg’s goal. Hurricanes D Andrej Sekera returned to the lineup, after missing a week, and played a team-high 22:28. Antti Raanta, making his first start of the season in net for the Blackhawks, stopped all 32 shots he faced for the shutout. Devils D Adam Larsson made his season debut, playing 12:50, in place of Eric Gelinas. Maple Leafs D Stuart Percy returned to the lineup, playing 13:29 against the Islanders, as Toronto dressed seven defencemen. Sharks C James Sheppard made his season debut, playing 13:29 in Boston. FIRSTS Jets rookie C Adam Lowry scored his first career goal and led the team with five hits in Winnipeg’s 3-1 win over Carolina. Bruins rookie RW Seth Griffith, skating on the wing with David Krejci and Milan Lucic, scored his first NHL goal in a 5-3 win over San Jose. MORE: Predators D Shea Weber played 33:18. Since the start of last season, there have been 20 times in which a player had more ice time in a regular season game…Maple Leafs D Roman Polak played a team-high 22:46, scored a goal and had five hits. He’s tied with Islanders LW Matt Martin for the league lead with 34 hits…In addition to Ellis, Rangers D Kevin Klein, Lightning LW Ondrej Palat and Panthers RW Brad Boyes scored overtime winners Tuesday...Bruins C David Krejci had a goal and an assist, and had the best possession stats (23 shot attempts for, 10 against, 69.7%) in the game against San Jose. Much of the data included comes from www.war-on-ice.com, www.puckalytics.com, www.hockeystats.ca and www.naturalstattrick.com Scott Cullen can be reached at scott.cullen@bellmedia.ca Bryce Love Womens Jersey . While he was away, it was the division-rival Baltimore Orioles conducting a little business of their own, scooping up Ubaldo Jimenez on Monday evening to a reported four-year, $50-million contract. Trent Williams Womens Jersey . A little more than one year after missing a last-second tip-in that would have given the Wolverines a share of the Big Ten regular-season title, the 6-foot-8 forward scored on a layup with 7. https://www.redskinssportsgoods.com/Womens-Charles-Mann-Inverted-Jersey/ . -- A deflected pass that landed in DeSean Jacksons hands.TORONTO -- Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri apologized Saturday for insulting Brooklyn before an outdoor gathering of fans in advance of Torontos NBA playoff game against the Nets. Brooklyn had the last laugh, however, hanging on for a 94-87 victory in Game 1 of the first-round best-of-seven series. Emotions ran high as the Raptors returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and Ujiri helped stoke the pre-game fire. Ujiri, a former NBA executive of the year in Denver, took the stage before the afternoon game to address pumped-up fans under bright sunshine at Maple Leafs Square. The moment seemed to get to him as he paired an F-bomb and Brooklyn on his way off the stage. The crowd loved it, roaring in response. He handed the microphone to his boss, MLSE CEO Tim Leiweke, who smiled and shook his head before leaving the stage. Video of the trash talk quickly surfaced on Twitter and other social media. The GM was quick to do damage control, with team officials summoning media for a halftime gathering in the hall outside the playoff media centre at the Air Canada Centre. "I apologize. Wrong choice of words out there," Ujiri told some three dozen media. "This thing is really not about me, its about the players and the playoffs. So just trying to get the crowd out there rattled. Wrong choice of words. "I apologize to kids out there and to the Brooklyn guys. Nothing against them. Just trying to get our fans going. Thats it." He declined to take questionns. Sonny Jurgensen Jersey. But he offered an addendum, over his shoulder, as he headed down the corridor. "You know how I feel," he said. "I dont like them (the Nets) but I apologize." Adding to the drama of the day, the shot clocks stopped working -- prompting a break -- in the third quarter. The shot clock was subsequently counted down by longtime PA announcer Herbie Kuhn as he looked at the stopwatch held by the official next to him. Kuhn likely needed a post-game throat lozenge. The crowd was loud and proud inside the building and out. Those inside sported giveaway white T-shirts with the words Northern Uprising around a Raptors logo on them. Drake, hip-hop star and Raptors global ambassador, sported one of the shirts under his jacket in his normal courtside perch. He was heavily involved in the Raptors rebrand, built around the slogan "We The North." Ujiri was feisty prior to the series, after talk the Nets may have slipped down the standings in order to face the Raptors. The Toronto GM said his team "havent lost one second of sleep worrying about the Brooklyn Nets." "They can do whatever they want," Ujiri said Thursday. "Well be right here." The Toronto Sun tabloid helped stir the pot with a Page 1 headline that said "Raptors vs. Dinosaurs," in a shot at Brooklyns aging stars. Game 2 is Tuesday at the Air Canada Centre. Toronto (48-34) and Brooklyn (44-38) split four meetings during the regular season. ' ' '