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VANCOUVER - The stat sheet for Luca Sbisa wasnt pretty after the Vancouver Canucks last outing.This one looked a whole lot better.The defenceman rebounded from Fridays minus-5 showing in a 7-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche by scoring his first goal with the Canucks on Sunday as Vancouver topped the Washington Capitals 4-2.That was a rough night, Sbisa said of the game in Colorado. I didnt have the best sleep after that. Im not gonna lie, I was thinking a lot about that game and I knew (Sunday) was a big game for me and for the team.Sbisa blasted a shot through traffic at 15:47 of the second period for Vancouvers third goal in a 1:47 span to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead.Every time I score it feels good — the past few years it hasnt happened that much so its even more special, said Sbisa, who joined the Canucks this summer as part of the deal that sent Ryan Kesler to the Anaheim Ducks. The day you get traded or you join a new team its one thing you look forward to, getting that first goal out of the way.Im glad it was tonight.Nick Bonino and Radim Vrbata added a goal and an assist each for Vancouver (5-3-0), while Henrik Sedin also scored.Bonino was also acquired in the Kesler deal and helped set up Sbisas goal after giving the Canucks the lead just 25 seconds earlier.(Sbisa) is a great player, said Bonino. He plays really physical and I think he gets the short end of the stick a lot, but all year hes been that physical presence and it was good to especially be on the ice with him when he got that one. It was a great shot.Chris Higgins chipped in with two assists for Vancouver, and Ryan Miller made 20 saves for his fifth win of the season.Miller had to be especially strong midway through the third period, stopping successive shots from John Carlson and another from Alex Ovechkin on a power play.Vancouver was notorious for giving up late leads last season, but stood firm on Sunday.I thought we defended pretty well, said Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins. Its hard because theyre always going to take some chances offensively and they may get a few chances out of that, but Miller came up with a couple big saves.Marcus Johansson and Liam OBrien — with his first in the NHL — had the goals for Washington (4-2-2), while Mike Green added two assists.It was a great feeling to score my first goal but it would have been even better if we would have got the win tonight, said OBrien, who made the Capitals on a tryout this season.Justin Peters, starting in place of No. 1 goalie Braden Holtby, finished with 30 stops for Washington.That was probably our poorest game in terms of puck management and puck protection, said Capitals head coach Barry Trotz, whose team downed the Calgary Flames 3-1 a night earlier. We turned over way too many pucks, gave up way too many odd-man rushes just by puck management.After a scoreless first period where the Canucks carried the play but came up empty, the teams exploded for five goals in the second.Johansson opened the scoring at 5:28, beating Miller with a shot glove side after taking a cross-ice feed from Andre Burakovsky for his third of the season.Vancouver tied it up when Henrik Sedin squeaked a shot through Peters at the side of the net on a power play with six minutes to go in the period for his fourth before Bonino ripped his third high over Peters glove at 15:22.Youve got to support the Sedins, said Bonino. They score every game and with that secondary scoring, if we can all contribute and get three or four goals a night like we have been, usually were going to win games.Sbisa then stretched the Canucks lead to two with his first point with his new team, a goal Peters thought he should have stopped.I just tried to battle and fight for the guys and they got a little momentum there in the second period, said Peters. I really wanted to have that third goal and nip it in the bud and settle it down.Thats the difference in the game.OBrien then opened his NHL account by deflecting a pass from the slot in front of Miller at 17:18 for Washingtons second of the night to cut Vancouvers advantage to 3-2.The Capitals turned up the heat late in the third, but Carlson went off for delay of game with 1:38 remaining, and Vancouver killed the game off when Vrbata scored his fifth into an empty net with just over a minute to go.I think some of us were moving well but some of us were not ready, and maybe tired, maybe just was mentally not ready, said Ovechkin. But we have to figure out what we have to do to be mentally ready for back-to-backs.Vancouver was playing its third game in four nights and nearly had a dream start when Carlson turned the puck over to Vrbata for a great chances just 30 seconds into the game. Linden Vey and Jannik Hansen also had golden opportunities in the opening 20 minutes.(Peters) kept us in, said Trotz. He was the star of the game in the first period. He needed some support tonight and he didnt get it.Notes: The Capitals allowed more than 30 shots for the first time this season. ... The Canucks continue their three-game homestand on Tuesday against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Capitals host the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday. ... Vancouver visits Washington in the teams only other meeting on Dec. 2.Follow @JClipperton_CP on Twitter Kansas City Royals Jersey . - Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis said Wednesday hes "nodded off" during meetings, but he said its something every player does. Lorenzo Cain Jersey . The Missouri Tigers Defensive End and SEC Defensive player of the year is eligible for the upcoming NFL draft in May. http://www.authentickcroyalsprostore.us ... ls-jersey/. 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Fans who arrived to watch batting practice were treated to Bautistas first public testing of his injured left hamstring. He was running sprints in the outfield; he estimated at about 50 to 60-percent effort and admitted to feeling some pain, which he said he expected. Bautista will work out on Mondays off day and is hopeful of being in the starting lineup on Tuesday when the Jays play a Canada Day matinee against the Brewers. He hasnt been in the starting lineup since removing himself in the third inning of the June 22 loss in Cincinnati. "You know, its huge," said Bautista of avoiding the disabled list. Then he offered a precautionary thought: "Obviously thats still not in the plans but you never know how things are going to respond," said Bautista. "I just want to make it clear that I can get back into playing and because theres a previous injury there anything can happen. Im not trying to jinx it or anything but thats just reality." Bautista has been hitting in the underneath batting cage. "I feel like hitting is much easier right now than running," he said. While its superfluous to suggest the Blue Jays miss Bautista when hes not in the lineup the matter became more pronounced as the club faced three Chicago lefthanders over the wweekend.dddddddddddd After two home games versus Milwaukee, against right-handed starters, the Jays kick off their next road trip with four games in Oakland. The As will throw three left-handers at the Blue Jays in that series. Bautistas done serious damage to southpaws this year. Seven of his 15 home runs have been hit off of lefties. Hes accomplished that in only 57 at-bats. His on-base plus slugging percentage sits at an otherworldly 1.329. Combine Bautistas absence with the predominantly right-handed lineup manager John Gibbons has played this weekend, featuring Triple-A call ups Brad Glenn and Darin Mastroianni, and offence has been in relatively short supply. Left-handed hitters Adam Lind and Colby Rasmus, when theyve played, have struggled as the numbers would suggest they would. Bautista isnt committing to whether hell be Tuesdays designated hitter or take his usual spot in right field. "If I come in and feel 100-percent and great and go out on the field and play defence and I could not feel 100-percent and ask to DH instead of playing the field," said Bautista. "It all depends on how I feel on Tuesday and I wont know that until Tuesday." If Bautistas hamstring limits him to the designated hitters role, that likely removes Adam Lind from the Canada Day starting lineup. Against a right-handed starting pitcher, thats less than ideal. Should Bautista declare himself fit to play right field, Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind would both play, one as the designated hitter and the other at first base. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '