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CALGARY -- Ben Bishops breakout season continued Friday night. Bishop made 19 saves for his fourth shutout of the season as the Tampa Bay Lightning, on goals from rookies Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov, won 2-0 over the Calgary Flames. Bishop, who stands six-foot-seven, has picked up points in 10 straight games (8-0-2) and is 22-5-2 on the season. He is tied with Bostons Tuukka Rask for the lead in shutouts and is one back of Pittsburghs Marc-Andre Fleury for the most wins. "That might have been one of our best games of the year from start to finish," said Bishop. "Seemed like we had the puck most of the game. The big thing tonight is we never took our foot off the gas. We played a full 60 minutes." Bishop shrugged off any disappointment in not being named to the U.S. Olympic team on Wednesday. "I just want to go out there and play my game. I thought the guys did a great job in front of me, made it easy on me," said Bishop, who has seven shutouts in 76 career games. Lightning coach Jon Cooper complimented Bishop for how he handled the situation in which the three goalies selected by USA Hockey were Los Angeles Jonathan Quick, Buffalos Ryan Miller and Detroits Jimmy Howard. "I understand the decision USA hockey made, I completely do. They went with some experienced guys that had proven track records," Cooper said. "Im really happy with way hes responded. Im sure a lot of guys would hang their head and say poor me and all hes done is elevate his game. Its a testament to his character." On the season, Bishop had the NHLs top save percentage at .936 and he ranks third with a 1.83 goals-against average. "Bens been the answer for 41 games so far this year and hopefully he can continue to play the way hes been playing," Cooper said. In the midst of a on a 7-1-1 roll, the win moves Tampa Bay (25-12-4) within two points of the Atlantic Division-leading Boston Bruins. "Ive watched this team grow from an offensive-minded , which the organization has been for a while, into a team that says you better get more than two goals on us to beat us. Its a formula that you can win with," Cooper said. Calgary (14-21-6) wraps up a five-game homestand with four straight regulation losses. It started with much promise as the Flames posted a dramatic 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the St. Louis Blues in the last game before Christmas. Since the break, the offence has all but dried up with Calgary only scoring one goal, by rookie Sean Monahan, in the last 245 minutes five seconds. "Were not good enough. Weve got to find a way to generate more," said Flames captain Mark Giordano. "Every mistake right now is magnified because were not scoring goals. Were wasting pretty good efforts from our goaltenders." The Flames got defenceman Dennis Wideman back after he missed 16 games with a broken hand but even with his presence on the power play, Calgary couldnt connect going 0 for 5 with the man advantage. "Its extremely frustrating," said Flames winger Lee Stempniak. "We definitely feel like were letting the goaltenders down. Theyve played great. Every game, theyve kept us in it and given us a chance. Its definitely a disappointing feeling for the 18 skaters out there letting them down." Both Lightning goals in the second period came less than 10 seconds after minor penalties to veteran Calgary forward Mike Cammalleri had expired. Teddy Purcell found Palat open in the slot and he sent a quick wrist shot into the top corner on Karri Ramo at 5:23. Five minutes later, Kucherov scored with a wrist shot off a setup from Palat. Palat extends his points streak to five games (two goals, four assists). "I feel like every game, my confidence is getting better," said the 22-year-old from the Czech Republic. "We have a young team but we play fast, we play good. Even without Stammer (Steven Stamkos), hes a big player to be missing, were just playing good." Making his first start in five games, Ramo was excellent for the Flames. Playing against the team that drafted him in 2006, Ramo was perfect on 13 shots in the first period, keeping Calgary in the game. He made 27 saves on the game in falling to 6-7-3. He was especially sharp in the third period too. As Calgary pressed to get back into the game, the Lightning were able to counter with some dangerous chances including three breakaways, each of them stopped. Notes: Tampa Bay is 13-7-4 since Stamkos (broken leg) has been out of the lineup. Stamkos is back skating with full equipment now and is nearing a return ... Calgary LW Lance Bouma (ill) did not dress ... The Lightning improved to 16-1-1 when they score first ... The Flames have just two regulation time wins in their last 30 games. Theyve won seven games in overtime or a shootout during that stretch ... Cammalleri was a minus-2 to fall to minus-21 on the season, which is second last in the NHL ahead of only Edmontons Nail Yakupov (minus-25). Chuck Klein Jersey . He just didnt expect them to be this good. Darrun Hilliard scored 19 points to lead No. 6 Villanova to a dominating 77-59 victory over Georgetown on Saturday, preserving the Wildcats hopes of a No. Jim Bunning Jersey . Canada will host Japan in a World Group first-round match in 2015. It will be a rematch of their first-round clash last year when Japan defeated Canada 4-1 to reach the World Group quarter-finals for the first time in its history. https://www.cheapphilliesjerseys.us/147n...y-phillies.html. After rookie right-hander Alex Colome excelled in a 5-2 victory in the opener, the Rays fell to Chris Tillman and the Orioles 4-1 on Friday night. Bake Mcbride Jersey .J. Hardy finally got in on the fun Saturday, against a likely opponent. Bryce Harper Jersey .Y. -- Phil Jackson lost out on his preferred coach, but hes working hard on keeping his star player.Pittsburgh, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Antonio Brown scored two touchdowns and the Pittsburgh Steelers captured their first AFC North title since 2010 with a 27-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night. Brown opened the scoring with a 71-yard punt return for a touchdown, then put the game away late in the fourth quarter with a 63-yard TD catch. He ended with seven catches for 128 yards. The Steelers (11-5), who ended the regular season with four straight wins, secured the No. 3 seed and will host No. 6 seed Baltimore next Saturday at 8:15 p.m. ET. Its typical AFC North ball. We take a lot of pride in being from the North. I look forward to it, said Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. Its going to be typical Steelers/Ravens. Steelers/Ravens in January, its been a while since we had that. The Bengals (10-5-1) will play at the fourth-seeded and AFC South-champion Colts next Sunday at 1:05. Ben Roethlisberger, who played through an upset stomach, completed 24-of-38 passes for 317 yards, two touchdowns and an interception for the Steelers. The talk in Pittsburgh this week will be about LeVeon Bells right knee. Bell left in the third quarter with a hyperextended knee following a collision with Cincinnati safety Reggie Nelson. Prior to the injury, Bell carried the ball eight times for 20 yards and caught six passes for 80 yards. Andy Dalton completed 27-of-38 passes for 244 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions for the Bengals. Jeremy Hill carried the ball 23 times for 100 yards. Trailing 20-17, the Bengals had a shot to take the lead when they blew up a Steelers fake punt with about six minutes left in the game. Punter Brad Wings pass was intercepted by Dane Sanzenbacher. But the Bengals quickly gave the ball back to the Steelers. Cornerback Antwon Blake forced wide receiver A.J. Green to fumble at the Pittsburgh 30 with 3:51 left. Brown sealed the victory with his 63-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown. We had a rough day, said Bengals coach Marvin Lewis. Its key to take care of football. We didnt do a very good job of it. The punt return at the beginning of the game, we got back into the game but we continued to turn the foottball over and I thought the defense played pretty well throughout the day.dddddddddddd Then we gave up the big play there at the end of the football game. Its hard to win consistently like that. The Steelers took a 7-0 lead on Browns punt return score. Brown started to his right, reversed field and raced down the left sideline with 10:50 left in the first quarter. The Bengals were driving when Brice McCain picked off Dalton at the Pittsburgh 2-yard line. The Steelers failed to capitalize, going three-and-out. Cincinnati started from the Pittsburgh 42 following a short punt. Brandon Tate kept the drive alive with a 14-yard catch on 4th-and-3. Three plays later on 3rd-and-6, Dalton completed a 17-yard shovel pass to Giovani Bernard for a touchdown. Bernard jumped over a defender before going in for the game-tying score with 2:43 remaining in the period. The Bengals got the ball right back following a Pittsburgh turnover. Wallace Gilberry recovered for the Bengals at the Pittsburgh 34. Cincinnati, however, had to settle for a 39-yard Mike Nugent field goal with 12:32 left in the second quarter. The Steelers moved the ball to the Cincinnati 11-yard line, but had to settle for a 29-yard Shaun Suisham field goal. McCain came up with his second interception of the game just two plays into the ensuing Cincinnati possession. Martavis Bryant then took a wide receiver screen 21 yards for a touchdown to give the Steelers a 17-10 lead. Pittsburgh tacked on three more points before the half. Suisham capped an 11- play drive with a 25-yard field goal. Nugent missed a 50-yard field goal on the first possession of the second half. The Steelers were driving late in the third quarter when Roethlisberger was picked off by Nelson. The Bengals then put together an impressive 15-play, 89- yard drive that Jermaine Gresham capped with a 5-yard TD catch. Game Notes Pittsburgh also beat the Bengals in Cincinnati on Dec. 7 ... The punt return touchdown was the third of Browns career ... Green caught eight passes for 82 yards for the Bengals, who won the AFC North last year ... The Steelers won their sixth AFC North title. ' ' '

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