Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Khabibulin, Jets Surprise Wings

The Winnipeg Jets rode the strong goaltending of NikolaiKhabibulin and a balanced scoring attack to earn a stunning 4-1victory Sunday against the visiting Detroit Red Wings in Game 3 oftheir best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series.

A deafening roar of support from 15,544 white-clad fans gave theJets the kind of lift they needed to come back after dropping thefirst two games of the series in Detroit. Game 4 is scheduled forTuesday in Winnipeg.

Keith Tkachuk, Chad Kilger, Eddie Olczyk and Dave Manson scoredfor the Jets. Igor Larionov was the only Red Wings player to beatKhabibulin, who made 32 saves.Blues 4, Maple Leafs 3: Glenn Anderson tapped in a pass …

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