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TAMPA, Fla. Amari Cooper Raiders Jersey . -- Frans Nielsen scored the only shootout goal and assisted on a second-period score by Thomas Vanek in a 2-1 victory for the New York Islanders against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Nielsen snapped a wrist shot between the pads of Ben Bishop moments after Valtteri Filppula rang a shot off the post to the right of Islanders goalie Kevin Poulin at the other end. The Islanders had a seven-game road winning streak snapped Tuesday at Florida. Tampa Bays Martin St. Louis beat Poulin from the right circle to open the scoring on a power play 5:45 into the game, capitalizing on a penalty-killing unit ranked last in the league. The Islanders threatened to tie it while playing short-handed with six minutes left in the second period. Casey Cizikas broke in on Bishop, but Teddy Purcell interfered from behind. Vanek pulled New York even on a power play at 18:22 of the second, taking a pass in the low slot from Nielsen and lifting it over a fallen Bishop. Defenceman Victor Hedman, playing in his 300th NHL game, nearly restored Tampa Bays advantage with a backhander that hit the left post midway through the third period. Both goalies finished with 29 saves. NOTES: St. Louis has scored points in six consecutive games (four goals and three assists). His next point will pull him even with Hall of Famer Larry Robinson at No. 87 on the NHL career list with 958. . Tampa Bay C Steven Stamkos participated in a full morning skate for the first time since breaking his right shinbone Nov. 11 at Boston. . Lightning D Sami Salo returned after missing two games with a lower-body injury. . Islanders D Radek Martinek played after missing 22 games with back spasms. . New York D Travis Hamonic was sent back home for an evaluation on an upper-body injury. Ray-Ray Armstrong Jersey . Giroud, who wasnt in the starting lineup for two matches after allegations about his private life and a decline in form, scored twice in the first half. Tomas Rosickys chip made it 3-0 before half time at Emirates Stadium, while defender Laurent Koscielny scored an unmarked header in the second half. Rhett Ellison Jersey . Jeff Green scored 13 points and Kris Humphries 12 for the Celtics, who nearly blew an 18-point, second-half lead. Sullingers 20-20 was the first by a Celtics player since Kevin Garnetts first game in Boston in 2007. Garnett was dealt -- along with Paul Pierce -- to Brooklyn during the off-season. http://www.jerseysnflauthenticofficial.com/nfl-jerseys/minnesota-vikings/charles-johnson-jersey-c-1_462_3118.html .C. -- Rodney Hood connected from all over the court while freshman Jabari Parker was busy swatting shots and scoring in transition. CHICAGO -- After blowing an early two-goal lead against the New York Islanders, the Chicago Blackhawks buckled down and rode a one-goal lead to victory. Michal Handzus scored the go-ahead goal 6:45 into the second period and the Chicago Blackhawks held on for a 3-2 win over the Islanders on Friday night. Chicagos Jonathan Toews and rookie Joakim Nordstrom connected in the first period, while Duncan Keith had two assists. Nordstroms goal was his first in the NHL. In its previous two games, defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago wasnt in buttoned-down form as it allowed Tampa Bay and St. Louis to score late in a shootout and a regulation loss. It looked like more of the same was brewing Friday. The Blackhawks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but New Yorks Josh Bailey scored at 19:06 of the first period and Kyle Okposo scored 49 seconds later to it at 2-all. "Against St. Louis and Tampa, there were a few points we left on the table," Toews said. "Tonight could have been one of those nights where we fall into that trend of squeezing the stick a little bit too hard late in the game only up one goal. "But we maintained our composure. We know what weve got to do to protect those leads and play smart late in games. Weve improved on that." After Handzus restored Chicagos lead in the second, the Blackhawks were poised and tidy, even if they couldnt add to their advantage. "We didnt get that extra goal tonight, which made it close all the way to the end, but I still thought we did some good things," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. "But I liked what we gave up, and that wasnt much." Chicagos Nikolai Khabibulin made 17 saves and New Yorks Kevin Poulin finished with 25 as both goaltenders made their first starts this season. The 40-year-old Khabibulin rejoined the Blackhawks last summer as a free agent to back up Corey Crawford. Evgeni Nabokov had started the Islanders first three contests. Chicago had allowed five power-play goals in nine attempts entering the game, but killed both New York advantages on Friday. The Islanders lost for the first time in regulation, and coach Jack Capuuano wasnt surprised based on his teams effort. T.J. Carrie Jersey. . "When you mismanage the puck against that team and you dont make them play a 200-foot game, youre never going to have success and thats exactly what happened," he said. "Our execution level was down and we had some passengers tonight." The Blackhawks dominated the first period and took a 2-0 lead before the goals by Bailey and Okposo in the final minute of the frame evened it. Set up by Niklas Hjalmarssons feed from behind the net, Nordstrom opened the scoring midway through the first period from just outside the crease to cap a Chicago flurry in the New York zone. Toews made it 2-0 with 3:55 left in the period when Brent Seabrooks shot from the right point bounced off the back boards and straight to Toews in the left circle. He fired into an open net before Poulin could recover. Bailey wristed in a shot with 54 seconds left in the first to cut it to 2-1 after he corralled Michael Grabners drop pass in the right circle. Okposo tied it at 2 with just 5 seconds remaining in the period on a backhand shot from a crowd in the slot. He was set up by John Tavares pinpoint pass from behind the net. New York, however, didnt capitalize on the momentum swing. "We got a couple of big goals there to get us back in the game and we werent able to sustain that into the second period," Tavares said. "Weve got to keep on generating opportunities." Handzus put Chicago back ahead when he was left uncovered in in the slot and popped in a rebound of Duncan Keiths shot from the point after the puck rolled off Poulin. Both teams had a handful of chances in the third, including a couple of close-in attempts by Tavares. NOTES: RW Cal Clutterbuck played his first game with the Islanders. He was acquired in an off-season trade from Minnesota, then sat out the first three games this season with a leg laceration. ... Khabibulin was Chicagos No. 1 goaltender for four seasons, from 2005-09. ... The 21-year-old Nordstrom played in his fourth NHL game. ... Both teams play again on Saturday night. The Blackhawks host Buffalo and the Islanders are at Nashville. wholesale stitched jerseys wholesale jerseys wholesale nfl jerseys cheap nfl jerseys cheap nfl jerseys china ' ' '