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MONTREAL -- A lot of fingers were pointed lately at Max Pacioretty and his centre David Desharnais over the Montreal Canadiens weak goal production. That was put to rest, at least for now, on Tuesday night when Pacioretty got a natural hat trick in the second period and the Canadiens skated to a 6-2 NHL victory over the Minnesota Wild. Pacioretty picked up his first goals in 10 games since Oct. 12 in Vancouver, although he missed eight games with a leg injury during that stretch. "Theres a lot of things probably being said about me out there -- thats how it is in this business when youre not performing," said Pacioretty, who among other slights, had been criticized for being a "perimeter" player of late. "Everyone goes through it, but it felt good tonight. "You can look at stats all you want but I missed a lot of good opportunities lately. One game I had eight shots. It started getting into my head, thinking that I cant score, so its definitely a monkey off the back. The first one was lucky, off a skate and in, but you take them as they come." Desharnais got two assists, giving him three points in 20 games this season. Only last week, newly elected Montreal mayor Denis Coderre caused a stir when he suggested Desharnais be sent to the minors. He was scratched one game, but bounced back with better efforts of late. When he is on his game, the stocky centre is a clever passer and playmaker, although he only seems ever to click with Pacioretty. Part of the breakthrough came when coach Michel Therrien put tenacious right winger Brendan Gallagher on their unit. That threesome was Montreals best line in the second half of last season. And Pacioretty went hard to the front of the net for two of his goals. "Davy and I, our chemistry is at a level where he knows where Im going and he can throw blind passes, and thats what happened, said Pacioretty. "Gally gets everyone going. "Hes an energetic player. With him getting into the forecheck and disrupting the defence a little, all it takes is a split second. Hes a hound on the puck and he got us going." Michael Bournival, Daniel Briere and Alex Galchenyuk also scored for the Canadiens (11-9-2), who had tallied only 18 goals in their previous 11 games. Nino Niederreiter and Dany Heatley scored for the Wild (13-5-4), which ended a four-game winning streak and an eight-game undefeated run dating to a 5-1 loss to Chicago on Oct. 28. Minnesota looked nothing like the air-tight defensive club that was piling up wins in recent weeks. Once Paciorettys first goal went in, they put up little fight. Top defenceman Ryan Suter ended the night minus-3, while his partner Jonas Brodin was minus-4. Coach Mike Yeo wants to see the team push back Wednesday night in Ottawa. "Its all a matter how you take this one in," said Yeo. "If we just sit here and say weve been on a nice run and this was bound to happen, then I dont think we should expect much difference from tonight. "If this stings like it should, it should he motivating for us to win that game." Wild starter Josh Harding, one of the NHLs three stars for his three wins last week, was pulled in the second period after allowing three goals on 19 shots in favour of third-stringer Darcy Kuemper, who looked shaky in allowing three goals on nine shots. Yeo said pulling Harding was partly to keep him fresh to play in Ottawa. Harding has given up three only twice this season, both times to Montreal. At 2:57 of the second period, Paciorettys slump ended when he had a Desharnais pass go in off his skate from in front of the net. The Canadiens, coming off a 1-0 loss at home to the New York Rangers on Saturday night, had not scored since a Lars Eller goal at 7:34 of the second period of a 3-2 shootout win last Friday in Columbus. Pacioretty converted a spin-around pass from Desharnais at 10:06 at even strength and then ended Hardings night when he tipped in P.K. Subbans point shot on a power play at 13:36. Bournival came from behind the net and beat Kuemper inside the near post at 16:16. Briere one-timed Brian Giontas cross-ice pass behind Kuemper on a counter attack 4:42 into the third. Niederreiter spoiled Carey Prices shutout less than a minute later when he went to the net to bang in his own rebound after a feed from behind the net from Kyle Brodziak. Galchenyuk converted an Andrei Markov feed on a power play at 7:35. Then Heatley, a shadow of his former self this season, jammed in a goal on a power play with 1.3 seconds left in the game for only his third goal in 22 games. In his heyday as a 50-goal and 100-point man with the Ottawa Senators, Heatley -- along with Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson -- terrorized the Canadiens. In 43 career games against Montreal, he has 25 goals and 52 points. Notes: Six goals was a season high scored for Montreal and allowed by Minnesota. . . Pacioretty got his second career hat trick (last: Feb. 9, 2012). . . Winger Rene Bourque (lower body) sat out and Ryan White returned to the Montreal lineup. . . Douglas Murray and George Parros were scratched. . . Minnesota sat out defenceman Matt Dumba. . .The Wild started a four-game road trip that takes them to Ottawa and then onto Winnipeg on Saturday and St. Louis on Monday. Cordarrelle Patterson Jersey . The Mercedes duo of three-time Canadian Grand Prix champion Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has won all six races to start the season, finishing one-two in the last five. Jeremy Hill Jersey .C. United to a 4-1 victory over short-handed FC Dallas on Saturday night. http://www.patriotsjerseysauthentic.com/Cordarrelle-Patterson-Super-Bowl-Jersey/ . Lawries batting helmet hit an umpire during his ninth-inning outburst in the Jays 4-3 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday. 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Division: Metropolitan GM: Brian MacLellan Head Coach: Barry Trotz 2013-14: 38-30-14 (5th in Metropolitan) Playoffs: Did not qualify Goals For: 235 (13th) Goals Against: 240 (21st) Powerplay: 23.4% (2nd) Penalty Kill: 82.1% (16th) That Was Then: The Capitalsa€? first year in the Metropolitan Division saw the team clipped down the stretch by one of its new division mates. In their first 82-game season under Adam Oates, the Caps ran hot and cold for much of the year, trading hot streaks with cold streaks in nearly equal measure. A middling October was followed by a torrid November that saw the team drop only four contests and rack up points in all but one of their six road games. Alexander Ovechkin was one of the NHLa€?s elite producers through the first half of the season netting a point-per-game through December and cracking the 30-goal plateau before the calendar even turned to 2014. He once again put up great numbers in January but the Great Eight did not return from the Sochi Olympics at nearly the same output. While he continued on nearly a point-per-game pace and scored 11 goals in his final 23, he put up a nightmarish -18 in the final two months of the season. When the dust settled, Ovie had a Rocket Richard Trophy-winning 51 goals to go alongside a minus-35 rating that was worse than all but two NHL players. The Caps still found themselves in the hunt, though, keeping pace with the Detroit Red Wings and the floundering Toronto Maple Leafs in the Eastern Conference wild card chase. The ex-factor, it turns out, was the Columbus Blue Jackets. While the Capitals ripped off points in 12 of their final 15 games, including finishing the season on a 4-0-1 kick, the Blue Jackets matched them stride-for-stride. Despite the run, the Caps were unable to gain ground on their new rivals, nor were they able to run down the Wings. The result was the Capsa€? first season watching the playoffs from the outside since 2006-07. Scott Cullens Analytics Predators 2013-14 Stats by Quarter Games GPG GAA SH% SV% SAF% PTS% 1-20 3.00 2.85 8.4% .917 47.3% .575 21-41 2.67 2.95 6.8% .932 48.0% .548 42-62 2.81 2.86 8.4% .921 48.9% .524 63-82 2.45 2.50 7.1% .928 44.3% .550 NHL AVG 2.67 2.67 7.8 .922 50.0% .562 Key: GPG= goals per game, GAA= goals-against per game, SH%= even-strength shooting percentage, SV%= even-strength save percentage, SAF%= score-adjusted Fenwick percentage (differential of shot attempts faced vs. shot attempts, excluding blocked shots, adjusted for game score), PTS%= percentage of available points. Analysis: Games 1-20: Shot well enough to overcome subpar possession stats. Games 21-41: Shooting declined, but a good stretch of goaltending kept the Capitals in the playoff hunt. Games 42-62: Good shooting, but a little below average in goaltending and possession. Games 63-82: Jaroslav Halak was excellent to finish the year, but possession bottomed-out. Key Additions: RW Chris Conner, LW Tim Kennedy, D Matt Niskanen, D Brooks Orpik, G Justin Peters Key Subtractions: C Mikhail Grabovski, D Tyson Strachan This Is Now: Change came quick in the off-season, with Oates and long-time general manager George McPhee receiving their walking papers before April was even out. Ted Leonsisa€? decision sent a clear message in the U.S. Capital: Any team built around Alexander Ovechkin is expected to make the playooffs, at the very least.dddddddddddd The captain a€“ locked up until 2021 - isna€?t likely to be going to another NHL club in the near future, so changing the existing regime was the easy fix. The front office changes were an interesting blend of experience and familiarity. Barry Trotz was one of the most sought-after coaches available and the Caps snatched him up in late May. After a career in Nashville without much offensive firepower, it will be interesting to see what effect Trotza€? defensive contest has on the likes of Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom and defencemen Mike Green and John Carlson. Bringing in Brian MacLellan was an interesting way to change the decision-making at the GM position while keeping familiarity within the organization. MacLellan has spent 14 seasons with the organization, most recently as an assistant GM and director of player personnel. MacLellan was also apparently given free rein on spending and a mantra to upgrade the teama€?s defence. He went out and pilfered the teama€?s arch-rivals from Pittsburgh dropping a combined $67.75 million on five years of Brooks Orpik and seven yearsa€? worth of Matt Niskanen. How will the pieces fall into place? Well, if the Metropolitan is as wide-open as it was for much of last season, the Caps could be primed for a bounce-back. Then again, considering the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers both spent much of the regular season scuffling, maybe all the Caps have done by re-loading is keep pace. DEPTH CHART Forwards Left Wing Centre Right Wing Alex Ovechkin Nicklas Backstrom Eric Fehr Marcus Johansson Evgeny Kuznetsov Troy Brouwer Jason Chimera Brooks Laich Joel Ward Liam OBrien Andre Burakovsky Chris Brown Aaron Volpatti Michael Latta Chris Conner Tim Kennedy Kris Newbury Tom Wilson Defence Left Right Brooks Orpik John Carlson Karl Alzner Matt Niskanen Nate Schmidt Mike Green John Erskine Jack Hillen Dmitry Orlov Steve Oleksy Goaltenders Braden Holtby Justin Peters Philipp Grubauer Craigs List TSN Director of Scouting Craig Buttons Top Prospect: Evgeny Kuznetsov Perhaps Evgeny could have played in the NHL earlier but one thing is clear; with maturity he is now ready to be a significant contributor in the NHL. Gifted skater who has an ease to his stride and finds multiple ways to create and take advantage of opportunities. Hea€?s a a€?high pacea€? player who can execute on the move. Excellent vision and his puck skills allow him to threaten defenders with a shot or a pass. He has a quick strike capability because he is so smart in transition and in recognizing where and when he can exploit opponents. He is a very good two-way player and could be typecast as similar in style to former NHL star, Sergei Fedorov. Bottom line: the wait for Evegny was well worth it Fantasy - Cullens Player to Watch - Eric Fehr Its difficult to get too excited about a 29-year-old that has topped 35 points in a season once in his NHL career, but Eric Fehr has always been productive on a per-minute basis. Furthermore, and perhaps most importantly, Fehr is looking at a plum opportunity to start the year, skating on the wing with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom on Washingtons top line. 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