NASHVILLE -- The Nashville Predators are playing well right now, having won three straight and six of their past seven. Nike Free 3.0 v4 Homme . The wins are helping them keep pace in the Western Conference. David Legwand scored his second goal of the game at 4:26 of overtime, and the Predators rallied from a two-goal first-period deficit in beating the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 Thursday night. Legwand scored the winner on a rebound of his own shot. "It seems like everyone else is winning six out of seven too, so its kind of tough," Legwand said. "Youve got to keep winning obviously. Other teams are winning, so we have to keep winning." It helps playing Colorado, and the Predators have won seven straight over Colorado and nine of 10 overall in the series dating back to Feb. 4, 2010. Wins over the Avalanche on Tuesday and Thursday have given Nashville a four-point edge over the Avs in the West. "Now we have a little bit of separation between us and them," Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne said. "Every night is the biggest game of the year." Legwand started the comeback with a goal in the second period, and Sergei Kostitsyn tied it up in the third. Ryan OReilly had a goal and an assist, and Gabriel Landeskog also had a goal for Colorado. "It was a point, which we obviously needed in the standings, but I certainly think we could have been a lot better," Colorado coach Joe Sacco said. The Avalanche outshot Nashville 15-7 in the first period, but the Predators wound up outshooting them 35-29 for the game. "We just kept coming and coming," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "We had some good chances and obviously Legwand has a bit of a penchant for getting the big goals this year. ... Coming back after being down two periods allows you to find out what kind of character you have, so this is a real good win for us." This game started in a turnaround from Tuesday night when Nashville scored three goals in the first and beat the Avalanche 4-1 in Denver. OReilly celebrated his 200th career NHL game by helping Colorado jump out to a 2-0 lead. The Avalanche points leader got a little help from Rinne on his 12th goal this season. The goalie was trying to clear the puck when he flicked it toward centre ice where OReilly grabbed it and scored on a wrister past Rinne at 6:09 of the first. OReilly had the primary assist on Landeskogs slap shot for a 2-0 lead at 12:17. "He didnt get a lot on it," OReilly said of Rinnes clearing attempt. "I just kind of threw it up over the pad. (He) came across real quick. He almost stopped it, but I got a lucky bounce there." Rinne blamed himself for both goals. "Its not a good feeling obviously," Rinne said. It was the kind of start Sacco wanted before becoming too passive in the second period. "Instead of us forcing the issue and playing more in their face, we started to sit back a little bit, and thats what happens when you play on your heels," Sacco said. The Predators started clicking and attacking in the second as they outshot Colorado 14-7. That included Legwands goal as he scored off the rebound of Matt Halischuks wraparound attempt at 12:17. Nashville came in with the Western Conferences second-most productive power play behind only Vancouver and had converted on five of its past eight power plays. Not against Colorado. The Predators were shut out on their six opportunities with the man advantage largely thanks to Jean-Sebastien Giguere in net. But Kostitsyn tied it with his ninth goal this season at 8:49 of the third with his wrister from the left circle over Gigueres glove. Nashville kept up the pressure, and Giguere kept it tied with great save after save. He was sprawled on his belly with his head toward the net when he stopped a shot from Jordin Tootoo with his stick with less than 5 minutes left. In overtime, Giguere managed to stop Legwands first shot after the Nashville centre had skated across the right circle, but couldnt stop Legwand off the rebound. Notes: Nashville C Mike Fisher had an assist on Kostitsyns goal, giving him six in five games. ... Nashville D Roman Josi has an assist in three straight games. ... Colorado LW Cody McLeod picked up a goaltender interference penalty midway through the first, giving him 100 penalty minutes for the season. That also made him the first player in Colorado history with 100 penalty minutes in five straight seasons. ... Colorado C Peter Mueller played his first game after missing 40 games due to a head injury. He played 13:10 and had five shots. ... D Erik Johnson returned after missing a game with a hand injury. air jordan 11 retro pas cher . 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But we gave up 20 offensive rebounds. "To be successful, ultimately, the way we play, we have to rebound the basketball and we didnt do a great job of that tonight." Mike Talley scored 20 points to lead the Eagles (7-4), while Karrington Ward scored 11 points and Sims finished with 10. Eastern Michigan kept this a game into the second half, but went 6 minutes between field goals during the critical stretch when Duke pulled away. For Duke, Jabari Parker scored 23 points and Andre Dawkins had season highs of 20 points and six 3-pointers. With Rodney Hood fighting an illness that he said caused him to flee the court and throw up, Dawkins was summoned from the bench to make a surprise start moments before the opening tip. And the fifth-year senior who sat out last season sure made the most of it. He finished with his highest point total since scoring 22 and hitting six 3s in a win at Florida State in 2012. "Its a little bit different coming off, not playing for a year, and trying to play at this level," Dawkins said. "So, it took some time, but Im getting there. But its still a process." Rasheed Sulaimon added 13 for Duke (10-2) and came up with the key hustle play during the decisive second-half run that helped them polish off their fourth straight win. Duke shot 40 per cent against Eastern Michigans tough zone defence whiile hitting 10 3-pointers, and wrapped up the pre-ACC home schedule with its 101st straight nonconference win at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Nike Free 3.0 v4 Femme. "We knew they played zone, so we were going to get open looks on the offensive end, but we really wanted to focus on stopping them," Dawkins said. "It was a big task to try and stop them but I think we did a pretty good job." The Blue Devils led just 43-35 with 15 minutes left before breaking the game open with a 15-1 run. Quinn Cook and Hood hit 3-pointers roughly 25 seconds apart before Sulaimons key hustle play. He had Eagles guard J.R. Sims trapped near midcourt when Sims tried to spike the ball off Sulaimon and out of bounds -- but the ball instead rolled down the sideline toward the Duke basket. Sulaimon scooped it up, was fouled hard by Sims -- who received a flagrant foul -- on his way to the basket and hit the ensuing two free throws to stretch the lead to 53-35 with 13:12 left. Dawkins 3-pointer roughly 3 minutes later gave the Blue Devils their first 20-point lead at 56-36. Amile Jefferson -- who started the run with a free throw with 14:28 left -- hit a foul shot to push it to 58-36 with 10:25 remaining, and they pulled away from there. Jefferson finished with a career-high 14 rebounds for the Blue Devils, who have had at least one 20-point scorer in every game this season. Its the first time thats happened at Duke since the eventual national champion 2000-01 team did it in its first 17 games. Ten of those 20-point games now belong to Parker, who led or shared the teams scoring lead for the eighth time. He scored 14 of Dukes 37 points in the first half after hitting six of his first 11 shots, including a pair of thunderous alley-oop dunks. That helped make up for an off day for Hood, who averages 18.5 points but finished with eight on 3-of-8 shooting. He also had eight rebounds while playing through his unspecified illness. Coach Mike Krzyzewski said he received an IV at halftime. "He wasnt the same guy," Krzyzewski said. wholesale nfl jerseyswholesale jerseys ' ' '
