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Scoring has been an issue for Boston without one of its top forwards, but the Bruins next opponent has typically been quite generous in visits over the past seven seasons. Hoyt Wilhelm Jersey . This year, however, the Winnipeg Jets have been one of the leagues best road teams and are looking to complete a perfect three-game trip tonight with their first win in Boston in 13 tries. Viewers in the Jets region can watch the game live on TSN3 at 6pm ct. or listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1290 Winnipeg, with coverage starting at 5pm ct. This Winnipeg team, however, has been a bit stronger defensively, particularly on the road. The Jets (12-9-3) are tied for the most road wins in the NHL with a 8-4-2 away mark, thanks in large part to limiting their hosts to a league-low 1.93 goals per game. Competition hasnt exactly been the stiffest in the first two games of the trip: a 4-2 win Tuesday in Columbus before Thursdays 2-1 victory over Buffalo. For coach Paul Maurice, it was another ugly road win, and hes just fine with continuing on that way. Its what were good at, Maurice said. Thats the kind of people that we have - theyre a highly competitive group and we can suffer some adversity over the course of the game and manage to survive. Bryan Little scored for a third straight game, and it came on the power play. The Jets are 3 for 7 on the trip after going 0 for 22 over their previous seven games. Theyre 5-1-0 when scoring on the advantage, but their 11.5 percent season mark is 28th in the league. Boston hasnt even been developing power-play opportunities recently with a 0-for-8 mark in five games. In goal, the Jets Ondrej Pavelec made 19 saves against Buffalo and won for the first time in six starts. Hes still got a 2.89 goals-against average in that time after beginning the season with a 1.98 through 14 games. In Boston, Pavelec is 0-6-1 with a 4.00 GAA in eight starts. That could lead Winnipeg to turn to Michael Hutchinson, who was originally drafted by Boston. Hutchinson has seen some increased playing time lately, and he might deserve more after posting a league-best 1.07 GAA over a 4-0-1 stretch this month. Tuukka Rask didnt follow up his Vezina Trophy-winning campaign with the strongest start to the season, but hes posted a 1.51 GAA over a 2-1-1 stretch. Against the Jets, hes 8-4-0 with a 1.98 GAA. The Bruins (13-9-1) have 11 goals in seven games and two in consecutive defeats after Mondays 3-2 home overtime loss to Pittsburgh as they try to work through the ongoing absence of David Krejci. The teams points leader from a season ago has been limited to 11 games this season and has missed the last three with an undisclosed injury. He and defensemen Adam McQuaid (thumb) and Zdeno Chara (knee) remain out, but center Chris Kelly has returned to practice after missing three games with an upper-body injury. Boston is 7-4-0 with 3.18 goals per game when Krejci plays and 6-5-1 with 1.83 when hes out, but forward Brad Marchand isnt getting too down on his teams current form. I thought we had a pretty good game overall. Thats how it goes sometimes, Marchand said. Sometimes you have bad games and you win and have good games and lose. We did get one point. We want to continue to build. That could certainly happen with the Winnipeg-Atlanta franchise having dropped 12 straight in Boston while allowing the Bruins 3.92 goals per game. 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Both sides came closest to scoring in the first half, when Roma had a goal from Mattia Destro waved off for offside and Inters Rodrigo Palacio headed high. "A draw was a fair result. Neither squad had many chances," Roma midfielder Miralem Pjanic said.Sensational skates at the Grand Prix Final are boding well for Sochi, as the fields close in and rivalries heat up. As the season progresses, the gaps are narrowing and the fields are closing in on the leaders. A week ago, there wasnt an obvious challenger in the mens or pairs event. In fact, heading into the Grand Prix Final in Japan, it was difficult to imagine that the defending champions could be beaten. Patrick Chan had an enormous 30-point lead over the rest of the men in this seasons scores and so did the defending world pair champions from Russia - Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov - who had the same 30-point margin over the rest of the teams. Patrick faltered in the short program in Japan and Tatiana and Max in the free program to open the door, but what was intriguing in both cases was the way that the challengers stepped up and that the underdogs won. Yuzuru Hanyu from Japan hit one out of the park in the short program breaking Patricks world record that he set just two weeks ago. It all came together for Yuzuru in that performance, as he aggressively attacked the jumps and played with the music to sell his program to his hometown audience. It was an easy sell and they ate it up to help lift Yuzuru to a record-breaking skate where he missed the 100-point mark by a slim .16. As Coach Brian Orser said when the marks were posted, "Sooooo close!" Patrick and Yuzuru both delivered strong free programs each with one mistake, but the edge went to Hanyu and Patrick had his first loss of the season. Patrick, of course - barring injury - has his Olympic spot locked up. Theres no doubt he will go as this countrys No. 1 guy. Thats not the case for Yuzuru, whos fighting for his Olympic life. Hes up against five other guys who are all capable and who are all fighting for three spots. With the new world record in the short program, the second best freeskate and total scores ever and with the win over Chan, one would think Yuzuru might be awarded one of those coveted spots to Sochi. But no such spot has been given and the Japanese team will be named after their nationals - which take place just before Christmas. Patrick can find new motivation in the fact that hell be pushed and he will indeed need two great skates like he had two weeks ago in Paris to win Olympic Gold. The Russian pairs take the same knowledge into the holiday season with the loss to the German team of Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy. It is the kind of knowledge one needs at this time of year, lest one sits back and gets too comfortable. It was expected that the Ice Dance would be a close contest in Japan. While defending world champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White received betterr scores all season than Olympic Champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, one could sense that Tessa and Scott were working out the kinks early in the series. Lee Smith Jersey. And in Japan they put the technical glitches behind them and had stunning performances in both the Short and Free Dance. Meryl and Charlie brought their A game as well and came away with the win. And once again we were reminded how lucky we are to have two teams of their calibre at the same time. It was a terrific event and a moment that stood out for me was the look on the faces of Tessa and Scott after the free dance. Total satisfaction - a look thats been missing of late. When youre competing there are always the little things that youve done better in practice or things you had to fight through, that werent quite right and when you finish your skate those things immediately flash through your mind and the instant self evaluation is briefly written on your face. Tessas appraisal was immediate. Her eyes flashed in delight and she said yes. Totally satisfied. That was the performance they had been reaching for. They now have the momentum and as their rivalry demands, will have to build on it. They have to dig deep and soul search in order to answer the questions. "What more can we do?" "Whats next to fine tune?" The same questions that Meryl and Charlie are now asking in light of their narrow win. This is why were so fortunate to have these two great teams. As they drive each other to strategically find the edge, they find new levels of excellence and we the audience are ultimately the winners. In the ladies event the clear winner in Japan was indeed the favourite going in, hometown heroine Olympic Silver medalist Mao Asada. While it was no surprise to me that Mao won gold what was surprising, actually I was quite shocked, was her captivating short program. In fact, it ranks as one of my all time favourite skates. In a word, she was brilliant and when I rack my brain for comparisons, it would be Olympic champion and the defending world champion Yuna Kim. Yuna missed the Grand Prix season due to injury and competed in a B international to gain some competition mileage for her new material, while the Final was taking place. She received some impressive scores and so the stage is set for a showdown in the ladies event in Sochi. Mao and Yuna - a rematch from 2010. Yuna by all accounts is on track to be as good as ever, while Mao is new and improved. Her jumping arsenal is bigger and better and artistically she is skating, with more joy, heartfelt emotion and conviction than ever before. Let the games begin! ' ' '