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ST. PAUL Matt Murray Jersey , Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild finally played like a team urgently scrapping to remain in the playoff picture. They have 10 games to prove it’s not too little too late.Ryan Donato scored two goals and Devan Dubnyk had 26 saves as the Minnesota Wild beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Saturday night to stay in the thick of the playoff race.Eric Staal, Jared Spurgeon and J.T. Brown also scored for the Wild, who snapped a three-game losing streak that dropped them out of the final wild card in the Western Conference. Minnesota entered the day three points behind Phoenix for the last spot. It was the Wild’s second win in 11 home games.“At the end of the day, when it comes game time there’s not a lot of words being tossed around,” Donato said. “I think it’s just a call to action, we’ve got to make sure we come out and play hard. We didn’t do our job against Dallas and we knew we really had to win this one.”The Wild dropped their previous three games by a combined 13-3 score, including a 3-0 loss to San Jose and 4-1 defeat to the Stars. Knowing the Rangers had played the night before in Calgary, the Wild wanted to make an early statement.“Our start was huge tonight,” Minnesota’s Luke Kunin said. “We got the first goal, they came back and got one and I thought we did a good job of bouncing back and getting one and getting back into it. Just a good all-around effort tonight.”The Wild won’t have to wait long to see if they can carry over the momentum — Minnesota welcomes the New York Islanders on Sunday night.“Obviously it’s desperate times,” Staal said. “We need points. We need wins.”Mika Zibanejad scored his first goal in nine games and Pavel Buchnevich added a third-period goal for the Rangers http://www.officialpenguinsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-olli-maatta-jersey , who lost their third straight. Henrik Lundqvist finished with 41 saves and managed to keep the Rangers within striking distance.“I loved our effort, I loved the way we worked,” Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk said. “I think guys were hungry and desperate ourselves, we just had a lot of mistakes that fed them. Whether they went in or not, we just kept giving them momentum and not allowing ourselves to gain it ourselves.”Donato’s wrister on a breakaway at 4:40 of the first period beat Lundqvist’s stick side to put Minnesota up 1-0. Zibanejad tied it 90 seconds later, catching Dubnyk out of position on a shot from behind the goal line that angled off the goaltender and into the net.Donato was credited with a redirect on Luke Kunin’s shot with just under 4 minutes left in the first to reclaim the lead.Staal made it 3-1 at 4:51 of the second after his attempted pass to Zach Parise hit off the outstretched Neal Pionk’s stick and into the net.The only downside for Minnesota came in the second period, when Jason Zucker had to be helped off the ice after a scary collision behind the New York net with Rangers defenseman Brady Skjei. Zucker went down when Skjei fell on his right leg — he didn’t put any weight on the leg as he was helped off the ice, but returned later in the period.Zucker wasn’t made available to reporters after the game.“I haven’t heard anything on not being able to play,” coach Bruce Boudreau said.Spurgeon’s power-play goal at 6:04 of the third gave him 13 for the season, the fourth-most single-season goals by a Wild defenseman. Brown added an empty-netter at 17:25.NOTES: Donato has 11 points in 12 games with the Wild. He also notched his fourth point in two games against the Rangers with Minnesota this season. … Zibanejad established a new career high with his 28th goal this season. He’s also the first Rangers center to score at least 28 goals since Eric Lindros in 2001-02.UP NEXTRangers: Host Detroit on Tuesday night.Wild: Host the New York Islanders on Sunday. NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Even though they got back on the winning track Womens Patric Hornqvist Jersey , the Columbus Blue Jackets have a lot to figure out if they want to make the playoffs.Cam Atkinson and Artemi Panarin scored in a shootout and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped both New Jersey attempts as the Blue Jackets posted a 2-1 win over the Devils on Tuesday night in a game in which they were outplayed.“Other than our first couple shifts of the game, they absolutely dictated the pace of the game,” Atkinson said after Columbus snapped a two-game losing streak. “We got out-battled and lost all the 50-50s and it’s unacceptable and obviously without Bob, they would have had a lot more goals. We’re lucky to come away with two points, let alone one.”The Blue Jackets made big moves at the trade deadline, acquiring Matt Duchene, Ryan Dzingel and Adam McQuaid, but the team now built to compete for the Stanley Cup has not looked good.“Very important points but certainly some struggles,” said coach John Tortorella, whose team has been sliding in and out of playoff position. “No matter what it looks like or no matter what the reason is, we’ve been inconsistent and we just got to go each day at a time and find a way to get better.”Atkinson also scored the Columbus goal in regulation. Bobrovsky had 29 saves as the Blue Jackets swept their four-game season series with New Jersey.Travis Zajac scored for New Jersey in regulation and Cory Schneider had 17 saves as the Devils lost their fourth in a row.“Overall with the amount of firepower they have I thought we did a tremendous job defensively Phil Kessel Jersey , making them work,” Schneider said. “Offensively, I thought we had a couple of chances to get the go-ahead goal and just missed or Bobrovsky made a big save. Not good enough to get a win, but you know, that’s kind of how it goes.”After Bobrovsky stopped Blake Coleman’s attempt with his shoulder, Atkinson scored on a backhander.Schneider said Atkinson’s top move is a forehand shot.“Every goalie knows my tendencies and went with my B and it worked,” Atkinson said.Bobrovsky poke-checked the puck away from Drew Stafford on the Devils’ next try, and Panarin ended the game by slipping one between Schneider’s pads.The Devils had two great chances to take the lead late in the third period on a power play. Bobrovsky stopped a tip by Nick Lappin and Michael McLeod hit the post in a bid for his first NHL goal.The Devils had the better scoring chances in the first two periods and they finally capitalized with three minutes left in the second period.Coleman, who had not had a point in 13 games, set up the goal by carrying the puck into the Columbus end and slamming on the brakes. He faked a shot and sent a cross-ice pass that Zajac put into an open net.“Like I said, we are not scoring as much as we need to but we are a really hard team to play against right now Sidney Crosby Jersey ,” Coleman said. “Our forecheck and our effort is very obvious. A lot of guys are starting to show they can play in this league.”Atkinson had given the Blue Jackets the lead less than a minute after the opening faceoff with the help of a fluky bounce off the end boards. Defenseman David Savard took a shot from the left point that hit the boards and came out the other side to a wide-open Atkinson for his career-high 36th goal.The Devils’ injuries continued to mount. Forward Jesper Bratt left the game early in the second period after being hit in the leg by a shot. Nico Hischier, the No. 1 pick in the 2017 draft, was hurt in Boston on Saturday and missed his first game since Nov. 18 with an upper-body injury.Devils coach John Hynes had no update on Bratt’s injury after the game.NOTES: Columbus made one lineup change, scratching C Lukas Sedlak and dressing F Markus Hannikainen. … The Devils activated F Stefan Noesen off injured reserve. He was out almost a month with a lower-body injury. … Former Devils G Keith Kinkaid, who was shipped to Columbus at the trade deadline, was the Blue Jackets’ backup. The Devils showed a video with highlights of his career in New Jersey. … Devils D Sami Vatanen was out with an illness.UP NEXTBlue Jackets: At Pittsburgh on Thursday.Devils: Open a six-game road trip at Washington on Friday.