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WASHINGTON - Dont leave it to Beaver. Leave it to Matt Niskanen, the newly proclaimed Eddie Haskell of the Washington Capitals.Niskanen, the defenceman with the low-key public persona, levelled Scott Laughton with a clean, open-ice hit that sent the forward flying backward with helmet off, a defining moment late in the second period of the Capitals 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.Hes like Eddie Haskell, Washington coach Barry Trotz said. Hes got the young face and all that, but hell run into you, hell give you the stick.Trotz then realized that some of the younger reporters would have no clue about Eddie Haskell, the teenager who would take politeness to the extreme with adults to cover up his scheming ways in the long-ago comedy Leave It To Beaver.Black and white TV, Trotz added with a chuckle. Im showing my age now.Laughs aside, the hit knocked Laughton out of the game. He didnt return for the third period, and neither coach Craig Berube nor Flyers general manager Ron Hextall would categorize the injury as anything other than upper-body. They wouldnt say whether Laughton will play in Thursday nights home game against the Vancouver Canucks.For Trotz, the knockdown came at the right time.It actually energized us. I thought we were sort of flat in the second, and they sort of had a little push on, and a lot of urgency, Trotz said. I thought it changed us. It gave us some momentum.Enough momentum to finish another shutout in Braden Holtbys iron-man run. The goalie made 21 saves in his 20th consecutive start. It was his fourth blank slate of the season, including three since he became too hot to rest.Holtby is 14-2-4 during his starting streak, and he hasnt allowed more than one goal in his last three games. He also played in his 26th consecutive game, extending his franchise record. He has rediscovered his form under new goaltending coach Mitch Korn.Hes very calm in the net. Theres no panic. Theres no extra movement, Trotz said. Hes made a transformation.Jason Chimeras first-period goal was all the Capitals needed as they won for the 14th time in 19 games overall and for the seventh straight home game. Chimeras face was bloody after the game, the remnants of a gash to the face that required stitches.Holtby was nearly matched by Flyers goalie Rob Zepp, the 33-year-old rookie who filled in for the second straight game while Steve Mason is out because of an upper-body injury. Zepp made 25 saves, including a terrific left pad stop on Eric Fehr late in the second period.But Zepp never had a chance when Chimera redirected the puck after Niskanen flung it toward the net from the blue line 3:13 into the game.We played well, but we dont deserve a point, Berube said. We missed some opportunities offensively.NOTES: Flyers D Carlo Colaiacovo returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for the previous 26 games. He replaced Braydon Coburn, who could be sidelined for four weeks with a lower-body injury. ... Philadelphia has lost six consecutive road games.___Follow Joseph White on Twitter: http://twitter.com/JGWhiteAP Air Max And Jordans China . -- Canadian Erik Bedard pitched into the fifth inning in his bid to win a spot in Tampa Bays rotation, helping the Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Saturday. Wholesale Air Max And Jordans . While plenty of statistics illustrate Torontos turnaround in the second year of manager Ryan Nelsens tenure, stopping goals is not one of them. http://www.cheapairmaxandjordans.com/ . Saskatchewans Darian Durant is expected to miss the rest of the Roughriders season with a torn tendon in his right elbow. The 32-year-old, who will undergo surgery in the next couple days to repair the injury, was added to the teams six-game injury list Tuesday. Cheap Air Max And Jordans .com) - Semyon Varlamov more than earned his third shutout of the season as he made a career-high 54 saves to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 2-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Air Max And Jordans Free Shipping . -- Raiders wide receiver Jacoby Ford made it through a third straight practice without any setbacks and expects to play in Oaklands regular-season finale against San Diego.DENVER -- Paul Pierce scored 18 points and the Brooklyn Nets rebounded from their worst loss more than 10 years by routing the slumping Denver Nuggets 112-89 on Thursday night. Joe Johnson, Marcus Thornton, and Mason Plumlee each added 10 points for the Nets, who snapped a six-game losing streak in Denver. The Nets hadnt won in the Mile High City since a 112-102 victory on Jan. 27, 2007. Randy Foye had 15 points to lead Denver, which has lost four in a row and nine of 10. Brooklyns 7-foot centre Jason Collins, the NBAs first openly gay player appearing in his third game since being signed to a 10-day contract, was given a round of applause from the crowd when he entered the game for the first time with 8:02 left. Collins finished with three points. Before the game, Collins said he planned to meet afterward with the family of Wyoming college student Matthew Shephard, who was tortured and murdered in 1998 because he was gay. Collins wears his No. 98 jersey in Shepards honour, and he said during a pregame news conference that the chance to meet Dennis and Judy Shepard was "one of those cool treats in life." The Nets were coming off a 104-80 loss at Portland the night before, their biggest loss since a 47-point defeat to Memphis on Dec. 13, 2003. But they quickly put that behind them with a runaway win of their own in a game in which they never trailed. Pierce scored 11 points in the third quarter, helping the Nets extend their lead to 38 points. Brooklyn took an 89-56 advantage into the fourth quarter and played reserves for most of the rest of the game.dddddddddddd The offensive struggles by Denver, which was without leading scorer Ty Lawson (left rib fracture) for an eighth consecutive game, were epitomized in the first quarter. The Nuggets were held to a season-low eight points on 3-for-18 shooting from the floor (16.7 per cent) and trailed by as many 31 points in the second quarter before managing to get within 23 at the half. It got bad enough for the Nuggets that the crowd, after seeing Timofey Mozgov and Kenneth Faried both miss dunks in the first quarter, cheered derisively when Mozgov hit a layup early in the second. The Nets took advantage of the Nuggets horrible start to pull out to 59-36 halftime lead. Each of 10 Nets players seeing action to that point scored at least once. Denver ended up with as many turnovers in the first quarter as points. NOTES: The Nuggets were also without F Wilson Chandler, who was held out of the game because of sore right knee. ... The previous low for points in a quarter by the Nuggets was 12, against Oklahoma City on Jan. 9. ... The Nets Shaun Livingston made his 33rd start of the year, the most in a season in his career. ... Brooklyn improved to 4-10 in the second of back to back games. ... Since the beginning of January, the Nets have gone 17-8, fourth-best among Eastern Conference teams in that stretch. ... Denver, historically one of the teams with the strongest home-court advantage, fell to 14-15 at the Pepsi Center this season. ... All 13 Nets playing in the game scored. ' ' '