RALEIGH Winnipeg Jets Hoodies Womens , N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes have something to build on and they will begin a six-game homestand Saturday night at PNC Arena.The Detroit Red Wings, who will be the opponent, have been building in the right direction for quite some time.The Hurricanes will be home for the first time since Oct. 30, going 1-2-1 in four road games since then.Article continues below ...Carolina won 4-3 on Thursday night at Chicago, something that could be a springboard to a better stretch.“Hopefully we can use that moving forward here and get on a roll,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We’ve been struggling to score so that put the monkey off the backs so to speak,”The Red Wings have won five of their last six games after an overtime victory Friday night against the host New York Rangers.Carolina goalie Scott Darling could be in line for his second home assignment of the season. He picked up his first victory in three outings this season Thursday night.“He was solid, and he looked pretty calm in there,” Brind’Amour said. “Hopefully he moves forward from that and has another good start.”The Hurricanes were outshot for the first time this season in the 4-3 victory at Chicago, with a 38-34 tally in that game, which snapped a five-game winless stretch for Carolina.“We sat back a little, that’s human nature Winnipeg Jets Hats Womens ,” Brind’Amour said. “We felt pretty good about our overall game. … The battle level was really good.”Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said his team can still make upgrades, pointing to special teams as an area that can always become better.“It’s early and it’s a relentless league, so we’d better keep getting better at (special teams),” Blashill said. “A big part of the power play is making big plays.”Red Wings center Dylan Larkin scored the winning goal in overtime Friday night just three nights after he left a game with an ailment. He said he was ready for action and it showed by what he did on the ice.“We’re continuing to find ways to win,” Larkin said. “We’re not getting rattled like we were early in the season … when something bad happens.”Detroit is getting multiple sources of scoring, something that is making it more difficult to prepare for the team.“We’ve had great depth with guys coming in and scoring big goals,” Larkin said.For the Hurricanes, there were some notables from the Chicago game. Defenseman Calvin de Haan’s goal marked his first score as a member of the Hurricanes. Left winger Phil Di Giuseppe, who was in his first game since being recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League, posted his first goal of the season. Center Lucas Wallmark notched two assists for the first multi-point game of his career.Carolina left winger Micheal Ferland, who has a team-high seven goals, became ill during the Chicago game and so he skipped some shifts. Brind’Amour said he doesn’t think it’s a serious situation.Detroit defeated Carolina 3-1 at home on Oct. 22. SAN JOSE Custom Winnipeg Jets Jerseys , Calif. (AP) Very little separated San Jose and Anaheim in the regular season, with the Ducks edging out the Sharks by one point for second place in the Pacific Division.Their first-round series wasn’t nearly as competitive.The Sharks rode their superior depth, potent power play and stellar goaltending from Martin Jones to the second sweep in franchise history, knocking out the Ducks with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday night.”We’re playing well going into the second round,” defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic said. ”Everybody is contributing if it’s offensively, blocking shots, taking a hit. Everybody is doing what they have to for us to win.”After jumping on Anaheim early to win the first two games on the road, the Sharks earned a lopsided win in Game 3 thanks to undisciplined play by the Ducks and then withstood a strong push to end the series in Game 4.Jones kept Anaheim at bay for long stretches in the second and third period before finally allowing a tying goal to Andrew Cogliano. San Jose then took 1:16 to answer and scored the eventual series-clincher when Vlasic’s point shot deflected off Tomas Hertl and into the net.”The response goal was huge,” coach Peter DeBoer said. ”We were on our heels. They were pressing. It’s tough to play an elimination game when you get an opportunity to sweep a really good team like that.”The Sharks were in control for most of the series, outscoring the Ducks 16-4 in their most lopsided series in franchise history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.San Jose got as many goals from its fourth line in the series as Anaheim had from its entire team with Marcus Sorensen scoring his third of the series to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead in the first period of the clincher. Eric Fehr also had a goal from the fourth line in the series.”Every night they hopped over the boards with energy and grabbed momentum for us, drew penalties www.goldenknightsshoponline.com ,” DeBoer said. ”They were fantastic, but I’ve said from Day 1 we need to be a four-line team if we’re going to have success. And I think the teams that are moving through are. I watched Vegas a little bit last night. They’re a four-line team.”The expansion Golden Knights are also the next team in the Sharks’ way. The two will meet in the second round starting sometime next week in just the second series in the past 22 years featuring teams coming off sweeps in the previous round.Vegas finished off the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night, part of a record-setting inaugural campaign that included a Pacific Division title in the regular season.The Sharks will likely need another strong defensive effort next round led by Jones. He was brilliant in the clincher, making several tough saves against Corey Perry. He also had a shutout in Game 1 and set a San Jose playoff record with 45 regulation saves in Game 3.He finished the series with a .970 save percentage, helping the Sharks earn their second sweep in franchise history after also doing it in the first round against Vancouver in 2013.”Goaltending wins this time of the year,” forward Logan Couture said. ”He was fantastic. He made a lot of Grade A saves. He was our best penalty killer. They had some really good looks. Perry had a lot of chances that Joner made some big saves on.”By extending their season another round, the Sharks may be able to get star center Joe Thornton back in the lineup. Thornton has been out since injuring his right knee on Jan. 23. He has resumed skating and took part in warmups throughout the series but has said he doesn’t want to return until he knows he’s healthy enough to help the team and make it through what he hopes will be a run to the Stanley Cup Final.The Sharks have time now to figure that out.”That’s all hypothetical,” DeBoer said. ”That doesn’t even cross our desk. Those decisions will be something if he is healthy we’ll make then. Sometimes those things sort themselves out. I’m just really proud of our group, the resiliency, the composure.”—