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NEW YORK — Slow starts have been an issue this season for Calgary. The challenge for the Flames may be exacerbated Sunday at Madison Square Garden when they visit the New York Rangers in the opening game of a two-game Eastern Conference road trip.Both teams lost their most recent games. The Rangers fell to the host Washington Capitals 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday. The Flames dropped a 5-3 decision to the visiting Nashville Predators on Friday.Now the Flames (4-3-0) will look to get off to a faster start after traveling cross-country. Calgary Authentic Jonathan Toews Jersey , which will play the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night, has been outscored 9-7 in the first period this season. On Friday, the Predators scored 51 seconds into the first period and never trailed.Article continues below ...“We talked about our starts after the Boston game,” left winger Matthew Tkachuk told the Flames’ website Friday, in reference to a 5-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday in which Calgary led 3-0 after the first.“And today, first minute, what happens? They score. We kept battling back, but you can’t continue to play uphill.”This season is likely to be an uphill battle for the Rangers (2-4-1), who embarked upon a rebuilding project at the trade deadline in February. But New York has shown promise under rookie coach David Quinn, who has presided over four losses by two goals or fewer. The loss to the Capitals on Wednesday capped a productive two-day stretch against contenders for the Rangers, who beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Tuesday night.“That’s big, coming away with a point — three out of four,” left winger Chris Kreider told reporters afterward. “Obviously, we’d like to have four out of four Custom Minnesota Wild Jerseys , but three out of four’s pretty good, considering the travel and the strength of the opponents that we played. So it’s something we can hang out hat on. But I think we can get to the point where we’re getting all four points.”Two 36-year-old No. 1 netminders are likely to oppose each other Sunday night. With three days off, the Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist is scheduled to start for the seventh time in eight games. Lundqvist took the loss Wednesday when he had 34 saves against the Capitals.Mike Smith, who has started the previous two games for the Flames and six of seven this season, should occupy the net Sunday. Smith absorbed the loss Friday, when he stopped 26 of 30 shots against the Predators.Lundqvist is 8-3-0 in 11 career games against the Flames. Smith is 5-12-2 in 20 career appearances against the Rangers. For the Rangers, defenseman Freddie Claesson is likely to miss Sunday’s game after suffering an upper-body injury during practice Saturday.Flames defenseman Travis Hamonic, who suffered a facial fracture while fighting with Vancouver Canucks defenseman Erik Gudbranson in the season opener Oct. 3, is skating with teammates but will miss his seventh straight game. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Lukas Radil isn’t a typical NHL rookie at age 28, with plenty of experience in Russia and his native Czech Republic.Still, there was something special about his first NHL goal, which broke a tie with 5:47 to play in the San Jose Sharks‘ 5-3 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night.Radil, playing in just his sixth game of the season after signing with San Jose in April Patrick Kane Jersey , scored on a backhand wrapround shot as the Sharks blew a 3-0 lead but got their third win in four games.“I’ve had a dream to play in the NHL and it’s a dream come true to score a goal and help the team win,” Radil said before being presented with the puck from his goal in a largely empty visitors’ locker room. “I really appreciated the Sharks giving me the chance.”Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture, Evander Kane and Tomas Hertl also scored for San Jose. Aaron Dell, playing for the first time since Nov. 28, stopped 17 shots.Brad Richardson had a goal and assist, and Nick Schmaltz and Richard Panik also scored for Arizona. Adin Hill made 28 saves. After a four-game win streak, the Coyotes have lost two straight.Panik’s sixth goal of the season tied it at 3 at 5:45 of the third as his shot wobbled through Dell’s pads.The Coyotes pulled Hill with about a minute to play, but Hertl scored an empty-net goal with 51 seconds to play.“We played hard. We’re right there,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. “We’re a little depleted but guys gave it their all.”The Sharks upped their league-leading first-period goal total to 39 with two less than a minute apart. Pavelski re-directed Brenden Dillon’s long-distance shot with his skate with 5:24 left in the opening period. It was Pavelski’s team-high 19th of the season.Fifty seconds later, Hertl passed to Couture on a breakout, and Couture pump-faked before burying a backhand under Hill’s legs for his 10th to make it 2-0.“We found a way to win, were a little fragile but at the same time, I didn’t think we gave them a whole lot www.montrealcanadiensteamshops.com ,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. “I think there’s a lot more good than bad, but still some work to do.”Kane won a race against Arizona’s Jordan Oesterle for a loose puck and took it in on his own for the Sharks’ third goal, at 5:10 of the second period. But the Sharks couldn’t put away the Coyotes.“They got some lucky bounces, I’d say,” Kane said. “Tough to give up a three-goal lead again, but good sticking with it. I’m getting some chances here and there and they’re going in.”Arizona got on the board on its only power play of the night. Clayton Keller didn’t get off a quality shot from in front, but the puck found Schmaltz waiting near the net for a tap-in at 6:55 of the second.Schmaltz has six points in six games with the Coyotes since being acquired in a trade on Nov. 26.Richardson got a stick on Jakob Chychrun’s shot for his eighth at 10:43, making it 3-2. Richardson’s eight goals are tied for most on the Coyotes.NOTES: F Conor Garland, called up from AHL Tucson last Monday, made his NHL debut for Arizona. … C Vinnie Hinostroza is week-to-week with a lower-body injury he suffered against Washington on Thursday and was placed on injured reserve. … Radil replaced Antti Suomela in the lineup. Suomela missed his fourth game of the season. … Sharks C Joe Thornton passed Steve Yzerman for 18th place on the all-time NHL games played list, reaching 1,515 on Saturday. … Former Coyotes player and 17-year NHL veteran Cliff Ronning dropped the ceremonial first puck.UP NEXTSharks: Host New Jersey on Monday night.Coyotes: At Boston on Tuesday night to open a four-game East Coast road trip.