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CALGARY Vancouver Canucks Hats Womens , Alberta — In search of their fourth straight win, the Calgary Flames will host the Chicago Blackhawks (6-5-3) at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday.Following a disappointing 9-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins at home on Oct. 25, the Flames (8-5-1) bounced back with a much better effort two nights later at the Saddledome, although they fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Washington Capitals.The Flames then won back-to-back road games over the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres before rallying with five goals in the third period on Thursday at home to beat the visiting Colorado Avalanche 6-5.Article continues below ...“The guys have been very resilient here recently and that’s a good attribute to have,” said Calgary coach Bill Peters, while adding that his players got away from what they do best in the loss to the Penguins. “It didn’t pay off for us, so I think we’ve learned our lesson in that regard. Now we have the ability to stay with it and keep doing it and be patient … and be patient in an intelligent fashion and that’s what we’ve been here in the last couple weeks.”Flames captain Mark Giordano helped lead the come-from-behind charge over Colorado with a goal and three assists.“Down 4-1, that’s a big comeback in the third, for sure,” said the veteran defenseman, who has put up eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past four games. “It just felt like we weren’t even satisfied tying it up, to be honest. We kept coming Custom Vancouver Canucks Jerseys , we kept pushing. I felt like even when we went up we kept pushing and we got another one, which ended up being a huge goal.”According to Giordano, the embarrassing loss to the Penguins might have just been what the Flames needed to turn things around.“It was a good kick for us,” he said. “Any time you get beat like that at home, it could go either way. I thought we responded well. We looked at that game and realized if we kept playing like that, there would be more of that.”Meanwhile, the Blackhawks will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing 4-0 setback in Edmonton to the Oilers on Thursday, just one night after they fell 4-2 to the Canucks in Vancouver.“It’s just one of those things that builds character, and we’ve got to stay with it and find ways to build confidence from within no matter what,” said Chicago captain Jonathan Toews after the loss to the Oilers. “Tough results these last two nights. There’s some good there, but obviously still a lot of room to improve.”Toews also noted that he and his teammates will have to find a way to break out of their recent slump that has seen them go 0-3-1 in their past four outings.“That’s our job is to kind of rise above that,” Toews said. “We’ve talked a lot about wanting to be that team that’s resilient and sticks with it in games when we’re down, especially on the road www.jetsshoppro.com , that we can find ways to win in ugly games where maybe we’re not the dominant team.”Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said that the message to his players was for them not to be satisfied with their recent play.“Everything we tried to do (against the Oilers), nothing worked,” Quenneville said. “We’ll continue trying things when it’s not going in our direction. We need to work, we need some production and we need to get excitement in the game when we’re generating chances.” DALLAS — On November 27, the Edmonton Oilers edged the Dallas Stars 1-0 in overtime at Rogers Place.That victory came with Ken Hitchcock, who coached Dallas last season before stepping down after the Stars missed the playoffs, behind the Edmonton bench. On Nov. 20, the Oilers replaced Todd McLellan with Hitchcock, and after a 2-1 home win against Vegas on Saturday, Edmonton (13-11-2, 28 points) is now 4-1-1 since the change.Article continues below ...Six games are a small sample size, but Hitchcock sees ample positives with the Oilers, especially in Saturday’s win.“Well Winnipeg Jets T-Shirts Womens , what I liked about the game was the way we played in the third period. We managed the game,” Hitchcock said. “We did smart things that took away their strengths. We stayed with the program, bought time, got our chance and then boom, it was in the net.”Connor McDavid scored his 14th goal against Vegas, giving him 35 points on the season.And Hitchcock admits McDavid is unlike any other goal scorer he’s seen.“I see people panic when he’s on the ice,” Hitchcock said. “I’ve never seen a player like that in my life.”Edmonton is 6-7-1 on the road.Dallas (14-10-3, 31 points) is 3-1-1 in its past five games and with goaltender Ben Bishop stopping 24 of 25 shots in Saturday’s 2-1 win at Vancouver, his first game back after missing the previous five with a lower-body injury, the Stars have considerable cause for optimism.Plus, the Stars are returning home, where they are 8-3-1 heading into a two-game home stand.“It’s good to be home. It’s going to be nice to have six days here,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said after practice Sunday. “The level of commitment that the players are showing to each other now Winnipeg Jets Hoodies Womens , it’s been amazing.”On its four-game road trip, Dallas took five of a possible eight points. The Stars also went 9-6-3 while playing 15 of their last 18 on the road.And Montgomery sees several reasons why his club is on the upswing.“One has been our goaltending. It’s been fantastic,” Montgomery said. “Two, it’s been a commitment to protecting the house. We’ve gotten much better in our d-zone, how we want to be aggressive, and our rush defense in communicating who should have who so that we’re not giving up point-blank chances from the slot.”Montgomery said backup goaltender Anton Khudobin will start Monday’s game against the Oilers.He also said forward Valeri Nichushkin, a healthy scratch for the first time this season against Vancouver, could return to the lineup.Nichushkin has four assists in 21 games with Dallas this season and is currently on a 47-game goalless streak dating back to March 2016, his first NHL stint before playing in the KHL last season.“I would think (Nichushkin) would be in for sure because he played really well against Edmonton (last week),” Montgomery said. “Val’s one of our better defensive forwards. Against Edmonton, you need a couple lines to be able to check against McDavid’s line.”