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CALGARY Womens Travis Hamonic Jersey , Alberta — The Calgary Flames believe in themselves and for good reason as they are tied for the top spot in the Pacific Division through 29 games.Calgary (14-9-1) has won four of their past five games as they head into an encounter against the Dallas Stars on Wednesday.“We like a lot of the things we’re doing. I think we can always improve and we’re always going over things we can do better,” Calgary’s captain Marc Giordano told Flames TV after Tuesday’s practice.Article continues below ...“The last couple of days (of practice) there’s been a lot of work done on our forecheck and moving the puck as defensemen to our forwards.“We want to play with confidence. We think we’re a good team but we just need to keep bringing the same game every night. The biggest thing in this league is consistency. We need to bring it every night.”The Stars (12-10-3) are fifth in the Central Division after a 1-0 overtime loss in Edmonton on Tuesday.Consistency has eluded Calgary’s No. 1 goaltender Mike Smith this season. Through 14 games, Smith’s recorded a poor 3.29 goals-against average and .883 save percentage. The rough start has left the 36-year-old battling to keep his starting job ahead of David Rittich, who has a 2.04 GAA through 12 contests.Smith got the net against his former team Sunday and was solid in a 6-1 victory over the Coyotes in Arizona. He came off the ice Tuesday and spoke positively for the first time in a long time.“You understand it’s just one game,” Smith told Flames TV. “It’s a definitely a work in progress. Every day you come to the rink and want to get better and find some consistencies in your game. “Last game was definitely a better game for myself but the team played outstanding in front of me. It definitely was a confidence builder and I want to just come to the rink today and keep it going.”The Stars have lost four straight on the road (0-3-1).Dallas has been going with No. 2 goalie Anton Khudobin because Ben Bishop has been out for a week after suffering a muscle strain in New York last week. Bishop could be back in the net Saturday in Vancouver.It’s possible the Stars will give Landon Bow his first NHL start in Calgary on Wednesday. The 23-year-old was called up from the American Hockey League when Bishop was hurt.Khudobin started all four games in Bishop’s place and has allowed 13 goals in that time. He played back-to-back last Friday and Saturday.Stars head coach Jim Montgomery was non-committal before Tuesday’s game, however.“We haven’t thought that far ahead,” he told Sportsday. “Dobby said that it was the first time he played back-to-back in four years and he felt great. I thought he was actually better in the second game than he was the first. We’ll see how he goes tonight and make a decision tomorrow.”The Flames made a minor trade Tuesday. They acquired defensemen Andrew Nielsen Florida Panthers Hoodies Womens , who hails from nearby Red Deer, Alberta, from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for forward Morgan Klimchuk. Both players have been toiling in the American Hockey League this season. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Vegas Golden Knights will be looking to end an already-successful trip with another road win on Monday night in a game against Columbus Blue Jackets.The Golden Knights (19-14-2) make their only visit to Nationwide Arena this season after a 4-3 victory in overtime over the New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon. Vegas bounced back from a 5-4 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils on Friday after beginning the trip with a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders.“It’s been excellent,” Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said of the Eastern Conference swing. “Obviously disappointed the other night in Jersey with the comeback there. But after three games we’ve got five points. So we’ve got one more big one (Monday) and hopefully get something out of that.”Article continues below ...The Golden Knights have hit their stride in the past few weeks. They’ve accumulated a four-game points streak and gone 10-2-1 in their past 13 games.“I think everyone showed up,” Vegas forward William Carrier told reporters after Sunday’s game. “These games on the road, all the teams are going to show up. It starts on the first line and I think everyone did their job and … keep it rolling.“I don’t think we were playing the right way the entire trip. (Sunday) was one of our best games and we’ll keep rolling into Columbus and try to get the two points.” Sunday’s highlights included veteran goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury tying Tony Esposito for ninth place the NHL career wins list with 423 and offseason free-agent signee Paul Stastny scoring his first goal for the Golden Knights after missing 30 games with a lower-body injury.Fleury has started 13 games in a row and 31 overall http://www.officialhurricanes.com/authentic-adidas-andrei-svechnikov-jersey , posting a 2.58 GAA, .907 save percentage and an NHL-best five shutouts.“Since the day we got him in the expansion draft, he’s the leader of our group and obviously he’s one of the best goalies in the NHL,” Gallant said. “He gives us a chance to win every time.”Other Vegas highlights were Alex Tuch delivering the winning goal at 2:11 of overtime and forward Max Pacioretty assisting on Stastny’s goal in his return after sitting out one game with an undisclosed injury.“I thought we played a good overall game,” Tuch said. “I thought we had a lot of o-zone time. That obviously starts in the d-zone. We cleaned up our game a lot and it really showed up on the scoreboard.”The Blue Jackets (17-12-3) haven’t been rewarded on the scoreboard lately but are pleased with the way they’ve played in the past few games. They’ve dropped three of four during a season-long six-game homestand.Their lastest loss came Saturday night in overtime against the Anaheim Ducks in a physical 2-1 defensive affair.“It’s never easy to take a loss,” Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said.But he continues to be positive in the midst of the frustrating results. Despite the recent lack of wins, Columbus remains in second place in the Metropolitan Division.“I think we should have more points out of these three games than we have Brock McGinn Jersey Kids ,” Tortorella said. “But I think a lot of coaches can stand up at the podium and say that during the year.“I’m going to judge the team on how they’re playing. I think we have found a good little piece here in these three games of playing the right way. We just have to stay with it.” The Blue Jackets finished with 15 more shots than the Ducks but couldn’t solve goaltender John Gibson. Markus Nutivaara scored the lone Columbus goal in the first period.“I thought we played well,” Blue Jackets center Pierre-Luc Dubois said. “I thought we had our chances. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the two points.”