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VANCOUVER http://www.flyersshoponline.com/authentic-travis-konecny-jersey , British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson had one thought when he hit the ice before his first NHL game — stay upright.The 19-year-old Vancouver Canucks‘ center said he knew about the league’s tradition of initiating rookies with a solo skate during warm-ups, but hoped his teammates might make an exception.“Maybe I thought they would forget it because it was lonely, not that fun,” he said. “My only focus was not to fall.”Not only did Pettersson stay on his feet, he scored his first NHL goal on his first shot and also had an assist in the Canucks’ 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.Nikolay Goldobin, Brendan Leipsic, Jake Virtanen and Tyler Motte also scored for Vancouver. Jacob Markstrom stopped 33 shots.Pettersson opened the scoring with 6:12 left in the first period, picking up the puck in the neutral zone, springing into the Calgary end with teammate Derrick Pouliot on a 2-on-1. Petterson kept the puck and fired a wrist shot into the top of the net.The goal brought chants of “Petter-sson” from the crowd.“Everyone on the team congratulated me, including the coaches. And then I didn’t expect a standing ovation from the crowd. So that was amazing Barrett Hayton Jersey Womens ,” said Pettersson, whose parents were among those in attendance.Teammate Eric Gudbranson said Pettersson, who led the Swedish hockey league in scoring last season with 56 poi8nts in 44 games, was ‘an absolute stud’ in his NHL debut.“One of the most impressive things about him is how responsible he is and how competitive he is,” Gudbranson said. “If he turns the puck over, he’s right back on it and he takes it away from you. He doesn’t give up anything. He plays the game incredibly well.”Matthew Tkachuk and Sean Monahan had goals for the Flames, and Mike Smith finished with 18 saves.Even Smith had kind words for Pettersson.“He made a great shot, he put right in the top corner. I got a piece of it with the glove, but yeah I have heard quite a bit about this young kid and he let her go and hit the perfect spot there,” Smith said.Pettersson then got an assist on Goldobin’s goal in the third period. Pettersson got the puck in front of the net and passed it off to his teammate Michael Grabner Jersey Womens , who tipped it in at the side to make it 2-0 at 1:52.Nearly 30 seconds later, Leipsic sneaked a puck into the same spot to put the Canucks up 3-0.Tkachuk then caught Markstrom too far out of the net and buried the puck to put the Flames on the scoreboard at 3:08. Defenseman Noah Hanifin got a secondary assist on the play for his first point with Calgary after being acquired from Carolina during the summer.Virtanen responded by getting a breakaway and sliding the puck in past Smith as he fell to the ice to make it 4-1 at 5:46.Monahan pulled the Flames within two again as he ended a battle outside the Vancouver crease with a wrist shot that slipped through Markstrom’s legs and into the net at 8:08.“Not enough pace, and not enough execution on it and not enough desperation,” Flames coach Bill Peters said. “At one point, I think through 40 (minutes) we were 1 for 7 on faceoffs on the power play, so it’s an important part of the game.”Vancouver’s Motte got a pass from Markus Granlund and put a long shot into the empty net with 47 seconds to go to cap the scoring.NOTES: Vancouver held Calgary scoreless on seven power plays. … Gudbranson spent nine minutes in the box, including a five-minute penalty he earned after dropping the gloves with Calgary’s Travis Hamonic midway through the first period. … Hamonic, who also received a five-minute major for his fight with Gudbranson, left the game but later returned wearing a full-face maskUP NEXTCalgary: Host Vancouver in the Flames’ home opener on Saturday.Canucks: At Calgary on Saturday night to open a six-game trip. ST. LOUIS — The reunion went well for Ryan O’Reilly.The St. Louis Blues center scored a goal in the team’s 4-1 win over Buffalo on Thursday night, his first game against the Sabres since a trade brought O’Reilly to St. Louis in the offseason.“It’s a big game for us in general http://www.sanjosesharksteamshop.com/authentic-brent-burns-jersey , coming off the break and trying to get back into the hunt here,” O’Reilly told NHL.com. “It’s a big game, especially against a team like that, being traded from. It always means a bit more. It feels really good to win that one.”Article continues below ...The Blues — who host the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday — have a lot of work to do to get back into the playoff hunt, but at least it seems they are finally finding some consistency. The win over the Sabres was the team’s fifth in its last seven games.Still, the Blues (15-16-4, 34 points) are seven points out of a playoff spot.But the Blues have a chance to take advantage of home ice. Thursday’s win was the first of a five-game home stand.Blues goalie Jake Allen continued his strong play with 30 saves against the Sabres. Forward Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist, while forward Pat Maroon and defenseman Jay Bouwmeester also scored.The Blues know that this stretch may define whether they can make run at the playoffs or not.“I think we’re at the point where we’ve probably played four or five good games out of the past six or seven,” Allen told NHL.com. “So, we’ve built a little bit of something Marian Hossa Jersey Womens , but we still have a long way to go. We’re still a below .500 team right now. We’re trending in the right direction, I think we can’t take our foot off the gas at all. There’s really no time left now. If we can keep this going, we should be able to get back in shooting distance anyway.”The Blues will try to keep it going against the Penguins Saturday night. It is the first meeting between the two clubs this season after they split two games last season.The Penguins are coming off a 5-2 win over Detroit on Thursday. Pittsburgh has won four straight games.On Thursday, the Penguins also signed left winger Jake Guentzel to a five-year, $30 million contract extension.“It’s exciting. It’s where I want to be,” Guentzel told NHL.com. “It was my first time through it, but when it came about, I was pretty excited and glad to get it done and move forward. Whenever you can get it done and just focus on playing now, it’s always nice.”Guentzel, playing on a line with center Sidney Crosby Womens Evander Kane Jersey , has 33 points (15 goals, 18 assists) in 36 games this season and his 23 postseason goals are tied for seventh-most in franchise history.“He certainly is deserving,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan told NHL.com. “He’s played extremely well for this organization in his time here. He’s been part of one of the Stanley Cups that we’ve won. He’s had great playoff runs each year. And he’s been a consistent player for us. We’re certainly thrilled for him, but we’re thrilled for the Penguins as well. We just think it’s a great deal for both sides.”