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WINNIPEG - Ryan Reaves and Alex Steen ignited a happy homecoming party in enemy territory on Sunday. Joe Pavelski Jersey .The Winnipeg-born players helped the St. Louis Blues defeat the Jets 4-2 in front of plenty of family and friends at MTS Centre.Reaves, who estimated he had 50 to 60 supporters in the crowd, scored the winner and Steen had two assists for St. Louis.My mom invited all her family and Ive got a bunch of friends here so Im sure its going to be packed in there, said Reaves, referring to a room set aside post-game for visiting players guests.Reaves scored 2:25 into the third period when he grabbed a loose puck near the side of Winnipegs net, spun around and sent a low shot by goalie Ondrej Pavelec for the 3-2 lead.It just kind of laid in perfectly for me, said Reaves. I was going to go to the backhand, but the momentum of the puck kind of took me on the spin-o-rama so I kind of went with it.Reaves has played about five or six games in Winnipeg with either NHL and AHL clubs.I dont think Ive ever had a point here so it was fun, he said.Jaden Schwartz and David Backes each scored on the power play for St. Louis (13-6-1) and Paul Stastny added an empty-netter. Alex Pietrangelo also had a pair of assists. Steen has also skated in Winnipeg a number of times for the visiting club.This is like my fourth or fifth time now, Steen said. The first time was extremely special and now its obviously special coming back.The Jets (10-9-3) have allowed five power-play goals in their past four games and have one win in their last five games. They were 0 for 1 with the man advantage while St. Louis was 2 for 5.Bryan Little scored his sixth of the season and Jim Slater got Winnipegs fourth line its first goal of the year.Two power-play goals, that stung a little bit because we take a lot of pride in our PK, Slater said of the penalty kill. But thats the way it goes some games.Theyre a four-line team and they roll them pretty good. And we knew wed have to deal with that, get in there and play.St. Louis backup goalie Jake Allen made 28 saves in the victory. Pavelec turned aside 25 shots.It was the first of five games between the Central Division rivals. The victory put the Blues atop the division.It was a war out there, Allen said. You just saw a lot of guys getting clipped in the face, a lot of big hits and potential fights so its definitely going to be fun.The Blues were without defenceman Jay Bouwmeester, who suffered a lower-body injury in St. Louiss 3-2 win over Ottawa Saturday afternoon. The absence ended Bouwmeesters iron man streak at 737 consecutive NHL games, the longest active streak in the league. His first game was March 6, 2004. The league record is Doug Jarvis with 964 straight games.The Blues didnt get a shot on goal until almost seven minutes into the first period, when Pavelecs stop made the shots-on-goal 7-1 in favour of the Jets.Little scored at 9:04 when he poked the rebound of Andrew Ladds shot between Allens pads. The goal ended Littles 13-game scoring drought.Schwartz deflected a Steen point shot for his eighth goal of the season at 5:14 of the second period while Jets forward Adam Lowry was in the penalty box for delay of game.Winnipeg regained the lead at 9:53 on Slaters high shot from the slot, but penalty trouble soon cost the Jets again.With Evander Kane in the box for roughing, Steen sent a long pass from near his goal out to Backes, who went high over Pavelecs glove with 2:03 left for the 2-2 tie.Its a tied game going into the third with a team thats at the top of our division and a team we can beat, said Jets defenceman Mark Stuart. Today was a good example of that. It was just going to come down to one goal, whoever scores first in the third period and, unfortunately, it was them.Winnipeg pulled Pavelec for the extra attacker with 2:02 left and Stastny scored his third goal of the season with 40 seconds remaining.I though we played good team-wise, Steen said. 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Minutes before the final whistle of Sporting Kansas Citys 3-0 victory over a shorthanded Montreal Impact squad on Saturday afternoon, Saputo tweeted: "Our fans deserve better.TORONTO - Patrick Patterson said the memory of last years Raptors playoff run, and the heartbreaking way it ended, was on his mind from the moment he woke up Wednesday morning.If Wednesday night was a chance at payback, the Raptors accomplished it with a slam dunk — a 105-89 rout of the rival Brooklyn Nets.Im definitely happy that we won the game, that we handled our business out there, Patterson said. It was a bit of revenge in my eyes, even though its a different team, even though they have different personnel, it was still a great environment, just like Game 7.Kyle Lowry had 20 points and 12 assists, while Jonas Valanciunas added 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Raptors (20-6), who reached 20 wins before Christmas for the first time in franchise history.Patterson, Amir Johnson, and Greivis Vasquez finished with 13 points apiece.The game marked the first meeting between the two teams since the Nets dispatched the Raptors in seven games in the opening round of the playoffs — a spirited series that saw Raptors GM Masai Ujiri drop an F-bomb, and drew thousands of fans to Maple Leaf Square each game.But Raptors coach Dwane Casey said Wednesdays game, which was also Drake Night, wasnt about revenge.Were on a different path. Next game. Im already thinking about Detroit (Friday), Casey said.He said hes proud of the teams record as the fastest to reach 20 wins. But the coach is never one to celebrate.We are proud, everything weve done is to benefit the growth of our team, Casey said. But as you see, we have a lot of areas that we can improve on. Im a realist, where Im going to continue to pick out the places where we need to grow and get better.The Raptors entered the night with a half-game lead over idle Washington atop the Eastern Conference, and a full eight games ahead of the Nets in the race for the Atlantic Division title.The two teams paced each other for most of the night in a game that saw 11 lead changes through the first three quarters. The Raptors took just a 76-73 advantage into the fourth.But the Raptors have become known for their strong fourth quarters, especially at the Air Canada Centre, and Wednesday was no different. When Patterson drained a three-pointer with 4:35 to play, it put the Raptors up by 14 and brought the fans out of their seats.The Raptors owned the Nets over the final few minutes. When Joe Johnson went 0-for-3 at the free throw line, chantts of Brooklyn sucks! rolled around the arena. Phil Kessel Team USA Hockey Jersey. And by the time Vasquez scored on a three-pointer with a minute to play, it gave the Raptors an 18-point lead.Much to the fans delight, rookie Bruno Caboclo made an appearance — the second of his career — for the games final few seconds, prompting chants of Lets go Bru-no!He went in for the wrong guy, too. We have to get that cleaned up, Casey said, with a chuckle. I tell you what, the young kid is going to be a player, the coach added. Ive never seen a young kid work as hard as he works on his game each and every day. He lives basketball, he sleeps it. . . so hes living the dream right now and Im so happy for him.Mason Plumlee had 23 points to top the Nets (10-14), while Joe Johnson added 17. The Raptors dropped Game 7 of last seasons playoff series in a 104-103 loss to the Nets at the ACC.Casey said it took him a couple of months to get over that loss.Going over each play, what we could have done different — the whole series, the playoff approach, the coach said. When youre that intense for that period of time, it takes a while to shut it down.Drake hosted his second annual Drake Night. All 19,800 fans were given keepsake T-shirts, and the Canadian rapper, whos also the teams global ambassador, did the pre-game player introductions.Drake said he chose the Nets for his night because of the obvious rivalry.If theres anybody that I want to beat, its the Nets, Drake said. Obviously, Ive got much love for New York and Brooklyn but in this particular arena at this particular moment, the one thing I want to do is knock out Brooklyn.The Raptors allowed the Nets to shoot 59 per cent in the first quarter, and trailed by 11 points after a three-pointer by Mirza Teletovic with 1:38 left in the frame. The Nets took a 30-22 advantage into the second.Johnson led the way with seven points and five boards in a second quarter that saw the Raptors outscore the Nets 31-22. Lowry banked a jumper off the glass to send them into the halftime break up 53-52.Valanciunas poured in 10 points in the third, and the Raptors took a six-point lead on a dunk from Landry Fields. They led by three with one quarter left.The Raptors are in Detroit on Friday, then return home to host the New York Knicks on Sunday. . . They head west for a gruelling six-game road trip while the world junior hockey championships are in Toronto. 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