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In the third and final day of The International 2016 group stage, teams fought their last few series to determine the outcome of each group. Those in the winners bracket get a cushion heading into the double-elimination main stage, while the losers bracket teams will have to play a best-of-one for their survival in the tournament.Group As top placements stayed relatively stable, with OG clinching the top spot in the group on a 4-0 record for the day. Evil Geniuses followed behind, placing second despite only winning a single game on Day 3; both OG and EG won the luxury of choosing their first-round opponent in the upper bracket. Alliance surged into Day 3 with a 2-0 win over EG. The Swedish squad secured third place over Wings Gaming, who also finished 8-6, by winning the tiebreaker match.TNC Gaming, despite having an overall impressive showing during the group stage, fell one set shy of the winners bracket after a 0-2 loss to OG. Natus Vincere managed to climb up from the bottom of the group but still finished in the losers half at sixth. LGD Gaming, who started Group A with a 4-2 record, ended at seventh place. Escape Gaming rounded out the bottom, going 2-12 in groups.Fridays Group B ties began to unravel Saturday. EHOME secured first place with a 12-2 record, barely edging out Digital Chaos in a climactic final match. DC sits at second with an 11-3 overall, while Newbee ended the group stage in third place with an 8-6 record. MVP Phoenix rounded out the winners bracket at 6-8, due to both a 2-2 finish for the day and the result of the final match of the day.That conclusive series, held between Team Secret and Team Liquid, ended up being the determining factor in the group. If Liquid had won a single game, it would have forced tiebreakers against MVP for a winners bracket spot; however, Secret played impressively, taking the series 2-0 and keeping Liquid in the losers bracket. 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He had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points as Columbus beat the New York Islanders 5-2 to snap a five-game losing streak. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Slumping Colorado forward Jarome Iginla experimented with a new stick at practice Monday. Anything to ignite a team thats constantly winding up on the short end of one this season.The Avs have accumulated a league-worst 19 points through 23 games in coach Jared Bednars first season at the helm. Theyre missing their captain, top defenseman and a consistent scoring punch as they tumble farther behind the Central Division leaders.Theres no question weve been pressing a little bit and pushing, said Iginla, whose team begins a four-game trip Tuesday night in Nashville. We know the importance, because we dont want to dig ourselves too big of a hole. Weve just got to make sure were as sharp as we can be.Iginla shelved his old stick after scoring just one goal in his last 15 contests. They early returns on this particularly curved model are favorable, too. He beat Calvin Pickard with a shot in practice that had the backup goaltender gushing later on.Im due. Im due for a change, said the 39-year-old Iginla, whos scored 614 career goals and sits 11 away from tying Hall of Fame forward/Avalanche GM Joe Sakic for 15th place on the all-time list. Id like to get contributing here, production-wise, for the group.The team has scored just 49 times this season, which is among the lowest in the league. Theyre generating 29.2 shots per game -- five less than NHL leader Pittsburgh.The scoring chances have certainly been there for speedy forward Nathan MacKinnon, who had a league-high 61 shots in November. But hes just not cashing in at the moment, with only four goals last month. He has five for the season and 10 assists.Its a matter of putting the puck in the net, because once you get hot, they tend to start going in, said MacKinnon, who a signed $44.1 million, seven-year deal in the offseason. It will turn for me.This could help turn the teams luck around as well --- captain Gabriel Landeskog is nearing a return after missing eight games with a lower-body injury.dddddddddddd. He skated Monday, but will miss Tuesdays game.Landy is progressing, Bednar said. Hes felt better every day for about the last three of four days.Still, the Avalanche will be without defenseman Erik Johnson for at least six-to-eight weeks after he broke his leg while blocking a shot against Dallas on Saturday. Hes been a big presence for Colorado this season with 10 assists.For Bednar, the most puzzling aspect of Colorados struggles has been the inconsistency. One night, it could be the power play. The next, maybe the goaltending.Part of the reason were going through this and were neck deep in it right now is because its something different beating us every night, said Bednar, who took over when Patrick Roy surprisingly stepped aside in August. Its not the same thing. You cure one thing and get better at it and something else pops up.Were lacking that unity, that consistency, that togetherness that you need in order to win a hockey game.Their play at home hasnt helped. The Avs went 0-4-1 on their recent homestand to fall to 4-8-1 at Pepsi Center this season.Heading out on the road might be the ideal thing to clear their heads.We have a chance to get a fresh start, MacKinnon said. Theres some desperation, for sure, to be better. But were not going to be stressed. That would be the worst thing we could do.Game notes Colorado recalled D Cody Goloubef from San Antonio of the American Hockey League. Asked what Goloubef brought, Bednar said: Well, he brings us a healthy defenseman right now. ... D Fedor Tyutin (lower body) will travel with the team and could play Tuesday. ... Goaltender Semyon Varlamov will start in goal at Nashville. ' ' '