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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Alex Cobb will take the mound in the big leagues on Friday for the first time in 23 months.Its been a long road back from Tommy John surgery for Cobb, who will face the Toronto Blue Jays in the series opener.Cobb hurt his elbow in last years spring training and had his surgery in May, hopeful he could make a summer return to the rotation. Instead of July, its September, so the return means that much more to him.It wasnt like it was smooth, Cobb told the Tampa Bay Times. Some people just pick up a ball and theyre like, OK, the pains gone. With me, it was like, this kind of hurts a little more than before I got the surgery.Cobbs rehab was longer than expected -- he had to be activated Monday per rehab guidelines, and hes in position to get five starts in September to give him confidence for a return to health.Cobb had an ERA under 3.00 in each of his last two seasons, posting a 10-9 mark with a 2.87 ERA in 2014 after going 11-3 with a 2.76 in 2013. Much has changed since his last outing in 2014 -- the Rays changed managers, and much of the lineup around him has changed as well.The Rays (56-76) come home having dropped four of six games on a road trip, and they face a Toronto team leading the American League East at 76-57 and having won five of six games. Tampa Bay actually has a 7-6 edge in the season series, although the Jays took two of three in the most recent series.Toronto has a new pitcher to throw at the Rays in left-hander Francisco Liriano, who was acquired from the Pirates. Hes 7-12 with a 5.22 ERA for the season, but in four starts since joining the Blue Jays, hes 1-1 with a 3.97 ERA. For his career against the Rays, hes 2/3 with a 4.93 ERA.The Blue Jays for now are moving forward with a six-man rotation, which is less taxing on key arms late in the season but takes starters out of the rhythm and the routine theyve kept for months. Theyre trusting their leaders on the call.If it helps us get to the World Series I could care less, 41-year-old R.A. Dickey told the Toronto Star on Wednesday. I just have to do a professional job of getting myself ready to pitch and do my job when its my turn.For this weekend at least, that challenge is having a first-place team beat a last-place team, something theyve failed to do more often than not this season.Toronto holds a two-game lead on Boston and a four-game advantage on Baltimore, so the margin of error between winning a division and missing the playoffs is as little as one bad series. 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TAMPA, Fla. -- Jimmy Hayes scored in the 10th round of a shootout, Tuukka Rask won his sixth straight game to start the season and the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night.Tampa Bays Brayden Point and Bostons Riley Nash both scored in the fourth round, but Rask and Andrei Vasilevskiy were strong during the shootout as Boston won 2-1.Brandon Carlo, Ryan Spooner and David Pastrnak scored in regulation for the Bruins, who finished a 3-1 road trip.The Lightning got two goals from Tyler Johnson. Victor Hedman had the other Tampa Bay goal in the teams first home game since a 3-3 trip.CAPITALS 4, JETS 3, OTWASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his second goal of the game in overtime, and Washington blew a three-goal lead in the third period but regrouped to beat Winnipeg for its fourth consecutive victory.The Capitals took a 3-0 lead on goals by Nicklas Backstrom, Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie, only to see it evaporate.Tobias Enstrom, Adam Lowry and Marko Dano scored in a 9-minute span for the Jets to tie it.It was the third time in 11 games this season Winnipeg overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period to force overtime.Braden Holtby stopped 24 shots to beat the Jets for the second time in three days.Winnipeg starter Michael Hutchinson made 28 saves.RANGERS 5, OILERS 3NEW YORK -- Rick Nash scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:21 remaining to lead New York over Western Conference-leading Edmonton.Nick Holden took a shot from the point that was blocked by Edmontons Milan Lucic. Nash corralled the loose puck in front of the net and fired it past Oilers goalie Cam Talbot.Kevin Hayes had a goal and two assists, Michael Grabner and J.T. Miller each had a goal and an assist, and Jesper Fast also scored for the Rangers, who rallied from three one-goal deficits and won for the sixth time in seven games. Holden had two assists and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 21 shots.Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Patrick Maroon and Adam Larsson scored for the Oilers, who lost their third straight (0-2-1) after starting the season 7-1-0. Talbot made 26 saves in his first game against the Rangers since being traded to Edmonton on June 27, 2015.BLACKHAWKS 4, AVALANCHE 0CHICAGO -- Corey Crawford made 38 saves for his second shutout in three games, leading Chicago past Colorado for its fourth straight victory.Marian Hossa had two goals, Jonathan Toews also scored and the Blackhawks killed off three more penalties to run their streak to 12 after an awful start to the season forr their penalty-killers.ddddddddddddArtemi Panarin added his fifth of the season off a slick pass from Patrick Kane in the third, closing out Chicagos seventh win in nine games overall.Semyon Varlamov made 17 saves for the Avalanche, who have dropped four of five.MAPLE LEAFS 2, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Mitchell Marner scored two goals and Toronto defeated Buffalo for its first road victory of the season.Frederik Andersen made 42 saves for the Maple Leafs, who have won two straight and improved to 1-3-3 on the road. They also ended an eight-game winless streak in Buffalo.Marner, a 19-year-old rookie, scored for the first time since Oct. 15 and had his first two-goal game.Marcus Foligno scored for the Sabres, and Robin Lehner made 27 saves. Buffalo had a four-game winning streak snapped.FLYERS 3, ISLANDERS 2, SONEW YORK -- Claude Giroux scored the only goal in the shootout to lift Philadelphia over New York.Travis Konecny and Jakub Voracek had goals for the Flyers, who improved to 6-5-1 with their third straight victory.Dennis Seidenberg and John Taveres scored for the Islanders, and Jaroslav Halak stopped 40 of 42 shots.Michal Neuvirth made 25 saves for the Flyers.PANTHERS 4, DEVILS 3, OTSUNRISE, Fla. -- Vincent Trocheck scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, to give Florida a victory over New Jersey.Trocheck poked in a rebound past Cory Schneider with 43.4 seconds left in overtime.Denis Malgin and Aaron Ekblad also scored for the Panthers, and James Reimer made 33 saves. Reimer started in place of Roberto Luongo, who has lost his last three starts.Pavel Zacha, PA Parenteau and Travis Zajac scored for the Devils. Schneider stopped 25 shots.Zacha tied the score 3-all with 3:55 left in the third period, his first NHL goal.SENATORS 1, CANUCKS 0OTTAWA, Ontario -- Mike Condon made 27 saves in his Ottawa debut, and Vancouver was shut out for the fourth time in five games.Mike Hoffman scored for the Senators.Jacob Markstrom made 23 saves for the Canucks, who have lost seven straight (0-6-1).Ottawa made the most of a giveaway by Erik Gudbranson at the 14-minute mark of the second period as Markstrom tried to play the loose puck, but instead left a wide-open net for Hoffman.Condon, acquired from Pittsburgh for a 2017 fifth-round draft pick, arrived in Ottawa on Wednesday after a long day of travel from Los Angeles. ' ' '