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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Eric Staal scored a tiebreaking goal in the third period to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 3-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in an NHL exhibition game Sunday in St. Paul.Staal, playing against his former team, also assisted on Charlie Coyles second period goal for the Wild, which tied the game 1-1. Jason Zucker added a late goal.Devan Dubnyk made 16 saves, only yielding Derek Ryans power-play goal at 8:46 of the first period.Michael Leighton and Alex Nedeljkovic each saw time in goal for Carolina. Leighton started and made 20 saves on 21 shots. Nedeljkovic allowed two goals on 17 shots.PENGUINS BLANK BLUE JACKETSIn Columbus, Ohio, Tristan Jarry made 24 saves to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.Carter Rowney scored in the first period and Tom Kuhnhackl had a goal early in the second.Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 shots for Columbus.Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella spent the game watching from the press box.RED WINGS DOUBLE UP BLACKHAWKSIn Detroit, Martin Frk and Andreas Athanasiou each had a goal and an assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 6-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.Frk, Luke Glendening and Danny DeKeyser scored in the first. Dylan Larkin and Anthony Mantha added goals in the second period, and Athanasious goal in the third ended the scoring.Petr Mrazek played the entire game in goal for Detroit, and made 11 saves on 14 shots.Alexandre Fortin, Dennis Rasmussen and Brandon Mashinter scored for the Blackhawks. Ivan Nalimov started and gave up three goals on 16 shots, and was replaced by Lars Johnson, who stopped 12 of the 15 shots he faced.EBERTS OT GOAL LIFTS STARS OVER PANTHERSIn London, Ontario, Nick Ebert scored 2:20 into overtime to lift the Dallas Stars to a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers.Antoine Roussel tied the score for Dallas about 4 1/2 minutes into the second period.Jonathan Huberdeau gave the Panthers the lead with 7 seconds left in the first.MATTHEWS MAKES LEAFS DEBUT IN OT WIN OVER CANADIENSIn Toronto, No. 1 overall draft pick Auston Matthews had a scoreless preseason debut in the Maple Leafs 3-2 overtime win over the Montreal Canadiens.Matthews played more than 18 minutes and had two shots, displaying the elite skills which helped him become the first player selected with the top pick by the Leafs since 1985.Matt Hunwick got the winner 4:20 into the extra period, and Nikita Zaitsev and Morgan Rielly also scored for Toronto. Jhonas Enroth stopped seven of the eight shots he faced, and Garret Sparks had 17 saves on 18 shots.Daniel Audette and Daniel Carr scored for Montral, and Mike Condon stopped 28 shots.KINGS BLANK DUCKSIn Anaheim, California, Jonathan Quick made 31 saves to lead a Los Angeles Kings split squad to a 1-0 win over the Ducks.Andy Andreoff scored the games lone goal midway through the second period.Jonathan Bernier had 25 saves for Anaheim.NIETO LIFTS SHARKS PAST CANUCKS IN OVERTIMEAt Vancouver, British Columbia, Matt Nieto scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.Kevin Labanc also scored, and Martin Jones made 26 saves for the San Jose. The Sharks are 3-0-0 in exhibition play.Anton Rodin and Tuomo Ruutu scored for Vancouver, and Ryan Miller stopped 18 shots.JETS PAVELEC SHUTS OUT FLAMESIn Calgary, Alberta, Scott Kosmachuk had a goal and two assists and Ondrej Pavelec made 31 saves as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Flames 4-0.Kosmachuk opened the scoring 4:48 into the first period, converting a slick feed from Chase De Leo on a 2-on-1.The 22-year-old right winger was in the right spot to pick up an assist on the Jets second goal. Flames defenseman Brett Kulak tried to slap the puck around the end boards. Instead it drilled Kosmachuk in the shin and caromed out front where Ben Chariot knocked it in.Mark Stuart made it 3-0 at 8:54 of the second and Paul Postma also scored for Winnipeg.Calgarys Mikael Backlund hit a goal post twice.Chad Johnson gave up three goals on six shots, and Flames prospect Jon Gillies made 17 saves on the 18 shots he faced in relief. Byron Pringle Jersey . 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The 29-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont., has nothing but good things to say about former U.S. marine Liz (Girlrilla) Carmouche ahead of their co-main event Wednesday on the UFCs "Fight for the Troops" televised card in Fort Campbell, Ky. MANCHESTER, England -- David Moyes called it just nine days into the season.Asked after consecutive losses whether it will be another relegation battle for Sunderland in the Premier League, the teams recently hired manager said, I think it will be. I dont think you can hide the facts. That will be the case, yes.Admirable honesty, sure, but exactly the kind of pessimism Sunderland fans didnt want to hear so early in the season. It has set the tone for another woeful start to a league campaign by the northeast club.Sunderland is in last place in the Premier League, with just two points from nine games, and is the only side in Englands four professional leagues without a league victory this season. Its the second consecutive season in which Sunderland has failed to win any of its first eight league games, which hasnt happened since Bury did so in 1905 and 1906.With Arsenal heading to the Stadium of Light on Saturday on an unbeaten run of 13 matches in all competitions, the likelihood is Sunderlands misery will be prolonged another week.Even for the greatest escapologists of the Premier League, staying up this season will be some feat. The Black Cats may have run out of lives.Sunderland has narrowly avoided relegation for the past four years via the same means: A mid-season managerial change followed by a drastic upturn in late-season results. Steve Bruce was the last manager to complete a full season at Sunderland -- and that was in 2009-10.Since then, Martin ONeill (16 months across two seasons), Paolo Di Canio (six months), Gus Poyet (18 months across two seasons), Dick Advocaat (seven months), and Sam Allardyce (nine months) have come and gone through the Stadium of Lights revolving door.Moyes is the latest in the sorry cycle, and recent history suggests he will not last the season before the clubs American owner, Ellis Short, reaches for another savior to keep Sunderland in the worlds most lucrative domestic league.You can change one guy, Moyes said, but it has been proved in the past here, that is not the answer.Moyes was in charge of Everton for 11 years before being hired by Manchester United in 2013 as Alex Fergusons hand-picked replacement with the aim of creating another dynasty at Englands biggest club. He lasted 10 months at Old Trafford, the job proving far too big for him.Moyes attempted to reebuild his reputation at Real Socieded in Spain, but was fired a day before completing a year in charge.dddddddddddd Now its all going wrong at Sunderland.The squad lacks depth, although long-term injuries have robbed Moyes of key players such as goalkeeper Vito Mannone, midfielder Sebastien Larsson and forwards Adnan Januzaj and Fabio Borini. His policy of signing former players from Manchester United and Everton -- injury-prone pair Steven Pienaar and Victor Anichebe among them -- had an air of desperation about it. Worryingly, Jermain Defoe, the 34-year-old former England striker, appears the only reliable source of goals.Moyes latest disappointment occurred on Wednesday, when Sunderland lost 1-0 at Southampton in the fourth round of the English League Cup. Near the end of the match, Moyes was dismissed from the dugout for swearing at an official when a penalty was not awarded for his side.Has the 53-year-old Scot simply lost his touch?Our lucks out at the moment, but it will change, Moyes said.It hadnt by Thursday. The plane flying Sunderlands players home from the Southampton match reportedly failed to take off in thick fog late Wednesday, meaning they were left stranded on the south coast.Thats hardly the best preparation for Arsenals visit.Heres what else to look out for in the Premier League this weekend:---TOTTENHAM VS. LEICESTERLeicester has lost by a three-goal margin in each of its last three Premier League away games: 4-1 at Liverpool and Manchester United, and 3-0 at Chelsea.It doesnt get any easier for the champions, who must visit unbeaten Tottenham on Saturday, four days before playing in the Champions League against FC Copenhagen.---WEST BROMWICH ALBION VS. MANCHESTER CITYPep Guardiola is in the worst run of his managerial career after Citys winless streak extended to six games with a loss to Manchester United in the League Cup on Wednesday.While City remains top of the league, Guardiola will avoid the kind of criticism that has been aimed at coaching rival Jose Mourinho at United this season.West Brom is possibly the most dangerous team in the league from set pieces, and that is an area its manager, Tony Pulis, will surely target at The Hawthorns on Saturday. ' ' '