NEWARK Womens Phillip Lindsay Jersey , N.J. (AP) — Less than a month into the season, it looks like the New Jersey Devils are ready to take the next step after making the playoffs for the first time since reaching the Stanley Cup Final in 2012.John Hynes’ club opened the season with four straight wins and it has taken 11 of a possible 18 points in the first nine games (5-3-1).Kyle Palmieri is among the league leaders with nine goals. Ditto Hart Trophy winner Taylor Hall with 10 assists, including eight on the power play. The line of Palmieri, 2017 No. 1 overall draft pick Nico Hischier and Hall has combined for 34 points, while goaltender Keith Kinkaid has two shutouts and a 2.74 goals-against average in starting every game.Everything is looking good for a team that didn’t make many changes in the offseason after being eliminated in the first round by the Tampa Bay Lightning.Or is it?The Devils’ success this season has been a combination of good play and a friendly schedule, which started in Sweden. Six of the last seven games have been played at home, including two where their opponent played the night before.Now things get tough. New Jersey embarked on a seven-game road trip that started with an 8-3 loss in Tampa on Tuesday and will end on Nov. 11 at Winnipeg. The Devils won’t be on the road the whole time. One game is in New York City against the Islanders.“I think it’s definitely going to test us,” said Kinkaid, who should start getting a few days off with Cory Schneider off injured reserve. “I don’t think I’ve ever done anything like this. It’s going to really test our team and see what we’re made of. We can’t dwell on the games that we let slip away.”After playing a tenacious style in winning the first four games, the Devils were beaten by Philadelphia and Colorado on late third-period goals. They gave up a late third-period goal and lost to Nashville in overtime and then edged Florida 3-2 after nearly blowing a 3-0 lead.“The last two games before Florida, I don’t think we played like what’s expected of us, but we bounced back and played the type of game we want to play,” captain Andy Greene said Monday. “I don’t think we’re going to sneak up on teams like we did last year. We can’t sit around and rest on what we did last year. It’s a new group and a new dynamic. It’s up to us to step forward. We’ve only played eight games, so it’s hard to tell where we’re at. This league has a way of humbling you quick.”Like old times Cheap Kerryon Johnson Jersey , the Devils had been stingy on defense, until facing the Lightning. However, they need more from the second, third and fourth lines. The Hischier line has carried the load and the only other line making a big contribution is the checking unit. Blake Coleman and Brian Boyle have three goals apiece.“”I don’t think we’re concerned on who predicted us to do whatever,” Boyle said. “Last year, we were in a playoff spot from the beginning of the season and we just stayed there. But last year is over. It was important to get off to a good start again this year and we can do what we did last year and stay in the playoff spot all season long.”Hynes wants more consistency.“We have to focus on finding an identity and building on that,” said the fourth-year head coach. “I think we have a group of guys who come play every night. We had a little bit of a slip, but we found a way to get back to what we do best. That’s our recipe for success, playing hard and getting after it.”GAME OF THE WEEKNashville at Tampa Bay, Thursday night. Both teams are off to good starts and there is a chance of a top goaltending matchup with Pekka Rinne of the Predators and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Lightning.LEADERS (through Tuesday)Goals: Patrick Kane (Chicago) and David Pastrnak (Boston), 11; Assists: Mikko Rantanen (Colorado), 16; Points: Mikko Rantanen (Colorado), 21; Wins: Andrei Vasilevskiy (Tampa Bay), 6; Goals-against average: Jaroslav Halak http://www.lionscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-kerryon-johnson-jersey , 1.51; Save percentage: Semyon Varlamov (Colorado), .950. CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Down by three goals going into the third period, the Calgary Flames were far from done.Mark Giordano had a goal and two assists, and Calgary scored five straight times in the third to rally past the Colorado Avalanche 6-5 on Thursday night.With the game tied 4-all, Giordano scored the go-ahead goal at 13:47 when he jumped up into the rush, took a pass from Mikael Backlund and snapped a shot over the blocker of goaltender Semyon Varlamov.“If you’re coming in late and their forwards are scrambling back, sometimes things open up,” said Giordano, who has two goals and 12 assists this season. “I was happy (Backlund) found me there, it was a good spot to shoot from.”Backlund, Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan, James Neal and Michael Frolik also scored for the Flames (8-5-1) Authentic Kerryon Johnson Jersey , who have won three straight. Matthew Tkachuk added three assists.It’s already the fourth time this season the Flames have come back to win when trailing after two periods.Colin Wilson, Vladislav Kamenev, Sheldon Dries, Carl Soderberg and Gabriel Landeskog scored for Colorado (7-4-2), which has lost three of four.It was the first career goal for both Kamenev and Dries.“Five goals in the third is a lot. Give credit to them, but we definitely had a hand in letting them come back,” said Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, who was held off the scoresheet and ended up minus-3.Trailing 4-1 after two periods, Calgary began its comeback 47 seconds into the third on Lindholm’s power-play goal, his team-leading ninth goal of the season.The man advantage was the result of a charging major on Ian Cole late in the second period after his heavy hit crumpled Mark Jankowski as he was looking back for a pass. Shaken up, Jankowski went to the dressing room.He returned to sit on the bench in the third, but did not play. After the game, he was deemed healthy.It was the response to the hit from Sam Bennett, who immediately fought Cole Authentic Deshaun Watson Jersey , that players pointed to as the turning point.“He’s a feisty little kid. He definitely knows how to throw them,” Backlund said. “That gave the team some momentum and some energy. Great job by him stepping up for the team and for Janko. It brought a lot of energy into the room going into the third.”The Flames drew within one at 5:21 when Monahan deflected Noah Hanifin’s point shot.The Saddledome crowd then roared at 10:52 when Neal got the puck in the slot and ripped a shot past Varlamov for his third goal and a tie game.“It felt good, obviously, for me,” said Neal, who had been off to a slow start with just two goals in his first 13 games. “Personally, I want to score goals, you want to help the team win. It’s been a little bit of tough sledding here at the start, but I’ve been through it before. You just try to stick with it and you get rewarded like I did tonight.”The sequence leading up to Neal’s goal began when rookie defenseman Juuso Valimaki caught Matt Calvert with a body check at the blue line, turning the puck over.“He timed it perfect and to be able to keep the puck in the zone, all in one shot. That was a real turning point, too,” Giordano said. “Really put them back on their heels and then we kept going.”Just more than a minute after Giordano’s go-ahead goal, Frolik made it a two-goal lead http://www.houstontexansteamonline.com/deshaun-watson-jersey , one-timing Tkachuk’s feed for his sixth goal.The Avalanche got a power-play goal from Landeskog at 18:57 to set up a harrowing finish.Landeskog’s goal first appeared to be Wilson’s second of the game before the Colorado captain was credited with his 11th of the season. Wilson picked up an assist on the play.Mike Smith got the win despite giving up five goals on 26 shots. He improved to 5-4-1.Varlamov, who entered with a 1.62 goals-against average and .950 save percentage, made 31 saves. The five goals he allowed in the third period came on just 11 shots.“Lack of detail and lack of commitment,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “We resorted back to bad habits like circling away from the puck.”Calgary was controlling the game, outshooting the Avs 17-4, when a stray pass from Giordano resulted in Kamenev breaking up the ice on a short-handed 2-on-1 and scoring his first career goal.Less than two minutes later, Dries got his first NHL goal when his rebound banked off the skate of Rasmus Andersson in the slot and went into the net.NOTES: Monahan extended his point streak to five games (two goals, six assists). … Colorado forward Mikko Rantanen has 21 points, tying the franchise record for October set by Joe Sakic in 1996.UP NEXTAvalanche: At the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.Flames: Host the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night.