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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kevin Connauton has found a home on the Columbus blue line. Xavier Cedeno Cubs Jersey .He had a goal and two assists and the Blue Jackets scored four times in the second period for a 6-2 win against the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.Connauton has four goals and three assists in 14 games since being claimed off waivers on Nov. 18 from the Dallas Stars. He had two assists in eight games for the Stars in spot duty.Hes now taking regular shifts for the Blue Jackets (15-16-3).Theres more confidence shooting the puck and making plays, he said. Its a matter of an opportunity where Im playing a lot and building confidence and as a result Im having success.Connauton assisted on the first two Columbus goals by Scott Hartnell. Then Connauton made it 3-1 at 6:32 of the second period on a long shot that goaltender Niklas Svedberg could not pick up.I lost sight of it just before he shot it, Svedberg said. Youve got to work hard to find the puck as a goalie. I couldnt find it. Its on me. Its unfortunate. It was an important goal.After Connautons goal, Nick Foligno made it 4-1 before Craig Cunningham scored for the Bruins (18-15-3). Matt Calvert regained the three-goal lead with 51 seconds left in the second.Jeremy Morin added a goal for Columbus in the third.We had a lot of mistakes tonight, defence mistakes; not boxing out, screening our goaltender, Boston coach Claude Julien said.Patrice Bergeron scored in the first period for the Bruins, 20 seconds after Hartnell had given the Blue Jackets (15-16-3) a 1-0 advantage.Hartnell missed the previous five games with a broken finger and was unsure how he would play in his return since had never suffered a hand or finger injury beforeI was a little nervous, getting whacked, battling in corners. Things like that, he said, Im going to spend most of the time in front of the net. Thats what I did on those two goals.Columbus backup goalie Curtis McElhinney made 26 saves in place of Sergei Bobrovsky, who did not play because of a stomach virus.It was certainly unexpected but its one of those opportunities that when it presents itself you want to take advantage of it, McElhinney said. Anytime you get the goal support it helps take the pressure off the goalie. That was nice to see.Hartnell said that was the least the Blue Jackets could do for McElhinney, who improved to 2-6-1 this season.We owed (McElhinney) a big effort, Hartnell said. At the beginning of the year we hung him out to dry a lot of times.We did all the little things well tonight. We blocked shots. We stayed out of the box for the most part and we were able to finish and get a lead early and not look back.Svedberg stopped 12 of 15 shots before being pulled for Tuukka Rask, who also had 12 saves.NOTES:Columbus goalie Anton Forsberg was on emergency recall from Springfield of the American Hockey League and did not count against the 23-man roster. Columbus forward Cam Atkinson left the game in the first period with an upper body injury after being checked by Matt Bartkowski and did not return. The Bruins had won seven straight vs. the Blue Jackets since a 3-2 loss in Boston on Jan. 21, 2010. Boston had four consecutive wins in Columbus since a 2-0 loss on March 10, 2009. Columbus killed all three Boston power plays to run their successful penalty kill streak to 23. Kosuke Fukudome Jersey . Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points, Shawn Marion had 22 and the Mavericks beat undermanned Philadelphia 124-112 Friday night, handing the 76ers their 10th straight loss. Nico Hoerner Jersey . Hes the same player he always was, only now his efforts are being rewarded. The rookie manager has made a habit of heaping praise on others when things are going well, and accepting criticism when they arent. But in the case of Hurtado, its what the coach is NOT saying that may be the secret to a superb run of form. https://www.cheapcubs.com/1770t-leon-durham-jersey-cubs.html .Mallais and his team out of Saint John defeated James Grattan 5-4 in Fredericton.The 2015 Tim Hortons Brier from Feb.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Peyton Manning has set another NFL record by throwing for more than one touchdown pass in his 14th consecutive game.The Denver Broncos quarterback threw scoring passes of 18 yards to Julius Thomas and 15 yards to Ronnie Hillman in the third quarter against the New England Patriots on Sunday.Going into the game, Manning had two 13-game sstreaks with at least two touchdown passes and Tom Brady of the Patriots and Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers each had one. James Norwood Cubs Jersey. The two touchdown passes increased Mannings record total to 515 for his career. He broke Brett Favres record of 508 earlier in the season.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '