center Nathan MacKinnon said. It starts with us key guys. All of us need to be better. We havent been good this homestand; weve been pretty bad.The last-place Avalanche havent scored more than thre

The New York Rangers will go for their fifth straight win and eighth in nine games on Sunday when they host the Winnipeg Jets at Madison Square Garden.The Rangers (9-3-0) will also look to continue a streak thats perhaps even more impressive. Theyve scored at least five goals in four straight and five of six, something that doesnt happen very often in todays NHL.Their 5-2 victory in Boston on Saturday night wasnt as easy at the score indicated. The Bruins outshot the Rangers 37-24 but were victimized by uneven goaltending from Tuukka Rask.We didnt play our best game but we found a way to make a couple of plays and beat one of the goaltenders that had been one of the hottest so far in the league, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said after the Rangers handed Rask his first loss in seven games.The Rangers scored their first two shorthanded goals of the season and another on the power play. Backup goaltender Antti Raanta made 35 saves to give starter Henrik Lundqvist the night off before facing the Jets at home Sunday.Tonight we were able to capitalize on a few chances, Vigneault said. If you analyze the game, the difference was our goaltending was better than theirs and our specialty teams got us a goal on the power play and got us a couple shorthanded looks.The Jets are one of the NHLs youngest teams and, to start the season, one of the busiest. They have played eight games in 13 days as they venture into a stretch of 28 games in 49 days, one that limits practice time for coach Paul Maurice.For a young team, teaching is important, but the lack of off-days means most of the teaching doesnt happen on the ice.The practice time is the thing with a young team, Maurice told the Winnipeg Sun. The details youd like to work on instead of showing them video, but thats our schedule and thats not changing.The next time we have a practice, I dont know, in December, we will tailor how we practice, the load.Along with the schedule, the Jets have also been challenged with injuries.The good news is the Jets have won two straight but their most recent victory -- a 5-3 win against the Red Wings in Detroit on Friday -- came without seven of their regulars. Right winger Joel Armia and center Mathieu Perreault were the latest to go down and missed that game against the Red Wings.When they take the ice against the Rangers on Sunday night, they will do so without defenseman Tyler Myers, center Bryan Little and right winger Drew Stafford. That means a chance for 22-year-old Andrew Copp, a third-round pick in 2013 who was recalled by the team Thursday. 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Thats not a comment on the suspension that banished the Portland Winterhawks general manager and coach from his Western Hockey League teams bench for most of the 2012-13 season.DENVER -- Kari Lehtonen and the Dallas Stars put together a nice finish for a lousy road trip.Lehtonen had 23 saves for his first shutout of the season, and the Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Saturday night.Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist, and Patrick Eaves and Curtis McKenzie also scored. Dallas finished 1-2-1 on its trip to St. Louis, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Colorado.Obviously we didnt want to end it with a loss so we came out prepared, Eaves said. I thought we played a structured game. This building has been tough on us in the past.Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves for the Avalanche, who were shut out for the fifth time this season.Colorado played most of the game with five defensemen after Erik Johnson broke a leg blocking Seguins shot in the second period. Johnson will be sidelined for six to eight weeks.Injuries is not excuse, but it helps to have some of those guys in the lineup, coach Jared Bednar said.Lehtonen was sharp in his 35th career shutout, but he didnt face a lot of prime scoring chances. The Stars also were unable to generate many offensive opportunities, but they capitalized on a couple of openings.McKenzie scored at 5:08 of the first period and Seguin added a power-play goal at 6:02 of the second. Jason Spezza nearly made it 3-0 late in the third but his shot on an odd-man rush clipped the post.I said (Saturday) morning I liked five of our last six periods and tonight I liked all three and we finally got rewarded, coach Lindy Ruff said. It was good to see us play that well away from the puck. Its attention to detail and we were able to maintain that for three perriods.ddddddddddddThe Stars outshot the Avalanche in the second and third periods, holding them to 10 total shots while putting up 21.Its nice but it was really like a whole team shutout, Lehtonen said. They took some chances in the first but then after that we just played really solid and that is real nice.The Avalanche pulled Varlamov for an extra attacker, but Eaves picked up an empty-netter for his 10th goal of the season.Penalty kill had big kills for us, power play got one, goalie made some key saves when we needed them, Seguin said. A lot we can build off from tonight.Colorado went 0-4-1 on its homestand. The Avalanches 19 points are the fewest in the NHL.Just playing horrible hockey, center Nathan MacKinnon said. It starts with us key guys. All of us need to be better. We havent been good this homestand; weve been pretty bad.The last-place Avalanche havent scored more than three goals in their last eight games and are 2-5-1 in that stretch.Game notesStars F Patrick Sharp (concussion symptoms) was placed on injured reserve, retroactive to Thursday. Sharp has missed 15 games this season due to injury. ... Colorado C Rocco Grimaldi was recalled from San Antonio of the AHL on Friday and made his NHL debut against Dallas. ... Avalanche LW Gabriel Landeskog (lower body) skated Saturday morning and should be on the upcoming four-game road trip. He has been out since Nov. 14.UP NEXTStars: Host Calgary on Tuesday night.Avalanche: Play at Nashville on Tuesday night. ' ' '