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BOSTON -- Alex Rodriguez is likely to start only in the third and final game of the New York Yankees three-game series against the Red Sox on Thursday night.New York manager Joe Girardi, asked before Tuesday nights opener of Rodriguezs final Yankee series on the road, said the controversial slugger would not start Tuesday and likely not start Wednesday against left-hander Drew Pomeranz.That would leave Thursday night, when knuckleballer Steven Wright goes for the Red Sox.Rodriguez will then play one more home game, Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays, before being released. He is slated to sign a contract as an advisor to team managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner while collecting the rest of his player salary, but there is the chance he could sign with another team, either for the stretch run or next season.Rodriguez, who met the media in the visitors dugout before the game, said he was disappointed not to be starting the two games. Girardi, whose team is still somewhat alive in the wild card chase, said, Were trying to win games.Clearly, Rodriguez is no longer helping them win games.Rodriguez, hitting just .204 with nine homers and 29 RBI heading into his final four games with the team, was batting only .219 with three homers and 11 RBI in 73 at-bats against lefties. He was at .196 with six homers and 18 RBI against righties and was 3-for-22 lifetime against right-hander Rick Porcello, who started for Boston on Tuesday.He is 1-for-5 against Wright but did have success against knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. He has never faced Pomeranz, who takes his fifth shot at his first win in a Red Sox uniform when he faces Nathan Eovaldi in the second game of the series.Pomeranz, who went from the National League All-Star team to the Red Sox, is 0-2 with a 6.20 ERA since arriving in Boston. He is coming off a six-inning outing (the most innings he has thrown in a game for the Red Sox) at Seattle where he allowed two runs on four hits, walked six (one intentional) and struck out six.He will be working for the first time since an ESPN report suggested he might have been damaged goods when acquired, the report also saying the Red Sox will not seek compensation.To my knowledge, hes gone through his work between starts, hes taken the ball as we anticipated, said manager John Farrell.Pomeranz pitched against the Yankees with San Diego on July 2, yielding a run on five hits and striking out seven in seven innings. He then threw seven innings of two-hit/shutout ball against the Dodgers in Los Angeles and that was it for his career with the Padres.Eovaldi, who throws as hard or harder than any starter in the major leagues, has lost his last two starts to fall to 9-8 and is 2-2 with a 3.60 ERA in four starts since returning to the rotation after a demotion to the bullpen. 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Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. Swell Blonde Wood .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner. WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season, rookie Patrik Laine scored his NHL-leading 12th goal and the Winnipeg Jets beat the division-leading Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 on Tuesday night.Rookie defenseman Josh Morrissey scored his first career goal, while forwards Chris Thorburn and Nic Petan got their first scores of the season for the second-place Jets.Nikolaj Ehlers had two assists, helping Winnipeg stretch its points streak to five games.Chicago goalie Corey Crawford was replaced by Scott Darling after letting in four goals on 22 shots. Darling made two saves.It was the first of five games between the Central Division foes this season.LIGHTNING 4, RED WINGS 3DETROIT -- Nikita Kucherov scored his second goal of the game with 1:10 left to give Tampa Bay a win over Detroit.Lightning captain Steven Stamkos left in the middle of the first period after limping off the ice favoring his right leg following a collision with the Red Wings Gustav Nyquist along the boards. He did not return and the team said he has a lower-body injury.Stamkos and defenseman Nikita Nesterov also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won five of eight (5-2-1). Vladislav Namestnikov had two assists and Ben Bishop made 25 saves.Defenseman Ryan Sproul got his first career goal and had an assist, and Frans Nielsen and Henrik Zetterberg also scored for Detroit. Petr Mrazek stopped 18 shots.RANGERS 7, CANUCKS 2VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Kevin Hayes and J.T. Miller scored two goals each, Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves and New York beat Vancouver.Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists, Nick Holden had a goal and an assist and Brandon Pirri also scored for New York, which has won three straight and eight of its last nine -- with the lone loss in that stretch coming at home against the Canucks last Tuesday. Mika Zibanejad, Jesper Fast and Kevin Klein each added two assists.Brandon Sutter and Markus Granlund scored for Vancouver and Lucas Sbisa had two assists. Jacob Markstrom stopped 18 shots.MAPLE LEAFS 6, PREDATORS 2TORONTO -- James van Riemsdyk scored three goals and Tyler Bozak had four assists, helping Toronto beat Nashville.Van Riemsdyk added an assist and Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists. Leo Komarov and William Nylander also scored to help Toronto improve to 6-2-0 at home.James Neal and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Predators, who had their three-game winning streak halted.Frederik Andersen made 32 saves for Toronto, and Marek Mazanec stopped 26-of-32 shots for Nashville.DUCKS 4, OILERS 1ANAHEIM, Calif. -- John Gibson made 33 saves, Cam Fowler and Ryan Kesler had goals and Anaheim gave Edmonton its fourth straight loss.Nick Ritchie and Antoine Vermette also scored for Anaheim, and Corey Perry had two assists to take the team lead with 15 points.Leon Draisaitl scored for Edmonton and Cam Talbot made 23 saves.Edmonton controlled play throughout much of the second period, outshooting Anaheim 18-9, but it was forced to climb out of a 3-0 hole after the Ducks capitalized on special teams chances to score twice in the second.PANTHERS 4, CANADIENS 3, OTMONTREAL -- Aaron Ekblad broke his stick on an awkward slap shot that sneaked by goalie Carey Price in overtime, helping Florida beat NHL-leading Montreal.Ekblad wound for a shot from the right hash marks, but his stick snapped and the puck slid slowly toward the net. It deflected off the boot of defenseman Nathan Beaulieu before sliding past Price 2:59 into OT.Alex Petrovic, Kyle Rau and Denis Malgin scored for the Panthers, and Roberto Luongo made 34 saves.Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais and Paul Byron had goals for Montreal, which is in its first two-game winless streak this season. Price made 20 saves in his first loss of the season.SENATORS 3, FLYERS 2, SOPHILADELPHIA -- Erik Karlsson scored the only goal of the shootout to lift Ottawa over Philadelphia.Mark Stone and Kyle Turris scored for the Senators, who have won three of their last four. Craig Anderson had 33 saves through overtime and stoppeed all five attempts in the tiebreaker.ddddddddddddNick Cousins and Michael Raffl had Philadelphias goals, and Steve Mason finished with 24 saves. The Flyers have lost four of five.Turris tied the score on a wraparound with 1:59 left in regulation. He then had a chance to get the winner in overtime on a 2-on-1 with Karlsson, but was stopped by Mason.DEVILS 2, STARS 1, OTDALLAS -- Adam Henrique scored 44 seconds into overtime to give New Jersey a victory over Dallas.Henrique and Kyle Palmieri skated in on Dallas goalie Antti Niemi on a 2-on-1. Palmieri sent a pass from the right side to Henrique at the edge of the left faceoff circle, and Henrique put the puck into the lower left portion of the net.The game had been tied since Patrick Eaves goal for Dallas at 10:33 of the first period.Damon Severson scored at 7:40 of the first for New Jersey, which won its fifth straight game.Niemi made 31 saves, including 16 in the second period.Cory Schneider had 23 saves for New Jersey.BLUES 4, SABRES 1ST. LOUIS -- Jaden Schwartz and Kyle Brodziak scored early in the third period to lead St. Louis over Buffalo.Robby Fabbri and Scottie Upshall also scored and Jake Allen made 23 saves for the Blues, who snapped a three-game skid and beat the Sabres for the ninth straight time.Sam Reinhart scored and Robin Lehner stopped 27 shots for the Sabres, who lost their fifth consecutive game.HURRICANES 1, SHARKS 0RALEIGH, N.C. -- Joakim Nordstrom scored with 9:12 left, Cam Ward made 22 saves in his first shutout in over a year and Carolina beat San Jose.Ward got the 24th shutout of his career and first since he blanked Colorado on Oct. 21, 2015, while improving to 6-1 in his career against the Sharks.That helped the Hurricanes win their second straight to escape last place in the Metropolitan Division, in the process snapping the defending Western Conference champions three-game winning streak.Aaron Dell stopped 32 shots in his third career game and his second start for the Sharks, who managed just two shots on goal in the second period before coming on strong in the third.BLUE JACKETS 2, CAPITALS 1, OTCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Cam Atkinson scored 37 seconds into overtime as Columbus rallied to beat Washington.Atkinson buried a wrist shot off a faceoff from the right circle past goaltender Philipp Grubauer to extend Columbus home winning streak to six.Zach Werenski scored the tying goal with just under seven minutes remaining for the Blue Jackets, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots.Nicklas Backstrom scored late in the second period for Washington, and Grubauer finished with 20 saves.AVALANCHE 4, KINGS 1DENVER -- Semyon Varlamov had 32 saves, Patrick Wiercioch and Rene Bourque scored 22 seconds apart and Colorado beat Los Angeles.Gabriel Landeskog and Blake Comeau also scored for Colorado, and Wiercioch added an assist.Dustin Brown scored for Los Angeles and Peter Budaj stopped 26 shots. It was the Kings fourth straight loss after opening their five-game trip with a win in Toronto.The Avalanche had not scored a regulation goal for more than five periods before getting two quick ones at the start of the second period.FLAMES 1, WILD 0ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Johnny Gaudreaus goal early in the first period held up and Chad Johnson stopped 27 shots for Calgarys first shutout of the season, fueling a victory that ended a four-game losing streak.Outscored 17-4 over the skid -- with two of those goals from Gaudreau -- Johnson and the Flames gave their NHL-worst goals against average a big boost. Their scoring differential, now at minus-19, is last in the league.Flames goalie Brian Elliott, formerly of the St. Louis Blues, has an 8-2 record with a 2.18 goals against average in 12 career games against the Wild, but Johnson got the call from coach Glen Gulutzan instead.Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves for the Wild and has given up only nine goals in his last eight games, stopping 245 of 254 shots. ' ' '