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BUFFALO, N. Jim Otto Jersey .Y. - Calvin Pickard backstopped the Colorado Avalanche to their most complete victory of the season.The 22-year-old rookie keeps turning heads in the Avalanche dressing room, this time leading Colorado to a 5-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.He deserves a lot of credit, Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. He competes hard out there. In the first he made three very good saves look pretty easy.Alex Tanguay scored a pair of goals to help Colorado snap its two-game skid. Afterward, he praised Pickard.Hes come here, hes battled and hes given us a chance every night to win, Tanguay said. Hes been nothing but spectacular.Colorado also got goals from Cody McLeod, John Mitchell and Erik Johnson. Mitchell and Tanguay added assists, and Jarome Iginla had three.Last-minute call-up Johan Larsson scored his first NHL goal for the Sabres, who had won six straight home games.Colorado has won its last eight against Buffalo dating to 2005, and jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Johnsons goal 2:23 into the game.Larsson nearly tied it when he got free in the slot, but his quick wrist shot was scooped by Pickard.The Sabres had several chances to tie the game during their first power play, but Pickard made a number of saves, including an in-close stop of Zemgus Girgensons.Im feeling comfortable, more and more so, said Pickard, who is 5-5-2. Its nice playing every game. I thought I had a good outing in Pittsburgh, too, and I just wanted to build off that.Colorado picked up a short-handed goal moments later when Ryan OReilly found McLeod on a 3-on-2 to make it 2-0 at 7:07.We skated, we moved the puck and we used our best tool, which is our speed, Tanguay said.It was Buffalos fifth short-handed goal allowed this season, tied for the highest total in the NHL.Colorado skated into the dressing room with a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes.Best first period weve had all year, Johnson said. Kind of, foot off the gas a little bit in the second.Thats when Pickard shined brightest, making 10 saves.When were playing with the lead all game, youre going to be called upon a few times each period and I just wanted to be solid for the guys, Pickard said.Colorado got its third goal 1:51 into the third when Iginla sent a cross-ice pass to a wide-open Tanguay, who beat a sliding Jhonas Enroth over the left shoulder.Mitchell beat Enroth between the legs at the 5:09 mark.Theyre a very skilled team, Sabres coach Ted Nolan said. If you give them a chance, theyre going to put them in.Larsson, who said he arrived from Rochester with two minutes left in warmups, one-timed Chris Stewarts pass into the net, ruining Pickards shutout hopes with 6:33 to play.Disappointed we couldnt get the shutout for Pickard. That stings a lot, but really good group effort, Johnson said.Nolan pulled Enroth with nearly four minutes remaining, and Buffalo drew a penalty with the man advantage. Pickard held strong, however, including a glove save on Tyler Ennis.Buffalo lost Patrick Kaleta in the first period and Tyler Myers in the second, finishing the game with 16 available skaters. Myers is questionable for Saturdays game in Boston, while Kaleta wont travel to Boston due to an illness.Enroth made 18 saves in the loss.NOTES: Buffalo had to call up Mikhail Grigorenko from Rochester on Saturday morning when Torrey Mitchell was deemed unfit to play, and then recalled Larsson just before game time after Matt Moulson fell ill. ... The Sabres went 0 for 4 on the power play. ... It was Larssons 34th NHL game. Hes played 33 with Buffalo and one with Minnesota. Marshawn Lynch Jersey . The 28-year-old from Rochester, Alta., was selected by the Redblacks from the Saskatchewan Roughriders roster in the 2013 CFL Expansion Draft. E. J. Manuel Jersey . But that changed when he committed a five-minute major penalty and helped pave the way for a comeback by the Philadelphia Flyers. 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The Argentina striker produced clinical finishes in the 60th and 79th minutes to level the score before Aleksandar Kolarov put City in front in the 87th.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The starting job at running back isnt the only thing Montee Ball lost during his month on the sideline recovering from a torn right groin.The Denver Broncos second-year pro said he eliminated sweets and cut down on carbs and fried foods during his rehab because at 224 pounds, he wasnt hitting the holes fast enough.So, he dropped a dozen pounds and now tips the scales at right around the weight he was at Wisconsin and two pounds lighter than he was at the NFL combine in 2013.Today I felt great out there, Ball said Wednesday following his first practice since he was hurt Oct. 5. I felt a lot more elusive. I felt a lot more agile. And this is where I should have been at the beginning of the year.Ball said he realizes Ronnie Hillman deserves to remain the starter — for now — after leapfrogging him during his absence because the running game has been a lot better since hes been in there.He did a great job of taking that job from me, Ball said. He should start now because he did a great job. But Im going to most definitely be working for that spot again.Hillman, whos quicker and more decisive at the line of scrimmage, has rushed 363 yards and three TDs while averaging 4.3 yards a carry also catching 17 passes for 121 yards and a score in Balls absence, giving Denver a legitimate ground game to go with Peyton Mannings passing prowess.When he got hurt, Ball was averaging 3.1 yards a carry, a significant drop-off from the 4.7 he averaged as a rookie.During his time off — which followed several missed practices in August after undergoing an emergency appendectomy, Ball said he watched film and realized he was pitter-pattering too much at the line of scrimmage.It wasnt entirely his fault: Behind a reconfigured offensive line thats had its share of troubles, Broncos backs have seen at least three carries go for no gain or negative yardage in seven of their eight games so far. Oakland Raiders Jerseys. Defenders have consistently found the gaps between centre Manny Ramirez and guards Orlando Franklin, whos still adjusting to his switch from tackle, and Louis Vasquez, who isnt playing at his Pro Bowl level of a year ago because of nagging back and ribs injuries.Ball took it on himself, however, to do what he could during his time off to get better prepared for a stretch run like he had last year.It was kind of my plan, so I could move better, hit the holes faster, he said. I was 224 when the injury happened. Im 212 now and I most definitely love it. This is where I was at in college, and I feel a lot more comfortable at this weight.Ball played at 220 pounds last year.So, this is the lightest Ive ever been in the NFL and Im loving it, Ball said. I havent been hitting the holes fast. Ive been doing too much second-guessing.Ball said he felt fine after Wednesdays workout and ice tub soak. He said he no longer is in any pain and hopes to return Sunday when the Broncos (6-2) visit the Oakland Raiders (0-8).Ball got hurt when he accidentally did the splits while chipping a defender before going out on his route in a game against Arizona. But he said his right groin was actually sore since the start of the season.I wasnt telling anybody about it. I was just trying to work through it on my own, Ball said.Tearing the groin, Ball said, was a blessing in disguise because Im learning how to be a pro and learning better ways to take care of my body.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL___Follow AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '