(Sports Network) - A recent six-game winning streak may have put the St. Nike Air Max 90 & 2009 Schuhe Damen Weiß Rosa Grau . Louis Blues back into the heart of the playoff race, but the surging club knows there is still little room for error. Playing the Western Conference-leading Chicago Blackhawks twice over the final eight games doesnt help either and the Blues try to rebound with a victory over the Central Division champs on Sunday afternoon. Watch the Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues live on TSN today at 12:30pm et/9:30am pt. The Blues sat eighth overall in the West but just a single point ahead of four teams for the final playoff spot in the conference before ripping off six straight victories from April 1-11. Each of the last three games of that winning streak came by way of a shutout, but St. Louis was unable to stretch its scoreless run with Fridays 4-1 setback to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Though Brian Elliott had been in net for the previous three games, St. Louis head coach Ken Hitchcock opted to go with rookie backup Jake Allen on Friday one night after a 2-0 win over the Minnesota Wild. Allen allowed all four goals on 19 shots and got beat for the first Blue Jackets goal with 5:28 left in the first. That snapped the Blues franchise-record shutout streak at 215 minutes and 56 seconds, surpassing the 201:32 run set from March 21-29 of last year. "I think weve lived on a fine line for a while and it went against us tonight," said Hitchcock, who was denied his 600th career win. "They were able to out-work us in the corners and the past couple of games we were able to get away with it, but not tonight." Kevin Shattenkirk scored the lone goal for the Blues, who were on their longest winning streak since ripping off seven in a row from Oct. 22-Nov. 7, 2010. St. Louis now sits in sixth place in the conference with 48 points, just one back of the San Jose Sharks in the standings. The Blues do have a crowd behind them as well and sit three points ahead of three teams tied for eighth in the West. Seven of the Blues final eight games will be at home and Sunday afternoons game starts a four-game residency. St. Louis is 9-7-1 as the host this season. Hitchcock is likely to go back to Elliott for this big matchup and the former All-Star brings a personal 189:31 shutout streak into the game. He set the club record last season with a 241:33 scoreless streak. The Blues have had their recent struggles versus the Blackhawks, who are 8-2-1 in the previous 11 meetings. Chicago won a 3-0 decision in its lone previous trip this season to St. Louis on Feb. 28. The Hawks will visit the Blues again on April 27 to close the regular season. Chicago captain Jonathan Toews scored twice in St. Louis in late February, while Corey Crawford and Ray Emery combined for a 21-save shutout. Emery played the final two periods and stopped 15 shots after Crawford exited with an injury. The Blackhawks have already locked up their trip to the postseason and will do so as division champions after beating the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in a shootout on Friday coupled with the Blues loss to the Blue Jackets. Chicago clinched its 15th division title in franchise history and first since its Stanley Cup-winning 2009-10 season. Toews scored a game-tying goal with 2:57 to go in regulation on Friday and Marian Hossa extended the shootout with a third-round goal. Brandon Saad then put homer the winner in the fifth round, giving Chicago its fourth straight win and a record of 6-0-1 in the past seven. "I think we were looking at this game as a potential playoff matchup," said Chicago head coach Joel Quenneville. 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Nike Air Max Schwarz Damen .Y. -- The Buffalo Bills have hired Danny Crossman to be special teams co-ordinator. SAN DIEGO -- By early in the second quarter, Baylor was well on its way to blitzing UCLA and Nick Florence had supplanted Robert Griffin III as the Bears season passing leader. Florence will remember both accomplishments for a long time. The Bears overwhelmed the Bruins 49-26 in the Holiday Bowl on Thursday night as Florence threw for two scores and ran for another. Glasco Martin ran for three touchdowns. Florence completed 10 of 13 passes for 188 yards, giving him 4,309 for the season to break RG3s school record of 4,293 set in his Heisman Trophy-winning season of 2011. "For me, I just wanted a chance to play. I just happened to follow a Heisman Trophy winner," Florence said. "Im not Robert. Im not 6-3. I dont run a 4.3. You saw that tonight. Man, if I could run a 4.3 it would be nice. So I just had to be me. I tried to manage this offence and play within myself. Hes a heck of player, hes done a heck of a job for this program, put us on the map. Im humbled and honoured to hold that record. He deserves it. I never thought that would have happened this year. I just wanted to win games." Baylor (8-5) won its final four games and five of six. "That was a question we asked all our players, What was going to happen now that Roberts gone?" coach Art Briles said. "And our guys responded, fought together, believed in each other. They have always sustained and never lost focus." Lache Seastrunk rushed 16 times for 138 yards and one score for Baylor, which outgained UCLA 494-362. The Bears came in leading the nation in total offence with 578.8 yards per game. Baylors defence came up big, too. The Bears sacked Brett Hundley six times, including two by Chris McAllister, and shut down UCLAs career rushing leader Johnathan Franklin. Franklin, who averaged 130.8 yards this season, gained 12 yards on his first carry of the game but was a non-factor after that, finishing with just 34 yards on 14 carries. Overalll, the Bruins gained only 33 yards on 28 carries. Nike Air Max 2009 Schuhe Kinder Weiß Rot Schwarz. They came in having averaged 202.9 yards rushing. "They played well upfront," UCLA coach Jim Mora said. "When we are at our best is when we can run the football. We couldnt find any room to the football. They played physical." Hundley was 26 of 50 for 329 yards and three touchdowns to set UCLAs season passing record with 3,740 yards. The old record was 3,470 by Cade McNown in 1998. UCLA (9-5) lost its final three. The Bruins were never in this one. Baylor raced to a 21-0 lead by early in the second quarter on Martins 4-yard run and Florences TD passes of 8 yards to Antwan Goodley and 55 yards to Tevin Reese. UCLA punted four times and lost the ball on downs before getting a break when Baylors Jordan Navjar fumbled after a reception when he was hit by Eric Kendricks, with Randal Goforth recovering at the Bears 21. Two plays later, Joseph Fauria caught a 22-yard pass from Hundley to pull the Bruins to 21-7. Baylor quickly added two more touchdowns to put it out of reach at 35-7. Martin burst up the middle for his second touchdown of the game, a 26-yarder, and, after UCLA punted yet again, Seastrunk broke free for a 43-yard touchdown run with 1:58 left before halftime. UCLA then converted two fourth downs, including a fake punt, to move to the Baylor 12 with 7 seconds left. On fourth-and-10, Mora opted to go for a field goal and Kaimi Fairbairn converted from 30 yards. Martin added a 1-yard TD run in the third quarter and Florence had a 1-yard scoring run in the fourth. Martin had 98 yards on 21 carries. Baylor rushed for 306 yards. "We knew coming in that we could run the ball well, and the O-line did a heck of a job and made my job easy," Florence said. "It makes throwing a lot easier." Hundley threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Shaq Evans early in the fourth quarter and a 34-yarder to Logan Sweet as the game ended. ' ' '
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