(SportsNetwork.com) - The Detroit Red Wings begin the western portion of their six-game road trip on Saturday night as they visit the Vancouver Canucks and Rogers Arena. The Red Wings will spend the next week in Western Canada as they visit Edmonton on Tuesday and Calgary the following night. They then return east for games against Washington, Buffalo and St. Louis. Detroit hits the road having won three of four, including a 3-1 triumph over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday. Darren Helm scored twice and Henrik Zetterberg netted the game-winning goal late in regulation. Johan Franzen and Gustav Nyquist had a pair of assists each, while Jimmy Howard needed to stop only 12 shots to secure the win. We stuck with it for the full 60 (minutes) and were able to pull it off, said Helm. The Canucks aim to rebound tonight after having a four-game point streak (3-0-1) halted with a 3-2 setback to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. Vancouver was heavily outshot in the opener of a five-game homestand, though the Kings didnt score until late in the second period before lighting the lamp twice in the final 2:07 of the third frame. Ryan Miller made 37 saves as the Canucks had just 16 shots to the Kings 40. Only 10 of those shots came in the first 40 minutes for Vancouver, though it still led 2-0 on goals by Alexandre Burrows and Radim Vrbata until Los Angeles finally beat Miller with 5:21 left in the middle frame. Losing is disappointing but we didnt play the way we needed to, said Canucks coach Willie Desjardins. For whatever reason we just didnt have our jump. The Canucks look to defeat the Red Wings for the first time in the past four meetings, with Detroit going 6-0-2 over the previous eight encounters. That includes a 5-3 victory at home on Nov. 30. Pavel Datsyuk scored twice for the Red Wings and Nyquist added a goal. Howard made 30 saves. Linden Vey had two goals for the Canucks and Miller yielded four goals on 29 shots. Miller fell to just 2-10-2 in his career versus the Red Wings with a 3.43 goals against average and .895 save percentage in 14 games. Howard is 12-5-2 with a 2.55 GAA and .913 save percentage in 19 career meetings with the Canucks, all but two of those starts. Kyle Wright Jersey . LeBron James believes hes a major reason for their early failures. Rowland Office Braves Jersey . -- Gary Harris gave No. https://www.cheapbraves.com/1523o-mark-m...sey-braves.html. McCutchen hit his first home run in over a month, doubled twice and scored two runs to help the Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Sunday and take three of four from the defending NL West champions. Peter Moylan Jersey .com) - John Wall supplied 24 points and 11 assists in leading the Washington Wizards to a 102-91 win over the New York Knicks on Christmas Day. Chad Sobotka Braves Jersey . Sections of the British media reported Friday that Brooklyn Beckham, the son of United great David, was invited to a training session at the club on Thursday.SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Jim Harbaugh is not about to get picky about wins, pretty or otherwise.His San Francisco 49ers barely beat the lowly Washington Redskins 17-13 on Sunday, and Harbaugh still found plenty of praise for his players making the big plays when it mattered most.San Francisco (7-4) has three straight victories and some much-needed momentum as it enters the seasons stretch run, with two remaining games against the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks (7-4), starting with the first meeting Thursday night.The Niners overcame three turnovers and more costly penalties.We turned the ball over and some teams will hang their heads when that happens, Harbaugh said. But thats not what this teams about. This teams about each other. Theyre about the team, the team, the team.Rookie Carlos Hyde scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 4-yard run with 2:59 left. The winning drive included Anquan Boldins 29-yard catch on which safety Ryan Clark was flagged for a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty for his hit. Boldin also had a 10-yard catch two plays later.Hes a shining star, a stalwart. I mean, who makes those plays? Harbaugh said.San Franciscos first-team offence scored its first touchdown in the fourth quarter all year.For the past couple weeks youve seen guys laying it all out on the line, Boldin said.Here are some other observations from Sundays game:BOLDINS BIG DAY: Before his clutch catches late, Boldin caught a 30-yard touchdown pass on San Franciscos initial series.The offence struggled much of the rest of the way, and Boldin told himself the offence would need at least one big play to win it. He delivered yet again.Hes proven time and time again that hes a reliable receiver, quarterback Colin Kaepernick said. Hes always a person thats going to make big plays, and he did right there for his team.Boldin, who caught a pair of touchdown passes in a win at Washington last November, finished with nine receptions for a season-high 137 yards.ALDON SMITHS FIRST START: Aldon Smith returned last week following a nine-game suspension and played regular snaps, then earned his first start Sunday and had a two-sack outing against Robert Griffin III.Smith insists hes not quite back to form, but making progress. There were several other plays he thought he should have made.Im getting there, said Smith, who also missed five games in 2013 while undergoing treatment following a DUI arrest.He saacked Griffin III on the second play of the game and again with the Redskins driving early in the third quarter to force a punt.ddddddddddddFill-in left tackle Morgan Moses received some of Smiths wrath.I try to play explosive and try to play aggressive and make the opponent, the guy Im going against, feel it, Smith said.He dislocated his left middle finger and popped it back in, saying, It was pretty weird looking.GRIFFIN III ON HIS BACK: Robert Griffin III has been sacked 16 times in his last three games, including five by San Francisco on Sunday as he faced constant pressure again.Even Smith was surprised he kept getting back to his feet.Griffin took criticism during the week for being hard on teammates, then seemed to let all that be forgotten as he kept his team in the game until the end.Theres one thing were not going to do, and thats quit. No matter how gloomy it might look, or whatevers being said, were going to stay positive, he said.MORRIS RUNS: Alfred Morris ran for a touchdown and his first 100-yard game of the season, a rare offensive bright spot for Washington.Morris had a 30-yard gain among his 21 carries for 125 yards.I stopped trying to think too much. I said this weeks ago, I was thinking too much, Morris said. Ive been playing this game since I was 5. I know how to be a runner. I just stopped thinking and stopped trying to make things happen that werent there. Each week has been getting better and better.REDSKINS INJURIES: Washington was already missing left tackle Trent Williams with a knee injury. The Redskins lost several other key faces Sunday. Washington also was missing David Amerson, who didnt play because of a violation of a team rule. Coach Jay Gruden wouldnt elaborate.Cornerback E.J. Biggers left in the first quarter with a concussion, while linebacker Adam Hayward went down with a right knee injury that Gruden called a knee tibia plateau fracture.Cornerback Tracy Porter sustained an AC separation in his right shoulder and was scheduled for an MRI exam on Monday. Running back Silas Redd Jr. suffered a rib contusion.Im really proud of the way they competed. They could have hung their heads, Gruden said. Moving forward if we can play with that type of effort and intensity and continue to prepare, I told our team I think some of these losses will turn into wins down the road.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '