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(SportsNetwork.com) - The St. Louis Blues aim to extend a 10-game point streak and grab a share of first place in the Central Division on Sunday afternoon as they visit the Washington Capitals. The Blues picked up a fourth win in a row on Friday, posting a 3-2 shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk had the winner in the tiebreaker, scoring as St. Louis second shooter before Jake Allen sealed things with a stop on Eric Staals wrister. Allen made 26 saves, while David Backes and Ryan Reaves scored early to help the Blues improve to 9-0-1 in their last 10 games. This was a big game to win, said St. Louis head coach Ken Hitchcock. We played back-to-back, and our record was only two games over .500 on the road. To start off the second half of the season with a big road win is important, so they deserve a lot of credit. Backes goal extended his point streak to nine straight games and he has totaled eight goals and 16 points over the run. St. Louis is second in the Central Division with 66 points, two ahead of Chicago and a pair of points back of idle Nashville. Brian Elliott, who leads the NHL with a 1.95 goals against average, will start today for the Blues and is 5-2-0 lifetime versus the Capitals with a 3.19 GAA and .881 save percentage in nine games (8 starts). The Capitals are in action for a second straight afternoon, having lost a 1-0 overtime decision to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday. Braden Holtby, coming off a shutout win over Pittsburgh, made 29 saves, but gave up the only goal of the game with Montreals Max Pacioretty chipped home a pass with 1:52 left in overtime. Were happy with the way we played against a very good team, Holtby said. There were some big performances on both sides. Alex Ovechkin, tied for the league lead with 29 goals, had a big performance despite not scoring. He logged just over 25 minutes of ice time and had eight shots on net along with five hits. However, Washington still fell to 1-3-2 in its last six games and is tied for third in the Metropolitan Division with the New York Rangers. Holtby made his 42nd start of the season, tied for second most in the NHL, and it is unknown if hell get the call again today. He has won both of his previous starts versus the Blues, giving up only two goals on 76 shots. Backup Justin Peters, meanwhile, is 0-2-0 versus St. Louis while giving up seven goals on 65 shots for a 3.50 GAA and .892 save percentage. The Capitals have won four of their past six versus the Blues overall and four of the last five meetings at home, but St. Louis did notch a 4-1 victory as the hosting club on Nov. 15. Elliott made 24 saves and Backes was one of four goal-scorers for the Blues, while Peters made 30 saves. Nike Air Max Outlet . New Zealand brushed aside England 26-7 to win the event and reclaim top spot in the overall standings. 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Chris Douglas-Roberts made two free throws to give the Clippers a 74-70 lead heading to the fourth. The final period was close throughout and Gayys layup with 5:51 remaining gave the Kings the lead for good.ddddddddddddCousins added a layup over a minute later to make it an 87-84 game. After J.J. Redick made a jumper to get Los Angeles within one, Omri Casspi made two free throws and Collison was good on a technical foul shot. The final blow for the Clippers came with 1:01 to play when they were called for a backcourt violation. Collison followed with a jumper and Sacramento went 4-of-4 from the line down the stretch. Los Angeles outscored the Kings by a 32-20 margin in the second quarter to take a 51-45 lead into the locker room. Game Notes Clippers guard Jamal Crawford missed the game with an injury to his ribs ... The Kings shot 50 percent from the field and went 27-of-33 from the foul line ... The Clippers shot 37.5 percent from the floor ... Sacramento turned the ball over 20 times. ' ' '