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LAS VEGAS (AP) The Vegas Golden Knights figured they might get something special by crossing a respected goaltending coach with an accomplished goaltender.Dave Prior and Marc-Andre Fleury are making quite the pair for the historically successful expansion team.Fleury Alex Killorn Jersey Kids , a three-time Stanley Cup champion goalie, brought a wealth of experience when he was selected during last year’s expansion draft. He’s aiming for a fourth Cup as Vegas returns home from Winnipeg tied 1-1 in the Western Conference final – Game 3 is Wednesday night.He has hit it off with Prior, Vegas’ goaltending coach who has helped the 13-year veteran pick up some new tricks.”He’s a great man,” Fleury said. ”I think it shows, he’s been around for a long time. So much experience, he’s seen a lot of goalies, guys I grew up watching and liking, and he’s coached them. I think he’s somebody that wants me to trust in my ability to do things.”Prior has an old-school approach compared with many current goalie coaches. He thought Fleury would fit with his preferred style and insisted general manager George McPhee target the goalie when Pittsburgh left him unprotected for last year’s draft.”He obviously studies goaltenders all around the league and looks at the way that they’re playing the game,” McPhee said. ”He was excited, and he really advocated for him in our meetings and thought that he could make him even better than he’s been.”Said Prior: ”When you have somebody who’s as gifted as Marc is Andrei Vasilevskiy Jersey , it’s trying to keep him playing to his potential all the time. He’s not a backup goaltender. He’s not past his `best before’ date. He still has the capability of playing great.”Prior, of course, was right. Fleury finished this regular season with a 2.24 goals-against average and .927 save percentage – both career bests – as Vegas had by far the best expansion season in league history. The veteran also boasts career-best postseason numbers in both categories, with a 1.68 GAA and .945 save percentage through 12 games.Prior and Fleury have been cryptic about whatever adjustments they’ve made to Fleury’s game. What Prior will divulge is that he believes once a goalie buys into his way of training, his confidence level increases and he begins to feel more productive in the net.”I encourage a very strategic goal game that we’re trying to make it very hard for the shooters, not just trying to have all the answers for the shooter’s shot,” Prior said. ”Marc is a bit secretive about it, but you have to have a lot of talent to play … it’s a difficult way to play the way I ask our goaltenders to play. I didn’t know how Marc would respond because he’s an older goaltender, and they usually are sort of set in their ways and harder for them to make adjustments. But he’s been great and engaging in embracing this strategy.”Fleury said Prior has him spending less time worrying about giving up goals in practice and spending less time on the ice before games. Prior doesn’t need Fleury working as hard as possible if he’s working correctly.”Goaltending plays games with your mind,” Prior said. ”When you feel like you can’t stop a puck in practice http://www.officiallightningprostore.com/authentic-adidas-anton-stralman-jersey , you’re worried that’s what’s gonna be showing up in the game. It plays on your mind. Guys always felt `I gotta work, I’ve gotta do everything to make sure I’m gonna be good.’”Focus on the execution, not worry about `How hard I have to work to give me the best chance to be good,”’ Prior added. ”I (prefer) you work less but are correct. It pays dividends when you play the game.”— LOS ANGELES (AP) Trevor Lewis is not the glamor player on the Los Angeles Kings. Not a star like teammates Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown.He is highly valued, though, and his worth was clear Thursday night when he returned to lead the Kings to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals.In his first game in two months, Lewis came down the far wall, took a shot, got the rebound and took another, and finally as the puck popped up as he skated by Womens Brayden Point Jersey , he batted it into the net.It was the go-ahead goal and enough to hold off the Capitals.”Lewie is one of those glue guys,” said Kings coach John Stevens. ”He’s the conscious of the coach. It just seems like he understands and reads everything going on out there. He’s always on top of pucks and does the little things well.”Lewis had missed 12 games with an upper-body injury. Jeff Carter, also recently back from injury, opened the scoring, and Kyle Clifford scored into an empty net. Jonathan Quick made 29 saves as the Kings moved one point ahead of Colorado for the second wild card in the Western Conference.”A very desperate team with where they are in the standings,” Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. ”We have to match that desperation.”It was a pretty even game. We just needed a little more finish, get a dirty goal, get something on the power play. It’s not coming easy for us. We just have to battle through it.”The Kings fought off two Washington power plays in the third period.Rookie Jakub Vrana scored for the Capitals, his 12th on the season. Braden Holtby stopped 24 shots.The Kings were smarting after blowing a three-goal lead at home to struggling Chicago on Saturday and then had four days off before playing the Capitals.The time off, though Braydon Coburn Jersey , may have proved beneficial to Lewis’ return.”I think the last four days with getting some practice time in there really helped,” Lewis said. ”And obviously I was able to skate most of the time, too, so I was able to keep my legs as best I could.”His return gave the Kings their full roster healthy for the first time this season.”It’s been a long time coming,” Stevens said. ”We’re going to need depth coming down the stretch.”Washington was first in its division when it started its three-game California trip but has lost consecutive games to Anaheim and Los Angeles.”We’re just in a rut,” Washington’s Brett Connolly said. ”It’s not coming easy for us right now and we all know that. We just have to find a way to push through and get our mojo back. We know we can put it together.”NOTES: Caps forward Tom Wilson had a puck deflected off a teammate’s stick strike him between his visor and helmet in the second period. He fell to the ice, but quickly skated off with a cut on his forehead. He returned in the third period. Said Trotz: ”He’s as tough as they come. He just bounced back. You wouldn’t even know he was injured. I thought he was outstanding.” … The Kings have defeated the Capitals eight consecutive times at home. … Washington’s Alex Ovechkin remains two shy of 600 career goals. He has only one goal in nine career games at Staples Center.UP NEXTCapitals: Finish their three-game California swing Saturday in San Jose.Kings: Complete a five-game homestand with a Saturday game against St. Louis.—
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