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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Montreal Canadiens will attempt to avoid a fourth loss in five games on Saturday night as they are set to host the New York Islanders. Following consecutive home losses to Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh, Montreal ran its road winning streak to six games in a row with a victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. The Habs were right back in action the following night in Ottawa, but were defeated 4-1 by the Senators. Carey Price was given the night off and Dustin Tokarski made his first start since Dec. 30, giving up three goals on 34 shots faced. Two of those came in the first period, when the Canadiens were outshot 20-6. Max Pacioretty did notch a first-period tally for the Canadiens, but Ottawa quickly responded. We didnt show up in the first period. That made the difference, Pacioretty said. Pacioretty did become the first Habs player with a six-game goal streak since Denis Savard accomplished the feat between Feb. 7-March 1, 1991. Pacioretty has seven goals over his run and a team-high 21 on the season. Though the Canadiens have lost three of their past four at home versus the Islanders, they have picked up a victory in four of the previous five encounters overall. That includes a 3-1 win in New York on Dec. 23 in the first of three meetings. Price made 37 saves but is doubtful for this game due to an upper-body injury suffered in a collision with Columbus Matt Calvert on Wednesday. Tokarski figures to start tonight and Joey MacDonald was recalled from the American Hockey League to serve as the backup. Backup Chad Johnson got the start for New York and yielded three goals on 21 shots faced. While Montreal has fallen into a tie for second place in the Atlantic Division with Detroit, and three points behind front-running Tampa Bay, New York extended its lead atop the Metropolitan Division to three points over Pittsburgh after knocking off the Penguins 6-3 last night. Kyle Okposo guided the Isles to victory with four goals as he notched his first career hat trick. Okposo, who is second on the club with 41 points, netted his second goal of the game 6:42 into the third period to spark a four- goal frame and tie the contest. He then put New York ahead for good with 8:09 to play. Ryan Strome and Michael Grabner had the other goals, while Josh Bailey and John Tavares each posted three assists for the Islanders. We just tried to keep things simple and get pucks to the net, said Bailey. I dont think we got a lot done the first two periods, but we were able to grind it out there in the third. Jaroslav Halak turned away 21 shots in New Yorks fourth straight victory, one shy of matching a season high. Custom Baseball Jerseys China .com) - Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was named the National League Player of the Month for April. Custom Authentic Baseball Jerseys . 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Lakers, spoke as a representative of current NBA players at a press conference assembled by Sacramento mayor and National Basketball Players Association adviser Kevin Johnson.NEW YORK -- This much is clear: Michael Pineda had a dark substance smudged on his pitching hand during his first win for the New York Yankees. Pine tar or dirt? We might never know. Pineda took a two-hit shutout into the seventh inning, and Jacoby Ellsbury hit an RBI single off old roommate Clay Buchholz in his first game against the Boston Red Sox. The Yankees 4-1 victory Thursday night left a bit of a mystery: Were Pinedas pitches plain old nasty, or was something more sinister involved? "Its dirt," Pineda said. "Between the innings, Im sweating too much, my hand. Im putting dirt -- Im grasping the dirt. ... Im not using pine tar." Ellsbury drew all the pregame attention after switching sides in the rivalry during the off-season. But it was the dark brown, seemingly tacky substance on the lower palm of Pinedas right hand that became the focus. Close-up camera shots showed Pineda (1-1) pitching during the early innings with something on his hand, and there was speculation it was pine tar to help him get a better grip on a chilly night. The game was never stopped for an umpire to examine him, and it whatever it was, it was gone by the fifth. "I became aware of it in the fourth inning through the video that someone had seen," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "And then, when he came back out for the fifth inning, it looked, based on where it was told to me it was located, it looked like the palm of his right hand was clean." Buchholz and fellow Red Sox ace Jon Lester both attracted questions last year about substances they had on the mound, but nothing came of them. "The Red Sox didnt bring it to our attention, so theres nothing we can do about it," umpire crew chief Brian ONora said. "If they bring it to our attention, then youve got to do something." Yankees manager Joe Girardi essentially repeated the same answer five times during his postgame news conference. "I never saw it. Theres nothing really for me to talk about," he said. Making his first Yankee Stadium start 27 months after he was acquired from Seattle, Pineda appeared completely recovered from the shoulder surgery that sidelined him for two years. Throwing at up to 95 mph, he allowed four hits, struck out seven and walked two. Brian McCann ended an 0-for-14 slide with a run-scoring single that put the Yankees ahead during a two-run fourth that also included a run-scoring double-playy grounder by Alfonso Soriano.dddddddddddd Making just his third big league start after 554 games in the minor leagues, 27-year-old infielder Dean Anna homered as New York made it 4-0 in the fifth. Anna opened spring training wearing No. 93 after six minor league seasons with San Diego, which traded him to New York in November. Now wearing a more respectable No. 45, he was greeted after the homer by Yankees captain Derek Jeter, who gave him a high-five. Anna had received more than 100 emails and texts by the time the game ended, and he even got the ball back. "Words cant explain it. Honestly, they really cant. All the history with these two teams," Anna said. This was slightly different than the way he dreamed it would happen. "In Wrigley Field, actually," he said. "But Yankee Stadium against the Red Sox I think is pretty good, too." After spending nine years in the Red Sox organization and winning World Series titles in 2007 and last year, Ellsbury left for a $153 million, seven-year contract with the Yankees. And his first game put him at the plate against Buchholz (0-1), his roommate at Lowell of the New York-Penn League in their first summer of professional ball. On a 1-for-4 night, Ellsbury reached on third baseman Jonathan Herreras fielding error and scored the games first run in the fourth and singled sharply to left to drive in a run in the fifth. Daniel Nava led off the seventh with a home run into the second deck in right, and Xander Bogaerts single chased Pineda. With David Robertson on the disabled list and Shawn Kelley and Adam Warren unavailable after pitching Wednesday, the Yankees scrambled their bullpen. Cesar Cabral and David Phelps retired Bostons last nine batters -- striking out five -- and Phelps got seven outs for his first career save. "I just figured as long as I was keeping guys off base, they were going to let me go," Phelps said. "Any time you can get a first, as long as its a good first, is always exciting." NOTES: Jeter went 2 for 4 with a double, raising his average to .290. ... The Yankees employed an unusual shift with Grady Sizemore up: Jeter remained at shortstop and rookie Yangervis Solarte moved from third to the first-base side of second; Sizemore grounded out to Solarte in the third. ... CC Sabathia (1-1) is slated to face Lester (0-2) in Fridays second game of the four-game series. ' ' '