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WINNIPEG -- Coach Claude Noel was happy to talk about the Winnipeg Jets power play Friday night, after a 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers, thanks to two power-play goals. "The power play was obviously a big plus for us," he said after Bryan Little scored the winner in the fifth round of the shootout as the Jets (10-9-2) won their fourth in a row. "(It was) a long time waiting for us for that to happen. I dont think there was anything really different that took place other than we hit the net." The Jets started the game with the worst power-play in the league, just six goals in 71 tries (only one in their last 13 games) and moved up a notch to 29th after Dustin Byfuglien connected twice when the Flyers were shorthanded. It was fitting that he was the agent of change, since it was Byfuglien who counselled doubters to have patience this week. He said success would come if the team could keep rubber moving to the net. And he insisted they did nothing new Friday night. "It was just a matter of getting there," Byfuglien said after the game. "We were in traffic and we just kept shooting and it got there." Byfuglien scored his first at 5:36 of the into the first period as he snapped the puck past a kneeling Steve Mason. The second at 14:23 of the third period was more important, after the Flyers (7-11-1) had taken a 2-1 lead by the end of the first on goals from Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds. It was Byfugliens trademark slapshot from the blueline that swept by Mason and sent the game into overtime. Even the normally stoic defenceman had to do a little dance to celebrate. Mason said he didnt even see the puck. "Its just disappointing because we had the lead with six minutes left in the hockey game and we werent able to close it out," he said. But he said they made progress on their road trip. "Anytime you can get five out of six points thats pretty good. Would have been great to get the full six points but moving forward we put ourselves back in a better position." The Flyers bounced back after Byfugliens first goal. Hartnells wraparound at the 6:25 mark was ruled a goal after a review. Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec appeared to move it past the line with his glove. The Flyers took the lead a little over five minutes later on Simmonds wrist shot from a goalmouth scramble just 13 seconds into Philadelphias first power play of the game. Like Byfuglien, Noel has said he has faith the teams power play will improve. "Weve had chances like that before where it either gets saved or hits a post or misses the net, or a lot of different factors like that," he said of the first goal. "For me it was just a matter of time before these things start seeing the back of the net. Eventually theyre going to go, you just have to stay with it and not allow too much frustration to get into your game." He also gave Pavelec credit for keeping them in the game. "He really gives us a chance." One streak did end for the Jets Friday night. Captain Andrew Ladd finally failed to score in a shootout. Ladd has scored game winners in three and hadnt missed until Friday. "The one (streak) that counts kept going," he said, adding that he hopes the power-play goals will give the team more confidence in the future. Notes: The Flyers havent won a game this season in which they didnt score the first goal. ... The Jets have won four straight at home as well and their leading scorers at the MTS Centre are Ladd (5G, 8A) and Bryan Little (7G, 6A). Wholesale Air Max 1 . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July. Cheap Air Max 720 . He made that dream a reality Wednesday night. Olt, who grew up in Branford, Connecticut, attended UConn and made a nearly 2 1-2 hour trek to Boston a handful of times to watch the Red Sox, belted a two-run homer, one of four hit by Cubs in a 16-9 rout that completed a three-game interleague series sweep. http://www.airmaxsneakersonsale.com/cheap-air-max-tn.html . The cause of his death is as of yet undetermined, but police said foul play is not suspected. Wholesale Air Max China . -- Kurt Buschs Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, in some ways, was like his career wrapped into one afternoon. Cheap Air Max 1 . 1 overall pick in the draft by the Houston Texans, is recovering from sports hernia surgery.DALLAS - Jamie Benns first goal in six games turned out to be the winner for the Dallas Stars.Antoine Roussel and Benn scored 16 seconds apart in the third period, and Dallas edged the Washington Capitals 5-4 on Saturday night after losing a 3-0 lead.Benn, Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza, the Stars three leading scorers, all scored to show signs that theyre coming out of slumps. Seguins goal was his first in seven games, and Spezza has only two in 15 games.We need them on the board on a consistent basis, Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. Tylers missed some unbelievable chances. But at the same time, that goal by Benn, because theyve been few and far between, is important to get him going again.Roussel broke a 3-3 tie 3:14 into the third by tapping in the puck from left of the net. Benn added his goal at 3:30.Seguin, Spezza and Erik Cole each had a goal and an assist, and Jyrki Jokipakka added two assists for Dallas.Cole said that settling on a line with Spezza and Ales Hemsky has helped.I think thats helped game in, game out to talk about things, Cole said. Were not going to work consistently (by) moving up and down the lineup and having a bunch of different parts moving in and out.Benn, Seguin and Colton Sceviour have been working as Dallas first line.Alex Ovechkins breakaway goal 21 seconds into the third period helped Washington rally from a three-goal deficit.We made some big mistakes at just critical times, Ruff said. Even to start the period shooting the puck into shin pads and giving Ovechkin a breakaway. To that point, we had done a pretty good job limiting his opportunities.Barely three minutes after Ovechkins goal, Roussel and Benn gave the Stars the goals they needed to win.You work all the way (back), Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. Its like youre buillding something and then all of a sudden, it gets knocked down right away.dddddddddddd Within not even a minute, we gave them a two-goal lead again.The Stars kept Washington from scoring a tying goal after Nicklas Backstrom beat Kari Lehtonen at 16:34 of the third period.Eric Fehr and Andre Burakovsky also scored for Washington, which took a second straight loss for the first time since Dec. 2.Lehtonen made 28 saves. Justin Peters had 21 in his first start since Nov. 29 for Washington.(Lehtonen) definitely saved the game in the third period for them, Ovechkin said. Hes a top-level goalie and when they needed it, he made a save.Seguin, Cole and Spezza scored for the 3-0 lead at 4:13 of the second period.Washington rallied to come within a goal at 3-2 later in the second. Fehr scored at 5:30, putting a pass from Joel Ward between Lehtonens legs, and Burakovsky sent a drive from the top of the slot past Dallas goalie at 16:06.NOTES: Before Saturday, Capitals goalie Braden Holtby had started 21 games in a row and appeared in 27 straight. ... Backstrom had his 399th career assist on Ovechkins 25th goal of the season. ... Seguins goal was his league-leading 27th, but his first in seven games. ... Benn scored his first goal in six games. ... Stars C Cody Eakin played in his 200th NHL game. ... Dallas placed RW Brett Ritchie (undisclosed injury) on injured reserve, and brought up Jokipakka and LW Curtis McKenzie from Texas of the AHL. ... Rookie Jokipakka has just five assists, but has had two in a game twice. ... Trevor Daley (undisclosed) did not play, and Ruff said he didnt expect the defenceman to be out through the All-Star break. The Capitals are 1-12-5 when their opponents score first. ... The Stars have won their last six against Washington. ' ' '