The Japanese lead Group B with six points, while Mexico remained

LOS ANGELES -- Age is no different to Jaromir Jagr and Ray Whitney than the numbers they wear on their jerseys. Nike Free 3.0 V3. The forty-somethings scored 4:22 apart in the third period, lifting Dallas to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night for the Stars fourth straight win at Staples Center. The 41-year-old Jagr and 40-year-old Whitney scored in the same game for the second time this season. On Jan. 19 against Phoenix, they became the fourth pair of teammates age 40 or older to score in the same game since 1942-43. "Age doesnt matter. It only matters how hard you work," Jagr said. Changes in the rules that have done away with much of hockeys hooking and holding are helping the duo continue to play well. "Any offensive guy whos still playing at my age is here strictly because of the rule changes," Whitney said. "The holding and the clutching and grabbing that was part of the game before is gone. If it was still in there, you would see that old-school drafting of big mutants that were out there who would just hook and hold and muck it up." Kari Lehtonen made 40 saves to earn his first shutout of the season. He has won four of his last five appearances against the Kings. The 29-year-old goalie enjoys watching Jagr and Whitney play. "There were a couple of shifts where Kings guys tried to get the puck from Jagr and he was just keeping it. Thats something I was used to seeing on TV when I was a little kid," he said. "You think you work hard, and then you look at those guys. They do it at another level. I hope when Im that age I have that same sort of joy for hockey." Lehtonen faced at least 40 shots for the fourth time this season and improved to 16-3-1 in games where opponents record at least 35 shots dating to last season. "This is when your goalie comes and gets you," Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said. "Saves you in the first 40 and we picked it up in the last 20. In back-to-backs you need your goalie to be good and he was tonight." The Kings three-game winning streak ended as did their run of five straight wins at home since losing to the Stars 5-2 on March 7. Jagr scored twice in that game. "Its definitely harder to play on the defensive side of the puck. Its taxing and they just found a little bit of momentum when they got that first goal," Dustin Brown said. Jonathan Quick stopped 19 shots for the Kings. After two scoreless periods during which the Kings outshot the Stars 30-15, Jagr finally got his team untracked. He scored his team-leading 12th goal at 6:34, taking the puck wide and holding it before shooting and watching it bounce into the net. "It felt like we had enough shots, just didnt bury our chances," Los Angeles Kyle Clifford said. Whitney made it 2-0 at 10:56, beating Quick stickside for his fifth goal. "Im not even sure where it went in, whether it went above or under him," Whitney said. "He is fast, for sure, and he anticipates the play pretty well, so I wasnt trying to pick a corner or anything. I was just trying to hit the net, and I guess I was fortunate he didnt get it." Whitney extended his point streak to five games, with three goals and three assists. He returned earlier this month after missing 16 games with a foot injury. "Not many guys in this league can hold the puck and wait for the guys to come into the play late, but hes able to do it," Jagr said. "Hes got the quickness and hes got big legs, so he can skate, and when you look at him, hes always moving. Thats what makes him very dangerous. He hits the net all the time and doesnt miss very often. Young guys should learn from him." NOTES: President Barack Obama will honour the Stanley Cup champion Kings and MLS Cup champion Los Angeles Galaxy at the White House on Tuesday. ... Whitney turns 41 in May. ... The Kings had won 11 of 12 at home since Feb. 15, with their only loss in that span against the Stars. ... The Stars improved to 2-4-0 in the second game of back-to-backs, having lost 4-3 at Colorado on Wednesday after blowing a third-period lead. Nike Free 5.0+ Laufschuhe Blau. "Im halfway through my no-throwing, now," said Morrow of his six-week shutdown period. "Then Ill rehab it, start strengthening it and then start throwing. Nike Free Run+ 2 Laufschuhe Dunkel Grau Lila Weiß. But there are many hurdles to clear and questions to answer before pro football is actually back on track. U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson gave the players an early victory Monday in their fight with the owners over how to divide the US$9 billion business, granting their injunction request to lift the lockout. http://www.nikefreeschweiz.ch/nike-free-3-0-amphibious-sv-95/. -- It was another tough outing for Brett Cecil. Nike Free 3.0 V3 Laufschuhe Blau Dunkel Blau Weiß. -- The Washington Capitals resorted to a familiar formula against the Florida Panthers -- find Alex Ovechkin and let him do the rest. Nike Free 3.0 V2 Laufschuhe Weiß Schwarz. The victory gave the Premier League club a hat-trick of wins in its preseason tour of the region, after 2-0 wins against Indonesia and Melbourne. Playing in a steady drizzle, Liverpool opened the scoring through Coutinho in the 16th minute. Leverkusen, Germany (Sports Network) - Homare Sawa has waited 16 years for a second chance to play in the knockout stage of the Womens World Cup, and she made sure Friday to give herself another opportunity. Sawa, playing in her fifth World Cup, scored a hat trick as Japan beat Mexico, 4-0, at BayArena to seal a berth in the quarterfinals for the first time since 1995. Although Sawa played all three group games in her first World Cup in 1995, she did not play in Japans 4-0 quarterfinal loss to the United States. Japan did not make the knockout stage in 1999, 2003 or 2007. Shinobu Ohno also scored for Japan, which won two matches at the World Cup for the first time in six appearances. The Japanese lead Group B with six points, while Mexico remained alive despite the loss. I dont think Mexico showed how strong they are today, Japan coach Norio Sasaki said. It wasnt our objective to reach the quarterfinals today, but Im very satisfied. Japan, which downed New Zealand 2-1 on Monday in its first match, scored twice inside 15 minutes to make quick work of Mexico. Aya Miyama, who scored the game-winner against New Zealand, set up the opening goal off a free kick from the left. She sent a pass into the middle of the box and Sawa turned a header into the top-right corner in the 13th minute. Ohno doubled the lead in the 15th when she took a pass from Yuki Nagasato and scored to the uppper-right corner from 14 yards. Nike Free Schuhe Letting those two early goals in knocked us off our stride and stopped us from playing the game we wanted to play, Mexico coach Leonardo Cuellar said. Sawa and Miyama combined again on the third six minutes before half, this time off another set piece. Miyama drove a corner kick in from the left to the near post, and Sawa ran under the pass and flicked a header inside right post. Nagasato had a goal erased just before half on a questionable offside call and hit the post early in the second half, but Mexican goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago was not as lucky late in the second half. The 32-year-old Sawa added her third goal with 10 minutes left to become the oldest player in World Cup history to score a hat trick. Yukari Kinga had the last pass of a long build up and Sawa scored to the lower left from 10 yards. This has come as a big surprise because I never imagined scoring a hat trick, Sawa said. My teammates helped me a lot, though, and a lot of the credit should go to them. Sawa scored just three goals combined in her previous four World Cups, but she has at least two more games to add a few more in Germany. Japan wraps up group play against England on Tuesday, when a draw of win will be enough to win the group. Mexico battles New Zealand on Tuesday, and needs a win and a loss by England to have any chance to advance. ' ' '

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