CALGARY Jakub Voracek Jersey Kids , Alberta — James Neal and the Vegas Golden Knights both experienced the euphoria of a remarkable run to the Stanley Cup final during the team’s expansion season.Neither Neal nor his former team has had that magic continue on to 2018-19.After signing a five-year free agent deal over the summer, Neal has struggled in his new home and has just three goals and a measly assist in 20 games with the Calgary Flames, who host Vegas on Monday.Article continues below ...While his season-opening slump may have gone unnoticed somewhat in Vegas, it hasn’t in Calgary, where fans and media are never shy with their critiques of player performances.“We’re in a hockey market here,” Neal told reporters on Sunday. “The fans are asking, the media is asking: ‘What’s going on’ It takes time, too, to be comfortable in a new place. It takes time to get used to new linemates. It won’t always be like last year, going and scoring five goals in the first three games. It just doesn’t happen like that every year.”Neal’s former teammates are playing the second night of a back-to-back after getting a 6-3 win at Edmonton.“I’m not trying to make excuses or anything like that, but sometimes when you change teams again, you have to get used to everything again and it’s not easy. It’s obviously been a lot tougher than expected. But I’ll be fine. I’ll be better.”Neal enters Monday’s contest one point shy of reaching 500 for his NHL career. He’s scored 20 goals in each of the past seven seasons, including 25 in Vegas last year, but is falling off the pace if he is do reach that mark in Calgary Youth Jordan Weal Jersey ,The Flames prepared for the Golden Knights with a morning practice at Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday. Head coach Bill Peters spent some time post-practice downplaying what went on the night before when the Flames scored four unanswered goals — three in the third period — to beat the struggling Oilers.“We went to work a little bit here today, had a quick little skate, we’ll have a quick pre-game (skate) tomorrow and be ready to play a real good Vegas team,” he told nhl.com. “You’ve just got to stay with it. It’s a long year. It’s 82 games – you’ve got to keep the lows and the highs, kinda try and balance them off and be steady.“And we will be.”The Golden Knights have had a cooler start to their second season in business. They won 13 of their first 20 games in 2017-18? but just eight over the first 20 this season and are seeking consecutive wins for the second time this season after scoring three times in a span of 2:12 in the third period Sunday.Cody Eakin, Max Pacioretty and Johnathan Marchessault scored as Vegas scored a season-high six goals and erased a one-goal deficit.Marchessault scored twice and added an assist to lead the offence and his 10 goals lead the Knights, two ahead of Eakin.However, it’s Eakin’s commitment to playing in the defensive zone that’s drawing praise in Vegas these days.“Cody plays a good two-way game for us and he plays his role really well,” Vegas coach Gerard Gallant told the team’s official website.Added Eakin: “Any way you can help, whether it’s offense or defense it’s big for any team.”Vegas welcomed back defensemen Nate Schmidt from a 20-game suspension for violating the league’s substance program on Sunday. He played 19:38.“It is great to be back and, in the rotation, again,” Schmidt told reporters after Sunday’s morning skate.“Just stepping on the ice for the first time; you’re doing what you love and that just makes you excited for it. It’s that feeling to get back out there and getting to play again.” SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) 锟斤拷 The Ottawa Senators had a fast start and a strong finish http://www.officialflyersproshop.com/authentic-adidas-nolan-patrick-jersey , and they needed both against one of the hottest teams in the NHL.Matt Duchene scored twice, including the go-ahead goal with three minutes left, to lift the Senators over the Florida Panthers 5-3 on Monday night.Magnus Paajarvi also had two goals for Ottawa, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau added one late. Craig Anderson made 35 saves, and Erik Karlsson and Mike Hoffman each added two assists.Florida had won eight straight home games.“I think getting the big W tonight was huge for us and for our confidence,” Anderson said.Jonathan Huberdeau, Mike Matheson and Evgenii Dadonov scored for the Panthers. Vincent Trocheck had two assists, but Roberto Luongo allowed five goals on 25 shots.“In this homestand, we’ve been rolling,” coach Bob Boughner said. “The team has been playing well and finding ways to win. Tonight, we didn’t.”The Panthers are three points behind New Jersey for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.Duchene broke a 3-all tie when his shot from the slot went over Luongo and high into the net.“It’s tough to sustain the pressure they had,” Duchene said. “We kind of just held the fort and (Anderson) had some big saves and we ended up getting those two (goals) late.”Pageau poked in a rebound with 1:45 remaining to stretch the lead to 5-3.“For some reason, I don’t know if we had a regular jump that we’ve had throughout this homestand. You factor in that we just didn’t get the start that we wanted,” Panthers captain Derek MacKenzie said. “We let a team hang around Scott Laughton Jersey , and sooner or later something like that is going to happen.”Paajarvi put the Senators ahead 3-2 when he swept in a rebound 42 seconds into the third period.The Panthers tied it at 3 on Huberdeau’s goal. Trocheck passed toward the net and the puck went off Huberdeau’s skate and in at 4:23.Aleksander Barkov had a short-handed breakaway with 4:10 left in the third but Anderson made the save on a point-blank shot.“It was a big save for them,” Boughner said. “They needed a big save, they got it. We just couldn’t crack him at the end.”The Panthers scored twice in the second period to tie it, outshooting the Senators 17-2.“I’d love to comment on the second period, but I wouldn’t have appropriate words for television,” Ottawa coach Guy Boucher said. “We reloaded in the third period.”Dadonov’s shot from the right circle beat Anderson at 12:36. Dadonov has 23 points (12 goals, 11 assists) in the Panthers’ 20 games since the All-Star break.Florida tied it at 2 when Matheson’s shot from the left circle got past Anderson with 2:32 left.The Senators took a 1-0 just 57 seconds into the game when Duchene took a cross-ice pass from Hoffman and fired the puck past Luongo into the corner of the net.Paajarvi made it 2-0 on his first goal. Fredrik Claesson took a shot from the point and Paajarvi tipped it in from in front with 4:44 left in the first.NOTES: Anderson hosted the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School hockey team at the game. Their group of 60 watched with tickets courtesy of Anderson, who lives in nearby Coral Springs, close to where the tragic shooting took place in Parkland on Feb. 14. “We raise our kids here and we’re living through it just like everyone else in the community,” Anderson said. “For us to give (the MSD hockey team) a night out and watch a sport that they love playing is the least that I can do for our community.” … Claesson played in his 100th NHL game. … Panthers D Keith Yandle played in his 700th consecutive game, the longest active streak in the NHL. … Trocheck got his 200th career point on the goal by Matheson. … Florida forward Denis Malgin returned after missing seven games with an ankle injury.UP NEXTSenators: Visit the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.Panthers: Host the Boston Bruins on Thursday.—A previous version of this story was updated with official scoring change crediting the final goal to Pageau.—