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CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks are once again starting to re-establish their footing within the cozy home confines of the United Center. Nike Air Max 95 Wholesale . The New Jersey Devils, on the other hand, are struggling to establish theirs on the road.The Devils have dropped five straight games away from home after Tuesday nights 3-2 loss to the Jets in Winnipeg. Its a streak they hope to snap on Thursday night when they face the Blackhawks in Chicagos second straight home game following two weeks on the road.New Jersey (10-7-5) couldnt bounce back from a two-goal deficit against the Jets, which added to the Devils traveling woes. Despite Miles Wood scoring his first NHL goal and fellow rookie Nick Lappin adding another, New Jersey came up short and dropped to 3-7-3 on the road this season.Despite again coming up empty, coach John Hynes didnt question his teams effort.I think it shows a resilient group, Hynes told reporters after the loss. The thing is, you dont want to be down in games, chasing games, but I think the belief in how we play and that we can come back is important. That is also a part of the game where you have to have some belief, and we have that, but wed like to put ourselves in situations where we have a lead more often than not.Like the Devils, the Blackhawks will be coming off a razor-thin result after they slipped past the Florida Panthers 2-1 in a shootout on Tuesday night. Richard Panik netted a goal in regulation and another in the shootout for Chicago, which also received 38 saves from Corey Crawford in regulation and overtime before he stopped both Florida shots in the shootout.The victory, which was clinched by Artemi Panarins shootout goal, was Chicagos sixth this season past regulation and came in the Blackhawks first game at home since Nov. 13.The win came after the Blackhawks finished their seven-game road swing with a 1-1-1 mark in the final three contests.It also marked the third straight game the Blackhawks played without captain Jonathan Toews, who remains sidelined with an upper body injury. The Chicago Tribune reported Toews is suffering from a back injury that isnt serious, but will keep Toews off the ice likely until Saturday when the Blackhawks face the Flyers in Philadelphia.Its tough to say without him being on the ice when hell be playing, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville told reporters Tuesday night. Well play it day by day. Jonny wants to be out there in the worst way so well do everything we can to get him back.In the meantime, the Blackhawks (15-6-3) will look to continue playing well at home, where they are 9-1-2 this season. Even without Toews, Chicago continues to rely on strong play in net from Crawford and hopes the momentum of Tuesday nights victory -- coupled with New Jerseys recent road struggles -- will add up to another strong showing now that the Blackhawks are back home in familiar surroundings.It was a long trip and at the end we played pretty good, Panik told reporters Tuesday night. Now were back home and we won so its a good feeling. Cheap Nike Air Max Australia . The Oilers come in having lost five in a row (0-4-1) and 16 of their last 20 games, dropping a 2-1 decision to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. 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The teenager had been between the Mercedes drivers but had to pit late in the race to reverse Red Bulls decision to put him on intermediate tyres as rain intensified.Though he thinks second position was safe he is unsure if he would have caught and passed eventual race winner Lewis Hamilton.When asked if he felt that call cost him the win, Verstappen replied: Win maybe not, but second was definitely possible. I think we were in quite a safe position in second but sometimes you have to gamble a little bit -- were trying to win the race -- that is what we tried today. We got some great overtakes so I am very happy, of course.Emerging from his final stop in 16th, Verstappen then scythed through the field with remarkable pace, overtaking Daniel Ricciardo, Daniil Kvyat, Esteban Ocon, Felipe Nasr, Nico Hulkenberg, Sebastian Vettel, Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez in a charge back to third.Explaining his whole raace, Verstappen said: In the first [overtake] one I was trying some different lines. Cheap Nike Air Max 95 Australia. I found a good one and I knew that if Kimi [Raikkonen] was not going to take that line, had a good chance of overtaking. That worked out, he couldnt work out what was happening in front of him. I pulled out of all the spray and passed him.From there on I was a bit relieved because they were a bit slower behind me so I could follow the guys in front. But then of course with the red flags and stuff at the end, twice actually... The second one I didnt really understand... It was similar to before.When we restarted again, the track was worse than before, I had good pace and a good fight with Nico in Turn 3, tried to follow Lewis [Hamilton] a bit and had a massive moment, lucky to not crash the car.I got call to box, we did a pitstop, the first lap was pretty good and then it started to rain harder than before and last sector was undriveable on inters. We had to pit again and I was 15th, 16th, started to pass people again, couldnt see where I was on the straight, but passed a lot of them - and to get back on the podium was a great result here. ' ' '