TAMPA, Fla. -- Ryan Miller gave the Vancouver Canucks a late scare in a one-sided win over Tampa Bay.Miller made 38 saves before leaving with six minutes left in the third period with a lower-body injury. Jayson Megna and Jack Skille both had two goals and the Canucks beat the Lightning 5-1 on Thursday night.He felt sore, he kind of twisted it when he was on the ice, Vancouver coach Willie Desjardins said of Miller. He just didnt feel quite right, so we just took him out for precaution. I dont think its anything (serious).Miller skated to the bench and then went to the locker room, and was replaced by Jacob Markstrom, who stopped two shots.Erik Gudbranson also scored for the Canucks, who are 1-1 on a five-game road trip.Tampa Bay, in a 1-5-1 slide, got a goal from Jonathan Drouin. Nikita Kucherov, Alex Killorn and Jason Garrison all were minus-4.First of all, I dont remember losing games by four goals, maybe one a year, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. Were losing them about once a week now. It comes down to defending.Tampa Bay has lost by four or more goals four times this season.Megna had a redirection goal early in the second and then put the Canucks up 4-1 during a 2-on-1 with 1 second left in the period. The forward, who had 25 family and friends in attendance, entered with one goal in 10 games this season, and seven over 64 career games.Im sure theyre pretty excited, Megna said. Its definitely a cool experience to get to play in front of so many people. Its a pretty special night.After Skille opened the scoring 3:50 into the game on his first goal in 24 games, Gudbranson stopped a 34-game goal drought to make it 2-0 at 9:03.Gudbransons shot from the slot went off the end boards and ended up in the crease where Tampa Bay goalie Ben Bishop knocked the puck into the net with his glove.Obviously, the second ones a lucky one and then we really went down, Cooper said.It was just eighth time the Canucks have scored first and sixth time Vancouver has been ahead after the first period in 27 games this season.Bishop was pulled after allowing four goals on 20 shots through two periods. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped nine of the 10 shots he faced in the third., giving up Skilles second of the game with 6:02 remaining.Miller made several strong saves, including a post-to-post stop on Brian Boyle during a Tampa Bay power play in the third.Game notesCanucks D Philip Larsen, taken off the ice on a stretcher and driven to a hospital for observation following a check by New Jerseys Taylor Hall on Tuesday night, was medically cleared to return to Vancouver on Wednesday. ... Vancouver RW Jannik Hansen missed his 15th consecutive game due to injury but could soon return. ... Drouin (one game) and Garrison (two games) both returned from injuries. ... Tampa Bay D Luke Witkowsk, recalled from Syracuse of the AHL, assisted on Drouins goal for his first NHL point. ... 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Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. Air Max Baratas España . But what about the officials? Every sport has officials and they also have stories about hard work and sacrifice but their accomplishments are seldom recognized by anyone outside their inner circle.NEW ORLEANS -- Oakland gambled with a 2-point conversion that David Carr converted with a pass to Michael Crabtree for the winning points with 47 seconds left to help the Raiders beat the New Orleans Saints 35-34 on Sunday.Carr hit Seth Roberts for a 10-yard touchdown setting up the gutsy call by second-year Raiders coach Jack Del Rio.Oakland had to overcome a 14-point, second-half deficit and a 424-yard, four-touchdown performance by Drew Brees. They also had to sweat out rookie kicker Wil Lutzs last second field goal attempt from 61 yards, which narrowly missed wide left as the Superdome crowd briefly erupted before realizing the kick was no good.Brees eclipsed 400 yards passing for the 14th time in his career, tying Peyton Manning for the most such performances in NFL history.Carr finished with 319 yards and one touchdown passing Jalen Richard ran 75 yards on his first NFL carry for a touchdown and Amari Cooper caught Carrs pass for a 2-point conversion to briefly tie the game at 27 in the middle of the fourth quarter.But Brees marched New Orleans back down field for a score, highlighted by a 57-yard completion that receiver Willie Snead fumbled and rookie wideout Michael Thomas recovered and advanced to the Oakland 2. That set up Travaris Cadets short touchdown catch to give New Orleans a 34-27 lead.Snead finished with nine catches for 172 yards and New Orleans nearly held on, but Saints linebacker Craig Robertsoon was flagged for interference on a four-down pass that sailed out of bounds.ddddddddddddThe Raiders had touchdown runs of 6 yards by Latavius Murray and 2 yards by Jamize Olawale.RECORD TD: Brees touchdowns included a franchise-record 98-yarder to Brandin Cooks, who beat Sean Smith in single coverage and raced away from free safety Reggie Nelson. It was a career-long passing play for Brees as well.COOPED UP: Cooper, familiar to fans in the Gulf South from his college days at Alabama, elicited cheers of, Cooop! from an audible contingent of Raiders fans in the Superdome with a couple receptions for long gains. He finished with six catches for 137 yards.CAREER KICKOFF: Lutz made two of four field goal attempts -- missing twice from 50 or more yards -- in his NFL debut. Payton made the surprising move of cutting veteran incumbent kicker Kai Forbath in favor of Lutz this past week after the undrafted rookie out of Georgia State had been waived by Baltimore. Lutz hit his first field goal from 42 yards out. He also handled kickoffs and hit a 20-yard field goal that was nearly blocked.INJURIES: Raiders right tackle Menelik Watson left the game late in the first half with what team officials said was a groin pull.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '
