z both scored earlier, and Matt Greene also had a goal.BLUES 7, SHARKS 2SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Ted Thompson is happy to have Julius Peppers in the fold. But the Packers general manager insisted Thursday that landing the eight-time Pro Bowl defensive end from the rival Chicago Bears wont have an effect on what Green Bay does with its nine selections in next weeks NFL draft. In his first public comments since Peppers surprising signing on March 15, Thompson said he believes the 34-year-old lineman has plenty left in the tank and that he expects him to have an impact on the Packers up-and-down defence. "Theres no evidence of any decline in his play, in our opinion," Thompson said Thursday. "He still has the same athletic traits that he had coming out (of college). Hes had a remarkable history in the NFL in terms of durability. Were looking forward to it. I think he is, too." The 6-foot-7, 287-pound Peppers certainly has been durable, playing in 186 of a possible 192 games. Hes also been productive, registering the second-most sacks (118.5) in the NFL and forcing the fifth-most fumbles (39) since he entered the league. He leads all NFL defensive linemen with nine interceptions over that span. But playing 855 snaps for the Bears last season, Peppers managed only 7.5 sacks, the third-lowest total of his 12-year NFL career. The Packers envision him as a hybrid defensive end/outside linebacker in their 3-4 defence, and their hope is that by playing him fewer snaps, they will not only increase his production but give opposing offences another pass-rushing threat to worry about opposite four-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker Clay Matthews. Matthews, who missed six games last season with a twice-broken thumb, is expected to be fully healthy for training camp. "When I view him as a football player, hes an individual youd like to create targeting problems," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said of Peppers in March. "He has the ability to play from the two-point stance, has the ability to play on the move." In 10 career games against the Packers with Carolina and Chicago, Peppers has recorded 9.5 sacks, his fourth-highest total against a specific opponent. The Packers finished tied for eighth in the 32-team NFL last season in sacks with 44 despite Matthews absence. Their hope is that Peppers, who reported for the first day of the off-season program last week, will have an impact on more than just that one category. Last season, the Packers finished tied for 24th in scoring defence (26.8 points per game), 25th in yards allowed (372.3), 25th in rushing yards allowed (125.0), 24th in passing yards allowed (247.3) and tied for 20th in takeaways (22). "Its fun to see Julius. Hes a specimen. He looks great," Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said last week. "Itll be fun to get him really into the fold and get him feeling like hes part of the team, encouraging him to be a leader for us. I think he brings a lot to the table -- on the field and in the locker room. Im just excited about not having to run away from him anymore." As hopeful as the Packers are of Peppers contributions, Thompson insisted that he wont approach the No. 21 overall pick - or any of his other picks - differently with Peppers on board. "We talked about this before. I might sound like a broken record, but we feel that the draft is a long-term investment," said Thompson, whose teams most immediate needs appear to be at safety, linebacker, tight end, offensive line and cornerback. "We dont get too carried away with what our perceived needs are at the moment. We think thats good business. If you can marry those things up thats fine but if you stretch to try to fill quote unquote need somewhere then you end up messing up a couple of spots, so we try to stick to the best player available." Joseph Noteboom Rams Jersey . 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Howe was 41 in 1969 when he had a three-goal game.The line of Jagr, Adam Henrique and Scott Gomez combined for four goals and eight points, helping the Devils end a two-game skid with their third victory in 13 games (3-7-3).Patrik Elias and Gomez also scored, and Cory Schneider made 18 saves.Andrew MacDonald and Vincent Lecavalier scored for the Flyers.PREDATORS 7, KINGS 6, OTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Roman Josi scored 18 seconds into overtime after Pekka Rinne gave up three goals in the final 2:01 of regulation, and Nashville eked out a wild victory over Los Angeles.Mike Fisher and Colin Wilson scored goals 1:22 apart in the first period, Mattias Ekholm and Mark Acrobello scored 1:41 apart in the second, and the Predators also got goals from Ryan Ellis and Olli Jokinen in opening a 5-1 lead. Rinne finished with 24 saves.Dwight King, Alec Martinez and Jeff Carter each scored during the Kings late third-period burst. King and Martinez both scored earlier, and Matt Greene also had a goal.BLUES 7, SHARKS 2SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — T.J. Oshie scored his second career hat trick to move past the 100-goal milestone in his career and St. Louis snapped a five-game road losing streak by beating the Sharks.Alexander Steen and Kevin Shattenkirk each had a goal and three assists, and Jaden Schwartz and Dmitrij Jaskin also scored for the Blues, who were dominant from the start a night after losing in Anaheim. Brian Elliott made 18 saves to give St. Louis its second win in the past eight games.Joe Pavelski reached the 20-goal plateau for the sixth time in his career and Melker Karlsson also scored for the Sharks, who have lost four of five. Antti Niemi allowed six goals on 27 shots before getting pulled early in the third period.RANGERS 6, SABRES 1NEW YORK (AP) — Derick Brassard, Chris Kreider and Rick Nash scored power-play goals 2:32 apart in the first period, and surging New York rolled past slumping Buffalo.Dan Boyle made it 4-0 with the only even-strength goal in the opening period, and Carl Hagelin and Jesper Fast added second-period tallies for the Rangers, who won for the 10th time in 11 games by posting their best offensive effort of the season.Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves for the Rangers.Drew Stafford scored for Buffalo.CANADIENS 4, PENGUINNS 1PITTSBURGH (AP) — Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais scored early in the first period and Montreal beat Pittsburgh to move into first place in the Eastern Conference.ddddddddddddom Gilbert and Alexei Emelin also scored for the Canadiens and Carey Price stopped 30 shots for his 22nd win of the season. Montreal won its sixth straight overall and fifth in a row on the road.David Perron, acquired from Edmonton on Friday, scored for the Penguins.STARS 7, WILD 1DALLAS (AP) — Vernon Fiddler scored two goals and Dallas scored six or more goals in consecutive games for the first time since 1997, beating Minnesota.Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves for Dallas, after shutting out Arizona 6-0 on Wednesday night. The Stars put 35 shots on goal against Wild goalies Darcy Kuemper and Niklas Backstrom.Fiddler, Colton Sceviour, Tyler Seguin, Erik Cole and Antoine Roussel scored second-period goals for the Stars. In the third, Brett Ritchie netted his second goal in two NHL games.Thomas Vanek scored for Minnesota.COYOTES 6, BLUE JACKETS 3GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sam Gagner scored twice, Martin Hanzal had a goal and three assists and the Coyotes rode a rare big night on the power play to a victory over Columbus.The Coyotes won for the fourth time in five games, scoring three power-play goals after managing only 10 in their first 19 home games.Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Tobias Rieder and Kyle Chipchura also scored, and Mike Smith stopped 23 shots for his first victory in more than a month. Fedor Tyutin, James Wisniewski and Ryan Johansen scored for the Blue Jackets.JETS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 1WINNIPEG (AP) — Bryan Little had a goal and two assists to stretch his point streak to six games and Michael Hutchinson made 20 saves to help Winnipeg beat Toronto.Dustin Byfuglien and Ben Chariot each had a goal and an assist. and T.J. Galiardi and Matt Halischuk also scored. Chariots goal was the first of his NHL career.Mike Santorelli scored for Toronto.SENATORS 3, BRUINS 2, OTBOSTON (AP) — Mike Hoffman scored for Ottawa to send it to overtime and Bobby Ryan ended it 46 seconds into the extra period.Craig Anderson made 26 saves, and Kyle Turris also scored for the Senators.Brad Marchand and Torey Krug scored for Boston.CANUCKS 4, RED WINGS 1VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Ryan Miller made 29 saves, Henrik Sedin scored two empty-netters to pass 200 goals for his career and the Canucks beat the Wings 4-1.Alexander Edler and Radim Vrbata scored on the power play for Vancouver (22-12-3). Sedins two goals gave him 201 for his career. He also had up an assist.Tomas Tatar scored for Detroit (20-10-9), which got 20 stops from Jimmy Howard. 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