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WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets are soaring back to the MTS Centre for another crack at the Nashville Predators.Nashville spoiled the Jets home opener last month with a 2-0 shutout, but Winnipeg will have renewed confidence for Tuesdays rematch after returning from a road trip with seven of a possible eight points.It included back-to-back 1-0 shutouts in New York and then Chicago from both their goalies.The Jets (6-5-1) are still not scoring a lot of goals themselves and they got some timely help Sunday night from the goalposts in Chicago, but theyre using their youth, size and strength and finding ways to win.That was kind of the theme of the third period in New York, said coach Paul Maurice after the win in Chicago.Starting to win some of the ugly battles and not expecting the game to be smooth and when we embrace that and just play like a good solid grinding team, eventually our offence will come.But it all starts with goaltending, he said, which is not news to Jets fans.The Jets have given up 26 goals in their first 12 games and scored just 22. That deficit in their goal differential is something that has plagued the team for years and kept them out of the playoffs.Sundays win was a huge confidence booster for Michael Hutchinson, the rookie from Winnipegs farm team, brought in to back up Ondrej Pavelec this season. He got the job after playing three good games for the Jets at the tail end of last season, winning two of them.He was yanked early in his only other start this season, a 4-1 loss in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, and with more back-to-backs coming (two more in November alone) and the need in general to give Pavelec a breather, feeling some confidence in their No. 2 is a must for the Jets.Pavelec has regularly been one of the hardest working netminders in the NHL based on his ice time and this season is shaping up no different. He sits second only to New Jerseys Cory Schneider right now.The shutout not only boosted Hutchinsons confidence in his abilities but the teams confidence as well.The guys will see Hutch going into the net with the full belief weve got a chance to win the game, Maurice said.Pavelec let in the most goals in the league last season, as he did the season before and the season before that, but Maurice and the Jets have said they need to see better defensive play from the rest of the team before they can fairly judge his performance.Thats starting to happen a lot more regularly.Its huge, Hutchinson said of the way players blocked shots in front of him Sunday night.It really gets you excited as a goalie when you see players laying down in front of shots blocking them for you.He says this road trip was good for helping that new defensive focus take hold.Were really committed to team defence. Its unfortunate we didnt score a large number of goals in the last couple of games but were still able to get points and thats the main thing.Nashville (7-2-2) is coming off a 3-1 win in Vancouver Sunday night.The Predators are very much on the good side of the goal differential line with 29 for and 22 against, thanks to snipers like former Penguin James Neal and the goaltending of Pekka Rinne, who has a goals-against average of 1.88 and save percentage of .931 after 10 games this season.Theyll be playing in Winnipeg without defenceman Anton Volchenkov, serving a four-game suspension for an illegal hit to the head of Calgary Flames forward Michael Ferland during Nashvilles 4-3 loss to the Flames on Friday. 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Doug Fister allowed two runs over seven innings and Washington hit three solo homers in a 6-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.Middlesbrough midfielder Adam Clayton has told the FL72 Podcast the bust-up between Aitor Karanka and his players that threatened to sink their season has instead galavanised their promotion challenge. Adam Forshaws injury-time winner against Reading on Tuesday night sent Karankas side to the Championship summit, two points clear of second-placed Burnley with five games left to play.It is just a month since Karanka appeared on the brink of quitting the Riverside after he walked out of a team meeting, but he stayed on and has since guided the club to five consecutive wins. Middlesbrough travel to relegated Bolton on Saturday, which is live on Sky Sports 1, and Burnley on Tuesday knowing two wins will put them within touching distance of the Premier League, and Clayton says morale is sky high. FL72 Podcast - Clayton, Parkinson, Wilder It was a testing period but it brought everyone closer and made us realise we all want the same things; the fans, the players, the staff, Clayton told FL72 Podcast.If anything it settled the ship down and got us all going again knowing that we have got to do it for ourselves. Its been a good thing in the end to just regalvanise the players. Highlights of the Championship match between Middlesbrough and Reading There has never been an issue with the manager and the team, [the relationship] has always been very good. There is even more togetherness, knowing that we all want exactly the same thing. We are all trying to fight for the same thing and it showing in the performances.Clayton, who joined Middlesbrough from Huddersfield in August 2014, revealed his admiration for his managers intense drive and desire to win.There is not a stone unturned on his part and he expects the same when you go on the pitch, Clayton said. He is one of the best in terms of game preparation, and he expects the same from his players.After Saturdays trip to Bolton, Middlesbrough face seconnd-placed Burnley on Tuesday night, a potentially pivotal night in the Championship race.dddddddddddd Readings players let their frustrations boil over as Danny Williams appears to confront his captain Paul McShane during their defeat to Middlesbrough Are we feeling more anxious? Not particularly, no, Clayton said. The amount of drama that has gone on at our club this season, we feel like we are back in a routine. During the middle of the season it felt routine, winning games. It felt like we could go out and play well. It feels a bit more like that at the moment.Clayton said his side cannot afford to take their eye off the ball against Bolton, despite the fact the Trotters were relegated on Saturday after their 4-1 defeat against Derby County. We know the importance of this game and we know we cant expect three points, Clayton added. You have to be careful, but we wont be complacent. We have not done so well when it looks like it should be a guaranteed three points. You could easily lose a game and its right back against you. If we get three points on Saturday we can focus on Tuesday. It was a testing period but it brought everyone closer and made us realise we all want the same things; the fans, the players, the staff. Clayton on Karanka On the Burnley game, Clayton added: It wont decide anything but it will go to making a large dent in their team if we can win it. Both teams will properly be up for that one. Hopefully it will keep falling on our side and we can just get over the line. Thats all that matters at this time; just getting over the line. Also See: Player of the year nominees LISTEN: FL72 Podcast League table ' ' '