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What do you need to know about last nights big stories? Joe McDonald gives us his take on the biggest and best. This is where we say, Morning, Joe.Capuanos reprieve: After the Florida Panthers fired coach Gerard Gallant on Sunday, attention turned to New York Islanders bench boss Jack Capuano to see if he was next. New ownership is serious about having a winning product, so with the team struggling early and at the bottom of the standings, changes would make sense. So I like the way the Islanders have responded the last two games, beating the Calgary Flames?2-1 in overtime and then following it up with a dramatic 5-3 win over the reigning Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday. Against the Penguins, the Islanders played their best hockey of the season for the first two periods and gained a 3-0 lead. Pittsburgh soon erased the deficit, but the Islanders Anders Lee scored with 26 seconds remaining in regulation for the win. That was a character win, another example of the Islanders resiliency this week. It hasnt helped that the Islanders let three key players -- Matt Martin, Kyle Okposo and Frans Nielsen -- walk during the offseason, but if they can play like they did in the last two games, Capuano deserves a stay of execution.Backup steals the job: Calgary Flames goalie Chad Johnson has carved out a solid career as backup, a role he has played his entire NHL career. Now in his first season with the Flames, the 30-year-old has proved crucial once again. He made 39 saves and earned his third shutout in the last eight games to help Calgary to a 3-0 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. Johnson is the type of goalie who rises to the occasion. You might wonder, if hes so important to a teams success, why has he been on four different teams the last four seasons? Simple: Organizations dont want to pay a lot for a so-called backup, and Johnson earns himself a raise every season (hes making $1.7 million this season). He was 17-4-3 for the Boston Bruins in 2013-14, then 8-8-1 for the Islanders in 2014-15 and 22-16-4 for the Buffalo Sabres last season. Hes 8-4-1 with the Flames while the struggling Brian Elliott?gets his game in order.?Johnson has earned more playing time.Sharks will be tamed: The San Jose Sharks have become a perennial regular-season winner and last spring reached the Stanley Cup finals, where they lost to the Penguins in six games. That loss has motivated the Sharks: After 24 games, they are atop the Pacific Division with a 14-9-1 record for 29 points. The Sharks are playing their best hockey of the season, posting their fifth win in the last six games with a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. Sharks forward Logan Couture had two goals and one assist for his first multigoal and three-point performance of the season. Hes been solid in his last six games, scoring five goals and adding two assists. But even if the teams success continues, Im still not convinced the Sharks can win a Cup. Sure, the roster is loaded with incredible talent. It has the goaltender in Martin Jones, a top two-way defender in Brent Burns and plenty of talent up front to win, but not having a killer instinct will continue to be the teams downfall on the road to win the Cup. Martin Jones Sharks Jersey . -- An ugly goal by Nick Bonino helped the Anaheim Ducks overcome the defensive-minded Phoenix Coyotes on a night when their ragged power play continued to struggle. Marcus Sorensen Jersey . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. 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Rob Manfred, baseballs chief operating officer, testified last week during the grievance filed by the players union to overturn Rodriguezs 211-game suspension. A person familiar with the hearing, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Manfred testified the sport wasnt concerned whether Bosch distributed performance-enhancing drugs to minors because MLBs interest was his relationship with players under investigation. FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- J.D. Paige scored a career-high 23 points and had six assists, Emmanuel Omogbo had 15 points and 15 rebounds, and Colorado State beat Alcorn State 80-58 on Sunday in the California Bears Classic.Paige was 6 of 9 from the floor, with three 3-pointers, made all eight of his free throws and the Rams shot a season-best 56 percent. Omogbo had his third straight double-double and the fourth of the season.Colorado State (5-1), which won its seventh straight at home, controlledd the glass 47-25 -- with 11 on the offensive end.ddddddddddddDenzel Dulin hit 13 of 17 free-throw attempts and scored 20 points for Alcorn State (2-3), which trailed 44-33 at the half. Reginal Johnson made six of his eight shots and scored 14 points but the Braves were held to 17-of-58 shooting (29.3 percent).The Rams play at in-state rival Colorado on Wednesday. ' ' '