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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The San Jose Sharks are off to a strong start in their quest to return to the Stanley Cup Final. Cheap Chicago Bulls Jerseys .Mikkel Boedker and Joel Ward scored for an early lead and Patrick Marleau had an empty-net power-play goal, leading the Sharks over the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Saturday night.Martin Jones made 26 saves for San Jose, which beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 in its season opener Wednesday.Boedkers goal was his first with the Sharks.It was nice to score and help a team get the lead and all that, said Boedker, who joined the Sharks as a free agent after stints with Colorado and Arizona. That was definitely a good one to get out of way.Zach Werenski and Josh Anderson each got their first goal for Columbus, which has lost its first two games this season.Boedker scored 9:22 into the first period when a dump-in play by Logan Couture led to a tricky rebound off goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. The puck was deflected to Boedker, who buried it over Bobrovskys left shoulder.Brenden Dillon and Couture were both credited with assists.Just over five minutes later, a pass from the corner by Brent Burns found Ward in front of the net, and he sneaked the puck under Bobrovskys right pad. Chris Tierney also earned an assist.I had a feeling (Burns) was going to swing it across, Ward said. He was going to shoot on net, so I figured it was best to play the angle where the goalie was, or he was going to throw it across. I just tried to sneak my way in the back door.Bobrovsky made 35 saves and kept the game within reach.Bobrovsky was excellent, Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. We had real quality opportunities to extend the lead and didnt. When you let a team hang around like that, youre fighting for your life down the stretch.Rookie Werenski got the Jackets on the board 3:44 into the second period on a power play. It was the first goal of Werenskis three-day-old NHL career, with assists from Alexander Wennberg and Cam Atkinson.Zach is a guy you can see, especially tonight, how he can control the game with the puck, said Columbus coach John Tortorella. We have a lot of teaching to do with him without the puck. Thats our job as coaches. The God-given ability he has, its at a different level than a lot of players at this league.Brandon Dubinsky went off for tripping at 2:08, and the Jackets pulled Bobrovsky at 1:20, but Marleau slammed the door with his empty-netter with 33 seconds left.Anderson scored with 23 seconds left.Game notes Columbus Ryan Murray, injured while blocking a shot in the season-opening loss to the Bruins, missed his first game after playing 85 consecutive games. ... Gregory Campbell was suspended by the Blue Jackets after refusing to report to the minor league Cleveland Monsters, reported The Columbus Dispatch. ... Couture has three points in two games.UP NEXTBlue Jackets: Columbus is off until next Friday, when it faces the Chicago Blackhawks.Sharks: San Jose heads to New York to face the Rangers on Monday. Wholesale Bulls Jerseys . Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey last Sunday. The fine is the fourth this season for Goldson. He was fined $30,000 for a hit on the New York Jets Jeff Cumberland in Week 1. Cheap NBA Jerseyshttp://www.cheapbullsjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-chandler-hutchison-jersey . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No.England have no need to recall Ian Bell with a host of young batting talent ready to step up, says Nasser Hussain. James Taylors retirement has opened up a spot in Englands middle order, while Nick Comptons place at No 3 could also be in jeopardy after his tough start to the county season.Bell, 34, has amassed over 7,700 runs in his 118 Tests but Hussain feels the selectors should look to the future when they pick the players to face Sri Lanka. Here is the XI Nasser would pick for the first Test I wouldnt go back to Bell as I think it would be a backward step, Hussain told Sky Sports News HQ ahead of Thursdays squad announcement.Bell has been a great player for England and he will do fine if he plays this summer, as Im sure Compton will, but if you go back then you are holding things up. National selectors Angus Fraser and Mick Newell discuss Englands possible squad for this summers Test series Youve got guys like James Vince, Tom Westley, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Alex Lees, Sam Robson and Tom Abell all getting lots of runs and you have to have an eye on the future.Its not an experimentation - its because I believe the lads Ive mentioned have a future in an England shirt and the sooner we get them in and around the team the better.Hussain believes Hampshire star Vince - who notched a hundred against reigning county champions Yorkshire earlier this season - should be handed a Test debut at Headingley. Nick Knight has called for England to bat Hampshires James Vince at three against Sri Lanka The former England captain would also like to see Jos Buttler recalled from his IPL stint with Mumbbai Indians and take the wicketkeeping gloves, allowing the in-form Jonny Bairstow to bat at No 5. Wendell Carter Jr. Jersey. I think it is the right time for Vince, he said.A lot of comparisons are made to Michael Vaughan and while Im not sure about that just yet, he strikes me as a guy who could perform at the highest level. Nasser wants both Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow in the England side On Bairstow, who has plundered scores of 246 and 198 for Yorkshire this campaign, Hussain said: Hes been a run machine and getting his runs in excellent fashion so Id like to see him pushed up.I dont think England will go that way but I feel Buttler has unfinished business in Test cricket and if he cracks it coming in at No 7, he is a real talent.Thats not to say he hasnt done it - he has an 80 and two 70s - but there is much more to come.Hussain would not ditch Alex Hales from the top of the order, despite the Nottinghamshire right-hander averaging just 17 across his three Test matches against South Africa this winter. Warner knows where his off stump is and can see off the new ball if it is moving around, something Hales will have to learn. Nasser Hussain However, the Sky Sports pundit says Hales - a staple of Englands limited-overs sides - should look to Australia star David Warner as an example of how a naturally-aggressive player can flourish as a Test opener.Im not of the opinion that Hales should treat it as a one-day game as you have to keep the good balls out as a Test opener, added Hussain.People will say how Warner has come from T20 cricket and, yes, he smashes it really well - but he also has a very good technique.He knows where his off stump is and can see off the new ball if it is moving around, something Hales will have to learn. Former England captain Nasser Hussain wants Alex Hales to retain his place at the top of the order. 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