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St George Illawarra have caused one of the upsets of the NRL season with a 32-18 win over a Cronulla side, minus Paul Gallen, to all but end the Sharks minor premiership tilt.In front of a vocal 13,167 crowd at UOW Jubilee Oval, mid-season signing Tariq Sims played his best game for the Red V, breaking a heated local derby open on Saturday by scoring two tries in the second half and setting up a third in the space of 10 minutes.The win ends a five-game losing streak for the Dragons but, more importantly, lifts them to 11th spot and within two points of eighth-placed Penrith.For the Sharks, the loss leaves them without a win three games, and one point behind ladder leaders Melbourne, who play Canberra on Monday, raising serious questions about their premiership ambitions.Gallen was a late withdrawal from the game, pulling out with a calf injury in the warm-up.We were getting a fair way into the warm-up and I felt a nick in my calf, strained my calf slightly. Had a quick ultrasound and theres a slight tear. Ill get a scan tomorrow, he told Fox Sports during the game.Down 12-6 at halftime, Sims kicked off his game-changing spurt in the 49th minute, trampling over James Maloney and offloading for Mitch Rein to level the scores.The former Newcastle forward then gave his team the lead when he pounced on a Gareth Widdop grubber in the 54th minute, before powering over from close range.A Ricky Leutele try and Maloney penalty reduced the gap to six with 10 minutes to play, however the Dragons held on for one of their most-impressive wins of the season.The 32 points is a season-high, while it is also the first time in five weeks they have scored more than two tries.The Dragons made their intentions clear from the kickoff, twice shifting wide in a set that also included two offloads and ended in an attacking position.In an end-to-end opening to the match, Chad Townsend and Josh Dugan traded try-saving efforts before Benji Marshall chipped early in the tackle count for Euan Aitken to score.The best try of the night went to Sharks fullback Ben Barba, who finished off a 95-metre effort that began with winger Sosaia Feki streaking away after an early shift in front of their own sticks.Feki failed to come out of the sheds in the second half after succumbing to a groin injury, while forward Jesse Sene-Lefao could find himself in trouble for a high shot in the 52nd minute.Dragons coach Paul McGregor lauded Sims impact on the match, however he is resigned to losing him after he suffered an ankle injury late in the game.Tariqs been really good for us since hes been here. Hes played back row and middle, but Tariq going forward, is definitely a middle player, he said.As soon as he came on he made immediate impact. He played long minutes there. Unfortunately he got a strain in the ankle there late in the game.Well get it checked and hopefully it wont keep him out for many games.Sharks coach Shane Flanagan likened his teams poor form to Brisbanes mid-season slide and denied it was panic stations at the club but remained confident of turning it around.Were not playing good footy at the moment. Weve had boys at Origin, a couple of quick turnarounds and were a bit busted at the moment, he said.Now weve got a nine-day turnaround, were looking forward to that. Its similar to the Broncos, all teams go through it. Some things just arent working for us like they were earlier in the year.Well work really hard to find it. Lanny McDonald Jersey . 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Arsenal failed to take full advantage of its main rivals stumbles on Saturday as substitute Gerard Deulofeu levelled with a hard shot from a tight angle in the 84th minute to give Everton a deserved point. Ahead of a crucial fortnight that will see them play against Napoli in the Champions League, Manchester City and Chelsea, Arsenal leads by five points ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea. Teemu Selanne Jersey . But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday. NEW YORK -- Two weeks ago, the New York Rangers were rolling along, playing nearly unbeatable hockey and seemingly scoring goals at will.Now, theyre facing some adversity with a pair of key injuries and their first losing streak of the season.The Rangers won 10 of their first 13 to move into first place in the Metropolitan Division while averaging a league-leading 4.23 goals per game. They had won five straight, scoring at least five in each victory.Since then, the Rangers have totaled 21 goals -- including seven in a win at Vancouver last Tuesday -- while going 3-2-1 over the last six. Theyve followed that season-high scoring outburst with their first back-to-back losses, 4-2 at Columbus last Friday and 3-2 in a shootout at home against Florida on Sunday night.Now the first-place Rangers start a home-and home series at the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins -- just one point back in the Metropolitan -- on Monday night.New York captain Ryan McDonagh believes the team needs to attack the net and distract the opposing goalie to improve its scoring chances.Try to get on the inside a little bit more, take away the goalies eyes and hopefully get some rebound goals, deflection goals and make it a little bit tougher on the goalie, he said. Both nights the past two, (the goalie has) seen a lot of the pucks and thats a big difference there.Center Derek Stepan agreed with that assessment.Everyone is going to tell you that you have to get pucks and bodies to the net, you have to get screens, he said. Goaltenders are too good nowadays, (if) they see the puck they are going to make the save.During their strong start, the Rangers were rolling out four lines with a mix of speed and skill. They were getting contributions throughout the lineup, led by speedy free-agent addition Michael Grabner (11 goals). J.T. Miller leadss the team with 17 points, and McDonagh and fellow defenseman Brady Skjei are tops with 11 assists each.ddddddddddddEven though the output has slowed, they still began the week leading the NHL with 76 goals -- 16 more than the next-closest team -- and are the only team in the league with 14 players with 10 or more points. And of their 13 wins, eight have been by three or more goals.Though the Rangers got a point in the latest loss, the first time going beyond regulation this season, and moved into sole possession of first place in the division, that was no consolation to goalie Henrik Lundqvist.A point is always a point (but) we were looking to get two, he said.The Rangers scoring dip has been exacerbated by the loss of two key forwards in the last week. First, rookie right wing Pavel Buchnevich (four goals and four assists in 10 games) has missed the last four games due to back spasms and is out indefinitely. Then center Mika Zibanejad (four goals, 10 assists) broke his left leg sliding into the end boards early in overtime Sunday night. Hes expected to be out six to eight weeks.Every teams got injuries and we dont expect to be any different than anybody else, coach Alain Vigneault said. Every coach says in these moments its an opportunity for somebody else to get more ice time, and were confident whoever we decide to put in that spot will do the job for us.Vigneault didnt expect to call anyone up from AHL Hartford right away to fill the void, pointing to the teams 12 healthy forwards on the roster.Weve got some options there in the middle with Josh (Jooris) and (Brandon) Pirri that play in the middle, and Oscar (Lindberg) obviously, he said.---Follow Vin Cherwoo at www.twitter.com/VinCherwooAP ' ' '