(SportsNetwork. Marcus Mariota Youth Jersey .com) - A pair of teams that have gone in opposite directions in December will meet Wednesday, as the Columbus Blue Jackets host the Minnesota Wild in a New Years Eve battle at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets entered this month with a 6-15-2 record on the season, but Todd Richards club has greatly improved its fortunes by posting a 9-1-1 mark so far in December. Despite the surge, Columbus still finds itself nine points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Minnesota, meanwhile, sits five points removed from the Wests final wild card spot after recording a 4-4-3 mark since the start of December. The low point of the rough month came during a 0-2-3 losing streak, a skid the Wild was able to snap with Mondays road victory in Winnipeg. After dropping the home part of a home-and-home series with the Jets in Saturdays 4-3 overtime loss, the Wild answered with a close win two days later in Winnipeg. Ryan Carter, Justin Fontaine and Marco Scandella all scored in the second period to help Minnesota notch the 3-2 decision at MTS Centre. Darcy Kuemper. who missed the opener of the home-and-home due to an illness, was back between the pipes Monday and helped stopped the skid with a 28-save performance. The Wild picked up the victory despite allowing Winnipeg to score twice on three chances with the man advantage. Minnesota went 0-for-4 on the power play. Our guys did a great job staying with it. Im real happy with the way we played the game, the contributions from everybody, Wild head coach Mike Yeo said. The win pushed Minnesotas road record this season to 8-9-0. Yeos club is capping a brief two-game trip tonight before opening the 2015 calendar year by playing four of five games on home ice. The Blue Jackets are 2-1-1 at the start of a five-game homestand after beginning December on a seven-game winning streak. The club had an 8-0-1 point streak snapped with a 5-1 loss to Nashville on Dec. 22, but rebounded from that setback with a resounding win its first tilt following the Christmas break. Columbus emerged from the holiday hiatus on Saturday and recorded a 6-2 win over the Boston Bruins. Scott Hartnell led the offense by scoring twice in his return from injury, while Kevin Connauton added a goal and two assists. Hartnell came back after a five-game absence due to a broken finger and picked up his third multi-goal effort of the season and first since Nov. 8 against Tampa Bay. He scored his teams first two goals on Saturday. Nick Foligno, Matt Calvert and Jeremy Morin also lit the lamp for the Blue Jackets. Jack Johnson and Brandon Dubinsky each chipped in a pair of helpers to back a 26-save effort from Curtis McElhinney. He made some big saves ... especially at the start of the third period, Calvert said of McElhinney. McElhinney started Saturday in place of No. 1 netminder Sergei Bobrovsky, who was unable to suit up for the game due to an illness. However, Bobrovsky is expected to start tonight and owns a 3-1-0 record and 1.68 goals against average in four career games against the Wild. Saturdays win pushed the Blue Jackets home record to 8-9-2. Columbus will head out on the road after tonight, as it will begin a four-game swing Saturday in Arizona. Columbus has won three straight and five of the last seven meetings against the Wild. The clubs have split the last four encounters at Nationwide Arena. Derrick Henry Youth Jersey .Y. -- Defenceman Ryan Murphy had a goal and an assist and Drew MacIntyre made 24 saves to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 4-2 in an exhibition game Wednesday night. A.J. 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Forward Oyarzabal fired home in the fourth minute of time added on to send Valencia to a third straight defeat, as Sociedad followed up last weeks win against Rayo Vallecano with another three points.Valencias Paco Alcacer and Sociedads Xabi Prieto were both off target with shots in the opening 12 minutes and visiting defender Mikel Gonzalez fired just wide following a 17th-minute corner. Sociedad striker Jon Bautista forced Jaume Domenech into the first save of the match with a low shot from outside the penalty area.Valencia had their best first-half effort in stoppage time before the break when Aderlan Santos headed Daniel Parejos cross narrowly wide.Defender Aritz Elustondo was first to threaten in the second period with a header as Sociedad searched for thee opening goal and Jaume denied them again in the 69th minute when keeping out Brumas low shot. Bruce Matthews Titans Jersey. Valencia had to wait until the 73rd minute before their next attempt on goal, with Santi Minas shot flashing past a post while midfielder partner Andre Gomes blazed his effort way over the crossbar. Jaume was solid again when saving another drive from Bruma with 11 minutes left before the action hotted up in the closing stages.Parejo crashed a rising shot just off target and at the other end Bruma was again thwarted by Jaume, who then kept out David Zurutuzas goalbound header.Valencia substitute Alvaro Negredo was inches away with his stoppage-time effort, but Sociedad snatched it even deeper in time added on when Oyarzabal hammered a low shot into the corner following a scramble in the area.Watch the climax to the La Liga season live on Sky Sports from 3.30pm on Saturday or follow all the action on www.skysports.com. ' ' '