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Carlos Sainz hailed Toro Rossos qualifying performance in Singapore as amazing after claiming a spot on the third row of the grid.?Sainz and teammate Daniil Kvyat, who went on qualify seventh, looked strong all day in Singapore and converted that pace in Q3. The team has struggled with its year-old Ferrari power unit at recent races but its Singapore showing vindicates the belief in the paddock that the Italian team has one of the strongest aerodynamic packages of the current grid.After FP2 on Friday evening Sainz did not think Toro Rosso could maintain its pace into Saturday, something he put down to the usual trend he sees with the teams rivals at other circuits.I was applying the logic of where we have been the last few races and what normally happens on Saturdays with the performance upgrade the Mercedes engine has and we dont have. But somehow we have taken some extra performance out of the car with the changes we did and yeah, all together, it means we are three or four tenths ahead of Force India, which was pretty much unthinkable two races ago.We are much closer to the top teams [too]. Okay they are in a different league -- but it is one and a half seconds, which is more or less the same as it was in Australia, amazing. I think we can be extremely pleased with the job this weekend.Sainz had qualified 15th at the previous three races, following another sixth-place grid slot in Hungary. The Spaniard said a top six start gives him added motivation for the race.You feel a bit more loaded when you go into a race starting sixth. There is a bit more tension inside yourself. You know you have Raikkonen in front of you and you want to get a good start. You are a bit more encouraged, a bit more optimistic, and a bit more ready for the race. Lets put it like that.Tomorrow I am going to wake up so happy that that feeling is back and knowing I am starting in a similar position to Barcelona, where I could overtake the Ferraris at the start. It is very encouraging and tomorrow I will wake up with a smile on my face.Sainz and Kvyat are running slightly different aero packages this weekend, as the team looks to find the spec. Though Sainz feels his is costing him a bit more time on the straights compared to Kvyat he says the team will continue the split for the grand prix.?No major differences. The data says nothing. That is why we are keeping them separate because there is no clear direction to go. Cheap Jerseys From China .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. China NFL Jerseys . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. 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DALLAS -- The last time the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars met on the ice was in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series last spring.The Blues left American Airlines Center with a 6-1 victory and their first trip to the Western Conference Finals since 2001.Dallas, which was the Wests top seed, was left to ponder what could have been in its first trip to the second round since 2008.These teams will renew their Central Division rivalry on Thursday night in downtown Dallas, but neither club is fixated on what happened just over six months ago. Instead, the Blues and Stars are focused on simply winning a game.St. Louis (5-3-2) lost 5-0 to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. Aside from a 6-4 win at Calgary on Oct. 22, the Blues have scored just five goals over the last 366:40, a sure sign they have deviated from their formula for recent success.We got to kind of stop the bleeding and get back to what works, Blues forward Paul Stastny said after the loss in New York. And we know what works for us, its playing that grind game, that puck-possession game. When we do that, were supporting each other, were all playing together and when were not, were trying to make too many fancy plays and we get caught on our heels and put too much pressure on our goalies to bail us out.The Blues might be without captain Alex Pietrangelo, who sustained a lower-body injury against the Rangers. Pietrangelo did not skate on Wednesday morning but St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said after practice that Pietrangelo would be further evaluated at morning skate on Thursday in Dallas.St. Louis has lost three of its last four games and the Blues are 2-2-1 on the road this season.Dallas (3-4-2), on the other hand, heads into this contest on a three-game winless streak (0-2-1) after a 3-2 oveertime loss at Columbus on Tuesday.dddddddddddd. The Stars started their three-game road trip with a 4-1 loss at Winnipeg last Thursday followed by a 4-0 loss at Minnesota two days later.But despite seeing his team winless since a 3-2 home win against Winnipeg last Tuesday, Stars coach Lindy Ruff feels Dallas has been playing well recently, final scores notwithstanding.I think were looking at a game (against St. Louis) where theyre going to be an extremely desperate team. They lost a big one last night (Tuesday) and weve lost three in a row now, Ruff said. I think our last two games are really close to where we need to be. I thought we beat ourselves at the end (against Columbus), we didnt do that last year.Ruff said any lingering ill will or bad taste from that seven-game playoff defeat to the Blues last spring is long gone.Gritty Stars forward Antoine Roussel disagrees, however.Well, Im pretty excited. Its been a long summer, Roussel said. They stuck it to us last year, were still pretty (angry) about that. They are a good team. Its going to be a battle. We need those points more than they do.Ruff might be happy from a big-picture standpoint about how the Stars are playing right now, but there is one area he knows has to be a lot better: goaltending.Dallas veteran Finnish tandem of Kari Lehtonen (1-3-1, .900 save percentage, 2.65 GAA) and Antti Niemi (2-1-1, .893, 3.65) have both endured their share of struggles.But Ruff knows that if the Stars are to again be a factor in the West, Lehtonen and Niemi both need to step up their game and start making big saves.We need our goaltending to be better. Those two guys know they need to be better, Ruff said. ' ' '