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Injured fullback Billy Slater wont physically take part in Melbournes NRL premiership push but the superstar is still helping the Storm.He managed just one game this season because of a shoulder injury and the 33-year-old is no certainty to return in 2017.Slater could be excused for seeking solitude in September, knowing he wont be on the park to help Melbournes bid for their first title since salary cap sanctions.But the 2011 Dally M winner has remained a sounding board for protege Cameron Munster, who looms as a key player in Saturday nights AAMI Park qualifying final between Storm and North Queensland.He knows a lot about the finals stage and I had a bit of a chat to him the other day, Munster said on Wednesday.Just embrace it and just enjoy it - thats pretty much what he said.And just dont take anything for granted.Billys a class player and a freak of a talent, so Im a little bit different to him but Im trying my best to fill that position.Munster covered for Slater in 2015, including the finals series, and has impressed as a regular No.1 for the minor premiers in 2016.He noted Slater had helped him become more comfortable with the added responsibilities.Billy and Adam OBrien, our assistant coach, have helped me a lot with our plays, our structure and that sort of stuff, he said.Munster will need to be at his best to defuse a potent Cowboys side led by gifted playmaker Johnathan Thurston.The 21-year-old, who hails from Rockhampton and was part of the Cowboys development squad before joining the Storm, is still in awe of Thurston.I did look up to him. Hes a really good player and a freak of a talent, so to play against him I still pinch myself every now and then, Munster said.Weve got to be on our game for him and I guess try and minimise his timing and vision.Its going to be very hard because hes one of the best players in the world.Well be trying to put him off his game as much as we can.Melbourne have defeated the Cowboys twice this season but Munster knows that isnt cause for confidence against the reigning premiers.Its a different season, he said.Theyve been really consistent this year. We know were going to have to produce our best performance against them (to win). Larry Murphy Jersey . DAmigo scored twice in regulation and added the shootout winner as the Toronto Marlies edged the San Antonio Rampage 5-4 in American Hockey League action. Jaromir Jagr Jersey . The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said hed like to play the outfield. 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CHICAGO -- Marcus Johansson scored at 2:20 of overtime, Braden Holtby made 32 saves and the Washington Capitals snapped Chicagos seven-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory over the Blackhawks on Friday night.Jay Beagle scored two goals, giving him three on the season, and the Capitals won for the sixth time in seven games in the opener of a three-game trip.Washington defenseman Dmitry Orlov made a nice pass to Johansson for the one-timer that beat Corey Crawford on the glove side. It was Johanssons seventh goal of the season.Marian Hossa had a goal and an assist for Chicago, which extended its point streak to 10 games. Defenseman Brian Campbell also scored, and Crawford finished with 24 stops.The Blackhawks played without center Artem Anisimov, who was scratched after he left Wednesday nights 2-1 overtime win at St. Louis with an upper-body injury. Anisimov, who has eight goals and nine assists in 14 games, could return as soon as Sunday against Montreal.Chicago was trailing 2-1 when it pulled Crawford for an extra attacker with 2:13 to go. It broke through for the tying score when Artemi Panarins shot went off the stick of Washington defenseman Brooks Orpik and trickled through to Hossa on the side of the crease for his seventh goal in eight games.Washington jumped in front in the first after Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov was sent off for holding Hossa. Defenseman Matt Niskanen made a great diving play to knock the puck out of the Washington zone, starting a 2-on-1 wiith T.ddddddddddddJ. Oshie and Beagle.Oshie made a nice saucer pass to Beagle, who knocked it in for his first career short-handed goal. It was his first point since he scored his first goal of the season in a victory at Winnipeg on Nov. 1.Campbell responded with a tying power-play goal just 22 seconds later, but Beagle skated behind the net for a nifty wraparound and a 2-1 Washington lead at 14:44.It turned into a goaltender battle from there, with Crawford and Holtby taking turns frustrating would-be scorers.Holtby stopped a big drive by Brent Seabrook late in the first and made a right blocker stop on Panarin early in the third.Justin Williams got open for a nice look late in the second, but Crawford used a blocker to knock it over the net. He also made a glove save on John Carlson with 12:18 left in the third.Crawford went to the locker room with 7:02 left in the second, replaced by Scott Darling, but he quickly returned to the ice.Game notes Vinnie Hinostroza replaced Anisimov in the lineup. C Tyler Motte (lower body) and D Michal Rozsival also were inactive. ... The Capitals scratched RW Brett Connolly and D Nate Schmidt. ... The Blackhawks and Capitals also play on Jan. 13 in Washington.UP NEXTCapitals: Visit Carolina on Saturday night.Blackhawks: Host Montreal on Sunday night.---Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap ' ' '