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MONTREAL - Defence was the hot topic for Montreal Impact this week and it was only fitting with the Columbus Crew in town. The Crew scored nine goals in three games - a pair of wins and a loss - during a recently completed three-game homestand. Now they face an Impact team that is tied with Houston with an MLS-worst 45 goals conceded this season. Listen to the match live on TSN Radio 690 Montreal tonight at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The last-place Impact (4-15-5) face the fourth-place Crew (8-8-9) at Saputo Stadium on Saturday night looking to improve their overall defensive play, not just the back line anchored by veteran Matteo Ferrari. The Impact were feeling good about last week, which started with a 1-0 win at home over Chicago to end a seven-game losing run and a 3-2 victory in El Salvador in CONCACAF Champions League play. But it ended with a 4-2 defeat on the road to the New York Red Bulls that had coach Frank Klopas stressing defence at practice this week. "Weve got to keep working without the ball," said Klopas, whose team left gaping holes for the Red Bulls attack once it relinquished the lead. "The more compact we are defensively, it will make things more difficult for other teams. "Thats why, when we fell behind (to New York), it didnt play to our strengths." Red Bulls star Thierry Henrys brilliance was the main cause for that, as he erased the 1-0 lead Dilly Duka produced with his first goal for Montreal with a prescient header. Henry calmly poked in another and MLS scoring leader Bradley Wright-Phillips added two more around Andres Romeros late goal. Fatigue was a factor with the Impact playing three times in eight days, but defensive lapses have been a problem all season for Montreal. Klopas said when he was named coach last winter that the aim was to allow 10 fewer goals than the 49 conceded in 2013. That objective wont be met, and there are 10 games left in the regular season. And now they face Columbus, which has gifted nine-goal scorer Federico Higuain masterminding an attack that gets goals from many sources, including Ethan Finlay (six goals) and Justin Meram (five). There is also six-foot-seven forward Adam Bedell to contend with. "Players like Henry and Higuain, you cant stop them, you can just try to control them," said Impact captain Patrice Bernier. "You just need to be aware of them on the field and dont let them hurt you." The Impact are 1-5-1 against the Crew, including a 2-1 loss in Columbus in July, in three MLS seasons. The teams are 1-1-1 in Montreal. The Impact hope their game is picking up as the end of the season nears. New designed player Ignacio (Nacho) Piatti was promising in his first week with the club, and 38-year-old striker Marco Di Vaio is finding his range with three goals in his last three games. With Andres Romeo, who has scored in consecutive games, having a solid season at midfield, the Impact see themselves as a better team than their record shows. "I still believe we have a really good team, we just havent got the results this year," said defender Heath Pearce. "And with 10 games remaining in the season, we want to go on a run and put up a significant amount of points." Crew defender Eric Gehrig thinks so, too. "Were not going to look at the points they have or the stats they have," Gehrig told his teams website. "Were going to look at what they have on the field. On their best day, theyre a very good team, one of the best teams in the League." While the Impact have scored only 25 goals in 24 games, second lowest ahead of Chivas USAs 21, they feel that Piattis arrival gives them a dynamic offence. "We have more attacking options, with more players who are dangerous around the goal," said Di Vaio. "The hardest part is to try to control the game now. "If we can stop the other team from scoring, we know now that we can find the goals." The Impact may have Pearce and fullback Eric Miller back from injury to give them extra options at the back. They also signed Nigerian centreback Gege Soriola this week. Romero is to play his 50th game for Montreal. The Crew lost a top player last week when Costa Rican international defender Giancarlo Gonzalez was sold to Palermo of Italys Serie-A. Arian Foster Jersey . She still remembers the massive roar of the home crowd when the Canadians walked out on the pitch before 47,784 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in 2002. Lang expects a similar reception for the Canadian team as the host nation at this years tournament, which begins Tuesday. J.J. Watt Jersey . PAUL, Minn. http://www.officialhoustontexanspro.com/Andre-johnson-texans-jersey/ . 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Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon.SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Dwyane Wade was absent again from the Miami lineup, but the Heat played well enough that their aging superstar wasnt missed.Chris Bosh scored 30 points and Luol Deng had 25 to lead the Heat to a 95-83 win over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.Miami used a solid defensive effort in containing Kings high-scoring centre DeMarcus Cousins and rode the scoring of Bosh and Deng to the victory. Miami went 3-2 on its road trip.Wade, the Heats leading scorer, missed his second straight game with a hamstring strain. Wade, who turns 33 Saturday, also sat seven games in November with a hamstring injury. Miami is 5-5 this season when he doesnt play.Tonights win was more about committing to holding a good offensive team to 83 points, Miami coach Eric Spoelstra said. Thats a talented offensive team and we were really trying to get after it.The Heat have been playing well defensively of late. They had a four-game stretch when they allowed an average of 87 points, before losing to Golden State 104-89 on Wednesday.Cousins had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings, who lost their second straight and third in four games. Cousins was 4 of 12 and was limited to three second-half points and committed eight turnovers.Cousins is tough to stop. We wanted to give him a bunch of looks and try to slow him down, Bosh said. We were trying not to foul him and send him to the line. For the most part what we wanted to do worked.Making his second start of the season, rookie point guard Shabazz Napier had 12 points, five assists and six rebounds for Miami. The Heat 26 assists and only 10 turnovers.Ben McLemore scored 15 and Darren Collison added 13 and six assists for the Kings.Sacramento shot 42.7 per cent, committed 15 turnovers and continually allowed the Heat to get open looks.I thought we couldnt create pace all night, said Kings coach Tyrone Corbin.dddddddddddd Miami wanted to play at a slow tempo, so we talked about creating pace and pushing the ball down the floor. We ended up falling into a trap and playing at a pace that was favourable to the other team.Miami continued to shoot well in the fourth quarter. Napier and Bosh made jumpers to open the period, extending the lead to 18 points. Another perimeter shot by Napier put the Heat ahead 86-66 with 6:41 remaining.Ahead by eight points at the half, Deng got the Heat going in the third. The veteran forward made five straight perimeter shots, including a pair of 3-pointers, and scored 12 points, helping Miami take a 75-61 lead into final quarter.TWO-MAN SHOWBosh had his fifth 30-plus game of the season. He made all three 3-point attempts, knocked down 11 of 20 shots, and added seven rebounds, three steals and a block. Deng was extremely effective as well. He made 11 of 18 shots, grabbed six rebounds, and had four assists, two steals and two blocks.TIP-INSHeat: Hassan Whiteside started at centre and was looking forward to meeting the Kings and showing them they made a mistake. Drafted by Sacramento in the second round in 2010, Whiteside played less than two minutes his rookie season and bounced between the NBA and the D-League until he was cut in July 2012. In his first game back in Sacramento, he had three fouls in three minutes and finished with four points and one rebound in 15 minutes.Kings: Rudy Gay didnt dress due to a left knee sprain. 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