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TORONTO -- Viktor Stalberg got a head start, pulled away from the defenders and buried his short-handed breakaway try.Cam Ward and his teammates took it from there, keeping the Carolina Hurricanes on a season-changing roll.Stalberg scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period, lifting Carolina over the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Tuesday night for its fifth straight victory.Jeff Skinner also scored for Carolina, which improved to 8-6-4. Ward stopped 25 shots.I think were obviously building some momentum here, Ward said, and just carrying it into the next game.Frederik Andersen made 27 saves for Toronto, which lost for only the third time in 10 games at home. Jake Gardiner had the Leafs goal.Stalberg got the deciding tally against his former team after Tyler Bozaks pass was picked off in the neutral zone. Stalberg entered the zone alone, beating Andersen for his third goal of the season.Thats obviously a bonus to score short-handed, Ward said. Thats the kind of speed that Stalberg has. He really showed it there.The night began with a thud on the Leafs side when star rookie Mitch Marner blocked a hard shot and absorbed a nasty blow to the face, both courtesy of Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin. Briefly unable to put pressure on his left leg, Marner wheeled himself awkwardly to the bench and then hobbled around uncomfortably behind it.The 19-year-old, who is second on the team with 16 points, missed only a shift before returning to action. He finished the period with two shots, including a dangerous chance off the rush as the frame wound down.Gardiner opened the scoring a short while later, blowing a point shot past Ward. A hearty screen from rookie winger Connor Brown made the shot difficult to see for the Hurricanes goaltender, whos been rolling of late. Ward came into Tuesdays action with a 5-1-2 record and .944 save percentage in November.His resurgence, following a rough October, has been key to the Hurricanes season-high winning streak.The Hurricanes evened the score at 1 on a late-period power play. Derek Ryans initial attempt on the opposite side of the goal floated over Andersen and off the crossbar, eventually nudged into the net by the left skate of Skinner. The 24-year-old leads the Hurricanes with six power-play points and 16 points overall this season.The Leafs nearly gave up another short-handed goal moments after Stalbergs score when Elias Lindholm broke in against Andersen after a puck bounced over Gardiners stick at the blue-line.The Leafs nearly tied it in the opening seconds of the third period when Marner clanked a shot off the post during a mad scramble in front. A late period power play yielded plenty of zone time, but only a single shot.I think these are games we have to get better in and find ways to win, Leafs coach Mike Babcock said. Weve won more open games than weve won tight games.Game notes Toronto has just one win on the road (1-5-3). ... Auston Matthews has gone 13 games without a goal, with his last nearly a month ago on Oct. 25. He had four shots in 20 minutes in this one.UP NEXTHurricanes: Test streak at Eastern Conference leading Montreal on Thursday night.Maple Leafs: Plays at New Jersey on Wednesday night. Custom Los Angeles Lakers Jerseys . Oyama had six birdies and two bogeys at Kintetsu Kashikojima in the event also sanctioned by the Japan LPGA Tour. "I have been having this neck ache thats been affecting my golf recently," Oyama said. Cheap Lakers Jerseys . 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Pedro scored from a pass by Lionel Messi in the 33rd minute and added two more goals in the 47th and 72nd after Valdes saved his second penalty in four days following his stop in Wednesdays 4-0 over Ajax in the Champions League. MADRID -- Neymar will sign a three-year contract extension with Barcelona on Friday, a deal that will keep the Brazil forward with the Spanish club until 2021.Barcelona and Neymar had made the announcement of the agreement in July.The previous contract was to end in 2018. The new deal will run through June 2021, Barcelona said Monday.The clubs announcement in July ended speculation that Neymar was unhappy in Spain and was looking to move to another club. Paris Saint-Germain was among the clubs reportedly trying to sign him.At the time, the club said the contracts buyout clause would be fixed at 200 million euros (around $220 million) for the first year of the new contract, 222 million euros for the second, and 250 million euros for the final three years. The buyout clauses reportedly match the ones on Lionel Messis contract.The 24-year-old Neymar has been with Barcelona since moving from Brazilian club Santos in 2013. He has scored 90 goals in 149 matches, including five goals in eight matches this season.A key player in Barcelonas potent attack along with Messi and Luis Suarez, Neymar helped the team win nine titles: two Spanish league titles, two Copa del Reys, two Spanish Super Cups, the Champions League, the European Super Cup, and the Club World Cup.dddddddddddd.The trio of attacking players scored 122 goals in the 2014-15 season and 131 goals last season, both record figures.Neymar now has the longest contract among the teams top players. The contracts of Messi and Andres Iniesta end in 2018, while Suarez has a deal until 2019.Neymar and his father, who acts as his agent, are likely to face trial for fraud in Spain in a case into alleged irregularities regarding his transfer from Santos to Barcelona. A Brazilian investment group which was entitled to 40 percent of the transfer claims it received a smaller compensation than it should have because part of the fee was concealed.Barcelona also confirmed that defender Javier Mascherano will be staying with the club until 2019. That deal also had been announced in July.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni ' ' '