Ian Burns, with the 45-year-old earning his 23rd Crucible appearance and first since 2013.The 2002 title winner said: Im absolutely over the moon. Its going to be wonderful a

The New Jersey Devils are limping home to the Prudential Center after a 1-3-0 Western Conference road trip.New Jersey (9-6-3) hosts the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday riding a three-game losing streak and will be without leading scorer Taylor Hall (knee surgery) and forwards Kyle Palmieri (upper body) and Michael Cammalleri (personal).The Devils could certainly use some firepower, especially on a moribund power-play that is 0-for-29 in their last nine games. New Jersey is 26th in the NHL with 2.22 goals per game and the power play ranks 28th at 11.9 percent.New Jersey was shut out 4-0 at San Jose on Monday -- its first shutout since being blanked by the Colorado Avalanche on January 14th, 2016.Devils goalie Keith Kinkaid made his fourth start of the season and lost in regulation for the first time in 2016-17, falling to 2-1-1 overall. He stopped a season-high 37 of 41 (.902 save percentage shots.)We had a big opportunity here to have a good road trip and go .500 and just to come out with a lack of effort, I guess you can say, was disheartening and its not acceptable and it starts with me, said captain Andy Greene, who logged a season-high 27:18. Weve got to make sure were good to go right from the drop of the puck and we werent tonight.The Maple Leafs (8-8-3) are coming off a 2-1 loss to the Hurricanes in Carolina on Tuesday. They are 1-9 on the road.I just thought it was a tight game, exactly like we expected, said Leafs coach Mike Babcock. We knew it would be tight checking, heavy going. They scored on their power play, we didnt. We gave up a short-handed goal, so theres the game right in itself. In saying all that, I thought it was a contested game, there was no room, there were lots of battles. I think these are games we have to get better in and find ways to win.Toronto is undergoing some goal-scoring droughts of its own. Rookie sensation Auston Matthews hasnt scored in 12 games. His six goals are tied with William Nylander for fourth among rookies.Should the Devils get the man advantage that unit will be facing a Toronto penalty kill that is ranked 10th in the NHL.The Leafs are one of the more physical teams in the league. Center Nazem Kadri is second in the NHL in penalty minutes with 45 and his teammate left winger Matt Martin is third with 41.Cheap Adidas Nmd r1 . Dukurs winning time was 1 minute, 45.76 seconds, a quarter-second better than Russias Alexander Tretiakov. Lativas Tomass Dukurs was third, 1.41 seconds off the pace. Jon Montgomery of Eckville, Alta. Adidas Nmd r1 China . 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Discount Adidas Nmd r1 .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N.Ding Junhui says he will be every seeded players nightmare draw at the upcoming World Championship.Dings ranking of 17 meant he needed to win three qualifiers to book a place at the Crucible, and he sailed through for the loss of just seven frames.And with recently-recruited coach Terry Griffiths in his corner, the former world No 1 is convinced he can cause an upset in Sheffield this month. They dont want to play me. It doesnt matter who I play, said Ding, who sealed his spot with a 10-2 win over former World Championship runner-up Nigel Bond on Wednesday.I was facing pressure to get back to the Crucible because I didnt want to miss the chance to play at the World Championship.From last season, before I started work with Terry Griffiths, I had lost a lot of confidence. I lacked confidence to play any tournament. After Terry told me how to work on my mind, I started playing well and thinking well, and thats been the difference.I was upset a lot. After winning five ranking tournaments and losing to lower-ranking players ... theres nobody guaranteed to win but I think Im favourite to win and thats what I need to learn. Terrys told me to change my thinking because youre not guaranteed to beat anybody.Anthony McGill, who reached the quarter-finals on his Crucible debut last year, is also back on the big stage.Victories over fellow Scot Stephen Maguire and defending champion Mark Selby saw McGill establish his name 12 months ago.The 25-year-old Glaswegian fended off Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, who in the fourth frame of Tuesdays opening session missed the black for the chance of a 147 and hurled his cue onto the table in frustration, having made the same costly error at the UK Championship four months ago. Anthony McGill has qualified for the World Championship once again McGill said: His head was in his hands at the side of the table and you feel really bad for him, but only for a minute.ddddddddddddve only got good memories of the Crucible. Ive not played there long enough to have bad memories and hopefully I wont have any bad ones from this year.Alan McManus, Robert Milkins and David Gilbert are also through to the main draw after completing wins in the final qualifying round on Wednesday.Peter Ebdon completed a 10-2 victory over Ian Burns, with the 45-year-old earning his 23rd Crucible appearance and first since 2013.The 2002 title winner said: Im absolutely over the moon. Its going to be wonderful and it means so much to me to be back this year, its 23 years out of 25 years as a professional. Thats a record Im really, really proud of. Peter Ebdon is heading for the Crucible for a 23rd time Ken Doherty fell 10-6 to Welshman Ryan Day, after Irelands 1997 world champion squandered a 5-4 overnight lead.Scotlands Graeme Dott, world champion in 2006, beat Mike Dunn 10-7, and two-time runner-up Ali Carter saw off Dominic Dale 10-6. Another twice losing finalist, Matthew Stevens, fell 10-6 to rising star Kyren Wilson.Also See:PhotosBet ￡5 Get ￡20 freeGet Sky Sports ' ' '