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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After the way the Kansas City Chiefs collapsed toward the end of last season, and especially in the playoffs, they arrived at training camp in July with the mantra of finish.It didnt matter whether it was a drive, a game or the entire season.Well, they havent done a very good job of it lately.The Chiefs have lost three straight beginning with a defeat to lowly Oakland, their opponent again on Sunday. What once was a team that was 7-3 and barrelling toward the playoffs is now a team that must win at least two of its final three to qualify — and might just need a clean sweep.We face adversity each and every day, linebacker Joe Mays said. Its easy to play well when youre winning. Its easy to accept coaching when youre winning. But when youre losing, thats when you have to step up and thats when you have to play better.Thats something that Kansas City never could do last season.After winning two games the previous season, the Chiefs began coach Andy Reids tenure by rattling off nine straight victories. They were suddenly the talk of the NFL, the best record in the league. Then they went to AFC West-rival Denver and were flattened, 27-17.The loss began a streak of three straight defeats not unlike this seasons swoon.And while Kansas City bounced back to win twice more, the Chiefs backed into the post-season with losses to Indianapolis and San Diego — granted, they rested nearly all their starters in the finale.They didnt rest any of them in the playoffs, though. And after taking a 38-10 lead early in the third quarter, the Chiefs failed to finish.Andrew Luck and the Colts stormed back to score the eventual winning touchdown on a 64-yard pass to TY Hilton with about 4 minutes left in the 45-44 victory, sending the Chiefs into an off-season with some very bruised egos.You do have to learn from that, Reid said. We put an emphasis on finishing and so now youre down to three games and so you put the clutter of the playoffs and all that out of your mind, and you focus in on how to take care of the finish. You take care of the game that you can control and thats the one taking place this week.Besides, its not such a welcomed sight if they were to look ahead.After playing the Raiders (2-11) at Arrowhead Stadium, the Chiefs finish up with a trip to Pittsburgh and a home game against San Diego, a pair of teams also in the playoff mix.You know, you cant get to the end of the line unless you take that first step, and it starts Sunday, quarterback Alex Smith said. Stay shortsighted, not getting ahead of yourself. Everything is right there, right in front of us.Mays said the Chiefs remain focused on the short term thanks to Reid, who never gets too high or too low. The coachs even demeanour has prevented a young locker room from panicking after three subpar performances, including that disastrous loss a few weeks ago to Oakland.Hes real cool, calm and collected, Mays said. He always stays that medium level, whether its a win or a loss. 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It was his second straight start for the Jets; he suffered a 1-0 loss against Minnesota Monday. So this season Hutchinson has now won games in the ECHL, AHL and NHL. He was perfect three- for-three in the shootout to nail down the win. In his two starts he has stopped 48-of-50 shots, for a .960 save percentage. The only goal of the first period was scored by Brad Marchand at 10:12. Bostons best chance was a breakaway by Jerome Iginla, but Hutchinson made the save. Shots were 12-6 Jets. No scoring in the second with the Bruins outshooting the Jets 15-8. Hutchinson made a number of big saves as the Bruins had three power plays in the second half of the period. The goaltenders dual, with Chad Johnson very good in the Bruins net, continued in the third as the teams traded chances. Johnson made a number of big saves as the Jets pressed for the tying goal in this their final home game of the regular schedule. Moments after hitting a post, Evander Kane tied the game with his 18th of the year. The goal came at 18:03 of the third. Toby Enstrom started the play, Blake Wheeler took the pass and in full flight found his waay into the Bruins zone, dropped it for Kane who wired it home.dddddddddddd Shots in the third were 15-10 Jets. The Kane goal ended a stretch of 148:21 without a Jets goal at the MTS Centre. Overtime did not produce a winner, each team with two shots on goal in overtime. Bryan Little was the only player to score in the shootout, but it was all Hutchinson needed for the win. At 25:43 it was the 21st time this season Jacob Trouba has led the Jets in ice time while Evander Kane with seven shots on goal led in that department.? Little won 15-of-23 face-offs. Hutchinson was named the games first star and admitted in a post-game interview on TSN Jets that the win was extra special because it came against the team that drafted him. “Its a team that let me go, plus I know a lot of guys on that team.” On the win, “I want to show I can play at this level. I felt determined and relaxed.” Coach Paul Maurice on his goaltender: “He read those seams perfectly, his push was perfect. The players played as hard as they could to give him a chance to be great and win.” Jets were again minus Andrew Ladd, who will not play in the teams final game in Calgary Friday (TSN Jets TSN 1290). Devin Setoguchi dealing with a private matter was also out. Including Al Montoya, Jets were minus 10 regulars. ' ' '