FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots have history and a favourable schedule on their side as they steam toward gaining home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.New England hosts Miami this week, visits the New York Jets and then wraps up the regular season with a home game against the Buffalo Bills. And the Patriots have been strong in December behind coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.Including the win Sunday at San Diego, the Patriots are 52-9 in December under Belichick, including 50 wins under Brady.A win this week over the Dolphins would clinch the AFC East and potentially avenge a loss in their opener at Miami.Belichick said Tuesday he wont waste a lot of time talking to his team about the division.Its what the standings are. So, well probably cover that in about 15 seconds and move on to Miami, he said. Thats what we need to talk about.After losing to Miami in the opener, the Patriots went on to start 2-2, sparking mumbles that the team and its coach were over the hill.New England has gone 8-1 since.We need to talk about how to play offence, defence and special teams against the Dolphins a lot better than we did the last time we played them, which wouldnt take much, Belichick said. Thats what well be talking about this week: what to do and how to do it.At Miami, the Patriots gained only 67 yards in the second half with five first downs. Brady lost two fumbles.We really put ourselves behind the eight ball with some of those things, offensive co-ordinator Josh McDaniels said. Eli Manning Jersey . Erik Cole scored on a breakaway with 4:49 to play, and the Stars rallied to defeat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Saturday night. Daniel Jones Youth Jersey . Spains victory rendered Frances 3-0 win against Finland meaningless as Spain needed just one point to secure passage to Brazil. Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema scored either side of Joona Toivios own-goal as France advanced to the playoff among the eight best second-place finishers. http://www.nygiantsfanaticshop.com/Black-Julian-Love-Giants-Jersey.html?cat=969 . The Thunder earned the Game 1 win with a 100-86 victory Saturday night. Oklahoma City dominated the first half and led by 22 at the break, but saw its lead shrink to just two points in the fourth quarter. Doug Kotar Giants Jersey . The match, billed as a "next-gen" encounter between two of the sports rising stars, lasted two and a half hours. The loss kept Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., from reaching a third fourth-round spot in Melbourne over the past four years. Dalvin Tomlinson Jersey .ca. Kerry, In the first period of Saturdays Montreal-Ottawa game, Brendan Gallagher is called for goaltender interference. Craig Anderson is outside the blue paint trying to make the save.Edmonton, AB (SportsNetwork.com) - Cory Schneider started his 20th straight game and made 29 saves for his second shutout of the season, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday. Schneider surpassed Martin Brodeur for the longest start streak to open a season in franchise history. Brodeur set the previous mark with 19 consecutive starts from Oct. 6 to Nov. 2, 2001. Adam Henrique and Tuomo Ruutu each scored and Eric Gelinas tallied two assists for the Devils, who snapped a two-game skid. Viktor Fasth made 24 saves for the Oilers, who lost their fifth in a row. Edmonton received more bad news in the loss as forward Benoit Pouliot suffered a broken foot while blocking Marek Zidlickys shot during the second period. After a scoreless opening stanza, Steve Bernier hit Henrique with a stretch pass through the neutral zone, and Henrique lit the lamp with a wrister through the pads of Fasth off a breakaway 10:39 into the second.dddddddddddd Ruutu increased the Devils lead to 2-0 with a wrister over the shoulder of Fasth and into the top right corner of the net with five minutes to play in the middle frame. The Oilers pulled Fasth with over a minute left, but were unable to get on the board. Schneider stopped 13 shots during the final stanza to keep his shutout intact. Game Notes Schneider registered his 14th career shutout ... Brodeur holds New Jerseys record for consecutive starts with 44 during the 1995-96 season ... Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins played in his 200th NHL game ... The Devils have not allowed a power-play goal in five consecutive games ... Forward Dainius Zubrus played in his 500th game with the Devils. ' ' '