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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Dennis Pitta defied the odds and the advice of medical experts with his return to the NFL.Now that the Ravens tight end has proven that two serious hip operations and a two-year layoff wont keep him down, his next objective is to return to the form he displayed during Baltimores Super Bowl run in 2012.Pitta caught three passes for 39 yards on Sunday in a 13-7 victory at home against Buffalo. After the first reception, many of the fans stood and applauded his return.Now its about continuing to get the feel, Pitta said Wednesday. I hope I can improve as the weeks go on.Pitta dislocated and fractured his right hip during training camp in 2013. He played in the final four games that season, but injured the same hip again in September 2014 at Cleveland.At that point, Pitta had to decide whether a second comeback was feasible, or even possible.There were doctors that suggested I should quit, Pitta recalled. There were friends and family -- looking out for my best interest and my health -- who wanted me to just be smart about it.Including Mataya Pitta, who helped convince her husband to return after the initial hip surgery.My wife is still nervous to this day, to watch me out there, Pitta said. She was nervous last Sunday.The 31-year-old Pitta smiled broadly when thinking back to the feeling of facing the Bills.It meant a lot, being able to take the field, running out of the tunnel again, he said. It was something I didnt know if I was going to be able to do. Extremely grateful and humbled to be back on the field with my teammates.One of those teammates, quarterback Joe Flacco, wasnt exactly swept away with emotion over having his good friend as a target again.Not to sound cold or anything, but I really didnt think about it too much, Flacco said. When he caught the pass, the place erupted a little bit and I thought to myself, `I guess that was the first pass he caught today.Flacco and Pitta formed an impressive connection in 2012, teaming for 61 completions and seven touchdowns. That was merely a prelude to the postseason, when Pitta grabbed 14 passes for 163 yards and three scores, including a 1-yard TD in the Ravens 34-31 Super Bowl win over San Francisco.Pitta didnt play in another game until the following December. Before facing the Bills on Sunday, he played in seven games over a three-year span.After failing to get medical clearance last season, Pitta arrived at training camp this year ready to go. Then, during the first week of practice, he got into a scuffle with a teammate and fractured his right middle finger.It was frustrating at the time ... but fortunately, it wasnt an injury that wasnt going to keep me out of the regular season, he said.Now hes back, and his next stop comes Sunday in the city where his previous comeback ended.The last time I played in Cleveland was a pretty big low point. That was probably the lowest, Pitta said. When you dislocate your hip for a second time in that many years, its tough. I didnt know how I would respond, how my body would feel six months down the road, a year down the road.So I was really relying on what the doctors were telling me, which wasnt all that positive, to be honest.Pitta beat the odds. This week, instead of worrying about his hip, hes got the same agenda as most players: to improve each week.Were both talking about, `OK, now heres where we have go from here, coach John Harbaugh said. You move on to the next thing. 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We are not going to keep winning if were behind.Vladimir Tarasenko scored in the second period for St. Louis, and Jake Allen had 24 stops.The winner came after Markstrom made a nice glove save in the extra period and played the puck to keep the play moving. Christopher Tanev worked a nice give-and-go with Daniel Sedin, and then Tanev took a light shot that Henrik Sedin re-directed in for his first of the season.The Canucks trailed both of their previous games heading into the third. Horvats goal snapped a streak of 177 minutes, 34 seconds of shutout hockey by St. Louis against Vancouver dating to 2015-16.I thought we played a good game, though, said Desjardins, whose club won just three times when down after 40 minutes in 2015-16.The whole game we played well and we generated stuff and just didnt score. We believed if we stayed with it something would go in and it finally did, and overtime can always go either way.Vancouver has won twice in overtime and once in a shootout to start the season.When you know you are able to come back it just brings a calmness to the team, Henrik Sedin said. Even being down against a really good team tonight, we are confident we are going to get chances and come back and thats a huge difference.The Blues took the lead at 10:23 of the second after Allen stopped Henrik Sedins initial shot and then the rebound on a flurry in front. St. Louis broke the other way on a 2-on-1, with Tarasenko ripping his fourth of the season shortside on Markstrom.You move on, said Blues coach Ken Hitchcock, whose team was looking to win four straight to open a season for just the second time in franchise historyy.dddddddddddd Getting points on the road is key.The Canucks had a number of excellent chances leading up to the goal, with both Markus Granlund and Horvat hitting the post before Allen stopped Daniel Sedin from the slot.Vancouvers power play, now scoreless on 10 opportunities to start the season, had a chance midway through the third, but could only muster a single shot from the point that Allen handled with ease.St. Louis then hit the post on a partial breakaway off the stick of Patrik Berglund, and the Blues forward crashed into Markstrom, who made a great back-to-back saves on Nail Yakupov and Paul Stastny from in close moments later.Markstrom was expected to get the night off after winning his season debut, a 4-3 overtime triumph against Carolina on Sunday, but No. 1 goalie Ryan Miller arrived at Rogers Arena on Tuesday morning feeling a little tight, according to Desjardins.That thrust Markstrom back into the crease and forced the club to dress University of British Columbia goalie Matt Hewitt as an emergency backup because it couldnt get another netminder from within the organization to Vancouver in time for the game.The Canucks looked to have taken the lead with 6:10 left in the opening period on Luca Sbisas first of the season, but the goal was waved off after video review because of a distinct kicking motion by the Vancouver defenseman on a play that resulted in a St. Louis penalty for hooking.Game notes Hewitt, a native of nearby New Westminster, played three seasons with the WHLs Regina Pats before continuing his career in university hockey. ... The Canucks were also forced to use a UBC goaltender during the 2003-04 season due to injury. Chris Levesque dressed for one game as Johan Hedbergs backup when Dan Cloutier, now Vancouvers goalie coach, went down during the morning skate. ... Former St. Louis goalie Brian Elliott picked up consecutive shutouts against Vancouver last March.UP NEXTBlues: Play at Edmonton on Thursday night.Canucks: Host the Sabres on Thursday night. ' ' '