SAN DIEGO - There appears to be no stopping Philip Rivers and the rest of the San Diego Chargers.And Rivers wants to be clear a€” while the Chargers have been called San Diego soft in past seasons, theres none of that with this group.Rivers threw two touchdown passes to Antonio Gates and rookie running back Branden Olivers big day included his first two NFL touchdowns as the Chargers earned the leagues first shutout this season in beating the hapless Jets 31-0 Sunday for their fourth straight win.The Chargers (4-1) heaped more pain on the Jets (1-4), who lost their fourth straight game and turned to Michael Vick. Vick replaced Geno Smith on New Yorks first possession of the second half, but wasnt any more effective.The Chargers lost their third centre and third running back in five games, yet kept playing hard. Oliver started the season as the No. 4 running back, and on Sunday, he became No. 1 after Donald Brown went out with a concussion.Rivers said the Bolts biggest trait after five games is toughness.For whatever reason, whether its Southern California, or the vibe that you get out here of just a finesse group of guys that like to throw it around in 75-degree weather, I think weve shown our toughness, Rivers said We talk about it all the time. Not just being tough, but whos going to be the toughest the longest, through four quarters, through 16 games, through a tough stretch, they arent all going to be like this. We might hit a bump in the road going forward, but I think our toughness has been shown the last five weeks.Weve dealt with injuries and just played tough on both sides and thats just awesome to see.Other than being sacked three times, Rivers had his way with the Jets. He was 20 of 28 for 288 yards and three touchdowns, with one interception.The Chargers last shutout victory was 31-0 against Kansas City on Dec. 12, 2010. The Jets were blanked for the first time since losing 34-0 against San Francisco on Sept. 30, 2012.New York didnt make it across the 50-yard line until 7:35 left in the fourth quarter, thanks to a 33-yard gain on a pass interference call against Richard Marshall. The Jets had only four first downs through three quarters.First off, I apologize to our fans a€” those that are left, coach Rex Ryan said. This is on one person and thats it. Its certainly not on a quarterback and one individual that way. Its on me. Clearly got outcoached. I thought we had a good plan going in and obviously that wasnt the case.Smith said he didnt like getting benched but I had to change my mindset to support these guys. I understand these days will happen.He said it was a pathetic show on my part. I didnt help at any point during the game, so Im going to look myself in the mirror.Vick was sacked on his second play. In the fourth quarter, Vick was called for intentional grounding on one drive and later was whistled for throwing a pass while beyond the line of scrimmage, negating a touchdown catch by Greg Salas. That left the Jets with fourth-and-goal from the 16 and Vicks completion was short.Rivers threw scoring passes of 8 and 12 yards to Gates in the first half. Theyve combined for 65 touchdowns, the most in NFL history between a quarterback and a tight end. They were Gates first scores since he caught three touchdown passes in a 30-21 upset victory against Seattle in Week 2.Gates has 92 career TD catches, moving him into 10th place all-time.On third-and-17 from the San Diego 27 late in the second quarter, Rivers avoided a sack and threw a short pass to Oliver, who made two Jets defenders miss before he was finally brought down by David Harris at the Jets 23. Branden scored on a 15-yard run up the middle three plays later.Oliver had a 9-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter on a drive he kept going with a 52-yard run.Oliver, a free agent from Buffalo, helped jumpstart San Diegos weak running game with 19 carries for 114 yards. He caught four passes for 68 yards.Oliver came up big on a day when the Chargers lost yet another running back. Donald Brown was knocked out of the game with a concussion in the first half. The Chargers already have lost Danny Woodhead for the season with a broken lower right leg and Ryan Mathews indefinitely with a sprained right knee.Smith completed only four of 12 passes for 27 yards with one interception for a rating of 7.6. Vick was 9 of 20 for 47 yards.NOTES: Rivers passer rating was 125, giving him a career-best four straight games of 120.0 or higher. ... Chargers C Doug Legurksy left the locker room on crutches after injuring his left knee. RT D.J. 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No one comes under the spotlight, for anything, more than Sidney Crosby and, after being held scoreless in the final three games, he ended the series with one goal and two assists. Its one thing to have dominant possession numbers -- and Crosby did, on for 62.6% of the 5-on-5 shot attempts in the series -- because that increases the probability of success, but in the one time that this series was played, the production ultimately wasnt there and Crosby takes the heat for that. Losing out in the second round of the playoffs comes as disappointmentto the Penguins and will likely result in changes. LW Jussi Jokinen scored seven goals in 13 playoff games, C Evgeni Malkin had six (with a team-leading 14 points) in the playoffs and C Brandon Sutter added five; the rest of the Penguins roster combined for 15, which included one for Crosby, two for James Neal and three for Chris Kunitz. G Marc-Andre Fleury, who has taken the brunt of the criticism for the Penguins previous playoff exits, cant take much fault in this seasons ouster. In 13 postseason games, Fleury stopped 346 of 378 shots (.915 SV%), his best postseason since 2007-2008. Standing in contrast to Crosby, Rangers C Brad Richards, the Rangers high-priced centre, finished the series with two goals and one assist, but his second goal was the game-winning goal in Game Seven. This was a team effort from the Rangers, though. Derick Brassard was the teams leading scorer in the series, with four points, and the yet that was enough for the Rangers to advance. Its almost shocking because the Rangers are moving on despite a remarkable lack of production from their top offensive threats. Rick Nash, Martin St. Louis and Derek Stepan combined for one goal and four assists, yet the Blueshirts still managed to get through. Now, the Rangers await the winner of Game Seven between Montreal and Boston for the Eastern Conference Final and theyll go into that series with some talented players that are due to produce, which isnt altogether a bad situation. After all, if theyre going to be unsustainable in one direction, it might as well be on the under-performance side of things, because it stands to reason that the Rangers shoulld get more from players that typically produce more offensively.dddddddddddd That the Rangers got past Pittsburgh with minimal contributions from their best players, which means all the more credit is due to the rest of the team. BLACKHAWKS ADVANCE In a tightly-contested series, the Chicago Blackhawks took advantage of a fortuitous bounce in overtime of Game Six to beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1, taking the series four games to two. Blackhawks D Brent Seabrook dumped the puck into the Minnesota zone, harmlessly, but it caromed off the glass and in front of the Wild net, where RW Patrick Kane made quick move to his backhand before tucking the puck under the bar, ending the series. It was lucky bounce for Seabrook who, along with partner Duncan Keith, assisted on the series-winning goal on a night in which they were shredded at even strength, bested in the possession game while primarily facing the Wild line of Nino Niederreiter, Mikko Koivu and Charlie Coyle. RW Marian Hossa (1 G, 8 A) and LW Bryan Bickell (4 G, 2 A) led the Blackhawks offensively against the Wild, and G Corey Crawford was strong, stopping 150 of 162 shots (.926 SV%). Minnesotas leading scorer in the series was third-line rookie C Erik Haula, who scored the Wilds only goal in Game Six and finished with three goals and two assists. Haula finished the regular season with seven points in seven games, as he filled in for an injured Mikael Granlund, and 14 points in 20 (regular season plus playoff) games at the end of the year, as well as a 56.9% Corsi in the playoffs, ought to raise expectations for what role he may be able to play in his second NHL season. While Koivus line had their moments in the series, it was ultimately a tough series for him, as he finished with one assist in six games, after scoring six points against Colorado in Round One. Wild G Ilya Bryzgalov, pressed into action due to Darcy Kuempers latest injury, struggled in the first couple games of the series, allowing seven goals on 42 shots (.833 SV%), but was better over the last four games, stopping 88 of 94 shots (.936 SV%). Minnesota is likely looking at some changes in the offseason, but they do so from a place of optimism. They made progress this year, gave the Blackhawks all they could handle, and will have plenty of cap space available to them this summer. Chicago now has time to prepare for the Western Conference Final, against the winner of the Anaheim-Los Angeles series, for a chance to reach the Stanley Cup Final for the third time in the past five seasons. With some luck, they might get injured RW Andrew Shaw back from injury at some point in the next round. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. ' ' '