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ST. LOUIS — The Blues have been playing strong defense this season, and Wednesday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers was no exception. But you have still have to score goals to win hockey games, and the Blues’ normally reliable offense struggled to light the lamp at Enterprise Center.

ELMONT, N.Y. — There was a quickened pace and higher intensity on the ice and more energy from the mixed crowd at UBS Arena, all traits common to the heated Islanders-Rangers’ rivalry.

MIAMI — Florida Panthers forward Ryan Lomberg found an open shooting lane when he got a feed in the left faceoff circle from Colin White and fired a one-timer toward the net.

TAMPA, Fla. — They were outshot and had trouble controlling the puck.

ELMONT, N.Y. — Goalie Ilya Sorokin might have been the best player on the UBS Arena ice on Thursday.

Nico Sturm drank out of the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in June. The next month, in what had to be another unforgettable day, Sturm took the Cup to his hometown of Augsburg, Germany, where he shared it with fans, family, and friends.

The time zones change, as do the venues and the opponents.

ELMONT, N.Y. — A blowout win over the Ducks after their long flight from the West Coast is no more an indicator of how the Islanders will fare this season than their season-opening loss two nights prior.

ELMONT, N.Y. — The new-look Florida Panthers were as advertised in their first regular-season game of the 2022-23 NHL season — for better and worse.

This season will likely reinforce the sizable gap from the Avs and Wild at the top to the Stars, Blues, Jets and Predators in the middle, plus another massive gap from that group down to the Coyotes and Hawks in the basement.

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