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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.

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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NEW YORK — The sleek-skating playmaker often has repeated how much he enjoys playing for the Islanders and how he hoped to remain on Long Island for the long term. On Tuesday, the team announced Barzal, 25, had agreed to an eight-year extension, and an NHL source confirmed the average…

The goalie missed the end of last season with a lower-body injury.