Islanders Hand Blues Loss, NHL Scores

By ESPN

The New York Islanders have started winning with regularity and Anders Lee's sudden scoring touch is a major reason why.

Lee's second goal of the game with just over seven minutes remaining lifted the Islanders to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night.

Lee's go-ahead score on a slap shot came after Casey Cizikas won a faceoff in the Blues zone and sent the puck back to Lee, who rifled it past Allen with 7:18 left for his eighth of the season.

"It was a great job by Casey. That one found its way," said Lee, who now has seven goals in his last eight games. "What makes this little run special is they've all been team wins."

John Tavares also scored and Thomas Greiss stopped 24 shots to help the Islanders improve their season-best stretch to 5-0-1 in their last six games.

"We're playing with resiliency and emotion," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. "We have that `no quit' attitude."

Robby Fabbri and Kyle Brodziak had goals for the Blues, who fell to 3-7-1 away from home while going 12-1-3 at Scottrade Center. Jake Allen, who came in with eight straight wins, finished with 24 saves.

Fabbri opened the scoring for the Blues at 4:36 of the first, knocking the puck past Greiss for his sixth of the season.

Lee answered for the Islanders at 6:51, just 12 seconds after Blues forward Jori Lehtera was penalized for high-sticking. Lee tipped Nick Leddy's shot from the point past Allen.

Thursday, December 8 Scoreboard

Colorado 4, Boston 2

New York Islanders 3, St. Louis 2

Philadelphia 6, Edmonton 5

Montreal 5, New Jersey 2

Vancouver 5, Tampa Bay 1

Pittsburgh 5, Florida 1

New York Rangers 2, Winnipeg 1

Dallas 5, Nashville 2

Calgary 2, Arizona 1 (OT)

Carolina 3, Los Angeles 1

Friday, December 9 Schedule (All Times Central)

Washington at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

New York Rangers at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Saturday, December 10 Schedule (All Times Central)

Dallas at Philadelphia, noon

Ottawa at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Florida, 6 p.m.

New York Islanders at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Carolina at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, December 11 Schedule (All Times Central)

Ottawa at Anaheim, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at Washington, 4 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Toronto, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at New York Rangers, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.