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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Johnny Boychuk isn’t known for his visually appealing goals Winnipeg Jets Hats Womens , having scored just 52 times in 626 games covering 10 seasons.However, his hard drive from just inside the blue line gave New York its first lead just 11 seconds after Jordan Eberle had tied the score, and the New York Islanders rallied for a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on Saturday night.“Johnny’s not the prettiest guy to watch,” Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. “But when the game’s on the line, he’s the guy that makes the hard plays. Johnny never makes soft plays. Everything he does is full out.”Anders Lee capped New York’s three-goal third period, and Matt Martin also scored to help Islanders win their season-high sixth in a row and ninth in 10 games. Robin Lehner stopped 29 shots for his seventh consecutive win.Boychuk put New York ahead 3-2 with his third goal of the season at 8:38 of the third.“We didn’t play good for two periods, we were down by one,” Boychuck said. “We just had to basically play one period the way that we should play. We did, and tonight, it was enough.”Lee pushed the lead to 4-2 with 4:56 left.The Islanders had a season-low 14 shots on goal and had just nine midway through the final period.“Good teams, they find ways to win when they’re not playing well Custom Winnipeg Jets Jerseys ,” Eberle said. “As a group, we’re definitely feeling confident.”Ryan O’Reilly got his eighth with 1:33 remaining to pull St. Louis within one.Brayden Schenn, Zach Sanford and Ryan O’Reilly scored for St. Louis, which has lost three of its last four.Lehner made several fine stops in the third period and protected the lead when the Blues held a 6-on-4 advantage in the final 19 seconds.The Islanders entered the final period with a 2-9 mark when trailing after two periods.“That was a big win for us,” Lehner said. “Obviously we didn’t have a great game. But we stuck with it and battled through it together. We scrambled, we just found a way to win.”Schenn pounced on the rebound of a deflected shot by Jaden Schwartz for a 1-0 lead at 4:11 of the first.Sanford tipped in a hard drive from inside the blue line by Vince Dunn with 3:23 remaining in the opening period to make it 2-0. It was Sanford’s fifth of the season and his first since being recalled from San Antonio of the AHL on Friday.New York cut the deficit in half on a drive from the slot by Martin early in the second period. Casey Cizikas set up the goal with a perfect pass from behind the net at 2:25. Cizikas also had an assist on Boychuck’s goal.“The main thing is we just kept hanging in there,” Eberle said. “Eventually, we did some of the right things.”Blues goalie Jake Allen made 10 saves.“I’ve got to be better than that in the third period for this team,” Allen said. “I lost it for them.”St. Louis has lost five games this season after grabbing a 2-0 lead.“We had a couple breakdowns defensively, simple as that,” St. Louis defenseman Alex Pietrangelo said.NOTES: St. Louis D Joel Edmundson was a healthy scratch for the first time this season. LW Pat Maroon was also scratched… The Islanders have allowed one goal or fewer 11 times season www.goldenknightsshoponline.com , already three more than all of last year. … New York will play five of its next six at home. … Eberle returned the lineup after missing the last four games with an upper-body injury.UP NEXTIslanders: Host Carolina on Tuesday night.Blues: At Philadelphia on Monday night. RALEIGH, N.C. — For a couple teams that have been struggling, the Arizona Coyotes found their way out at least for one night.The Carolina Hurricanes hope it’s their turn when the Coyotes visit Sunday afternoon at PNC Arena.The Coyotes are coming off Friday night’s 5-4 overtime victory at the New York Rangers, responding from a three-goal deficit. That was Arizona’s first victory in the last five games.Article continues below ...“We stuck to the program,” Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet said. “We were getting our chances and started to believe.”Meanwhile, the Hurricanes were on the losing side of a 6-5 shootout loss to visiting Washington, which overcame a three-goal hole.“The game of hockey is a lot of ups and downs, lots of momentum,” Hurricanes captain Justin Williams said.Consider that Carolina racked up a total of nine goals across its last two games and didn’t win either is a concern for the Hurricanes.By comparison, Arizona has scored eight goals across its last three games. Yet Sunday’s contest is a chance for the Coyotes to cap a four-game road swing with a .500 mark in those outings.“We’ve got a young group of guys who have it embedded into their brains that whatever happens you stay even-keeled and you keep playing your game and keep sticking to your structure,” saud Arizona center Derek Stepan Vegas Golden Knights T-Shirts Womens , whose overtime goal was the winner against the Rangers.The Hurricanes are 1-4-2 in their last seven games. Unable to finish the task against the Capitals seemed particularly crushing.“It hurts,” said center Sebastian Aho, who supplied a four-point outing with two goals and two assists.Aho has moved into a share of the Carolina team lead with 11 goals. He has three career four-point games.Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said the Hurricanes continue to learn some tough lessons, but he senses a good level of determination.“The guys know they threw that one away with the turnovers, the little things,” Brind’Amour said. “I like that we just didn’t cave in because that would have been really devastating.”The Coyotes have made it through some dips in results by sticking with the game plan.“Even through our stretch here where we lost a couple of games, I felt like we never quit on it,” Stepan said. “We stayed with our system. We competed hard each of those games. I like this group’s resiliency and their character.”Arizona rookie goalie Adin Hill owns an NHL-best 1.17 goals against average in road games.The Hurricanes seem to be in a bit of bind with goaltending. Scott Darling returned for his first NHL action since Nov. 24 and couldn’t come through enough despite a three-goal lead.The Coyotes have surrendered an NHL-low 11 power-play goals this season despite allowing three in the New York game. They also lead the league with 11 short-handed goals.Yet in the game against the Rangers, the Coyotes found stability in other areas.“I thought our 5-on-5 was fine,” Tocchet said. “I really liked that.”Arizona won 4-3 in overtime against the Hurricanes on Nov. 2 at home. The Coyotes haven’t swept Carolina in a season series since the 1999-2000 season.