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ELMONT, N.Y. 鈥� The Blues and the Islanders each know what their passports look like. They know their origins, they know their identity, and both teams understand that their best hockey comes from playing tight-checking, low-scoring games.

During Saturday night鈥檚 3-1 Islanders win at UBS Arena, both teams verified their IDs. The teams combined for one goal at even strength as the Blues lost for the seventh time in the last nine games.

Jake Neighbours scored a power-play goal for the Blues as he continued his hot offensive streak with goals in three of four games, plus a decisive shootout goal Thursday vs. San Jose.

Kyle Palmieri scored twice (one into an empty net) and Brock Nelson (power play) added another for the Islanders.

The teams played more than five weeks ago to a similarly low-scoring affair, as the Blues won 1-0 in overtime.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 a long time ago,鈥� Blues coach Drew Bannister said before the game. 鈥淭here鈥檚 two different teams. We were a different team then, and they鈥檙e a different team now. A lot of what we take is based over the last few games.鈥�

Neighbours scored from his usual spot on the edge of the crease, dealt a pass from the right wing by Pavel Buchnevich after Robert Thomas won the faceoff.

Bannister took an Islanders goal off the board with 8:27 left in the third period with a successful challenge for goaltender interference. Noah Dobson scored from the right circle, but Palmieri was draped on Jordan Binnington鈥檚 back. After a short review, the goal was disallowed.

Palmieri scored an empty-netter with 37 seconds remaining.

The Blues continue their three-game trip through the New York-area teams when they face the Rangers on Monday night.

Getting burnt

The Blues took a pair of penalties in the second period, and Ryan Suter鈥檚 tripping infraction with 4:30 left in it was costly when Nelson scored from the slot on the ensuing power play. The Islanders entered the evening with the second-worst power play in the NHL, scoring on just 12.1% of their opportunities.

Nelson scored from his knees after he was shoved to the ice by Brayden Schenn, but Nelson was able to finish Maxim Tsyplakov鈥檚 pass from behind the Blues net that slipped through the stick check of Colton Parayko. It was Nelson鈥檚 eighth goal of the season.

The Blues were able to kill Thomas鈥� holding penalty earlier in the period. Thomas typically takes the first faceoff of the penalty kill, especially on the right side, but it was Oskar Sundqvist that took the draw before Nelson鈥檚 goal.

The Blues finished with eight shots on goal in the period, and their best chance came with Sundqvist led Nathan Walker with a pass towards the crease with about a minutes remaining in the period.

The Blues had two extended shifts in the Islanders鈥� zone 鈥� mostly with Thomas, Buchnevich and Neighbours on the ice 鈥� but could not produce any grade-A chances out of it. They were able to tire out the Islanders and get a line change, but most of their possession was on the perimeter of the ice.

Paying the price

Binnington allowed the Blues to weather a late-period surge by the Islanders in the first period, but that was undone when Pierre-Olivier Joseph鈥檚 failed breakout pass ended up in the 最新杏吧原创 net. Joseph controlled the puck in his own zone on the far side of the ice, and eyed Brayden Schenn standing in front of the Islanders鈥� bench.

But his pass went directly to Nelson at the red line, and the Islanders were gifted an easy 3 on 2. Nelson passed to a driving Kyle Palmieri in the middle of the ice, and Palmieri beat Binnington with a shot on his blocker side.

The goal was building for the Islanders, who started to take over the game in the final seven minutes of the period. After Dylan Holloway鈥檚 shot on goal with 6:58 remaining in the period, the Islanders had seven of the next eight shots, including Palmieri鈥檚 goal.

On Saturday, Joseph played his second game since returning from a lower-body injury that forced him to miss three games. Against San Jose on Thursday, he was the only Blue on the ice for both their goals.

Overall in the first period, the Blues were outshot 12-7 by the Islanders. It was the first time the Blues were outshot in the first period since Nov. 14 in Buffalo.

Islanders 3, Blues 1

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First Period鈥�1, N.Y. Islanders, Palmieri 8 (Nelson), 18:51. 笔别苍补濒迟颈别蝉鈥�None.

Second Period鈥�2, N.Y. Islanders, Nelson 8 (Holmstrom, Tsyplakov), 15:55 (pp). 笔别苍补濒迟颈别蝉鈥�Thomas, STL (Holding), 6:35; Suter, STL (Tripping), 15:30.

Third Period鈥�3, 最新杏吧原创, Neighbours 7 (Buchnevich, Thomas), 0:45 (pp). 4, N.Y. Islanders, Palmieri 9 (Nelson), 19:23 (en). 笔别苍补濒迟颈别蝉鈥�George, NYI (Cross Checking), 0:35.

Shots on Goal鈥�最新杏吧原创 7-8-10鈥�25. N.Y. Islanders 12-12-7鈥�31.

Power-play opportunities鈥�最新杏吧原创 1 of 1; N.Y. Islanders 1 of 2.

骋辞补濒颈别蝉鈥�最新杏吧原创, Binnington 6-9-1 (30 shots-28 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Sorokin 5-5-3 (25-24).

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