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NEW YORK -- The New York Islanders have started winning with regularity and Anders Lees sudden scoring touch is a major reason why.Lees 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.Lees 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 theyve 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.Were 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 Leddys shot from the point past Allen.Tavares then scored his eighth goal with a shot from the high slot at 8:31 to put the Islanders ahead 2-1.We were pushing the whole game, it was intense until the end, Fabbri said. They are getting pucks in and playing hard.Tavares, who also has 13 assists this season and leads the Islanders with 21 points, has 492 career points. The 26-year-old center needs eight points to become the 10th player in franchise history to reach the 500-point mark.Brodziak scored the only goal of the second at 3:33 to knot the score at 2. Fabbri and defenseman Joel Edmundson had assists on Brodziaks third goal this season.The Islanders came into the game off an emotional 4-2 win over the Rangers on Tuesday night at Barclays Center. They also defeated Pittsburgh and Washington last week.Were playing hard and figuring it out. It takes time, Islanders forward Cal Clutterbuck said of this teams recent surge. The effort is there. Were eliminated confusion and mental errors. Its a sign of team maturity. St. Louis also lost both meetings with the Islanders last season. The Islanders hadnt won three straight from the Blues since a five-game winning streak from Feb. 23, 1984, to Oct. 26, 1985.They are a good team and theyre on a roll, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. We need more from our top-end guys. We had a chance to win, we were it perfect position and didnt take advantage of it.The Islanders are in a stretch where they will play 10 out of 14 games at home. By the time they host the Capitals on Dec. 27, they will have played 22 of their first 34 games at home.They know theyll have to made good use of playing at their home rink in Brooklyn, where they are 9-4-4 this season. Last year, they won 25 times at home and finished with 100 points.We have to compete, making sure were winning battles, Capuano added. Its our work ethic and determination. Thats how we have to play.St. Louis opened a four-game, six-day road trip after a 4-0-1 homestand, capped by a 3-2 overtime win over Montreal on Tuesday night after the Blues rallied from two goals down.Game notesForwards Nail Yakupov and Ty Rattie were healthy scratches for the Blues. ... Islanders D Johnny Boychuk was back after missing the win against the Rangers on Tuesday because of the flu. ... 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Warrington Wolves Kevin Penny goes over for a try at Headingley Pennys 68th-minute try levelled proceedings before Kurt Gidley slotted the conversion that reduced Rhinos to a shock defeat in round 1 of Super League.The game started with a small amount of rustiness from both sides but there was plenty of intensity to make up for it. Warringtons defence was solid from the outset but as the first half wore on, the home side looked the more likely to score. Kurt Gidley was named man of the match in Warrington Wolves 12-10 victory over Leeds Rhinos, but said his side needed a resilient performance for the win Several penalties were conceded by Warrington but handling errors kept the Rhinos scoreless, and in the end it was the Wolves who opened proceedings through Sandow in the 35th minute.Leeds were penalised when Brad Singleton put a high hit on Sandow and Warrington played the ball quickly. Sandow threw a dummy which created a big gap in the Rhinos defence for the Wolves man to dot down near the poles, giving Gidley an easy conversion opportunity. Leeds Brad Singleton is tackled by Warringtons Chris Hill and Daryl Clark Gidley added the extras to make it 6-0, which is how it remained up to the break.ddddddddddddThe Rhinos came out with more purpose in the second half but were forced to play out the game without new captain McGuire as he received attention on his knee.However, Leeds did not appear to be disturbed by the absence of their skipper as they drew level in the 48th minute, when Singleton ran onto the ball off a switch from Rob Burrow and crashed over from close range, with Hardaker converting. Leeds Liam Sutcliffe loses the ball after a tackle from Warringtons Rhys Evans Leeds then took the lead for the first time when Warrington failed to end the run of Joel Moon, who offloaded to Jordan Lilley in the tackle. Lilley drew the last defender and passed to Ryan Hall, who went over in the corner.The conversion was took much to ask of Hardaker, who sent it left from out wide.Warrington continued to give away penalties but the Rhinos kept turning down the two points in search of match-winning tries. Knock-ons and forward passes meant Wolves remained unpunished. Leeds Rhinos Rob Burrow joins Jon Wells at the Skypad to review their opening match loss to Warrington Wolves Eventually it was Wolves who struck next and it was the final blow. Sandow put in a deft kick out wide which fell perfectly to Currie, who passed to Penny for the score that evened things out.Gidley then sent the conversion over from near the touchline to give Wolves a slender lead.Hardaker had a chance to snatch a draw when Leeds finally opted to kick for points with the game almost over, but again sent the effort left as Warrington saw out a thrilling away win in their opening fixture. 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