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DALLAS — It had been two weeks, and the Stars weren’t ready to leave a game empty-handed just yet.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The short-handed Blue Jackets made the Islanders work for this win, to be sure. But the Islanders’ biggest victory may have been sustaining a concentrated effort coming off two emotional wins, the Thanksgiving holiday and a questionable second-period sequence that yielded two power-play goals.

DETROIT — The Red Wings keep stringing together victories.

TAMPA, Fla. — It didn’t take long for the Lightning to get fired up Friday night at Amalie Arena.

PHILADELPHIA – Death, taxes and Penguins captain Sidney Crosby making the Stanley-Cup starved fans in this miserable city sob in their cheesesteaks.

CHICAGO — Kirby Dach’s homecoming was quiet for most of the afternoon Friday at the United Center.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Given the chance to build momentum coming off their first regulation win of the season, the Ducks squandered the opportunity and fell flat against the Ottawa Senators.

Richardson, as Hawks coach, and St. Louis, as Canadiens coach, have remained friends despite their career divergences. But St. Louis came out on top in their first coaching matchup Friday.

Dach has tallied 17 points in his first 21 games for the upstart Canadiens — and he scored a decisive shootout winner Friday against the Hawks. Would he have experienced such a fourth-year breakout had he not been traded?

The Avalanche traveled to Tennessee for Thanksgiving dinner, and that is all.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Wild's modest win streak didn't make it to three games.