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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 notes Forwards 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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Malaguerra has arrived in Perth where he will try to win his third Group One race this year in the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot.The gelding was one of a host of eastern states horses flown to Perth from Melbourne on Sunday night for feature races at Ascot in the coming weeks.This Saturday is the Group One Railway Stakes (1600m) while Malaguerra will run in the $1 million Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) a week later with his regular jockey Ben Melham to ride.Malaguerra won the Group One BTC Cup for Lee and Anthony Freedman during the Brisbane winter carnival before being transferred to trainer Peter Gelagotis after his Queensland campaign.The gelding won the $1 million Group One Darley Classic (1200m) at Flemington at his second start for Gelagotis last Saturday week.The trainers brother and racing manager Manny Gelagotis said the Winterbottom had always been part of the plans for Malaguerra this campaign.The owner is from Perth soo the aim was to give him a sprint campaign in the spring, just short and sharp, with three runs, Gelagotis said.ddddddddddddThen well tip him out. I think hes a really good seven furlong (1400m) horse into the future so Im looking forward to getting him out to 1400 metre races in the autumn.Malaguerra is the $3 favourite in the TABs pre-post market for the Winterbottom ahead of fellow Group One-winning sprinter Terravista who won the Darley Classic in 2014.His class will take him a long way, Gelagotis said.I think him and Terravista look the form-ine. Theyre two really good sprinters.Were just hoping for a bit of luck and hoping the race pans out right.The Joe Pride-trained Terravista was narrowly beaten by Redzel in his spring return in a 1000m-Listed race at Flemington during Melbourne Cup week. ' ' '