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''They beat us to every loose puck, they won every battle, we kept shooting ourselves in the foot,'' Rangers coach David Quinn said. ''They were smarter and looked like a little hungrier team than we were in the third period.''

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The most important word when it comes to young NHL players is one that long-suffering fan bases don't want to hear: patience.

Jack Eichel, who left the game briefly due to an upper-body ailment, returned to action in the third. He is on record talking about how difficult it is to lead off the shootout, but he snapped one past Scott Wedgewood for the only goal of the extra session. Linus Ullmark stood tall, saving attempts by Jesper Bratt, Nikita Gusev and Kyle Palmieri for the win. Seattle Kraken

Zach Sanford also scored during the three fastest goals to open a game in Blues history. The flurry was the fifth-fastest three goals to begin a game in NHL history, and the fastest since December 1987. Los Angeles Kings

However, if what Jackson is calling for is that a slash or cross check against a star player get called the same it would if it happened to a bottom-six player, then there should be no argument there. In fact, you’d have to wonder why league officials weren’t already doing that in the first place.

With the game tied at 3-3, New York goalie Ilya Sorokin made an outstanding save on Giroux with under three minutes left in regulation. He finished with 25 stops. Columbus Blue Jackets