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After a solid start to a road trip Boston Bruins T-Shirts Authentic , the New York Islanders realized that sometimes the best road to success is simply to read and react as the game unfolds.The Islanders look to change their fortunes in north Texas as they wrap up a road trip Sunday night against the Dallas Stars ahead of the league’s three-day Christmas break.After limiting the Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes to a total of two goals in the first two games, New York (17-13-4) quickly ran out of gas in a 4-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday when they blew a two-goal lead after the first period.Article continues below ...“We played a good 20 minutes to start and after that we were just flat,” said Islanders winger Anders Lee, who is tied with center Brock Nelson for the team lead with 12 goals. “The last 40, we’re all just kind of fighting the puck a little bit and fighting the play of the game. You try to work through that, try to get back on it, try to get pucks to the net.”Eight Islanders have collected at least one goal on the road trip, but the best performer may be Ryan Pulock. The defenseman has five of his 13 assists on the season over the last three games.New York hasn’t fared well in recent years when visiting the Lone Star State. The Isles have dropped three of their last four at American Airlines Center, including two shutout losses.Islanders winger Josh Bailey believes the team can bounce back from the setback in Vegas before heading to the Northeast.“No matter how good or bad you play, you learn from it. There’s always room for improvement and you come in ready to go,” said Bailey Boston Bruins Hoodies Authentic , who registered assists in four straight games and six of his last seven.Dallas (18-15-3) goes for a sweep of the season series after getting two goals each from Esa Lindell and Alexander Radulov in a 6-2 win on Nov. 18 in New York. The Stars are just 2-5-0 when facing Metropolitan Division foes in 2018-19.Coach Jim Montgomery’s team also has a quick turnaround after a 2-1 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night. Radulov assisted on Jamie Benn’s third-period goal before picking up his second game-winner of the season with 10 seconds left.“Now we have to take a rest, adjust a little bit and get ready for tomorrow before the little break,” Radulov said.Both Benn and Radulov are riding point streaks. Benn has three goals and three assists in a five-game run, while Radulov has one goal and five helpers in a four-game streak.Benn has been a thorn in New York’s side for a couple of years. Over his last four matchups, the 10-year veteran has three goals and six assists. Meanwhile, Radulov has three goals and one helper in his last two meetings with the Islanders.Dallas will need them to keep producing. In the back ends of games on consecutive nights, the Stars are 1-5-0 this season.Dallas also looks for its third win in four games after a season-high four-game skid. BOSTON (AP) — Mackenzie Blackwood hardly looked like a rookie in net for New Jersey.Blackwood stopped 40 shots for his first NHL victory, Blake Coleman scored twice and the Devils beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Thursday night.Blackwood had plenty of help, even with leading scorer Taylor Hall out of the lineup, as the Devils took the lead 25 seconds into the game on a goal by Damon Severson.“The team played awesome for me — really made my job a lot easier,” said Blackwood Boston Bruins Hats Authentic , who was making his second career start and playing in his fourth NHL game.Kyle Palmieri added his team-high 19th goal for the Devils, who won on the road for just the fourth time this season.Nico Hirschier had a goal and an assist and Andy Greene had a pair of assists as New Jersey got its first win in Boston in five years.“We did a good job for the most part playing with the lead and I thought we were pretty consistent throughout the game,” Devils coach John Hynes said. “It was nice to see Blackwood get his first win.”Hynes said Blackwood, who’s 6-foot-4, covers a lot of area and has shown tremendous composure in his limited duty.“Now you have a big mountain of a man who’s in the net and has great athleticism but also plays with poise and is in good position. That’s tough to beat,” Hynes said.Patrice Bergeron and Chris Wagner scored for Boston, and Jaroslav Halak had 28 saves.Severson’s early goal on a wrist shot from the right circle gave Blackwood a lead the Devils never relinquished.“Obviously we didn’t want to start the way we started, giving up a goal in the first minute of the game,” Halak said. “It’s always hard to keep the focus after that.”Hall, who has 11 goals and 26 assists, was out with a lower-body injury and did not make the trip. The Devils were outshot 42-33 but adjusted to his absence.The Bruins had their biggest advantage in the second period with 19 shots to New Jersey’s nine Custom Boston Bruins Jerseys , but only Wagner got one past Blackwood — a one-timer 15:07 into the period to pull Boston within 2-1.“When they had some pushes, he made some big saves so it was great to see,” Hynes said.Coleman got the two-goal lead back for the Devils after he blocked a slap shot by Torey Krug at the blue line and outraced Brandon Carlo to the rebound for a breakaway, getting Halak with a backhand 4:15 into the third.Hischier scored 12:43 into the third and Coleman scored into an empty net with 46 seconds remaining.“We just need to learn from this one,” Halak said. “We kind of kept chasing the game and when you’re doing that, it’s usually losing hockey.”The Devils went up 2-0 with 4:35 left in the first on a power-play goal by Palmieri, whose slap shot from the right point bounced off Halak and hit Carlo, then bounced back over Halak into the net.NOTES: Blackwood was called up from AHL Binghamton on Dec. 17 after starter Cory Schneider went on injured reserve with an abdominal strain. … Boston captain Zdeno Chara returned after missing 19 games with an MCL injury in his left knee. … D Kevan Miller returned after 13 games with cartilage injury to his larynx suffered Nov. 26 in Toronto. … LW Jake DeBrusk had been out with a concussion and played for the first time since Dec. 6.UP NEXTDevils: Host the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday.Bruins: Visit the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.