1.   As is often the case in Ranger games, the opponent scored on the first shot of the game.

2.   A player can be on the ice when an opponent scores and have nothing to do with the play.

3.   But Hart knows from disappointing experience in Cleveland that a team can score more runs than the other team by not allowing the opponent to score many runs itself.

4.   Eight returns mean the opponent is scoring plenty of points.

5.   Four other times, an opponent has scored at least three runs in an inning.

6.   In six of those appearances, the opponent has not scored.

7.   In three of the last four gamnes, the opponent has not scored a touchdown.

8.   It was the first time this year the Islanders had won a game in which the opponent scored first.

9.   Last year, opponents scored seven rushing touchdowns against them.

10.   No opponent has scored more than three runs against the US.