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DALLAS -- The last time the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars met on the ice was in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series last spring.The Blues left American Airlines Center with a 6-1 victory and their first trip to the Western Conference Finals since 2001.Dallas, which was the Wests top seed, was left to ponder what could have been in its first trip to the second round since 2008.These teams will renew their Central Division rivalry on Thursday night in downtown Dallas, but neither club is fixated on what happened just over six months ago. Instead, the Blues and Stars are focused on simply winning a game.St. Louis (5-3-2) lost 5-0 to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. Aside from a 6-4 win at Calgary on Oct. 22, the Blues have scored just five goals over the last 366:40, a sure sign they have deviated from their formula for recent success.We got to kind of stop the bleeding and get back to what works, Blues forward Paul Stastny said after the loss in New York. And we know what works for us, its playing that grind game, that puck-possession game. When we do that, were supporting each other, were all playing together and when were not, were trying to make too many fancy plays and we get caught on our heels and put too much pressure on our goalies to bail us out.The Blues might be without captain Alex Pietrangelo, who sustained a lower-body injury against the Rangers. Pietrangelo did not skate on Wednesday morning but St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said after practice that Pietrangelo would be further evaluated at morning skate on Thursday in Dallas.St. Louis has lost three of its last four games and the Blues are 2-2-1 on the road this season.Dallas (3-4-2), on the other hand, heads into this contest on a three-game winless streak (0-2-1) after a 3-2 overtime loss at Columbus on Tuesday. The Stars started their three-game road trip with a 4-1 loss at Winnipeg last Thursday followed by a 4-0 loss at Minnesota two days later.But despite seeing his team winless since a 3-2 home win against Winnipeg last Tuesday, Stars coach Lindy Ruff feels Dallas has been playing well recently, final scores notwithstanding.I think were looking at a game (against St. Louis) where theyre going to be an extremely desperate team. They lost a big one last night (Tuesday) and weve lost three in a row now, Ruff said. I think our last two games are really close to where we need to be. I thought we beat ourselves at the end (against Columbus), we didnt do that last year.Ruff said any lingering ill will or bad taste from that seven-game playoff defeat to the Blues last spring is long gone.Gritty Stars forward Antoine Roussel disagrees, however.Well, Im pretty excited. Its been a long summer, Roussel said. They stuck it to us last year, were still pretty (angry) about that. They are a good team. Its going to be a battle. 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MINNEAPOLIS -- Five Minnesota players barred by a restraining order from the teams stadium will soon learn whether theyll be cleared for the next home game.Hennepin County Judge Mel Dickstein will decide prior to Minnesotas Nov. 5 game against Purdue whether to continue or lift bans that kept Ray Buford, Carlton Djam, KiAnte Hardin, Dior Johnson and Tamarion Johnson from playing Saturday against Rutgers. Court spokeswoman Nancy Peters said Tuesday that Dickstein set a Nov. 2 harassment hearing.The order against a sixth Gophers player, Kiondre Thomas, was overturned.Only Hardin, a starting cornerback, and Buford, a reserve cornerback, have significant roles for the Gophers tthis season.ddddddddddddNone of the players was arrested or charged in a Sept. 2 incident that was investigated by police. An alleged victim later petitioned the court to bar them from both her apartment and TCF Bank Stadium, where she works on game days.For now, the players can travel to Illinois for the game Saturday. Buford, Hardin, Johnson and Johnson were suspended by the university for an unspecified violation of team rules for three games and reinstated three weeks ago after the Hennepin County attorneys office declined to pursue the case. ' ' '