Jordan Eberle #7 of the New York Islanders celebrates his...

Jordan Eberle #7 of the New York Islanders celebrates his second period goal against the Florida Panthers at Barclays Center on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018 in New York City. Credit: Jim McIsaac

He scored a third-period goal to tie the score at 2, but Eberle said the game felt fast for him. Coach Barry Trotz thought it was a subpar performance.

“I didn’t think much of his game. I didn’t think much of that whole line,” said Trotz, who started him on the top line with Brock Nelson and captain Anders Lee before temporarily dropping him to the third line in the second period.

“I just threw the puck on net,” Eberle said of his goal at 8:27 of the third period. “I haven’t played for a couple of weeks, so the game seems fast out there. It takes a period or two to get into it. When you come back, the biggest thing is to try and simplify the game a little bit.”

Eberle, in the final season of a six-year, $36-million deal and a 20-goal scorer the previous five seasons, has only eight goals and 10 assists in 36 games.

“Ebs probably hasn’t had the year he would like,” Trotz said. “This is a good opportunity for him to reset. You don’t lose your job when you get injured. He should be excited. But he also sees there’s pressure [FOR HIS SPOT]as well.”

Lehner OK

Goalie Robin Lehner was briefly shaken up with 19.3 seconds left in regulation when he collided with Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo.

“I got hit pretty hard there,” Lehner said. “It’s 20 seconds left and we’ve got to win a game. It’s not very hard to get up and do your best again.”

Isles files

The Islanders are 3-9-0 when trailing after two periods but have won two straight in that scenario . . . The Islanders play five of the next six at home. The lone road game in that stretch is Thursday night against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

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