By ALLAN KREDA
Pavel Zacha and Brad Marchand every scored twice and Jonas Korpisalo made 21 saves because the Boston Bruins defeated the New York Islanders 6-3 on Wednesday evening.
Zacha’s tip-in at 10:48 of the third interval snapped a 3-all tie. Zacha scored once more, his fifth of the season, at 13:23 to offer the Bruins a two-goal lead.
Morgan Geekie and Nikita Zadorov additionally scored for Boston, which was coming off a 2-0 dwelling loss to Vancouver on Tuesday evening. David Pastrnak and Elias Lindholm every had three assists.
Brock Nelson scored twice and added an help for the Islanders, who misplaced their second straight. They’re 1-4-1 of their final six video games. Maxim Tsyplakov additionally scored for New York.
Geekie put Boston forward 3-2 at 11:59 of the second however Nelson tied it with eight seconds left within the interval.
Marchand scored 57 seconds into the sport, rifling the puck previous goaltender Ilya Sorokin. Marchand elevated the lead at 6:31, knocking in his eighth of the season.
Tsyplakov scored at 12:50 of the primary earlier than Nelson tied it at 8:52 of the second.
Zadorov’s empty-net purpose at 17:58 accomplished the scoring.
Sorokin made 15 saves for the Islanders.
TAKEAWAYS
Bruins: Boston is 3-1-0 since interim coach Joe Sacco changed Jim Montgomery behind the bench on Nov. 19.
Islanders: New York is 3-5-2 at UBS Area and 5-5-3 on the street.
KEY MOMENT
Zacha’s go-ahead purpose halfway via the third interval gave Boston its third lead of a see-saw sport.
KEY STATS
Marchand has 409 profession targets, fourth on the Bruins record behind Johnny Bucyk (545), Phil Esposito (459) and Patrice Bergeron (427).
The Islanders have been outscored 40-21 within the third interval and extra time. The 36 targets they’ve allowed within the third interval are probably the most within the NHL.
UP NEXT
Bruins: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.
Islanders: Go to the Washington Capitals on Friday.
