By Brendan McGair
Ilya Sorokin stopped 38 photographs and Alexander Romanov and Kyle Palmieri scored to steer the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday evening.
Boston’s lone aim got here from David Pastrnak, who made it a one-goal sport with 9:56 remaining. The Bruins pulled goalie Jeremy Swayman with 90 seconds remaining, however couldn’t power extra time.
The win snapped a four-game shedding streak for the Islanders.
Swayman made 18 saves for Boston, which has dropped 5 straight together with with the final three coming for the reason that NHL season resumed following the 4-Nations Face-off.
TakeawaysIslanders: Regardless of getting outshot 39-20, New York proved opportunistic on each of its objectives. Romanov’s fourth of the season got here on a 2-on-1 break moments after a penalty on him had expired. Palmieri’s aim, his 18th, noticed him pounce on a juicy rebound after Brock Nelson fired the preliminary shot on Swayman.
Bruins: After back-to-back extra time losses, the short-handed Bruins misplaced Matt Poitras to an harm late within the second interval. The ahead went down in entrance of the door on the far finish of New York’s bench. Boston didn’t have Trent Frederic after he suffered a lower-body harm throughout Tuesday’s loss to Toronto.
Key momentThe TD Backyard crowd booed loudly after Palmieri scored what proved to be the deciding aim at 4:21 of the second interval. Proper earlier than that, Boston’s Pavel Zacha was stopped on a breakaway try that might have tied the sport at 1. As an alternative, the Bruins heard it from their followers after falling right into a two-goal gap they finally did not climb out of.
Key statPastrnak’s third-period aim, his thirty first of the season, was the 800th level of his profession.
Up nextBoth groups are in motion Saturday. The Islanders host Nashville, whereas the Bruins journey to Pittsburgh.
