Boston Bruins' Patrice Bergeron (37) shoots the puck past New York Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro (39) to score in the first period of an NHL hockey game on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
In the first period, Patrice Bergeron scored his 4th goal of the season from a beautiful pass from Tyler Seguin. Later, Nathan Horton scored his 6th goal of the season, a power-play goal, on a strong wrist shot. Chris Kelly would score later, his 6th goal of the season to make it 3-0 Bruins.
In the second period, no scoring happened.
In the third period, Andrew Ference scored his 1st goal of the season to make it 4-0. Later, Chris Kelly scored his 2nd goal of the game, his 7th goal of the season, making it 5-0. Zdeno Chara would finish the scoring by scoring his 2nd goal of the season making it 6-0. Another six goal game for the Bruins and another win.
Game notes
The Bruins led the game in shots 30-23 and faceoff wins 42-26. The Islanders led the game in hits 28-18 and blocked shots 18-14. The Bruins went 1 for 4 on the power-play while the Islanders went 0 for 1.
With Johnny Boychuk back in the lineup, Steven Kampfer was a scratch.
Tim Thomas played in net and made some big saves when the Bruins needed him to. Thomas got his 2nd shutout of the season and is now 8-4 with a 1.92 GAA and a .932 save percentage this season.
Chris Kelly finished the game with 2 goals and 1 assist, +3 with 4 shots.
Joe Corvo was +4 and had 1 assist.
Gregory Campbell had a strong night in the faceoff circle going 12-2.
Brad Marchand had 2 assists and was +2.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 11-7 this season and in 3rd place in the Northeast Division. The Bruins next game is on Monday at Montreal at 7:30pm ET on Versus.
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