Boston Bruins Game 44: Boston Bruins @ New York Islanders game recap video, on January 18, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 7:35, Islanders Jordan Eberle scored, giving the Islanders a 1-0 lead. At 13:41, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 17th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1.
In the second period, at 9:47, Bruins Ryan Spooner scored his 7th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-1 lead. At 13:49, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 18th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead.
In the third period, at 3:45, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 19th goal of the season, recording a hat trick and giving the Bruins a 4-1 lead. At 14:24, Islanders John Tavares scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 4-2. At 18:59, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 20th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 5-2 lead.
Game notes
Anton Khudobin played in net and made 22 saves on 24 shots. Khudobin is now 10-2-4 with a 2.38 GAA and a .924 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in shots 34-24, hits 26-19 and blocked shots 15-11. The Islanders led the game with a 51% faceoff percentage. The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play while the Islanders went 0-for-2.
Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci led the Bruins with 4 shots each. Sean Kuraly, Noel Acciari, Tim Schaller and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 3 hits each. Tim Schaller and Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots each.
Kevan Miller, Frank Vatrano and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
2) Bruins forward Brad Marchand
3) Islanders forward Jordan Eberle
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 26-10-8 with 60 points this season and are in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 7-0-3 in their last ten games and their road record is now 11-5-4 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday, when they visit the Montreal Canadiens, at 7pm ET.
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