Bruins don't show up, lose to Islanders 3-1

UNIONDALE, NY - NOVEMBER 02: Thomas Vanek #26 of the New York Islanders celebrates his goal at 16:08 of the third period against Chad Johnson #30 of the Boston Bruins at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on November 2, 2013 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Giving up odd man rushes, getting a good goaltending performance, playing good defense and capitalizing on your chances, no that's not describing the Bruins, but it's describing how the Islanders played against the Bruins Saturday night. Oh and if you thought that maybe Thomas Vanek wouldn't be a "Bruins killer" anymore because he got traded away from the Sabres, you are wrong as he recorded a goal and an assist, and was +3.

Quick game summary
In the first period, no scoring happened.

In the second period, Islanders John Tavares scored, making it 1-0 Islanders. Later, Islanders Andrew MacDonald scored, making it 2-0 Islanders. Less than three minutes later, Bruins Dougie Hamilton scored his 3rd goal of the season, a power-play goal, making it 2-1. Less than a minute later, Bruins killer Islanders Thomas Vanek scored, making it 3-1 Islanders.

In the third period, no scoring happened.

Game notes
Chad Johnson played in net for the Bruins and made 31 saves on 34 shots. Johnson is now 1-1-0 with a 2.54 GAA and a .900 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 35-24 and blocked shots 20-19. The Islanders led the game in shots 34-27 and hits 27-20. The Bruins went 1-for-3 on the power-play while the Islanders went 0-for-3.

Patrice Bergeron led the Bruins with 5 shots. Zdeno Chara and Matt Bartkowski led the Bruins with 4 hits each. Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.

Player notes
Johnny Boychuk was scratched because of the injury he suffered in the game vs the Ducks and Matt Bartkowski was in the lineup. Jordan Caron was again scratched and Ryan Spooner was in the lineup, who picked up an assist.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 8-5-0 with 16 points and in 4th place in the Atlantic Division. The next game for the Bruins is on Tuesday when they host Tyler Seguin and the Dallas Stars at 7pm ET.