Boston Bruins @ New York Islanders game recap video, on January 29, 2015.
Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Reilly Smith scored his 10th goal of the season, making it 1-0 Bruins. Less than three minutes later, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 12th goal of the season, a power-play goal, making it 2-0 Bruins.
In the second period, Islanders John Tavares scored, making it 2-1. Later, Islanders Michael Grabner scored, tying the game 2-2. With four seconds left in the period, Bruins Kevan Miller scored his 2nd goal of the season, making it 3-2 Bruins.
In the third period, Bruins Torey Krug scored his 10th goal of the season, making it 4-2 Bruins. Later, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 10th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, making it 5-2 Bruins.
Tuukka Rask makes incredible paddle save on Michael Grabner
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 43 saves on 45 shots. Rask is now 21-11-7 with a 2.34 GAA and a .920 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 30-26. The Islanders led the game in shots 45-33, hits 48-35 and blocked shots 17-16. The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play while the Islanders went 0-for-2.
Loui Eriksson led the Bruins with 5 shots. Gregory Campbell and Milan Lucic led the Bruins with 5 hits each. Zdeno Chara led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots.
Matt Bartkowski and Jordan Caron were out of the Bruins lineup.
Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 26-16-7 with 59 points and are 4th place in the Atlantic Division. The next game for the Bruins is on Saturday when they host the Los Angeles Kings, at 7pm ET.
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