Bruins beat Islanders 3-1 in feisty game

Boston Bruins Game 27: New York Islanders @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on December 9, 2017.

Tonight the Bruins took on the New York Islanders and this game turned into a feisty game in the third period but the Bruins were able to hold on and come away with a big 3-1 win.

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

In the second period, at 10:51, Bruins Brad Marchand scored his 11th goal of the season, a power-play goal, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. At 4:03, Islanders Casey Cizikas nailed Bruins Charlie McAvoy with a big hit, which prompted Jake DeBrusk to instigate a fight with Cizikas. DeBrusk ended up getting 2-5-10 (17 PIMs in total) in his first NHL fight.

In the third period, at 0:26, Bruins Brad Marchand got a 5-minute interference major for hitting Islanders John Tavares up high and late. At 6:45, Bruins Jake DeBrusk scored his 6th goal of the season, giving the Bruins a 2-0 lead. At 11:47, Bruins David Backes got a major for headbutting Islanders Andrew Ladd, video can be seen here. At 16:52, Islanders Anders Lee scored, cutting the Bruins lead to 2-1. At 19:18, Bruins Danton Heinen scored his 6th goal of the season, an empty-net goal, giving the Bruins a 3-1 lead.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 30 saves on 31 shots. Rask is now 7-8-2 with a 2.43 GAA and a .912 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game with a 59% faceoff percentage, shots 33-31 and blocked shots 21-10. The Islanders led the game in hits 28-19. The Bruins went 1-for-2 on the power-play while the Islanders went 0-for-4.

Sean Kuraly, Jake DeBrusk and Zdeno Chara all led the Bruins with 4 shots each. David Backes led the Bruins with 4 hits. Patrice Bergeron and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 3 blocked shots each.

Noel Acciari, Matt Beleskey and Paul Postma were scratched for the Bruins.

Three stars of the game
1) Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask
2) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
3) Bruins defenseman Torey Krug

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 14-9-4 with 32 points this season and are in 3rd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 8-2-0 in their last ten games and their home record is now 9-4-2 this season. The next game for the Bruins is on Wednesday, when they visit the Detroit Red Wings, at 8pm ET.