Bruins 6-3 Islanders (November 27, 2024) Game Recap

NEW YORK – Pavel Zacha and Brad Marchand each scored two goals and Jonas Korpisalo made 21 saves as the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Wednesday night.

Zacha’s tip-in at 10:48 of the third period made it a 3-1 tie. Zacha scored again at 13:23, his fifth of the season, giving the Bruins a two-goal lead.

Morgan Geekie and Nikita Zadorov also scored for Boston, which suffered a 2-0 home loss to Vancouver on Tuesday night. David Pastrnak and Elias Lindholm each had three assists.

Brock Nelson scored two goals and had an assist for the Islanders, who lost their second straight. They are 1-4-1 in their last six games. Maxim Tsyplakov also scored for New York.

Geekie gave Boston a 3-2 lead at 11:59 of the second, but Nelson tied it with eight seconds left.

Marchand scored 57 seconds into the game, flicking the puck past goaltender Ilya Sorokin. Marchand extended his lead to 6:31 and scored his eighth goal of the season.

Tsyplakov scored at 12:50 of the first period before Nelson tied the game at 8:52 of the second period.

Zadorov’s no-goal goal at 17:58 rounded out the scoring.

Sorokin made 15 saves for the Islanders.

Takeaways

Bruins: Boston is 3-1-0 since interim coach Joe Sacco replaced Jim Montgomery on the bench on Nov. 19.

Islanders: New York is 3-5-2 at UBS Arena and 5-5-3 away.

Key moment

Zacha’s opening goal midway through the third period gave Boston its third lead in a back-and-forth game.

Important statistics

Marchand has 409 career goals, fourth on the Bruins list behind Johnny Bucyk (545), Phil Esposito (459) and Patrice Bergeron (427).

The Islanders were outscored 40-21 in the third period and overtime. The 36 goals they allowed in the third period are the most in the NHL.

Next

Bruins: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

Islanders: Visit the Washington Capitals on Friday.

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