NEW YORK (AP) — Pavel Zacha And Brad Marchand each scored twice and Jonas Korpisalo made 21 saves as the Boston Bruins defeated the New York Islanders 6-3 on Wednesday night.
Zacha’s tip-in at 10:48 of the third period tied the score at 3. Zacha scored again, his fifth of the season, at 13:23 to give 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 twice and added an assist for the Islanders, who lost their second straight game. They are 1-4-1 in their last six games. Maxim Tsyplakov also scored for New York.
Geekie put Boston up 3-2 at 11:59 of the second, but Nelson tied the score with eight seconds left in the period.
Marchand scored 57 seconds into the game, firing the puck past goalie Ilya Sorokin. Marchand increased the lead at 6:31 and scored his eighth of the season.
Tsyplakov scored at 12:50 of the first before Nelson equalized at 8:52 of the second.
Zadorov’s empty goal at 17:58 completed the scoring.
Sorokin made 15 saves for the Islanders.
Takeaways
Bruins: Boston is 3-1-0 since interim coach Joe Sacco replace Jim Montgomery behind the bench on November 19.
Islanders: New York is 3-5-2 at UBS Arena and 5-5-3 on the road.
Key moment
Zacha’s go-ahead goal midway through the third period gave Boston its third lead in a see-saw match.
Key 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 have allowed in the third period are the most in the NHL.
Next
Bruins: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.
Islanders: Visit the Washington state capitals on Friday.
