Bruins roar by Islanders

Bruins celebrate one of their six goals (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

          The Islanders three game winning streak, and hopes for the playoffs, were broken after a 6-3 loss to the Boston Bruins.
          The Islanders were keeping up with the powerful Bruins through the first two periods.  However, the third period saw the offense explode for the Bruins and stall for the Isles.
          The first period stayed scoreless until the last two minutes.  The Bruins broke through first, at the 18:11 mark, when center David Krejci scored the first of his two goals.  Krejci took a pass from his linemate, left winger Milan Lucic, and blasted a one-timer over the pads of Isles goaltender, Al Montoya, to make it 1-0.  The Isles would strike back under a minute later, at the 18:40 mark, when right winger Kyle Okposo fired a wrist shot over the glove of the Bruins goaltender, Marty Turco, to tie the game.   The goal was Okposo's twenty-first of the year.  Okposo has been on a tear recently as this was his sixth goal in the last five games. 
          The second period would be much of the same, with the Bruins taking the lead and the Isles fighting back.  It started at the 4:58 mark, when center Chris Kelly fired a wrist shot over the glove of Montoya to give the Bruins the 2-1 lead.  The goal was Kelly's twentieth of the year.  About ten minutes later, at the 14:26 mark, the Isles would claw their way back.  Center John Tavares would place a beautiful cross ice pass on the stick of right winger, P.A. Parenteau, who would easily tap the puck into the empty net left by Turco.      
          With the game tied to start the third, once again, the Bruins would fire the opening salvo.  At the 3:13 mark, left winger Brad Marchand would dance his way through the Islander defense, then bury a wrist shot under the pads of Montoya to give the Bruins their third one-goal lead.  The goal was Marchand's twenty-seventh of the year.  About seven minutes later, at the 10:37 mark, center Tyler Seguin would bury his own wrist shot, from the left wing boards, by Montoya to give the Bruins the 4-2 lead.  The goal was Seguin's twenty-seventh of the year.  The Islanders would inch closer about four minutes later, at the 14:53 mark.  Left winger Matt Moulson would pass one in front of the net to Parenteau, who would bury his second goal under the glove of Turco.  The goals were Parenteau's seventeenth and eighteenth of the season.  After that the Bruins would run away with the game in the final five minutes.  Starting at the 16:19 mark of the period, when center Patrice Bergeron would gather up a rebound left by Montoya and bury into the empty net.  The goal was Bergeron's twenty-first of the year.  Just twenty-four seconds later, at the 16:43 mark, Lucic and Krejci would hook up again, as Krejci would nab his second goal of the game, taking a Lucic pass and burying it by Montoya to make it 6-3.  The goals were Krejci's twenty-second and twenty-third. 
          With the loss the Islanders have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.  
          They will look to finish the season strong as they next take on the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, puck drop is 3 PM.