5 years agoThe Thursday night game between two strong clubs saw the New York Islanders defeat the Boston Bruins 3-2 in the shootout. Jordan Eberle and Mathew Barzal lit the lamp for New York in the shootout. Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov turned away 27 of the 29 shots he saw and weathered through five power-play opportunities for the Bruins. In his last seven appearances, he’s recorded save percentages of better than .930 in six of those games with five wins. Johnny Boychuk, normally a strong stay-at-home defender, had a goal and an assist for the Islanders to give him nine points on the season. Barzal scored the other goal in regulation for New York. With 14 goals now, the Islanders forward is on pace to surpass his career-best of 22, which was set back in his rookie season in 2017-18. Unfortunately, his helper total has fallen on hard times with just 14 and Barzal is trending to record a career-low assists total. For Boston, Anders Bjork and Torey Krug had the goals. Patrice Bergeron had seven shots but was kept off the scoresheet. He had been on a three-game points streak.--Marc Hulet - RotoBaller
Source: NHL.com