In Boston, the Bruins to play from COVID-19 protocols and forced overtime on Thursday night with the New York islanders.
Josh Bailey had a doal for the New York Islanders
Anthony Beauvillier ruined the Bruins return when he scored 21 seconds into extra time for a 4-3 win for the Isles.
“Well first of all, it’s a privilege to be out there in overtime, to have the chance to make your team win,” Beauvillier said. “It shows the trust that the coaching staff has in you and I take a lot of pride in that, and I just want to do my job out there. I got fortunate over there with the loose puck, but I thought we did a really good job tonight just staying with the process and coming from behind.”
Semyon Varlamov made 29 saves to get the win.
Karson Kuhlman and Steven Kampfer gave Boston a 2-0 lead.
“[We] didn’t defend well enough in front of our net,” Boston head coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Had to switch goalies, sure it wasn’t easy on ‘Jaro’ to go in a situation like that, and they finished around the front of the net. We could’ve been harder, could’ve used an extra stop. Got a point out of it. We were in a position to get two. Again, they played winning hockey in the third period better than we did.”
The Isles scored three straight for the lead off strikes from Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Josh Bailey and Oliver Wahlstrom.
“I knew we were going to end up with a point tonight once we got that goal,” Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said. “If they had got that third goal, I don’t think we’d be sitting here tonight with any points. But I liked our resiliency and stayed in the fight.”
Anders Bjork stopped the Islanders’ run and tied the game, 3-3.
“I think we talked about it before the third, they’re a good third-period team,” Kampfer said. “We had some lapses there and it cost us the game. That’s on us in the room to make sure that we come out … we’ve got to be ready for everything that they throw at us. We were a couple bounces too short.”
Tuukka Rask got the start for Boston, but left the game after making six saves in the first period.
Jaroslav Halak. took the loss on 17 saves starting in the second period.
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