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The Boston Bruins took on the New York Islanders on Tuesday night (Oct. 28) at the TD Garden. Heading into the contest, it was a story of two teams coming off very different stretches. The Islanders had won four out of five, with their star teenage rookie defenseman Matthew Schaeffer being the talk of the league. The Bruins, on the other hand, had lost eight of nine after starting the season winning three in a row. They hit their low point of the season on Monday night in a road game against the Ottawa Senators, allowing seven goals and losing the game by five. The puck dropped with the Bruins looking to turn their struggles around and the Islanders looking to keep their momentum going. It was all Islanders to start the game. Just over a minute into the contest, the Islanders found themselves in transition, and Bo Horvat beat Bruins’ netminder Joonas Korpisalo on a wrist shot from the slot. The rest of the period did not go much better for the Bruins. Nikita Zadorov committed a tripping penalty on Matt Barzal less than four minutes after the Islanders had netted their first goal. Barzal found himself on his behind on the ice but was able to corral the puck and keep it in the Bruins’ zone for a 6-on-5. After over 30 seconds of puck movement, Barzal found Kyle Palmieri for a backdoor one-timer, putting the Islanders up two. For the remainder of the period, the ice was tilted towards the Bruins’ goal. They were unable to sustain any meaningful pressure on the Islanders’ net, only mustering up four shots on goal over the first 20 minutes.
