Matt Poitras left the game with 1:36 left in the second period after Brock Nelson checked him into the open was lining up to hit the Bruins' 20-year-old center in front of the Islanders bench.
So holding on for a 2-1 victory over the Bruins on Thursday night at TD Garden and snapping a four-game losing streak — ...
Islanders: Despite getting outshot ... was stopped on a breakaway attempt that would have tied the game at 1. Instead, the Bruins heard it from their fans after falling into a two-goal hole ...
Bruins: After back-to-back overtime losses, the short-handed Bruins lost Matt Poitras to an injury late in the second period.
The Rorschach test that is Islanders hockey offered on Thursday night the same sort of picture it’s been giving ahead of the trade deadline.
New York’s Brock Nelson shoved him toward the boards at the Islander bench. However, the door was open and Poitras smashed ...
The New York Islanders are back on their home ice to kick off the NHL’s Saturday schedule with a matchup against the ...
The Isles hung on for the 2-1 win ... the Islanders had life and the Bruins weren’t feeling so good about themselves. For the first time in the game, the Islanders started playing the ...
BOSTON (AP) — Ilya Sorokin stopped 38 shots and Alexander Romanov and Kyle Palmieri scored to lead the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.