Jeremy Swayman stopped 27 shots and beat Copley in the first NHL matchup of goalies born in Alaska. Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist, and Charlie McAvoy added two assists for the Bruins, who are 9-0-3 in their last 12 games and have an NHL-best 64 points. The Boston center then quickly picked up his career-high ninth goal of the season at 11:10 when he beat Los Angeles goaltender Pheonix Copley with a backhand in front.ĭavid Pastrnak also had two goals and leads the Bruins with 27 on the season. Linus Ullmark, who kept it 1-0 with a shoulder stop on Bo Horvat and denied Palmieri on a second-period breakaway, finished with 26 saves.LOS ANGELES (AP) - Trent Frederic scored twice in 34 seconds during the third period and the Boston Bruins extended their point streak to 12 games with a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.įrederic put in the go-ahead goal at 10:36 when he redirected Brandon Carlo's shot from the point. In the third period, the Islanders’ net-crashing resulted in a rebound goal for Matt Martin with 6:18 left, but the away team bus had long been warming. The Bruins took a five-goal lead on Pavel Zacha’s pinball of a goal at 18:31. “The poise to open up, look like he was going to pass,” Montgomery said, “and shoot it, he uses the defenseman as a screen, and the goalie’s expecting a pass. Patrice Bergeron scored his 20th of the season by bunting home the flying biscuit.įrederic, who showed an eye-popping speed burst on his first shift, zipped a long wrister past Varlamov (21 saves) for his second goal of the game to make it 5-1 at 11:30 of the second. In a four-on-four sequence, Bruins shooters flung rebounds off Varlamov (McAvoy) and the rear glass (DeBrusk), and the latter bid caromed over the net and back in front. Related : How does the Maple Leafs’ trade for Ryan O’Reilly impact the Bruins and the Eastern Conference playoff race? The Bruins bullied the Islanders on the puck, beat them to races, and had Varlamov scrambling like Denis Lemieux in “Slap Shot.”
That situation did not have a chance to play out.īoston scored three times on six shots in the period to open up a 6-1 lead. The Bruins were a bit slow to start the second and the Islanders had a bit more jump. The Bruins finished the period with the three goals on 12 shots. Standing in front of the net, Frederic tipped the defenseman’s drive past Varlamov at 17:19.įrederic’s first goal was scored on Boston’s 10th shot of the game. Greer battled his way to an extended possession and the Bruins worked the puck up top to Charlie McAvoy.
On the goal that made it 3-0 later in the first, A.J. Foligno walked in and powered a wrister through Varlamov’s glove to make it 2-0. The Bruins added to their lead at 9:15 of the first. Trent Frederic (center) was popular with his teammates as he increased his career high for goals in a season to 13 with a pair against the Islanders.Īnd the Islanders, who lost star forward Mathew Barzal to an injury at 7:28 of the first, were no match.
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