"Marat Khusnutdinov, who tied the game late in regulation, scored the only shootout goal to lift the B's to a 4-3 victory in a game in which they never led in regulation at UBS Arena on Tuesday. It was their fourth straight victory and the win snapped a four-game road losing streak. This game was slow to boil, but it turned into a fun one. The Islanders took their third lead of the at 5:05 of the third period."
"It was a tough goal for Swayman to allow at that juncture of the game but he did come up with a couple of big stops to keep the B's within a goal. The turned up the heat and were able to finally tied it with 4:54 left in the third period. In a mad scramble, Ilya Sorokin made a good stop on Fraser Minten from the slot, but Khusnutdinov - whose first goal was on OT game-winner against Buffalo last week - darted into the slot to get the rebound and score his second of the season on a sliding backhander."
"Charlie McAvoy was called for high-sticking on Jonathan Drouin with 1:44 left in regulation, a call McAvoy . They were able to kill off the 5-on-4 in regulation and then the brief 4-on-3 in OT . In the extra session, both teams had chances to win it with the B's best opportunity coming on a David Pastrnak-to-McAvoy backdoor play but Sorokin made the pad stop to get it to the shootoout. That's where Khusnutdinov scored the only goal the B's needed and Swayman stopped all three Islander shooters."
Marat Khusnutdinov tied the game late in regulation and then scored the lone shootout goal to lift the Bruins to a 4-3 win. The victory was the fourth straight and ended a four-game road losing streak. Bo Horvat gave the Islanders a 3-2 lead after Matthew Schaefer pushed a pass to him from the Boston blue line. Jeremy Swayman made key saves to keep the Bruins close. Khusnutdinov scored on a rebound with 4:54 remaining. Charlie McAvoy was penalized late but the Bruins killed subsequent penalties, forced overtime, and won in the shootout as Swayman stopped all three Islander shooters.
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