"Despite controlling long stretches of play, the New York Islanders fell 3-1 to the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night at UBS Arena, undone by a pair of goals from Alex Steeves and a 44-save performance from Jeremy Swayman. Mathew Barzal opened the scoring at 4:41 of the first period with his seventh goal of the season, giving the Islanders an early boost. But Steeves tied the game less than two minutes later, and the Bruins never trailed again."
"The Islanders outshot Boston 45-14, including a 23-shot surge in the third period, but Swayman repeatedly denied them to improve to 10-6-0. "It was just one shot at a time, and I was just blown away by the effort that I had in front of me all night," Swayman said. "And it was a motivator, for sure, just doing whatever I could to stop the puck."
New York controlled long stretches of play but lost 3-1 to Boston at UBS Arena. Mathew Barzal scored at 4:41 of the first period to open the scoring. Alex Steeves tied the game less than two minutes later and added a shorthanded goal in the third. Tanner Jeannot scored 43 seconds into the second period to put Boston ahead. Jeremy Swayman stopped 44 shots to record the win and improved to 10-6-0. The Islanders outshot Boston 45-14, while Ilya Sorokin made 11 saves. New York's power play went 0-for-4 and fell to 0-for-27 since Nov. 13.
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