New York Islanders Win Over the Boston Bruins
The New York Islanders have now extended their winning streak to three after last night’s victory over the Boston Bruins. Kyle Palmieri’s hat-trick powered the Islanders on Saturday night, as they had a 5-1 win over the Bruins at UBS Arena.
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Palmieri finished the game with four points (3 goals, 1 assist), but the Isles also got goals from Anders Lee and Brock Nelson. Marc McLaughlin scored the only goal for the Bruins. JG Pageau and Bo Horvat each had a pair of assists as well.
The Islanders new head coach, Patrick Roy, had some excellent things to say:
“Nights like this for coaches are fun because everybody played a really good game,” Head Coach Patrick Roy said. “Our guys were on the puck, we were quick to help support each other offensively, but we did the same thing defensively, so I thought we were strong in our end and the offensive zone.”
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As did Brock Nelson:
“Probably one of our better games, maybe the best on the season and in recent memory,” Nelson said. “A big win. We just talked about coming back home and following up the two on the road and wanting to go to a good start. We did that and I thought we followed it up and didn’t let up.”
Kyle Palmieri was the man of the night with his hat trick. He racked up three goals in the span of only 8:47. Palmieri opened the scoring at 3:32, beating Linus Ullmark with a wrister off the rush. Palmieri’s second goal came via the power play, as he touched a pass to Bo Horvat in the slot and then got the rebound in front of the net at the 5:27 mark. He completed the hat trick at 12:19, again b-lining to the net and potting a Ryan Pulock rebound.
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He also had some thoughts after the game:
“As a line we had a ton of chances,” Palmieri said. “It feels good. The last two games we've been doing our best to try and generate and tonight we were able to do it early on, and hopefully we just keep that rolling.”
Now the Islanders have 66 points just gliding over the Washington Capitals who have 65 points. They are now fourth in the Metropolitan Division and are now the first wild card team outside of the playoffs.
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We will see how the Islanders season continues to progress as they wrap up their two-game homestand on Tuesday night when they take on St. Louis Blues at 7:30 PM.
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