Bo Horvat scores his 2nd goal of the game in OT, lifts Islanders past Bruins 5-4 – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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BOSTON (AP) — Bo Hovart scored his second aim of the sport on a breakaway 3:10 into additional time and the New York Islanders snapped a three-game skid with a 5-4 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday night time.

Anders Lee scored twice, and Ryan Pulock had a aim and an help for the Islanders. Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves for New York, which gained for simply the third time in 9 video games.

Hovart fired a wrist shot that slipped between Jonas Korpisalo’s pads for the winner.

David Pastrnak scored twice, and Cole Koepke and Justin Brazeau added targets because the Bruins misplaced their fourth straight recreation.

Lee’s second aim gave the Islanders a two-goal edge early within the third interval, earlier than Pastrnak scored twice in an 8:09 span.

Pastrnak’s second got here when he charged the online and tipped in a cross from Pavel Zacha with 7:16 left in regulation.

The Islanders had erased a 1-0 deficit on a Horvat’s short-handed aim earlier than constructing a 3-1 lead.

After tying it, Pulock fired a shot from the appropriate level that discovered its approach round some our bodies in entrance and beat Korpisalo (32 saves) 5:33 into the opening interval.

Takeaways

Islanders: They tightened issues up over the primary two intervals of their second recreation towards the Bruins this season after getting beat at home 6-3 on Nov. 27, however bought slightly free defensively within the third.

Bruins: It’s the worst stretch they’ve been on since interim coach Joe Sacco took over for fired coach Jim Montgomery on Nov. 19.

Key second

Trailing 1-0 and short-handed after an unsuccessful problem on the Bruins’ aim by Koepke 3:01 into the sport, the Islanders tied it on Horvat’s aim 21 seconds later.