Zacha and Marchand each score twice as Bruins beat Islanders 6-3 – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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NEW YORK (AP) — Pavel Zacha and Brad Marchand every scored twice and Jonas Korpisalo made 21 saves because the Boston Bruins defeated the New York Islanders 6-3 on Wednesday night time.

Zacha’s tip-in at 10:48 of the third interval snapped a 3-all tie. Zacha scored once more, his fifth of the season, at 13:23 to present the Bruins a two-goal lead.

Morgan Geekie and Nikita Zadorov additionally scored for Boston, which was coming off a 2-0 dwelling loss to Vancouver on Tuesday night time. David Pastrnak and Elias Lindholm every had three assists.

Brock Nelson scored twice and added an help for the Islanders, who misplaced their second straight. They’re 1-4-1 of their final six video games. Maxim Tsyplakov additionally scored for New York.

Geekie put Boston forward 3-2 at 11:59 of the second however Nelson tied it with eight seconds left within the interval.

Marchand scored 57 seconds into the sport, rifling the puck previous goaltender Ilya Sorokin. Marchand elevated the lead at 6:31, knocking in his eighth of the season.

Tsyplakov scored at 12:50 of the primary earlier than Nelson tied it at 8:52 of the second.

Zadorov’s empty-net aim at 17:58 accomplished the scoring.

Sorokin made 15 saves for the Islanders.

Takeaways

Bruins: Boston is 3-1-0 since interim coach Joe Sacco changed Jim Montgomery behind the bench on Nov. 19.

Islanders: New York is 3-5-2 at UBS Area and 5-5-3 on the street.

Key second

Zacha’s go-ahead aim halfway by means of the third interval gave Boston its third lead of a see-saw sport.

Key stats

Marchand has 409 profession targets, fourth on the Bruins record behind Johnny Bucyk (545), Phil Esposito (459) and Patrice Bergeron (427).

The Islanders have been outscored 40-21 within the third interval and extra time. The 36 targets they’ve allowed within the third interval are essentially the most within the NHL.