Got to actually work, so for now here’s the box score at least. There’s a one-shot discrepancy between Bruins shots and Bridgeport saves, but hey, who’s counting. Not sure if the game misconducts late in the game were actual game-misconduct game misconducts; fighters were removed from the game.
Boston 2 2 0–4
N.Y. Islanders 1 5 2–8
First Period — 1, Boston, Knackstedt (Lehtonen), 1:18. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Bailey (Smith), 11:37. 3, Boston, Nelson (Marchand), 14:24. Penalties — Marcinko, NY (hooking), 1:55; Haley, NY (roughing), 6:56; Ruel, Bos (slashing), 9:29; Lehtonen, Bos (holding), 12:19; Fletcher, Bos, major (fighting), 15:58; Rechlicz, Bos, major (fighting), 15:58; Gratchev, NY (hooking), 18:56.
Second Period — 4, N.Y. Islanders, Marcinko (Gratchev), 6:24. 5, N.Y. Islanders, Bentivoglio (Hennigar), 10:09 (pp). 6, Boston, Wheeler (Fritch), 11:02. 7, Boston, Sauve (Marchand, Fritch), 12:36. 8, N.Y. Islanders, Smith (Bailey), 13:18. 9, N.Y. Islanders, Bentivoglio (Nikiforov, Katic), 16:37. 10, N.Y. Islanders, Bentivoglio (Hennigar), 19:23 (sh). Penalties — Hamill, Bos (hooking), 8:44; Gratchev, NY (hooking), 17:45; Haskins, NY (hooking), 19:40.
Third Period — 11, N.Y. Islanders, Gratchev (Marcinko, DiBenedetto), 19:35 (en). 12, N.Y. Islanders, DiBenedetto (Marcinko), 19:47. Penalties — Wheeler, Bos (hooking), 4:36; Marchand, Bos (charging), 4:55; Haley, NY (tripping), 7:46; Niemi, NY (holding), 12:57; Marquardt, Bos, major-game misconduct (fighting), 15:07; Haley, NY, minor-major-game misconduct (roughing, fighting), 15:07.
Shots on goal — Boston 16-10-11–37. N.Y. Islanders 10-14-12–36.
Power play opportunities — Boston 0 of 8, N.Y. Islanders 1 of 5.
Goaltenders — Boston, Ragan (17 shots-15 saves), Hutchinson (9:53 second, 18-13). N.Y. Islanders, Mannino (20-18), Poulin (18-16).
Attendance — N/A. Referees — J. Koharski, T. Koharski. Linesmen — Spannaus, Briggs.