New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, April 7, 2001 · FleetCenter

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2–4

31–27

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Saturday, April 7, 2001 at FleetCenter. The Islanders outshot the Bruins 31–27.

Joe Thornton scored twice. Sergei Samsonov, Jarno Kultanen, Roman Hamrlik and Tim Connolly also scored.

Byron Dafoe made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Rick DiPietro stopped 23 of 27.

Goals
NYI	0	1	1	2	31
BOS	0	3	1	4	27

Scoring

2nd period

Sergei Samsonov (29)Bill Guerin (45), Jason Allison (59)0–100:54 BOS
Jarno Kultanen (2)Hal Gill (10), Brian Rolston (39)0–210:00 BOS
Joe Thornton (36)P.J. Axelsson (15), Don Sweeney (10)0–313:26 BOS
Roman Hamrlik (16)Tim Connolly (31), Steve Webb (2)1–318:37 NYI

3rd period

Tim Connolly (10)Kenny Jonsson (21), Branislav Mezei (4)2–308:50 NYI
Joe Thornton (37)Mikko Eloranta (11)2–409:37 BOS

Team stats

NYIBOS

3127

62%38%

0/00/0

22

1313

159

44

37

Penalties

9:57 into the second periodMikko Eloranta · holding the stick2 min
9:57 into the second periodBrad Isbister · roughing2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

18Tim ConnollyC	1	1	2	+2	5	0	0	0	–	16:29
20Steve WebbR	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	–	18:46
2Branislav MezeiD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2	0	–	18:59
4Roman HamrlikD	1	0	1	−1	6	1	2	0	–	23:11
29Kenny JonssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:30
11Bill MuckaltR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:06
12Oleg KvashaC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	50	14:03
13Claude LapointeC	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	60	17:34
15Brad IsbisterL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	2	–	14:59
16Craig BerubeL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	15:21
17Taylor PyattL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	1	0	–	12:02
21Mariusz CzerkawskiR	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	0	–	12:51
27Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	15:29
37Steve MartinsC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	57	12:34
38Dave ScatchardC	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	78	15:41
3Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	–	19:40
28Garry GalleyD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	3	0	–	22:50
33Eric CairnsD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	5	0	–	17:50

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
1Rick DiPietroG	L	27	23	4	.852	59:01
30Chris TerreriG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

19Joe ThorntonC	2	0	2	+2	2	0	0	0	50	18:48
11P.J. AxelssonL	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:29
12Brian RolstonR	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	25	13:32
13Bill GuerinR	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	19:50
14Sergei SamsonovL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	18:59
22Mikko ElorantaL	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	15:25
41Jason AllisonC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	45	20:46
25Hal GillD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	0	0	–	18:10
32Don SweeneyD	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	–	21:51
64Jarno KultanenD	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1	0	–	17:56
26Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:38
29Dixon WardL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:32
37Lee GorenR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	10:40
51Andrei KovalenkoR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:15
62Andrei NazarovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	11:05
18Kyle McLarenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	22:40
23Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	19:59
27Eric WeinrichD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	19:19

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
34Byron DafoeG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00
35Peter SkudraG		0	0	0	–	00:00