New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 2013 · TD Garden
MSG PLUS · NESN
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 5-3 on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Islanders 38-31.
Frans Nielsen scored twice and John Tavares scored twice. David Krejci, Patrice Bergeron, Daniel Paille and Kyle Okposo also scored.
Evgeni Nabokov made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Tuukka Rask stopped 26 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
David Krejci (1)Jarome Iginla (1), Milan Lucic (1)0–104:25 BOS
2nd period
Frans Nielsen (1)John Tavares (1), Kyle Okposo (1)1–105:56 NYI · PPG
Patrice Bergeron (1)Ryan Spooner (1), Reilly Smith (1)1–212:33 BOS · PPG
Daniel Paille (1)Zdeno Chara (1)1–312:58 BOS- Frans Nielsen (2)Thomas Vanek (1), John Tavares (2)2–316:30 NYI · PPG
Kyle Okposo (1)Andrew MacDonald (1)3–319:57 NYI · PPG
3rd period
John Tavares (1)Thomas Vanek (2), Thomas Hickey (1)4–300:32 NYI- John Tavares (2)Andrew MacDonald (2), Kyle Okposo (2)5–313:17 NYI · PPG
Team stats
NYIBOS
31Shots on goal38
42%Faceoff %58%
4/8Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes28
22Hits20
12Blocked shots17
11Giveaways6
7Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 10:52
Cal Clutterbuck · roughing2 min - 1st 13:49
Jordan Caron · holding2 min - 2nd 05:28Matt Bartkowski · holding2 min
- 2nd 10:47Calvin de Haan · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 16:05Torey Krug · boarding2 min
- 2nd 16:33Milan Lucic · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 19:19Tuukka Rask · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 12:48Brad Marchand · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:48Brad Marchand · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:48Colin McDonald · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:35Brian Strait · hooking2 min
- 3rd 16:03Milan Lucic · boarding2 min
- 3rd 16:03Milan Lucic · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 16:03Milan Lucic · misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 91John TavaresC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21:31 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20:52 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:05 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:50 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26:36 |
| 14Thomas HickeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 13Colin McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:13 |
| 15Cal ClutterbuckR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 16Peter ReginC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 18Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:34 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:23 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:17 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 3Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:37 |
| 7Matt CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 37Brian StraitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 44Calvin de HaanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | W | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 60:00 |
| 60Kevin PoulinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Boston Bruins
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 17Milan LucicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:27 |
| 18Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:14 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:08 |
| 46David KrejciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 19:18 |
| 51Ryan SpoonerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:14 |
| 11Gregory CampbellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 25Matt FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:57 |
| 32Nick JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:04 |
| 38Jordan CaronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:57 |
| 63Brad MarchandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:44 |
| 43Matt BartkowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 47Torey KrugD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 55Johnny BoychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 22:43 |
| 86Kevan MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Tuukka RaskG | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 59:59 |