But it did keep the Islanders’ faint hopes alive as they held on for 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night at TD Garden to snap a four-game losing streak. Importantly, goalie Ilya Sorokin was markedly sharper and more aggressive than in Tuesday night’s 5-1 loss to the Rangers at UBS Arena — a game in which the Islanders felt they were the better team but could not keep their rivals from consistently crowding the crease.

Snapshots from the New York Islanders' 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Photo credit: Steve Babineau/NHLI via and Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via . NewYorkIslanders.com is the official Web site of the New York Islanders Hockey Club,

Islanders vs. Bruins will air locally on MSG, and can be streamed on ESPN+. Time: 7 p.m. ET The Islanders have lost four consecutive games and five of their last six. It’s not much of a coincidence that it’s been six games since three-time All-Star Matthew Barzal has been out of the lineup with a knee injury.

Trent Frederic won’t be in the Bruins lineup on Thursday against the New York Islanders and is officially week-to-week. According to the Boston Herald, Frederic was in a walking boot on Thursday. He left Tuesday’s overtime loss to Toronto with an undisclosed injury.

Ilya Sorokin stopped 38 shots and Alexander Romanov and Kyle Palmieri scored to lead the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on

The New York Islanders traveled north to take on the Boston Bruins tonight in TD Garden. They welcome Noah Dobson and Hudson Fasching back into the lineup tonight. The Islanders, losers of four straight,

See an updated list of injuries, with active and inactive players for the New York Islanders vs. Boston Bruins NHL February 27 game.

Ilya Sorokin stopped 38 shots to lead the New York Islanders to a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

The Bruins lost Matt Poitras to an injury late in the second period. The post Bruins suffer fifth straight loss, falling to Islanders 2-1 appeared first on Boston.com.

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