Closing out a four-game road trip that began in California a week ago, the Boston Bruins were looking to finish the trip with a split. After dropping two out of three out West in games where they deserved points, finishing on Long Island against the New York Islanders was going to be a difficult task.
Boston looked like a team that was at the end of a long road trip after going across the country twice. In the first period, and fell behind early. However, as they have done this year, they started to play their game and rode the goaltending of Jeremy Swayman to finish the trip with a much-needed victory.