The Boston Bruins battled back in the third period to force overtime, but succumbed to the New York Islanders on an “ill-advised” play to drop Game 2, 4-3, in OT tonight at the TD Garden.
“They were one save better than us,” Bruce Cassidy said. “We had our looks in overtime. We didn’t covert and they did.”
The Islanders capitalized on two power plays in the second period, which forced the Bruins to play from behind.
Two goals from the B’s top line in the third ultimately forced the Bruins into overtime, but the Islanders and Semyon Varlamov were able to shut down the few good chances the line got in extra minutes.