NEW YORK — David Pastrnak scored in the third round of a shootout to give the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Bruins a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.
Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie, James van Reimsdyk and Mason Lohrei scored in regulation, with Lohrei tying it with 3:09 left on a bank shot from behind the goal line. Linus Ullmark made 34 saves to help Boston improve to 19-5-4.
"That's the biggest win of the year," Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. "Because of the attitude on the bench. It's the first time where I felt like there was energy, emotion, everybody believed.