Let’s start with a positive: The Islanders weren’t passively awful, as they had been the night before.
But even with a strong start, the Islanders certainly weren’t good enough on Friday night as they were swept in a two-game series in Boston. Their continued power-play failures played a large role.
The Bruins scored two goals in a span of 50 seconds bridging the first and second periods and beat the struggling Islanders, 3-0, before a crowd of 2,191 at TD Garden.
An inept first period had led to Thursday’s 4-1 loss in Boston that left Barry Trotz deeming his team’s effort "unacceptable.