NY Post · Feb 6, 2019
Islanders suffer their first regulation loss in a long time
Bruins' Patrice Bergeron (37) celebrates with teammates after scoring one of his two goals in the Islanders' 3-1 loss Tuesday night.BOSTON — The Islanders can’t win them all.
Patrice Bergeron celebrated his 1,000th career game with a pair of goals as the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Peter Cehlarik also scored and Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots for the Bruins, who handed the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders their first regulation loss in more than three weeks.
Bergeron, just the fifth player in Bruins’ history to play 1,000 games with the club, scored early in the second period and added an empty-netter in the final minute.