The New York Islanders saw leads slip away three separate times, falling 4-3 in a shootout to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night at UBS Arena.
Marat Khusnutdinov tied the game with 4:54 left in regulation — carrying a rebound around a sprawling Ilya Sorokin — before sealing the win for Boston in the shootout’s third round. Sorokin finished with 23 saves, while Jeremy Swayman stopped 27 shots and denied Simon Holmstrom, Bo Horvat, and Jonathan Drouin in the shootout.
Despite the loss, Horvat stayed red-hot with two goals, including the go-ahead tally 5:05 into the third.