On Friday night, the Boston Bruins were within 3:09 of losing their second straight game before mounting an incredible comeback against the New York Islanders.
The game was knotted in the closing minutes by rookie Mason Lohrei, and the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins won 5-4 to improve to 19-5-4 on the year when David Pastrnak scored in the third round of the shootout.
Jim Montgomery, B’s head coach, was ecstatic with his team’s performance in the aftermath.
According to The Associated Press, the bench boss said, “That’s the biggest win of the year.” “because of the bench’s attitude.” For the first time, I sensed that everyone was believing and that there was energy.
Boston trailed twice in the third quarter against a New York squad that was on the rise, but twice they rallied to tie the game. In regulation, Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie, and James van Reimsdyk also scored.
According to AP, Pastrnak remarked later, “It’s a [heck] of a win for us.” “Clearly, [Ullmark] did a fantastic job keeping us in the game early on, and the [penalty] killers did a tremendous job after that. The power play at last scored some significant points.
Ullmark played a great goalkeeping job, saving 34 shots to lead the team to victory.
The goalie for the Bruins said, “We were focused on the task at hand.” “We weren’t whining and patronizing one another or expressing any such sentiments.”
The result snapped the Islanders’ four-game winning streak; the team is also rapidly climbing the Metropolitan Division standings. With a record of 14-7-8, the Long Islanders are only behind their division foe, the New York Rangers.
Despite knowing that his team should have won on Friday, Isles coach Lane Lambert was nonetheless pleased with his team’s performance.
“It was one of those nights where we made a few mistakes and they got caught in the net,” he clarified. “But all in all, I thought the effort was excellent.”
The Bruins will welcome the Rangers at home on Saturday night, and the Islanders will travel to Montreal to play the Canadiens at the Bell Centre at the same time. Neither of these teams will have to wait long to get back in action.
