The Islanders saw Saturday what a championship contender looks like, and just how far away they are from being one themselves.
Maybe it wasn’t reasonable to expect the Isles to come into TD Garden and beat the league-leading Bruins just 22 hours after playing at home against the Penguins. But on Saturday, the Isles had no gas in the tank for 60 minutes, letting the Bruins embarrass them in a 6-2 defeat that was even less competitive than the scoreline suggests.
Boston led by three after a bruising and dominant first 20 minutes, and if this was a video game, the Islanders would have gladly hit the ‘Sim to end’ button after that. Just 2:19 into the game, Brad Marchand fed Jake DeBrusk down low on the power play for a tap-in goal to open the scoring. By the 10-minute mark, Nick Foligno had added a second on a shot that trickled through Semyon Varlamov’s pad, and at 17:19, Trent Frederic added a deserved third goal on a tip from Charlie McAvoy’s blast.
No shame in losing to the Bruins, who have lost on home ice in regulation just twice this year. But the last time the Islanders played in this building, they competed hard, fought back when down and left with a well-earned point.
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