bruins 7 - islanders 2

Last night's game was a very interesting one, and satisfying for Bruins fans.

Despite the very cool third jerseys the Bruins were rocking (see image), things in last night's game looked a little dismal to start - the Bruins gave up a goal less than 2 minutes into the game, when a wrister beat Manny "MF" Fernandez on his glove side. However, it is the no-quit attitude of this B's club that differentiates from Bruins teams of recent years, and Boston kept bringing their hard pressure game to the Islanders, eventually pulling themselves back into the game. The Bruins took a 2-1 lead into the third period before opening the gates of Hell on the Islanders.

Manny Fernandez stopped a breakaway from (former Bruin) Bill Guerin, and the B's immediately rushed down the ice and scored. 10 seconds later, they scored again, creating some distance between the two teams. The Bruins never really looked back from there, scoring 5 goals in the final frame.

Michael Ryder scored twice, and Phil Kessel, David Krejci, Blake Wheeler, and Dennis Wideman all had a goal and an assist for the cause. Marc Savard drew two assists, placing him second in the league for assists, and tying (with three other players) for second in the league for overall points (in both cases, behind Evgeni Malkin).

Of Note: Last night was Milan Lucic's 100th NHL game; Phil Kessel's point streak extends to 8 games; Matt Hunwick's point streak extends to 6 games; Manny Fernandez's win streak extends to 5 straight games; and finally, the Bruins home-win-streak extends to 8 games...their longest home-win-streak since 2002.

The Bruins play again tonight against the Detroit Redwings.