The Bruins sat and waited as the New York Islanders retired Butch Goring’s No. 91 in a pregame ceremony at the renovated Nassau Coliseum (now known as NYCB Live). It didn’t take them long to find their groove, however.
David Pastrnak added his league-leading 47th goal of the season to get the Bruins up and running just 4:30 into the game. Bruce Cassidy’s squad built off of that tally behind one of their better defensive efforts of the season, as goals from Matt Grzelcyk (at 13:10 of the opening stanza), Brad Marchand (at 11:06 of the third), and Charlie McAvoy (5:20 after Marchand’s tally), and Tuukka Rask’s 25-save outing, capped off a well-rounded 4-0 victory.