Given all the Islanders’ COVID-related struggles this year, I just don’t feel that bad for the Boston Bruins, who couldn’t ice an 18 skater roster and were without key players like Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand. The Islanders needed to get the win here against a weakened opponent, just like all the teams who came here did, and they did the job tonight.
For the Islanders, who haven’t been able to get a fully healthy roster together for basically the entire season (Ryan Pulock is still out), there’s another injury - Kyle Palmieri left the game with what was revealed post-game to be a day to day lower body injury.