BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 15: Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins defends Oliver Wahlstrom #26 of the New York Islanders during the second period at TD Garden on April 15, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Coming into Thursday with three days’ rest, the New York Islanders looked disjointed and undisciplined as they coasted to a 4-1 loss in Boston.
Barry Trotz and the New York Islanders used their three-day break from game action to get some practice in with their new additions. Those practices didn’t bear much fruit on Thursday, because as Butch Goring put it so succinctly in the third period of MSG’s broadcast, the Islanders showed up “a day late and a dollar short.