Nov 4, 2025; Elmont, New York, USA; Boston Bruins left wing Viktor Arvidsson (71) plays the puck against New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) during the first period at UBS Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
ELMONT, NY \u2014\u00a0Marat Khusnutdinov scored the tying goal in regulation and the winning goal in the third round of the shootout to lift the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday night at UBS Arena.\u00a0
\nThe Boston forward drew the Bruins level at three apiece with 4:54 remaining in regulation after picking up Fraser Minten\u2019s rebound and carrying the puck on his backhand around a sprawled-out Ilya Sorokin.\u00a0
\nThe Islanders\u2019 netminder made 23 saves while Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman made 27 stops and an additional three in the shootout on Simon Holmstrom, Bo Horvat, and Jonathan Drouin.<\/p>\n
The loss snaps the Islanders\u2019 (6-5-2) two-game win streak.\u00a0
\nRegardless of the shootout miss, Horvat stayed red-hot, scoring twice in regulation, including the go-ahead tally 5:05 into the third period to give the Islanders a slim advantage down the stretch. Anthony Duclair provided the host\u2019s opener early in the second period.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a hot stick,\u201d Islanders captain Anders Lee said of Horvat. \u201cHe has an ability to create a shot on his own, and he can rip it. Those were some big goals for us\u2026 When he\u2019s rolling like that, that\u2019s huge for our team.\u201d
\nDuclair, who had not scored in his previous five games and did not have a shot on goal in his last two, put the Islanders up 5:11 into the second period when his spinning wrist shot from the left circle caught Swayman by surprise, whizzing over the netminder\u2019s pads.\u00a0
\n\u201cWe got some good opportunities,\u201d Duclair said. \u201cI thought our line did the best we could. I think communicating with [Casey Cizikas] and [Kyle MacLean] before games, just making sure our game is staying simple and making sure we\u2019re hard on the forecheck. We want to be trustworthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayhem broke loose midway through the frame when Nikita Zadorov got tangled up with Islanders rookie Matthew Schaefer. The Bruins\u2019 blue liner crosschecked Schaefer up high, sending him to the ice. While Schaefer held on to his stick, Zadorov gave him another shot up high to face, prompting Duclair and Anders Lee to jump the Boston defender.
\n\u201cI felt like the referee had a lot of choices,\u201d Islanders head coach Patrick Roy said. \u201cHe could call cross-check, could have called roughing, could have called interference. Might\u2019ve been able to have a four-minute power play, isn\u2019t it? But I loved how the guys jumped in. The reaction of our guys, that\u2019s what you\u2019re looking for.\u201d
\nZadorov was assessed an interference penalty and a double-minor for roughing, though the Islanders failed to cash in on the two-minute power play.<\/p>\n
The Islanders were unable to hold on to their lead, falling to the Bruins in a shootout. Despite the loss, the team showed promising signs, including Horvat’s continued hot streak and Duclair’s return to form. The team will look to bounce back from the tough loss and get back to their winning ways.<\/p>\n
The final score was 4-3 in favor of the Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n
Marat Khusnutdinov scored the winning goal in the third round of the shootout.<\/p>\n
Ilya Sorokin made 23 saves in the game.<\/p>\n
The Islanders’ current record is 6-5-2. <\/p>\n
Islanders Cough Up Lead Late, Fall in Shootout to Bruins Game Recap Nov 4, 2025; Elmont, New York, USA; Boston Bruins left wing Viktor Arvidsson (71) plays the puck against New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) during the first period at UBS Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images ELMONT, NY \u2014\u00a0Marat Khusnutdinov scored the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24983","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.amny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025-11-05T003850Z_1122656291_MT1USATODAY27505181_RTRMADP_3_NHL-BOSTON-BRUINS-AT-NEW-YORK-ISLANDERS.jpg?quality=51&w=1200&p=q&w=1200&resize=1200,799&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24986,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24983\/revisions\/24986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}