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Boston Falls 5-1 to Islanders - Recap

The Islanders got a 3-goal performance from Kyle Palmieri as New York handed Boston a 5-1 defeat on Saturday at UBS Arena.

New York was an underdog by +110 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

New York got goals from Kyle Palmieri(3), Brock Nelson, and Anders Lee in the victory. Palmieri opened the scoring at 3:32 of the first period.

Ilya Sorokin stopped 22 of 23 Boston shots in the victory.

Marc McLaughlin scored for the Bruins, finding the net behind Ilya Sorokin.

Boston got a 21-stop effort from Linus Ullmark in the loss.

On the power play, New York went 1-for-3, while the Bruins were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Boston lost the shots on goal battle to New York by a margin of 26-23.

Next game, New York takes its act home to face St. Louis looking for another win. For Boston, they head on the road to face Toronto.