The Bruins secured a point on Sunday night but still dropped their fourth game in a row. And while Boston couldn’t come away with the win, coach Joe Sacco liked the fight he saw from his team and chose to see the loss as the glass being half full.
Bo Hovart scored his second goal of the game on a breakaway 3:10 into overtime and the New York Islanders snapped a three-game skid with a 5-4 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday night.
It’s evident his confidence is increasing, which is important since the Bruins are winless in four consecutive games since the holiday break. “Today, I felt really good,” he said. “It was one of my better games.
He admitted that it was “really healthy” for him to get a fresh start with the Bruins after things appeared to be headed nowhere with the Islanders.
After a slow start to the season, the Bruins need all the points they can get in the second half of 2024-25. And while they amassed a point Sunday, they knows wins are crucial.
The 6-4 loss in Toronto Saturday night once again included not a single goal from the Bruins defensemen, stretching to 14 the number of games the boys along the blueline posted a bagel.
Snapshots from the New York Islanders' 5-4 OT win over the Boston Bruins on Jan. 5, 2025 at TD Garden in Boston, MA. Photos by Steve Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images and M. Anthony Nesmith/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images.
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