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 Frans Nielsen also notched his first goal and Kyle Okposo scored
his third as the Islanders halted their two-game losing streak. Chad
Johnson, who went 17-4-3 with the Bruins last season, turned aside
30 shots for his second win in as many starts and improved to 9-0-0
at TD Garden.
Milan Lucic and Chris Kelly scored while rookie Niklas Svedberg made
35 saves in his third start of the season for Boston, which played
the last two-plus periods without captain Zdeno Chara. The towering
defenseman reportedly suffered ligament damage to his left knee that
is expected to keep him sidelined 4-6 weeks and may require surgery.
 After a lengthy shift in which they swarmed Boston, the Islanders
got on the scoreboard when Josh Bailey's entry pass clipped the
skate of Bruins defenseman Dougie Hamilton, leaving Nielsen with an
easy poke attempt for the goal at 6:21 of the first period. Lucic
tied it exactly 12 minutes later, turning his skate to redirect
rookie Seth Griffith's pass into the net.
New York went ahead 90 seconds into the middle session, when Okposo
batted the rebound of captain John Tavares' shot out of mid-air, and
extended it to 3-1 eight minutes later as Clutterbuck found a seam
in the slot and buried Matt Martin's backhand feed high to the glove
side of Svedberg. The Bruins cut the deficit in half midway through
the third, when Kelly knocked home the rebound of Carl Soderberg's
shot.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Bailey suffered a broken right hand and will be
sidelined indefinitely. ...Islanders D Johnny Boychuk, acquired from
Boston just before the start of the season, had an apparent goal
waved off 2 1/2 minutes into the contest, when teammate Anders Lee
shoved Boston D Matt Bartkowski into the net. ... Kelly's goal
extended his point streak to five games.
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