The Boston Bruins scored three goals in each of the first two periods on the way to a 6-2 win over the visiting New York Islanders on Saturday.
Trent Frederic registered the third two-goal game of his career to lead the Bruins to their third consecutive win and a season sweep of the Islanders.
Jake DeBrusk and Nick Foligno each finished with a goal and an assist.
Patrice Bergeron and Pavel Zacha also tallied for the hosts, while Charlie McAvoy had two assists.
After missing 17 games due to hand and lower-body injuries, DeBrusk scored a power-play goal to start the Boston offense just 2:19 into the first period.
Bergeron scored for a second straight game following a six-game point drought. The Boston captain has now reached the 20-goal mark 14 times in his career, including each of the last 10 seasons.
David Pastrnak also hit the 300-assist milestone for his career.
Linus Ullmark stopped 26 shots as the winner in net.
Kyle Palmieri and Matt Martin scored, and Semyon Varlamov made 21 saves for New York, which is 1-2-2 in its last five games.
To open the scoring, DeBrusk slotted a backhand shot through Varlamov’s five-hole after Brad Marchand threaded a pass from the circle through traffic.
Foligno doubled the Bruins’ lead at the 9:15 mark, taking Derek Forbort’s pass and burying a wrist shot from the left circle.
Boston led 3-0 at the first intermission. Frederic deflected home McAvoy’s one-time shot from the high slot with 2:41 left in the opening frame.
New York got a goal back at 6:46 of the second as Palmieri cut to the net to put in Anders Lee’s perfect diagonal pass to the top of the crease.
After a Marchand high-sticking call erased a Boston power play in just four seconds, the Bruins re-established a three-goal lead when Bergeron batted in a puck that bounced off the end wall at 8:17.
At 11:30, Frederic beat Varlamov clean with a wrister from the high slot to give Boston its first four-goal lead.
Zacha made it a 6-1 game when his shot from the left circle deflected off a defender and into a virtually open net with 1:29 left in the second.
Martin put in the rebound of Ryan Pulock’s point shot with 6:18 left in regulation, bringing New York within 6-2.
–Field Level Media
