Even if Tuesday's 8-3 loss was a bit of an outlier for the New York Islanders, Thursday's 3-2 shootout win over the Boston Bruins was about as good a response game as the Isles could have hoped for.
The Isles went toe-to-toe with one of the three teams with more points than them in the standings, and won a defensive chess match between the stingiest teams in the Eastern Conference.
"That's for sure one of the best teams in the league," Mathew Barzal said. "For us to stay level with them all night and then push the pace for some of the night says something about this group."
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