Boston Bruins center Alex Steeves, right, scores a goal past New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal, right, celebrates scoring a goal with defenseman Tony Deangelo (77) and defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
Boston Bruins center Alex Steeves reacts after scoring a goal past New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) controls the puck past Boston Bruins center Alex Steeves (21) in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
Boston Bruins center Alex Steeves reacts after scoring a goal past New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
Boston Bruins center Alex Steeves, right, scores a goal past New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal, right, celebrates scoring a goal with defenseman Tony Deangelo (77) and defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
Boston Bruins center Alex Steeves reacts after scoring a goal past New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
New York Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer (48) controls the puck past Boston Bruins center Alex Steeves (21) in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
Boston Bruins center Alex Steeves reacts after scoring a goal past New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in Elmont, N.Y.
NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Steeves scored twice and Jeremy Swayman made 44 saves as the Boston Bruins downed the New York Islanders 3-1 on Wednesday night.
Tanner Jeannot also scored for the Bruins, who won for just the third time in seven games but completed a three-game sweep over the Islanders this season.
Swayman made 23 saves in the third to improve to 10-6-0. The Bruins — who missed the playoffs last season — have started 14-11-0 under first-year coach Marco Sturm.
After New York’s Mathew Barzal opened the scoring at 4:41 of the first with his seventh goal, Steeves tied it at 6:23 of the opening period.
Jeannot put Boston ahead 43 seconds into the middle period with his third.
Steeves added his second goal of the game and third of the season – shorthanded – at 10:21 of the third.
Steeves, a 25-year-old free-agent addition by the Bruins last July, had one goal in 14 games with Toronto before this season.
Boston rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win 5-2 in Boston on Oct. 28, then won 4-3 in a shootout at UBS Arena on Nov. 4.
New York’s power play was 0-19 over its previous six games, then failed four more times with the man-advantage on Wednesday. The Islanders haven’t scored in 27 straight power-play chances overall since converting early in a 4-3 win at Las Vegas on Nov. 13.
Ilya Sorokin made 11 saves in defeat to fall to 7-7-2. The Islanders are 1-2-0 on their current seven-game homestand after going 6-1-0 on their recently completed road trip.
The Islanders were coming off a 1-0 home shootout win over Seattle on Sunday.
Bruins: Host New York Rangers on Friday afternoon.
Islanders: Host Philadelphia Flyers on Friday afternoon.
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