Bruins outlast Isles, 2-1

The Boston Bruins defeated the New York Islanders 2-1 today at the TD Banknorth Garden. Outlast

The Bruins looked like they were going to coast to a victory today after taking a 2-0 lead, just over four minutes into the game. However, the Isles tightened things up and the B's had to battle for their two points.

With the two points, Boston moved eight points ahead of the New Jersey Devils in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins have 12 games remaining on their regular season schedule.

Here is an updated look at the standings.

1 Boston - 99 points (12 games remaining)
2 New Jersey - 91 points (15 games remaining)
3 Washington - 90 points (13 games remaining)

Here is a look at the Bruins goal scorers today.

Phil Kessel (30)
Marc Savard (22)

This is Phil Kessel's first 30 goal season and Marc Savard tallied his 76th point, and is leading the Bruins in that category.