Isles show little fight in loss to Bruins

In the Islanders' first game back at Nassau Coliseum since their controversial fight-filled contest against the Penguins Friday, the Bruins issued a humbling beatdown to snap the Islanders' season-high four-game winning streak last night.

The Bruins employed no rough tactics in their decisive 6-3 win, just a well-balanced scoring attack against an Islanders squad that came out flat.

Milan Lucic, Tyler Seguin, Blake Wheeler and David Krejci finished with a goal and an assist each for the Bruins. Nathan Lawson coughed up five goals and backup Al Montoya made his second relief appearance in five days.

John Tavares scored two goals, the second of which cut the Bruins' lead to 6-3 in the third, but the Islanders couldn't make up for the ground lost in an abysmal first period.

"We came out slow. We didn't play our game and we weren't moving our feet off the bat," Tavares said.

"We were doing nothing that we normally do," coach Jack Capuano said. "For whatever reason we didn't come out focused or ready to play."

Trailing 3-0 after the first, the Islanders surrendered three more goals in the second. After giving up his fifth goal of the game at 2:48 to Seguin, Lawson was yanked and replaced by Montoya.

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Tavares and Josh Bailey scored goals in the second, but Lucic's power-play goal gave the Bruins a cushy four-goal lead going into the third.

Michael Grabner, who leads the team with 25 goals, was held off the scoresheet for the first time in seven games.

The Islanders' winning streak was put in jeopardy early after an extremely disheveled first period in which they were outshot 15-4. "That was the whole game," defenseman Milan Jurcina said. "The first 10, 15 minutes, that was crucial."

The Bruins scored three goals on seven shots against Lawson. Wheeler threw the puck at the net with a pass intended for Michael Ryder for a 1-0 lead at 1:52. Mark Recchi scored the Bruins' second goal when a puck hit his skate and caromed in at 7:03. Lawson immediately argued the call, saying Recchi kicked it, but the goal was upheld after a review. Lawson gave up his third goal at 9:04 on Gregory Campbell's wrist shot.

Zenon Konopka dropped the gloves against Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid shortly after the Bruins' first goal.

Easily the most vocal Islander in the wake of Friday's mayhem and the suspensions that followed, Konopka voiced his displeasure again.

From the penalty box, Konopka barked toward on-ice officials after receiving a two-minute minor for unsportsmanlike conduct in addition to his fighting major.

"He told me it was premeditated, and I said I disagreed," Konopka said.

Micheal Haley was slapped with a 10-minute misconduct after repeatedly challenging Campbell to a fight. Campbell is the son of league disciplinarian Colin Campbell.