Goaltender Michael DiPietro stopped 29 of the 32 shots he faced.Merkulov is riding a four-game point streak.Richard and Harrison have goals in back-to-back games.Patrick Brown received an assist as well. From below the goal line, Wotherspoon zipped a backhand pass to Richard on top of the blue paint, who one-timed it above the pads of the goaltender, giving the P-Bruins a 4-3 lead with 10:48 remaining in the third period.Trevor Kuntar was credited with a secondary assist. Harrison found a rebound just outside the crease from a Curtis Hall shot from the slot and spun it back into the net, tying the game at 3-3 with 15:45 to play in the third period.After a turnover in the neutral zone, Cole Bardreau was gifted a breakaway, where he capitalized by flipping the puck over the goaltender’s glove, giving the Islanders a 3-2 lead with 18:02 left in the third frame.Harrison was credited with an assist as well. Richard deflected a Wotherspoon shot from the point into the back of the net, tying the game at 2-2 with 17:00 remaining in the second period.Georgii Merkulov received the secondary assist. Eight seconds into the second period, Jakub Zboril skated the puck across the blue line and fed it to Justin Brazeau in the slot, who snapped a shot underneath the right arm of the goaltender, cutting the Islanders lead to 2-1.

While on the power play, Kyle MacLean cleaned up a rebound from above the blue paint, extending the Bridgeport lead to 2-0 with 3:20 left in the first frame.Dennis Cholowski’s wrist shot from the left point found its way through multiple bodies around the crease and under the goaltender’s blocker, giving the Islanders a 1-0 lead with 6:52 remaining in the first period.Parker Wotherspoon recorded two primary helpers on both of Richard’s goals.

Brett Harrison scored his second goal in as many games and added an assist. RICHARD’S TWO TALLIES HELP P-BRUINS PAST ISLANDERS FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT VICTORY Dec 2, 2023īridgeport, CT - Forward Anthony Richard potted two goals, including the game-winning tally in the third period, helping the Providence Bruins past the Bridgeport Islanders 4-3 on Saturday night at Total Mortgage Arena.

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