Hall scores again, Swayman solid as Bruins blank Islanders

BOSTON » Taylor Hall scored his second goal in two nights, Jeremy Swayman stopped 25 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Islanders 3-0 on Friday, their second win over New York in two nights.

David Pastrnak added his 17th goal of the season and Curtis Lazar had a late emptynetter as Boston put more distance between itself and the idle New York Rangers for the East Division’s final playoff spot.

Ilya Sorokin had 21 saves for the Islanders,

who have lost three of four.

Coming off a 4-1 win on Thursday, the Bruins were again solid defensively, turning back all five of New York’s power play chances.

Boston took a 2-0 lead 47 seconds into the second period when Hall tipped in his fourth goal of the season off a feed from David Krejci.

Hall has brought a spark to Boston’s lineup since the 2017-18 Hart Trophy winner came over from Buffalo at the trade deadline. He scored his first goal as a Bruin Thursday night.

CANADIENS 2, FLAMES 1 » Tyler Toffoli scored two goals, including the winner in the third period, to lift Montreal to a victory that snapped Calgary’s three-game winning streak.

Toffoli was credited with the go-ahead goal at 15:45 of the third after he deflected in a pass from Joel Armia over the glove of Jacob Markstrom.

Injury to Ullmark further depletes Sabres’ goalie depth

BUFFALO, N.Y. »

The Buffalo Sabres will be leaning on their fourth, fifth and even sixthstring goalies for potentially the remainder of the season with Linus Ullmark listed week to week with a lower-body injury.

Interim coach Don Granato provided the update on Ullmar, saying the timetable for his return is “touchy” because the Sabres only have three weeks left in their season. The Sabres sit last in the NHL standings and are all but mathematically out of contention.

Ullmark has missed one game after being shaken up in the opening minutes of a 3-2 shootout loss at Boston on Tuesday.