Greiss, Isles check skid

BOSTON — Thomas Greiss stopped nearly everything for the Islanders, including their five-game winless streak.

Greiss stopped 48 of the 50 shots he faced — both career highs — and the Islanders beat the Bruins 4-2 Tuesday night for the club’s first victory in almost two weeks.

“They were shooting pucks from everywhere,” said Greiss, who was able to preserve the lead after two quick goals by Boston early in the third period pulled the Bruins to 3-2. “You just go shot by shot. It keeps you in your rhythm.”

The Bruins outshot the Islanders 50-29, but could not rally from a 3-0 deficit against the team stuck at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.

Anders Lee scored two goals for the Islanders and assisted on another. Thomas Hickey and Nikolay Kulemin also scored for the Islanders in their first win since beating St. Louis on Dec. 8. The Isles had been outscored 24-12 while going 0-4-1 in the five games since.

“It’s really important. I mean that’s a good team over there and we knew we had to play a good road game to- night,” Lee said. “Although we fell a little bit in the third, we were able to hold strong and finish it up.”

Lee got the Islanders started with an unassisted goal 3:05 into the game after Boston goalie Tuukka Rask and forward Brad Marchand collided behind the net. Lee grabbed the puck and tucked it around the post for his 11th goal of the season, then added an assist on Hickey’s goal at 5:40 that put New York up 2-0.

Lee added a power-play goal 13:02 into the third and the Islanders held on for just their third road win of the season.

Greiss took a shutout into the third period and was able to hold off the Bruins after they pulled to 3-2 on goals by Anton Blidh and Dominic Moore. Blidh’s goal 3:04 into the third was the first of his career and Moore scored at 7:12.

“He played good and I thought we did a good job letting him see the puck,” Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. “He did the job for us on the penalty kill as well. So you know for me he was obviously a big key for our victory here tonight.”