The hard-out Bruins are indeed back. And the B’s may have just found a new offensive weapon.

Marat Khusnutdinov, who tied the game late in regulation, scored the only shootout goal to lift the B’s to a 4-3 victory in a game in which they never led in regulation at UBS Arena on Tuesday. It was their fourth straight victory and the win snapped a four-game road losing streak.

This game was slow to boil, but it turned into a fun one.

The Islanders took their third lead of the at 5:05 of the third period. The B’s had just failed on a power play and Matthew Schaefer stepped out of the box to accept a pass at the Boston blue line. He pushed it it to an onrushing Bo Horvat, who beat Jeremy Swayman from the top of the left circle to give the Islanders a 3-2 lead.

It was a tough goal for Swayman

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