On Tuesday, the Bruins did everything right except put the puck in the net in a 2-0 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. On Wednesday on Long Island, the B’s had all sorts of puck management issues, but they came away with a 6-3 win over the New York Islanders at UBS Arena.

Pavel Zacha, Brad Marchand scored twice and added an assist for the Islanders, who lost their second straight.

But Nelson tied the game again. In the last minute of the second period, the Bruins missed two chances to clear the puck out of the zone and the Islanders took advantage as Nelson beat Joonas Korpisalo with 8 seconds left in the period to make it 3-3 going into period No. 3.