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Zhitnik goal gives Isles preseason win at Boston

Friday, September 23, 2005

BOSTON (AP) -- Alexei Zhitnik scored the winning goal 4:38 into the third period and Garth Snow made 26 saves as the New York Islanders beat Boston 2-1 in the Bruins' exhibition home opener Friday night. Joel Bouchard and Miroslav Satan assisted on Zhitnik's power-play goal, a slap shot from right inside the blue line that flew past Boston goalie Tim Thomas. It was the third goal of the preseason for Zhitnik. Boston then had several scoring opportunities, but Snow stopped 11 shots in the final ...

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