Bruins Continue Their Futility in 6-3 Loss

The Bruins had their usual luck Thursday night in Boston.

They got Ray Bourque’s 1,000th assist, but they also got whipped, 6-3, by the New York Islanders.

And to add injury to insult, Boston lost highly regarded center Randy Robitaille for the season, 47 seconds into his first NHL shift, when he was checked into the boards and suffered a sprained shoulder.

Robitaille had signed a $1.35-million contract after his college season ended last Saturday.

OTHER GAMES

Martin Brodeur made 26 saves in New Jersey’s 4-0 win over the New York Rangers in East Rutherford, N.J. . . . Tom Chorske scored twice as Ottawa defeated Florida, 3-2, in Miami. . . . Steven Rice had two goals for Hartford in a 5-2 victory in Tampa. . . . Toronto’s Darby Hendrickson and the Coyotes’ Gerald Diduck exchanged first-period goals in a 1-1 tie in Phoenix.