ELMONT, NY — The Islanders' power play has not been in a giving mood for quite some time, and it devoured any hopes of a win on Thanksgiving Eve against the Boston Bruins.

New York's man-advantage unit went 0-for-4 with four shots in Wednesday night's 3-1 loss, its second in three games since returning home from a seven-game road trip.

Trailing 2-1 midway through the third period and receiving one more opportunity to find an equalizer through special teams, Islanders' rookie Matthew Schaefer's errant pass was taken the other way on a 2-on-1 rush before Alex Steeves one-timed his second goal of the night past Ilya Sorokin at the 10:21 mark for a backbreaking shorthanded goal.

The Islanders (13-9-2, 28 points) are 0-for-their-last-27 on the power play in their last eight games, dating bac

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