The Islanders had all the makings of a great night on Thanksgiving eve.

They had a third straight sellout crowd at UBS Arena — and unlike the past two, this was a sellout you could see with your eyes, not one that was merely on a piece of paper. They had a highlight-reel goal from Mathew Barzal on his bobblehead night. They had a team steamrolling the Bruins, playing territorial hockey and living in the offensive zone.

They might have had their eighth win in 10, too, if they had put together the last piece of the puzzle, a power play that was 0-for-4 on Wednesday and is now 0-for-27 since Matthew Schaefer’s first-period power-play goal in Las Vegas nearly two weeks ago.

Jeremy Swayman of the Boston Bruins makes a save as Anders Lee #27 of the New York Islanders looks for the rebound dur

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