The Islanders suddenly can’t score at home. Or on the power play.

Even worse, Alex Steeves’ shorthanded goal helped clinch the Bruins’ 3-1 win on Wednesday night in front of a third straight sell-out crowd of 17,255 at UBS Arena.

The Islanders (13-9-2) are 1-2-0 on this seven-game homestand and have scored just two goals. They are 2-8-1 when outshooting their opponent.

Jeremy Swayman made 41 saves for the Bruins (14-11-0), who swept all three games from the Islanders. Ilya Sorokin made 13 saves.

The Islanders went 0-for-4 on the power play with four shots, deepening their rut to 0-for-27 dating to the second period of a 4-3 overtime win in Las Vegas on Nov. 13.

Mathew Barzal, on his bobblehead night, opened the scoring at 4:41 of the first period with a highlight-reel stickhandling mo

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