The Bruins need scoring and they don’t have much cap space. So when a cost-effective opportunity presented itself on Saturday, they took it. The B’s, ranked 29th in offense (2.48 goals per game), claimed one time 11th overall pick Oliver Wahlstrom off waivers from the New York Islanders.

After being put on waivers earlier this week, the Boston Bruins claimed Islanders forward Oliver Wahlstrom on Saturday.

VANCOUVER — Their goal-scoring mine all but stripped to rubble, the Bruins on Saturday panned for gold on the waiver wire by claiming Oliver Wahlstrom, the 24-year-old former Boston College forward, from the Islanders.