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Game 1 EDF
Boston Bruins (4-1) vs. New York Islanders (4-2)
8:00 pm ET
National TV: NBC
Canadian TV: TVAS2, SN360
Boston Radio: 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
New York Radio: 88.7 FM WRHU
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Boston Bruins Twitter
New York Islanders Twitter
Need to Know: Bruins-Islanders | Second Round
Bruins to Open Second Round vs. Isles on Saturday Night
Lauzon Returns as B's Get Back to Practice
Neely: 'Extremely Exciting' to Have Near Full Capacity at TD Garden
Sweeney: Miller 'Doing OK But Still Early in Recovery'
Tuukka Rask
5 GP | 4-1 | .941 Sv% | 1.81 GAA
Ilya Sorokin
4 GP | 4-0 | .943 Sv% | 1.95 GAA | 2 PIM
Rest in Peace Mike (AOF)
Game 1 EDF
Boston Bruins (4-1) vs. New York Islanders (4-2)
8:00 pm ET
National TV: NBC
Canadian TV: TVAS2, SN360
Boston Radio: 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
New York Radio: 88.7 FM WRHU
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Boston Bruins Twitter
New York Islanders Twitter
Need to Know: Bruins-Islanders | Second Round
Bruins to Open Second Round vs. Isles on Saturday Night
Lauzon Returns as B's Get Back to Practice
Neely: 'Extremely Exciting' to Have Near Full Capacity at TD Garden
Sweeney: Miller 'Doing OK But Still Early in Recovery'
Tuukka Rask
5 GP | 4-1 | .941 Sv% | 1.81 GAA
Ilya Sorokin
4 GP | 4-0 | .943 Sv% | 1.95 GAA | 2 PIM
Rest in Peace Mike (AOF)
Tonight's Officials
Referees Francois StLaurent (8), Francis Charron (6), Jon McIsaac (2)*
Linesmen Bryan Pancich (94), Andrew Smith (51)
Supervisor Paul Devorski
Ntl. Anthem Todd Angilly
Boston Bruins: Media Notes
TONIGHT’S GAME - The Bruins host the Islanders tonight in game 1 of their best-of-7 Round Two series. - Boston is in the post-season for the 5th straight season and 74th all-time in their history ... Their 74 post-season berths are 2nd all-time in NHL history to MTL’s 85. - This is the 5th Round Two series for Boston since the NHL adopted the format in 2013-14 and they are 1-3 in those series ... Overall, they are playing their 34th 2nd round series (quarterfinals, division finals, conference semifinals and round two series) with an 18-15 record entering this post-season ... They are 16-13 in those series which have been best-of-7 formats. - The Bruins have a 56-50 record all-time in game 1s of best-of-7 series with a 40-19 record when those games have been played on home ice
MILESTONES APPROACHING - Five Bruins - Anton Blidh, Trent Frederic, Oskar Steen, Jeremy Swayman and Urho Vaakanainen - are looking to play their first NHL playoff games ... Swayman dressed as backup for the 5 games of Round One vs. WSH. - David Krejci’s next game will be his 151st playoff contest, breaking a tie with Zdeno Chara into sole possession of 2nd place on the team’s all-time playoff games list. - Patrice Bergeron's next goal will be his 46th playoff goal, tying him with Phil Esposito for 2nd place on the team's all-time playoff goals list. - Brad Marchand is two points shy of his 100th NHL playoff point. - Tuukka Rask is two games short of his 100th NHL playoff game. - Bruce Cassidy is one win shy of tying Art Ross (32) for second on the team’s all-time coaching playoff wins list ... Claude Julien is 1st with 57 postseason victories.
INJURIES - Kevan Miller - undisclosed - Jeremy Lauzon - upper body - Ondrej Kase - upper body - Jakub Zboril - upper body - John Moore - hip surgery
BOSTON vs NY ISLANDERS, LIFETIME SERIES - The Bruins and Islanders have played 2 lifetime playoff series with NYI winning both ... They have played 11 games with NYI holding both an 8-3 advantage and 49-35 goals for/against edge. - Their previous series was the 1983 Prince of Wales Conference Championship series which NYI won 4-2. - Their 1st series was the 1980 Quarterfinal series, won by NYI, 4-1. - FYI: NYI’s Mike Bossy was the 1st player in NHL history to have scored all 4 of his team’s game-winning goals in one playoff series, doing so in the 1983 Conference Championship series ... The Islanders won the Stanley Cup in each of the years they faced the Bruins in the post-season ... These teams combined for 248 PIM (124 each) in the 1st period of gm 2 of their 1980 SF series on 4/17/1980, which remains an NHL record for PIMs by both teams in 1 playoff period.
2020-21 SEASON SERIES vs. NY ISLANDERS - The Bruins went 3-3-2 vs. the Islanders this season with a 3-0-1 mark at home and an 0-3-1 record on the road. - The Bruins were led in scoring by Brad Marchand (4-3=7 totals) and David Pastrnak (2-5=7) ... Goaltending was split 3 ways by Tuukka Rask (2-2-0 in 5 gp), Jeremy Swayman (1 shutout in 1 gp), and Jaroslav Halak (0-1-2 in 3 gp). - NYI outscored BOS by a 21-18 margin while BOS held the edge in shots at 269-216. - BOS went 4/25 on the power play (16.0%) and 85.0% on the penalty kill (3/20).
OVERTIME STATS - The Bruins have played 142 OT games in their playoff history with a 61-78-3 overall record, 33-34-1 at home and 28-44-2 on the road. - They have gone to multiple OTs in 27 games and they are 11-10 in 2OT games, 3-2 in 3OT games and 0-1 in the 6OT 1933 semifinal vs. TOR that was the longest such game in their history. - 6 current Bruins have career OT playoff goals - Bergeron (team-record 4), Krejci and Marchand (2 each), and Coyle, Kuraly and Smith (1 each) ... Marchand’s goal on 5/17 in game 2 of this series was the fastest Boston OT goal in team history at 0:39, and was the 4th-fastest OT goal scored overall in club annals. - Tuukka Rask has a 14-12 record in 26 overtime playoff games.
New York Islanders: Media Notes
TEAM PLAYOFF NOTES: - The Islanders advanced to the Second Round for the third straight season for the first time since 1979-1984 (five straight). They are one of only three teams in the NHL to advance to the Second Round in each of the last three seasons. - The Islanders are 21-15 in playoff games under Head Coach Barry Trotz with five series wins - The Islanders have played 36 playoff games under Trotz – only BOS (42), DAL (40), and STL (39) have played more in that span. VS. BOSTON: The Islanders and Bruins will meet in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third time in history, and first since 1983 (Conference Finals). The Islanders are 8-3 all-time against Boston in the postseason, including 4-2 on the road, with two series wins.
HC BARRY TROTZ: Head Coach Barry Trotz has advanced to the second round in seven straight seasons (four with WSH and three with NYI). He is the first head coach in NHL history to do so since 1978-85 (Al Arbour with NYI).
OVERTIME: The Islanders are 2-0 in overtime this postseason and 38-21 (.644) all-time, second-best in NHL history
HITS: The Islanders lead the league in hits (273) through six postseason games. They recorded 72 hits in Game 1, the 7th-highest total of any team in the playoffs since the 2005-06 season.
