The Old Barn isn’t done yet as the New York Islanders eliminated the Boston Bruins in six games to force at least two more home games at Fort Neverlose. For the second straight series, the blue and orange proved another one of my predictions wrong. I had Boston ousting the ...
Read More »Dunnigan: Isles' Shutdown of Bruins' Second Line Propelled Them to Semi-Finals
On Wednesday night the New York Islanders clinched their second round series with a 6-2 victory over the Boston Bruins. The series was a hard-fought battle that could have gone either way. The difference was the Isles’ ability to absolutely shut down the Bruins’ second line.Heading into the second-round matchup ...
Read More »Bentivenga: Four biggest takeaways from round two win over Bruins
Those pesky New York Islanders have done it again! The Islanders punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup Semifinals on Wednesday night, as they took down the Boston Bruins in six games. This series felt like deja vu from round one: the Islanders, underestimated heavily against a perennial playoff contender, ...
Read More »Repetto: Islanders Overcome Stacked Odds To Take Series Win
Finishing off the Pittsburgh Penguins in round one, Islander fans were excited to shout “We want Boston!” Boston fans took to Twitter to quickly laugh at this chant believing that they would sweep the Islanders easy. Even statistics weren’t favoring the Isles any and it looked to be stacked odds ...
Read More »Dunnigan: Islanders on Verge of Proving People Wrong Again
The Islanders found themselves in familiar territory down 2-1 in their second round series to the Boston Bruins. Underdogs coming off a heartbreaking overtime loss in game three at home with the fat lady warming up. Brad Marchand’s overtime-winning goal looked like a series-defining goal. The Bruins may have expected ...
Read More »Taub: Beauvillier's rebound effort critical in Islanders' Game 5 victory
For a moment it felt like Anthony Beauvillier was going to be the GOAT on Monday evening. And no, not the good kind. Right off the bat to start a critical Game 5, the Islanders found themselves behind once again to the Bruins with Beauvillier being the culprit. He was ...
Read More »Repetto: Islanders Strike on Powerplay Chances
The New York Islanders entered game five in an even 2-2 series with the Boston Bruins on Monday night. Being on the road at TD Garden, the Islanders most definitely felt the intensity of Boston’s fans and knew that their opponents would feed off their energy. Coming out of Game ...
Read More »Repetto: Barzal Heating Up at the Right Time
Mathew Barzal’s game has turned up a notch, which has added an extra presence in the New York Islanders second-round series against the Boston Bruins. Starting with game three, Barzal netted a much-needed goal that gave the Islanders the fighting chance they needed to push for a win in overtime. ...
Read More »Repetto: Islanders' Power Plays Are A Much Needed Strength
When playing a dominant team like the Boston Bruins, the New York Islanders are going to need to make the most out of any opportunity that they get. So far in round two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they are 3/6 on their power play. Those three goals did come ...
Read More »Bentivenga: Islanders showed resilience and determination in tying series
The Islanders are now on level ground in their second-round playoff matchup with the Boston Bruins, following a 4-3 win in overtime Monday. It wasn’t pretty by any stretch of the imagination, but looking at this game there were two factors that stood out from the rest when analyzing the ...
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