Boston Bruins (39-18-9) vs. New York Islanders (39-20-8)
June 9, 2021 7:30 pm EDT
The Line: New York Islanders +115 / Boston Bruins -135; Over/Under: +5
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The Boston Bruins and New York Islanders meet Wednesday in game six of the NHL East Second Round Playoffs at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Bruins need a win to save their season and force a game seven on Friday. The Islanders look for a win to advance to back-to-back conference finals.
The Boston Bruins are averaging 3.10 goals per game and are scoring on 33.3 percent of their power play opportunities. David Pastrnak leads Boston with seven goals, Charlie McAvoy has 10 assists and Patrice Bergeron has 42 shots on goal. Defensively, the Boston Bruins are allowing 2.60 goals per game and are killing 75 percent of their opponents power plays. Tuukka Rask has given up 23 goals on 307 shots faced and Jeremy Swayman has allowed one goal on three shots.
The New York Islanders are averaging 3.36 goals per game and are scoring on 29 percent of their power play opportunities. Kyle Palmieri leads New York with six goals, Jean-Gabriel Pageau has eight assists and Anthony Beauvillier has 32 shots on goal. Defensively, the New York Islanders are allowing 2.82 goals per game and are killing 65.2 percent of their opponents power plays. Ilya Sorokin has given up 13 goals on 198 shots faced and Semyon Varlamov has allowed 17 goals on 228 shots.
Bruins are 8-3 in their last 11 Wednesday games and 5-1 in their last 6 overall. The Islanders are 35-17 in their last 52 home games and 6-2 in their last 8 overall. The over is 3-1-1 in Bruins last 5 overall. The over is 4-1-1 in Islanders last 6 overall. The Bruins are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings in New York. The home team is 9-4 in the last 13 meetings. The over is 3-1-2 in the last 6 meetings. The favorite is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
The Bruins are the better team on paper and you expect them to put up a fight with their season on the line. However, the Islanders have found their offense these last couple of games and that’s scary. The Islanders get after it defensively, but they’re nearly unbeatable if they’re going to score four – five goals a game. At home, it feels like the Islanders have all the momentum here. I’ll gladly take the plus money.
The Islanders make the conference finals for a second straight season.
