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The New York Islanders dropped Game One of their second round series against the Boston Bruins last night, losing by a score of 5-2.
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The second period was similar to the first, in the sense that the Bruins controlled a good chunk of the play but the Islanders managed to stick around. Boston took the lead in the second period, with David Pastrnak scoring his second goal of the game, once again off a rebound, with him one-timing this one in. The Islanders continued to stay in the game though, with Adam Pelech scoring on a hard, perfectly placed slapshot that tied the game. So despite the Islanders being down 30-12 in shots after 40 minutes, the score remained even.
Things got away from New York in the third period though and the chances they were giving up caught up to them. Charlie McAvoy gave the Bruins the lead with a slapshot from the point through a bit of traffic, before David Pastrnak scored again to complete the hat trick and put the Bruins up 4-2. Taylor Hall would later bury an empty net goal to secure the win for Boston.
This was a really, really rough game for the Islanders. At no point did they really have control and they were getting completely outchanced throughout the night. New York’s defense couldn’t contain Boston’s offense whatsoever and the score makes the game seem as though it was much closer than it actually was.
Ilya Sorokin bobbled the puck quite a bit and gave up some big rebounds but in reality, he also kept the Islanders in the game through the first two periods. Without him, Boston could have had a larger lead earlier on.
The Islanders are going to need a completely different effort in Game 2 or this series could get away from them quickly.
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