The New York Islanders are headed to the Stanley Cup semifinal for the second consecutive season after eliminating the Boston Bruins with a 6-2 Game 6 win at Nassau Coliseum.
Similar to how they finished out the first round, the Isles took control as the series returned home, rolling four lines, pressuring the opponent’s battered blueline, and establishing a lead that they weren’t about to relinquish.
A series of opportunistic goals helped the Isles take control in the second period and enter the third with a three-goal lead. Though they gave up a power play goal to bring the Bruins within two, the Islanders locked it down and, befitting a Coliseum party, picked up two late empty net goals to blow the roof off once more.