Jun 3, 2021; Uniondale, New York, USA; Boston Bruins center Sean Kuraly (52) reacts after being called for cross checking New York Islanders right wing Kyle Palmieri (21) during the third period of game three of the second round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Through the first five games of their second-round playoff series, the New York Islanders profess to care only about the slim advantages they possess on the scoreboard and not how they are faring in any peripheral categories.
But the Islanders don’t seem to mind the idea that the Boston Bruins appear at least as obsessed with the distribution of power plays in the series as they are with the suddenly perilous state of their season.