Goalie Philipp Grubauer, defenseman Erik Johnson and forwards Matt Calvert and Joonas Donskoi are all unfit to play for the Avalanche as they look to rally in this series. Once again, the goals came from everywhere on the roster: Matt Martin and Anders Lee scored, and Leo Komarov had the game-winning goal in the second period. BostonBruins.com is the official website of the Boston Bruins. 36d Greg Wyshynski. Full recap. That group had too many breakdowns, lapses in coverage and sloppy turnovers that afforded extra opportunities to a dangerous offensive team that will make you pay more often than not. On the other side, Andrei Vasilevskiy was solid for pretty much the entire series. That team can chew up ice and take away time and space. He'll be fine.". "I know I didn't play well. You lose today, you win tomorrow," said Varlamov, who is 8-2 with a .932 save percentage and a 1.76 goals-against average. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. Yet when they were on the bubble at the trade deadline, they shipped one-time 30-goal scorer Vincent Trocheck (who has either been hurt or underwhelming the last three seasons) to Carolina. — Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) August 5, 2020 “If you want to make a run in the playoffs you have to beat every team anyways,” Rask told reporters following Wednesday’s loss. 11h Chris Peters. Avalanche vs. Stars over 5.5 goals (minus-125). Let's see if they've got one more wild one in them as Colorado plays another critical game. Game 4: No. It's fair to say he had every right to do so-- obviously. Nothing goes perfect, especially like in the playoffs, there's a lot of games. The Bruins won’t officially know their opponent until that series finishes. "We need to be a lot better than we were tonight, especially our top-end guys," said coach Alain Vigneault. NHL Playoffs Today: Bruins on the brink of elimination. Final NHL mock draft: How the first round shakes out after Lafreniere . But that's playoff hockey: Sometimes you have a good period and you don't win it," said Canucks coach Travis Green. Here's how I'd rank them, in descending order of difficulty: I'm not crying for the Penguins having to be here. Yes, this team looked like a bunch of children in the Eastern Conference Final last year because they... weren't good enough to play in the Eastern Conference Final. But their next opponent is still to be determined. To score goals, we have to hit the net more often," he said. "You get contributions through the whole lineup. Score WWE 2K Battlegrounds. Said coach Barry Trotz: "I think that mindset has paid dividends for us, even if we get scored on early or don't have a great stretch of a period or two periods, that you just get back on track and identify what we need to do to have success." But it's probably not a great sign when your power play is accounting for 50 percent of your offense over the course of a seven-game series. "Clearly, Gourde was down on the play, and he's a good player -- real good player for them -- clever, obviously. When you get contributions through the whole lineup, it goes into the Islander concept.". I think he's fine. 2020 NHL draft final rankings: Top 100 prospects. I'm going Islanders ahead of the Hurricanes because I have more faith in them reaching the field of eight based on their play-in matchup. All Rights Reserved. This hit from Nick Ritchie of the Bruins on the Lightning's Yanni Gourde resulted in a five-minute major. They have a lot of speed on their team. "You get contributions through the whole lineup. Needed that one. Meanwhile, the Bruins knew that their depth and secondary contributions were a point of concern, but they chose to address that need by going out and getting Ondrej Kase (0 points in this series) and Nick Ritchie (arguably the Bruins' worst player). This one, I thought we did. Ondrej Palat had two goals and Victor Hedman had the other. Unbelievable play from Bogosian and @BColes25! Injuries continue to impact this series. "I know I didn't play well. Game 4: No. New York Islanders 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (NYI leads 2-1).        Testing locations His lineup decisions were questionable, especially when it came to sticking with an obviously ineffective Ritchie through four games. Boston was sent packing by the Tampa Bay Lightning in just five games and, as a result, the Lightning will move on to the Eastern Conference Finals for the fourth time in six years while the East is guaranteed to have a new representative in this year's Stanley Cup Final. If this was the last we saw of Torey Krug in a Bruins uniform (he's a UFA this offseason), then it wasn't a particularly great final impression. We're in this bubble right now. –Elsa He's 31! New York Islanders 3, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (NYI leads 2-1). 7 New York Islanders (NYI leads 2-1) | 8 p.m. As the Flyers' high-end players continue to struggle, the Islanders continue to get contributions from their entire lineup. Semyon Varlamov responded to being pulled 15:09 into the first period of Game 2 with a strong 26-save performance to lift the Islanders in Game 3. Full recap. Full recap. I'm not worried about him at all. 1 Vegas Golden Knights vs. No. This series may have been won at the NHL trade deadline all the way back in February. Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy saw improvement from the previous game, just not execution. He'll be healthy, making the Hurricanes a decent contender as long as they can get past a Rangers team that swept them in the regular season. Yes, even though none of them should be favored to actually beat Boston.