Bruins/Islanders: Game 3

As the series shifts over to Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY for game 3 of the highly contested series between the Bruins and Islanders, one of the big questions that loomed was the health of Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask. As pucks drops it's clear that this contest will be a low offense, physical, goaltenders' duel. Six minutes into the game, freshly reinserted Craig Smith roofs one over Varlamov, getting the Bruins on the board first, 1-0. The low offense and big-time goaltending continued all the way into the third with only six and a half minutes left in regulation, when Matthew Barzal manages to jam one home to finally get the Islanders on the board and tie the game 1-1, sending the game to overtime for the second game in a row. Brandon Carlo also left the game in the third, after a hit on the glass that had him come up woozy. The extra frame seems to be all Islanders, when Brad Marchand fresh on the ice finds a puck that he promptly brings up ice and fires a bad angle shot that finds the far end of the ner for the 2-1 game winning bruins goal. Bruins win and outshoot the Islanders 41-29.