The Bruins have been pretty much dominant at 5x5 this series. As much as the dunderheads at NBC want to insist the Islanders are comfortable being caved in, they're not. If the Bruins continue to dominate like this things *should* go their way.
126-83 attempts (60%)
71-47 shots (60%)
70-33 scoring chances (68%)
19-9 high danger chances (68%)
5.8-3.09 xG (65%)
5-3 actual goals (63%)
Anything goes in a short series, but the Bruins have controlled play throughout. The PP has kept the Islanders afloat. 3 of 6 Islanders goals this series have come on the PP. Beauvillier tip in game 1, the Bailey pinball goal and Pageau finish last night. Bailey goal was a stroke of bad luck, that was a good kill up until the cross ice pass going in off our guy. I don't think discipline has been too much of a problem, but I'd like them to try and skate away from the post whistle scrums. Washington used those to get a few bonus PP's (remember when we scored, Wilson jumped DeBrusk and the Bruins wound up shorthanded!?!) and the Islanders are trying the same tactic and got a bonus call, and goal, on the Carlo non-sense penalty. It sucks, but if they are going to keep calling the retaliation, you gotta skate away. The refs always pick a random time to only take 1 guy and hand out a PP to "calm the game down."
As far as Lauzon goes, after sleeping on last night's game, I'd leave him in unless Miller is somehow available (feels unlikely). It was a terrible mistake at a really bad time but he's a better option than Tinordi. He's got a 56% xGF% this series despite getting only 25% Ozone starts. Scoring chances with him on the ice are 16-6 Bruins. High danger chances are also 5-2 Bruins. Obviously you can't make that kind of mistake in overtime but I also think Tinordi would make them significantly worse. I don't want to do that just to teach Lauzon a lesson. I'm sure he knows he fucked up.