Brock Nelson scored twice in another big second period by New York, Semyon Varlamov stopped 23 shots and the Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 advancing to the semi-finals
Mathew Barzal scored one power-play goal and assisted on another, to give the New York Islanders a 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins and a 3-2 lead in their second-round playoff series.
After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Boston Bruins made an early night of it with second-period goals by Daniel Paille and Patrice Bergeron to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 and take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.