Post-Game Talk: EDF Game 2 - Islanders tie up the series in OT - Game 3 Thursday in Uniondale

[4ORRBRUIN]

carlo under the radar garbage performance these playoffs.

Not from me. He been awful for a long time now, Never feels good when he's on the ice especially when Reilly is on with him,

 

[JCRO]

Now do Nick Leddys elbow plz

 

[Bruinfanatic]

Not from me. He been awful for a long time now, Never feels good when he's on the ice especially when Reilly is on with him,

Why doesn’t Reilly ever shoot the frigging puck ,he is another Kaberle ,if the opposition knows your never going to shoot,it makes it much easier to defend against.He drives me insane.

 

[Bruinfanatic]

Now do Nick Leddys elbow plz

Or the cross check to Charlie’s head.

 

[The don godfather]

We have a great chance guys . Just look at the leafs. I'm still very positive.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

Why doesn’t Reilly ever shoot the frigging puck ,he is another Kaberle ,if the opposition knows your never going to shoot,it makes it much easier to defend against.He drives me insane.

maybe because he will break his stick. lol.
Honestly I think its because he has no confidence in it. He shot one in the second period and Varlarmov ate it up.
I wish he wouldve at least thrown one at Varlarmovs skates when he was taking it behind the net. It wouldve at least caused some trouble there.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

I have been watching hockey for a very long time, I can honestly say I have never seen one team have so much puck luck in one game.
The Islanders had a series full last night.

I still think regardless of how great NBC thinks the whole organization is they where VERY lucky VERY.

 

[NeelyOrr]

Would love to see the zone starts in there too- they were leaning real heavy on a couple guys in the defensive end earlier.

Check that -
Offensive zone start percentages next to their Corsi %. . . pretty much line up except for Clifton (what a monster he has become)
Clifton 28% 45%
KMiller 30% 38%
Tinordi 38% 30%
Lauzon 34% 38%

Clifton and Wagner, I thought, played very well last night. The Isles definitely felt their presence.

 

[RoccoF14]

I have been watching hockey for a very long time, I can honestly say I have never seen one team have so much puck luck in one game.
The Islanders had a series full last night.

I still think regardless of how great NBC thinks the whole organization is they where VERY lucky VERY.

Agreed. The first 2 goals were as greasy as they come.

That said, we made it a little easier on them than we needed to. A bad penalty by Pasta led to their first goal, and we simply got outworked in the second period. That can't happen against the Islanders.

 

[BTO]

Has the opposition score at least one deflected/fluky goal in every playoff game this year? Sure feels like it.

And we score zero. Maddening.

 

[JerseyBruin]

I thought he was bad in the beginning of last round and finally churned out a solid performance the last few games of round 1.

This round thus far has been pretty bad.

Need more from him as well

I feel he's been solid defensively, where he is getting noticed is in transition where he's been hesitant to move with the puck. He needs to either skate or make a quick first pass but he can't just sit with the puck on the boards especially with the way the Isles forecheck.

 

[Scruffy]

Easy. The team didn't bother to play in the second when they could have taken control of the game. That's the argument.

Could they have played better? Of course. But Lauzon was directly responsible for 3 goals against, horrible officiating or not.

 

[rocketdan9]

Would love to see the zone starts in there too- they were leaning real heavy on a couple guys in the defensive end earlier.

Check that -
Offensive zone start percentages next to their Corsi %. . . pretty much line up except for Clifton (what a monster he has become)
Clifton 28% 45%
KMiller 30% 38%
Tinordi 38% 30%
Lauzon 34% 38%

Lauzy needs to truck past the mistakes

But also I would be fine giving Tinordi mins instead

Its funny how Clifton is behind Lauzon in the regular season. But ahead in the playoffs

Its almost like two different leagues

 

[BTO]

Hall must be better. Was fighting the puck all night.
That's on him not his RW.

He was trying to do too much - that's because he was trying to be both himself and Smith. Nobody knows what Jake DeBrusk is doing out there, least of all Jake DeBrusk.

 

[rfournier103]

Worth it.

Mayfield was going at him all night.

If it were me, I’d pay the fine in nickels and dimes.

 

[Cronuss]

Great game overall, ruined by the refs. This was a game of inches, and went to OT, and two of the Islanders goals were garbage goals, and 2 were from powerplays. The game was factually not called equally or fairly. You can say the Bruins lost because of a poor 2nd period, but that doesn't tell the whole story. You could also say the Islanders should have lost because of a poor 1st or 3rd period as well, but they didn't, but they did certainly get away with a lot of illegal hits and plays, while the Bruins were penalized for nothing. It changed the outcome of this game and that is a fact.

 

[BTO]

Debrusk simply has no chemistry with Hall and Krejci, perhaps he never will. He played well. Puck exploded off his stick a few times unfortunately. Skated hard, was physically involved. Saying he was trash is trash.

He very well may simply be a good scoring 3rd line winger and we need to accept that.

Decent 3rd-line left winger. Problem is we have two 3rd-line left-wingers.

 

[Mione134]

If it were me, I’d pay the fine in nickels and dimes.

 

[RoccoF14]

Great game overall, ruined by the refs. This was a game of inches, and went to OT, and two of the Islanders goals were garbage goals, and 2 were from powerplays. The game was factually not called equally or fairly. You can say the Bruins lost because of a poor 2nd period, but that doesn't tell the whole story. You could also say the Islanders should have lost because of a poor 1st or 3rd period as well, but they didn't, but they did certainly get away with a lot of illegal hits and plays, while the Bruins were penalized for nothing. It changed the outcome of this game and that is a fact.

Just stop already.

2 of our penalties (Pasta & Reilly) were no brainers. Ritchie and Martin both went for roughing. Same for Ritchie and Pelech. Carlo got called for a cross check before the whistle, not after.

You can argue that Leddy should have gone for the hit on Kuraly, but JDB got away with one too. Can we please stop with the "refs screwed us" narrative every time we lose a tight game?

 

[DiggityDog]

I’ve got no problem with that fine. Felt it was unnecessary when I saw it, surprised it didn’t get called.

They need more from Debrusk than that shit

 

[Caper Bruins fan]

It going to be a lot harder than we think, with the crowd and the Isles home record 21-4-3. If Isles happen to go up 3-1 then I think the writing is on the wall.

Bruins will find a way to get one game .

 

[Cronuss]

Just stop already.

2 of our penalties (Pasta & Reilly) were no brainers. Ritchie and Martin both went for roughing. Same for Ritchie and Pelech. Carlo got called for a cross check before the whistle, not after.

You can argue that Leddy should have gone for the hit on Kuraly, but can we please stop with the "refs screwed us" narrative every time we lose a tight game?

So because some penalties are "no brainers" that means all of them were good and there weren't completely one-sided calls in this game that lead to goals? Because I'm not the only one saying it, and also, it is a fact. NHL rulebook wasn't followed, this isn't an opinion.

In a game of inches that goes to OT, the handful of incorrect calls absolutely made a difference on the outcome of this one. Sure, the Bruins could have played better and not made mistakes, 100%... then maybe they would have won by 1, 2, or 3 goals. But instead, it was a very tight game on both sides, with the only real difference being the lack of balances officiating.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Not a lot of effective options tbh.

Ritchie
DeBrusk
Kuhlman
Wagner
Coyle (Kuraly to C)

I'd like that one.

 

[LouJersey]

Just stop already.

2 of our penalties (Pasta & Reilly) were no brainers. Ritchie and Martin both went for roughing. Same for Ritchie and Pelech. Carlo got called for a cross check before the whistle, not after.

You can argue that Leddy should have gone for the hit on Kuraly, but JDB got away with one too. Can we please stop with the "refs screwed us" narrative every time we lose a tight game?

Amen....I guess whatever helps people sleep at night though....I tossed and turned all night actually blaming the players in my head, what a concept.

 

[LouJersey]

So because some penalties are "no brainers" that means all of them were good and there weren't completely one-sided calls in this game that lead to goals? Because I'm not the only one saying it, and also, it is a fact. NHL rulebook wasn't followed, this isn't an opinion.

In a game of inches that goes to OT, the handful of incorrect calls absolutely made a difference on the outcome of this one. Sure, the Bruins could have played better and not made mistakes, 100%... then maybe they would have won by 1, 2, or 3 goals. But instead, it was a very tight game on both sides, with the only real difference being the lack of balances officiating.

There are a dozen posts like this on the Islanders board as well.