NHL Recaps: Thursday, Jun 3, 2021

2 games: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final / OT

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Boston Bruins

2

New York Islanders

1

Boston Bruins edge New York Islanders 2–1 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat New York Islanders 2–1 in overtime at NYI. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +10 against a season average of 31.2; the loss.

• •Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +10 against a season average of 31.2; the loss.
• •Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 18:15, −4:52 down on his 23:07 season average over 7 games.
• •BOS's PP1 (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and McAvoy) went scoreless in 3:19 of 5v4 time with 13 attempts.

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Final / OT

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Carolina Hurricanes

3

Tampa Bay Lightning

2

Carolina Hurricanes edge Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 (OT)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime at TBL. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Hamilton, Teravainen, Aho and Necas) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:30 together.

• •Sebastian Aho had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:28.
• •Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:46.
• •Nikita Kucherov had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:01.

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