As the Islanders and Bruins shift their battlefield to Boston for Game 5 Monday night, the Bruins have regained home ice advantage in the teams’ best-of-seven, second-round playoff series.
With the series tied 2-2, and two of the remaining three games – if it goes the full seven – slated to be in TD Garden, it means that if the Islanders are to win the series and advance to the NHL final four for the second straight year, they’ll have to win at least one game in Boston.
But they’ve already done that once, having taken Game 2 of the series there, 4-3, in overtime.