The Boston Bruins got their electric moment in front of the home fans to kick off the second-round series, capping it with a hat-raising hat trick for David Pastrnak to seal the win over the Islanders in Game 1. Hopefully all concerned got that out of their system.
The post-game reaction had the Isles falling into the “we were right there, but we need to be better” camp. Somewhere far between “sky fell” and “deserved to win.”
They had a chance to win, of course, tied and on the power play early in the second period, then things did not break the right way.