Boston Bruins at New York Islanders [Game 47]

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			7:00 PM EST
Radio	Network		Arena		Network	Radio
98.5 FM WBZ	NESN		Barclays Center		MSG+2	88.7 FM WRHU
League	Value		Metric		Value	League
3rd	67.4%		Points Percentage		54.3%	21st
9th	17.39%		Net Power Play Percentage		14.00%	24th
11th	85.38%		Net Penalty Kill Percentage		77.24%	29th
11th	102.78%		Combined Special Teams Percentage		91.24%	27th
6th	3.28		Goals for per Game (All Situations)		3.46	2nd
2nd	2.53		Goals against per Game (All Situations)		3.65	31st
12th	.19		Penalty +/- per Game (All Situations)		.11	13th
3rd	52.89%		Shot Attempt Percentage (5V5 Score Adjusted)		48.70%	20th
2nd	53.71%		Scoring Chance Percentage (5V5 Score Adjusted)		46.99%	28th
3rd	101.84%		P.D.O. (5V5)		101.01%	9th
6th	8.73%		Shooting Percentage (5V5)		9.49%	1st
7th	93.11%		Save Percentage (5V5)		91.52%	27th
Data from Hockey-Reference.com and Natural Stat Trick
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The New York Islanders had a day to think about their transgressions after Tuesday's shellacking at the hands of the New Jersey Devils. That game was a schedule loss for the Islanders and boy did they take that to heart. Tonight's opponents, the Boston Bruins, are on a schedule loss of their own.

There are lineup changes abound for the Islanders. Josh Bailey will return for tonight's contest and as a result Alan Quine is out. In addition to that, the team will not roll with seven defensemen as Tanner Fritz takes to the ice on the fourth line. He'll replace Dennis Seidenberg. Neither Quine nor Seidenberg were the worst at their respective positions on Tuesday, but they're two of the worst players in the league this season. Both of them being out should be huge for the Islanders, though it's peculiar that Quine was seen as good enough to play on the top line for a few games only to be scratched for Fritz when he could have been penciled in on the fourth line.

Jaroslav Halak will get the call between the pipes. The Islanders will avoid Tuukka Rask who played in last night's game and draw Anton Khudobin instead. It's the second game in a row that the Islanders will face a backup goalie - hopefully they can test this one more than they did Keith Kinkaid on Tuesday as he had a relatively easy game (the Islanders had just 26 shots to the Devils 42).

The Islanders get the MSG+2 treatment tonight. The channel listing is below.

Boston Bruins Projected Lineup

New York Islanders Projected Lineup