PIVOTAL GAME 3s HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT’S ACTION
A pair of Game 3s will take center stage during the Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight with the Bruins and Islanders both looking for a series edge, while the defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning look to push the Discover Central’s top-seeded team to the brink of elimination.

* Andrei Vasilevskiy (39-24 in 66 GP) has allowed one or fewer goals in each of his last three games and stopped 31 shots in Game 2 to earn his 39th career playoff win. With a victory tonight, the 2020-21 Vezina Trophy finalist can require the eighth-fewest games in NHL history to reach 40 career playoff wins. The only active goaltender to do it in fewer: Marc-Andre Fleury (40-25 in 65 GP).

* Anthony Beauvillier (4-5—9 in 8 GP) has found the score sheet in seven of eight playoff games for the Islanders during the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs and sits tied with Jean-Gabriel Pageau (2-7—9 in 8 GP) for the team lead in points. Beauvillier can become the first Islanders player to record a playoff point streak of seven or more games since Mike Bossy (11-5—16 in 9 GP), Bryan Trottier (2-11—13 in 8 GP) and Denis Potvin (3-9—12 in 8 GP) all did so in 1982.