Game Preview: Islanders at Bruins

NEW YORK ISLANDERS (30-15-6) AT BOSTON BRUINS (28-17-7)
7 PM | TD GARDEN
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ISLANDERS NOTES:

• The Islanders enter Tuesday's game on an eight-game point streak (6-0-2), their longest streak since a 10-game point streak in 2014-15. The Islanders are coming off a 4-2 win over the LA Kings on Saturday night.
  The Islanders are 16-3-2 in their last 21 games - the best record in the NHL since Dec. 15.
  - The Islanders lead the Metropolitan Division with 66 points and are four points ahead of both Pittsburgh and Washington (62 points apiece). The Isles win on Saturday night was their 30th of the season. They won 35 games all of last year.
  - Both Robin Lehner and Thomas Greiss are rolling for the Islanders as of late. Lehner is 12-1-1 in his last 14 games and leads the NHL with a 2.02 GAA and a .932 SV%. Greiss is riding a 146:48 shutout streak and is tied for fourth in GAA (2.39) and is fifth in SV% (.924).
  Lehner is coming off a 34-save win over LA on Saturday, while Greiss recorded a 41-save shutout in a 1-0 shootout loss to Tampa on Friday. Lehner has 16 wins and Greiss has 14 this season, marking the second time in 15 years the Isles have at least 14 wins from two different goalies (2015-16).
  - The Islanders have allowed two goals or fewer in eight of their last nine games. They lead the league in goals against (125 including shootout goals, 120 excluding shootout goals).
  - Defenseman Ryan Pulock recorded three assists in Saturday's win, his second three-assist game this season (Pittsburgh, Oct. 30).

BRUINS NOTES:

• Patrice Bergeron will play his 1,000th career NHL game on Tuesday night - all with the Bruins. Bergeron has 778 points (305G, 473A) in 999 games with Boston and is showing no signs of slowing down, with 44 points (16G, 28A) in 36 games this season.
  The 33-year-old will become the fifth Bruins player to play 1,000 games for the club and is seventh all-time in Bruins scoring.
  - Tuukka Rask became the Bruins all-time wins leader after recording his 253rd win on Sunday afternoon. Rask now owns the most wins and games played (477) in Bruins history.
  Rask is reportedly starting for the Bruins on Tuesday night. Rask is coming off a 24-save shutout against the Washington Capitals on Sunday and is 15-8-4 this season.
  - The Bruins have points in three straight games (1-0-2). Boston is 4-3-3 in their last 10 games.
  - The Bruins (63 points) currently occupy the first wild card berth in the Eastern Conference, one point shy of the Montreal Canadiens (64 points).
  - David Pastrnak leads the Bruins in goals (30) and points (62). Brad Marchand leads the Bruins with 38 assists and is second on the team with 57 points. Pastrnak, has seven points (3G, 4A) in his last four games.
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