Schedule and 2020-21 Results
Regular Season Records: Boston 33-16-7=73pts, New York Islanders 32-17-7=71pts
Game 1 on Saturday, 29 May: New York Islanders lose at Boston, 5-goals-2
Game 2 on Monday, 31 May: New York Islanders win at Boston, 4-goals-3(OT)
Game 3 on Thursday, 3 June: Boston wins at New York Islanders, 2-goals-1(OT)
Game 4 on Saturday, 5 June: Boston loses at New York Islanders, 4-goals-1
Game 5 on Monday, 7 June: New York Islanders win at Boston, 5-goals-4
Game 6 on Wednesday, 9 June: Boston loses at New York Islanders, 6-goals-2

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The New York Islanders hosted and defeated the Boston Bruins 6-goals-2 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1460 victory. With the series 1460 win, the New York Islanders improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 27-21 overall and 12-5 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1460 loss, the Boston Bruins see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 54-53 overall and 16-14 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious New York Islanders in series 1460 was LWLWWW: Series 1460 thus becomes the sixth NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 20th NHL series (all rounds), and the 39th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1460 is the best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series-leading 53rd series loss by the Boston Bruins. The Boston Bruins have now lost a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoffs-leading 292 game losses.

After Game 5: The New York Islanders visited and bested the Boston Bruins 5-goals-4 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1460 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the New York Islanders have a series record of 12-1 (with an active eleven-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 11-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 4-21 and a Game 6 record of 12-13.

After Game 4: The New York Islanders hosted and bested the Boston Bruins 4-goals-1 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1460 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 18-17 and a Game 5 record of 17-18, while the New York Islanders have a series record of 6-6 and a Game 5 record of 6-6.

After Game 3: The Boston Bruins visited and defeated the New York Islanders 2-goals-1(OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1460 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 24-10 and a Game 4 record of 17-17. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the New York Islanders have a series record of 5-13 and a Game 4 record of 8-10. Irrespective of the outcomes of Games 1-3, the Boston Bruins have seen their Game 4 outcome in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series presage their series outcome in their last ten best-of-7 NHL playoff series (six wins, four losses).

After Game 2: The New York Islanders visited and bested the Boston Bruins 4-goals-3(OT) to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1460 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 27-19 and a Game 3 record of 23-23, while the New York Islanders have a series record of 10-10 and a Game 3 record of 8-12.

After Game 1: The Boston Bruins hosted and defeated the New York Islanders 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1460 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Boston Bruins have a series record of 38-18 and a Game 2 record of 32-24. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the New York Islanders have a series record of 7-16 (with an active eight-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 10-13.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NHL regular season, the Boston Bruins finished two points ahead of the New York Islanders. From 1939 through the 2021 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by two regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 20-18 (.526) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1460 is the 107th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Boston Bruins, and the 48th for the New York Islanders. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Boston Bruins have an all-rounds series record of 54-52, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 16-13, and a Game 1 record of 56-50, while the New York Islanders have an all-rounds series record of 26-21, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 11-5, and a Game 1 record of 24-23. Series 1460 is the third best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders. The Islanders defeated Boston in their two previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series meetings, in series 370 (in the 1980 NHL Quarterfinals en route to the Islanders' first NHL championship) and in series 416 (in the 1983 NHL Semifinals en route to the Islanders' fourth consecutive and latest NHL championship).