Final: Bruins 5, Islanders 2 - B's top line dominates

The Bruins will open their second-round series against the Islanders on Saturday night at TD Garden. Puck drop is set for 8:00 p.m. Follow along for updates from Saturday’s game.

WHO: Bruins vs. Islanders

WHEN: 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: TD Garden

TV:  NBC

RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub

LIVE BOX SCORE: NHL.com

LIVE COVERAGE: 

Bruins take Game 1, 5-2. Dominance. 

Hall empty netter. 5-2. 

Hat trick. Bruins take a 4-2 lead off Pastrnak's tally. 

Craig Smith done for the night. Lower-body injury. 

McAvoy scores. 3-2 game. 

Bruins make the kill.

Bruins to the PK. Too manny men. 

Haven't spotted Craig Smith yet. 

Third period is a go. 

Annnnnnnd it's a tie game. Pelech from up high. 

Pastrnak, again. 2-1 Bruins. 

Grzelcyk is back. 

Grzelcyk to the room. Big hit from Komarov. 

Back to 5v5 hockey. 

Well, a "hook."

Bruins back on the PK. Ritchie off for a hook. 

Second period is a go. 

Pastrnak ties things up. 

Bruins to the power play.

Not the best start for Carlo here. 

Isles score. Looks like it was deflected. 

Bruins to thePK. McAvoy heads off. 

Boston with 10 SOG already. 

Game 1 is a go. 

This building is going to be WILD. 

LINEUPS 

BOSTON

Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- David Pastrnak
Taylor Hall -- David Krejci -- Craig Smith
Nick Ritchie -- Charlie Coyle -- Jake DeBrusk
Sean Kuraly -- Curtis Lazar -- Chris Wagner

Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly -- Brandon Carlo
Jeremy Lauzon -- Connor Clifton

Tuukka Rask
Jeremy Swayman

Scratched: Anton Blidh, Trent Frederic, Karson Kuhlman, Greg McKegg, Oskar Steen, Jack Studnicka, Urho Vaakanainen, Jack Ahcan, Jarred Tinordi, Callum Booth, Jaroslav Halak, Dan Vladar,

Injured: Ondrej Kase (upper body), Jakub Zboril (upper body), Kevan Miller (upper body), Steven Kampfer (hand)

NEW YORK

Leo Komarov — Mathew Barzal — Jordan Eberle
Anthony Beauvillier — Brock Nelson — Josh Bailey
Kyle Palmieri — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Travis Zajac
Matt Martin — Casey Cizikas — Cal Clutterbuck

Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock
Nick Leddy - Scott Mayfield
Andy Greene - Noah Dobson

Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov

Scratched: Cole Bardreau, Kieffer Bellows, Austin Czarnik, Michael Dal Colle, Anatoli Golyshev, Simon Holmstrom, Ross Johnston, Otto Koivula, Dmytro Timashov, Sebastian Aho, Samuel Bolduc, Braydon Coburn, Thomas Hickey, Grant Hutton, Bode Wilde, Ken Appleby, Cory Schneider

Injured: Oliver Wahlstrom (undisclosed)

PREGAME NOTES

The Bruins should receive quite the lift from the TD Garden stands on Saturday night, with Boston’s home barn welcoming “near full capacity” crowds for the first time since March 7, 2020.

"We're excited," Brad Marchand said. "I've been a little envious watching the other games and seeing how many people have been in the arenas, and [I've been] really looking forward to that. I can't wait to see that and how loud it's going to be, how excited the fans are going to be. Definitely going to have a huge adrenaline rush off of that.

"That's such a big part of the playoffs, is having the atmosphere in the arena and how hard it is when you go into certain buildings. Definitely missed that in the first round, so we're really looking forward to that in this round."

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Other than the return of Jeremy Lauzon to Boston’s third D pair, there are no changes to the Bruins’ lineup. Isles winger Oliver Wahlstrom will remain out of New York’s lineup due to an undisclosed injury, with Travis Zajac taking his spot in the lineup.

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Boston might have to shake some rust off in the early going, as the B’s last played on May 23 when they bounced the Capitals in five games. 

"I imagine there will be a little bit (of rust); they've played more recently in a high-intensity game, so there may be a little bit of an advantage," Bruce Cassidy said. "I just think the rest for any team is good in the long run if you have aspirations of making a long run, that these extra days will come in handy whether it's this series, the next series."