The Isles took a 3-2 series lead back home with them despite a good performance by the Bruins. Tuuka Rask looked leaky for the Bruins and he was eventually pulled for the third period. Bruce Cassidy said he isn’t 100% and I would believe him. The Isles head home to the Coliseum to close out the series where it has been rockin all playoffs. I think this is a 50-50 game, so I am going to ride with the underdog Islanders to close it out at home.

I'm pretty surprised the Islanders are home dogs in Game 6 -- this could be, by the way, the last NHL game ever at Nassau Coliseum. The crowd will be nuts. Boston, down 3-2, will be without winger Curtis Lazar and blueliners Brandon Carlo and Kevan Miller. Boston's penalty kill was terrible in Game 5 without Carlo (Miller has missed a few weeks). The B's also might not have No. 1 netminder Tuukka Rask, who is questionable (see news feed update). On the flip side, Isles goaltender Semyon Varlamov is 3-1 in this series since taking over in Game 2 and was 5-1 vs. the Bruins in the regular season. The Russian seems to have their number. New York moves on.

The Islanders can eliminate the Bruins in Game 6. While the model forecasts essentially a tie game, more than 62 percent of simulations on the total land Under 5.5 goals. William Hill oddsmakers are favoring that fairly heavily as well.