Tyler Bertuzzi tallied two assists in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut with Boston while Brent Burns and Stefan Noesen combined for three points in their first postseason game with Carolina as the Bruins and Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead in their respective First Round series:
* Bertuzzi (28 years, 52 days) became the oldest Boston player with multiple points in his first career playoff contest, eclipsing Eddie Shore (24 years, 124 days in Game 1 of 1927 QF). Of note, Frank Frederickson (31 years, 291 days) had 2-0-2 in that same Game 1 of the 1927 Quarterfinals, which marked his first postseason contest with an NHL team - Frederickson, however, competed in the 1925 and 1926 Stanley Cup Final with the Victoria Cougars prior to joining the Bruins.
* Brad Marchand climbed multiple franchise lists with his 50th career playoff goal - which stood as the game winner - while David Pastrnak moved into a tie with a trio of Bruins legends by scoring his 12th career postseason power-play tally. Marchand joined Cam Neely (55) as the second skater in franchise history with 50 career playoff goals and became just the eighth active NHL player to reach the milestone.
* Burns and Noesen connected on the winning goal as the Hurricanes edged the Islanders in front of a packed house of "Caniacs" at PNC Arena. Carolina earned its 26th win by a one-goal margin this season and vaulted past Vegas (25) for the most in the NHL (regular season & playoffs combined).
* Burns also had a first-period assist on a tally by Sebastian Aho, who moved past Rod Brind'Amour and into a tie with Eric Staal for the most postseason goals in franchise history. Burns (38 years, 39 days) became the oldest Hurricanes/Whalers defenseman to record a playoff point, passing Paul Coffey (37 years, 327 days in Game 2 of 1999 CQF).