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by Dan Duquette Jr. on Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:11PM

The Bruins and Islanders have been locked up in a tight one on Friday night, and it’s hard to tell which team is supposed to be rested and which is playing a back-to-back.

NESN Nation’s Dan Duquette has noticed a lot of energy in the TD Garden, but not just in this game. In fact, it appears that there’s been a lot more energy and end-to-end action in these games than in years past — to the point where it’s reminiscent of how games were suddenly wide-open after the last lockout.

Check out a theory why that is in the above video.

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