The Boston Bruins defeated the Florida Panthers 2-1 to take Game 5 and avoid elimination in the second round of their 2024 Stanley Cup Playoff series. Morgan Geekie opened the scoring for the Bruins in the first period when he backhanded a shot past Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.
Here are three key takeaways from the Bruins' big victory.
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FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers will face a desperate Boston Bruins team tonight that will, once again, be without captain Patrice Bergeron. Despite joining the team on the trip from Boston and taking part in Tuesday’s morning skate, Bruins coach Jim Montgomery told reporters that Marchand would miss Game 5.
BOSTON — Florida Panthers defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson has only played beyond the first round of the playoffs twice in his NHL career coming into this season.
Tonight is the perfect type of night to trust in the two home teams and their explosive offenses to deliver us some winning props.
The veteran goalie has the Panthers looking like a top Stanley Cup contender again -- although his numbers aren't looking too great this postseason.
Ever since Sam Bennett returned to the lineup, he has had an effect on the Boston Bruins. Is he a distraction to the Bruins? You bet he has. It has thrown them completely off their game: Missed assignments, undisciplined penalties, and a lack of sustained offense have hurt them.
BOSTON — With all of the attention on the man who returned to the lineup to take his spot on the second line, Anton Lundell stepped up to become a key factor for the Florida Panthers in a 3-2 Game 4 win against the Boston Bruins.
The Florida Panthers will look to deliver the knockout blow when they face the Boston Bruins tonight in Game 5 at Amerant Bank Arena. Unflappable Florida overcame a two-goal deficit to win for the fifth straight time in the playoffs at a very sour TD Garden.
If it was not obvious Sunday that Boston enforcer Pat Maroon was willing to fight anyone from the Florida Panthers, he said that may not be the case tonight.
Sam Bennett seems to love causing problems for his opponent in the playoffs. He’s only been back for two games in the Florida Panthers second round series against the Boston Bruins, and he’s already making headlines for the wrong reasons in both games.
If you thought there were fireworks during Game 4 between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers, you were in for a treat if you stuck around for the postgame commentary.
There have been plenty of sidebars between the Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins in this second-round playoff series. Matthew Tkachuk and Jeremy Swayman has been bubbling since it started.
Sam Bennett was lustily booed just about every time he touched the puck Sunday night. There are going to be some sore throats in Boston today. “He had the puck a lot of the game,’’ Matthew Tkachuk told Hockey Night in Canada following Florida’s 3-2 win over the Bruins in Game 4.
Aleksander Barkov’s stunning individual effort snapped a third period tie and lifted the Florida Panthers to an impressive 3-2 comeback victory over the Boston Bruins in Game 4 at TD Garden.
BOSTON — Powered by a two-goal comeback, the Florida Panthers are on the verge of taking down the Boston Bruins with a 3-2 Game 4 win, taking a 3-1 second-round series lead.
The Florida Panthers were in a really good mood Sunday night after beating the Boston Bruins 3-2 in Game 4 of their second-round playoff series. Hey, it might just be their last trip to Boston this season.
The Boston Bruins needed some new life after back-to-back blowouts to the Florida Panthers while the Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers looked to take the series lead in Sunday’s Stanley Cup playoff action.
The Florida Panthers are on the brink of eliminating the Boston Bruins from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Part of this may be due to Boston playing without captain Brad Marchand.
The Florida Panthers scored twice in the third period to cap a comeback from a two-goal deficit, giving them a 3-2 win over the host Boston Bruins on Sunday in Game 4 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series.
The Florida Panthers overcame a two-goal deficit, scoring twice within three minutes in the third period to defeat the Boston Bruins 3-2 and take a 3-1 lead in their second-round matchup of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
It has been many years since Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand licked an opponent during a playoff game, but it appears he will never live it down.
The forward slipped to the late seventh round in 2022, where Florida happily picked him up with the 221st overall pick.
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