Bruins’ Jeremy Swayman drops eye-opening take ahead of do-or-die Game 5

The Boston Bruins are on the brink of elimination after a controversial 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference second-round series. Now down 3-1 heading back to Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise — and needing to win three consecutive games to advance — things are looking bleak in Massachusetts.

But Jeremy Swayman remains confident that his team can bring the series back to TD Garden for a Game 6 later this week.

“This is playoff hockey,” Swayman said after the discouraging defeat, per NHL.com’s Amalie Benjamin. “We’d better believe in this reality. The reality is that we’re going to go to Florida, we’re going to play the same game, and we’re going to get it done. I have no doubt in this group. We have a lot of confidence and a lot of motivation to bring it back to Boston because our fans deserve a lot better, and we’re excited to do that.”

“I couldn’t be more excited to get down there and bring it back to Boston,” the star netminder added.

The Bruins looked to be in good shape after winning Game 1 on the road in Florida — in commanding fashion. But it’s been all downhill since then, with the Panthers winning each of the next three, including Sunday night in New England.

Boston led by as much as 2-0 in the waning minutes of the second period, but would watch as Florida scored three unanswered goals — the second after Sam Bennett had cross-checked Charlie Coyle into Swayman — to steal the victory.

With that, the Cats will have an opportunity to knock out the B’s for the second straight postseason. But the series isn’t over yet.

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