The game between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers will take place at TD Garden on Wednesday, April 19 at 7:30 PM ET.
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The Boston Bruins will welcome the Florida Panthers to TD Garden for an NHL game on Wednesday. The Boston Bruins won 3-1 in their last game over the Panthers. Brad Marchand has had his share of highlight goals in his career. His latest was more of a lowlight for Florida goalie Alex Lyon. Marchand scored his 50th career playoff goal on a relatively easy shot, David Pastrnak and Jake DeBrusk also scored, and the NHL-best Boston Bruins opened the playoffs by beating the Panthers 3-1 on Monday night. “You never know, come playoff time, you never want to pass up a shot,” Marchand said. “That’s just kind of how the playoffs work. Sometimes those shots go in and sometimes they don’t.”
Linus Ullmark, a Vezina Trophy candidate who led the league in wins (40), goals-against average (1.89) and save percentage (.938), stopped 31 shots and Tyler Bertuzzi added two assists for Boston, which controlled the game even with captain Patrice Bergeron sitting out because of illness.The Bruins captured the Presidents’ Trophy, setting NHL records in points (135) and wins (65). Florida, last season’s No. 1 seed, earned the Eastern Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot with a late-season push.
It’s the first playoff matchup between a No. 1 seed and the Presidents’ winner from the previous season since the award was introduced in 1985-86. With the Bruins leading 1-0, Lyon gave up Marchand’s early in the second when the winger fired a seemingly harmless shot from the top of the left circle. Lyon bent down to catch it and it tipped off his glove, caroming into the net after hitting the inside of the right post.
The Florida Panthers on the other hand lost 3-1 against the Bruins in their last game. Soon after, the TD Garden crowd started serenading him with chants of “Lyon! Lyon!” “He was good. He’ll want the second one back,” Florida coach Paul Maurice said of Lyon. “I’m not measuring that as the tell of his game, we’ll measure it by the saves that he made. Pastrnak, a 61-goal scorer this season, was on the opposite side on the right wing from his usual spot on the power play.
Bertuzzi collected the rebound of David Krejci’s shot in the slot and sent a quick backhand pass to Pastrnak, who snapped the puck into the net at 5:58 of the opening period, pushing Boston ahead 1-0. Florida cut the lead in half when Boston defenseman Dmitry Orlov sent a blind, backhand pass directly out front, where Tkachuk collected it and flipped the puck past Ullmark at 6:34 of the second. “I think both teams got better and have more to give, especially us,” Panthers center Eetu Luostarinen said.
Tyler Bertuzzi – Jake DeBrusk – David Krejčí
Brad Marchand – Charlie McAvoy – Dmitry Orlov
David Pastrňák – Pavel Zacha – Brandon Carlo
Connor Clifton – Charlie Coyle
Nick Foligno – Derek Forbort
Trent Frederic – Taylor Hall
Garnet Hathaway – Hampus Lindholm
Tomáš Nosek
Linus Ullmark
Matthew Tkachuk – Aleksander Barkov – Nick Cousins
Anthony Duclair – Aaron Ekblad – Gustav Forsling
Radko Gudas – Ryan Lomberg – Anton Lundell
Eetu Luostarinen – Alex Lyon
Josh Mahura – Brandon Montour
Sam Reinhart – Givani Smith
Eric Staal – Marc Staal
Carter Verhaeghe
Colin White
Boston Bruins: Patrice Bergeron
Florida Panthers: Sam Bennett, Spencer Knight, Patric Hornqvist
The game between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers will take place at TD Garden on Wednesday, April 19 at 7:30 PM ET.
The match between the Boston Bruins and Florida Panthers will be telecast live on NESN, ESPN, Fox Sports Florida, Bally Sports Florida.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | NESN, ESPN, Fox Sports Florida, Bally Sports Florida. | April 19 (7:30 PM ET) |
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