In Boston, Linus Ullmark made 19 saves. and the Bruins defeated the Florida Panthers, 4-2, on Tuesday night.
“We did a good job with [checking Florida],” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. “I don’t think we gave up much. Certainly in the first period they got some good looks. They didn’t look like they had their usual jump, to me, tonight. … I certainly liked the way our team performed, even offensively. I thought we generated a lot.”
Boston improved to 50-25-5.
Gustav Forsling and Sam Reinhart scored for the Panthers.
“I think after the first we weren’t that happy about it, and we wanted to come up big in the second. It’s a tight game,” Forsling said. “We want to play games like this. It’s a lot of fun to play on the road against a great team. I think it was a good test for us, and we’re going to learn a lot from it.”
Forsling gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead in the game.
Boston replied with two goals in six seconds, Erik Haula and Taylor Hall gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead.
“It’s nice to score goals,” Hall said. “I wasn’t the most confident shooter for a while there, but the last couple games, I’ve scored some goal-scorer goals. It’s good to get that feel. It really is a feel. Some people chalk it up to luck or whatever. … If I can get that feel as we’re heading into the playoffs, it’s a good thing.”
Reinhart scored with half a second left in the first period to tie the game, 2-2.
Jake DeBrusk restored the Boston lead in the middle frame, 3-2.
“Florida is a high-power offensive team, and keeping them to two goals is good,” Haula said. “We just keep on growing our confidence. We’re getting close to the end [of the regular season]. … Today was perfect. Glad we got the win.”
Brad Marchand hit an empty net goal for the 4-2 final.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 34 saves in the Panthers loss.
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