Follow usJesper Boqvist notched 2:05 into OT, Linus Ullmark made 28 saves and the Boston Bruins defeated the Florida Panthers 3-2 at TD Garden in Boston, MA in a game between the 2 top franchises in the Atlantic Division.
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Leader Bruins moved 5 points ahead of 2nd placed Panthers. Both organizations have 4 matches until the end of the regular campaign as Florida will play all of them at their venue.
“It’s another huge match, another postseason-type match vs. organization that will part of the playoffs and those matches aren’t hard to get up for,” shared the Bruins center Charlie Coyle, who scored a power-play goal in the 2nd period.
Charlie McAvoy also notched for Boston, who improved to 5-1 since manager Jim Montgomery criticized the organization during training at the end of the past month for not being prepared for the postseason.
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Matthew Tkachuk and Aleksander Barkov notched for Florida, who were defeated for the 5th time in 7 matches. Goalie Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots.
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