Florida Panthers beat Bruins 6-3 with four third-period goals to tie their series 1-1 on Wednesday night. This is Boston’s first loss in 1- games.
The Panthers — the NHL’s top regular-season team last season — tied the best-of-seven series and head home for Games 3 and 4 on Friday and Sunday.
Montour scored 22 seconds after the start of the third period to tie 2-2, Verhaeghe added an insurance goal and then Montour scored again for Florida before Eetu Luostarinen adding an empty netter to make it 6-2.
Brad Marchand scored a short-handed goal, and Tyler Bertuzzi and Taylor Hall also scored for the Bruins, who won their last eight – and 15 of their last 16 — regular-season games while setting NHL records with 65 wins and 135 points.