“And it comes down to a Game 7 where we’re up for elimination now.” “We worked all year to get home-ice advantage,” DeBrusk said. Not even three power-play goals and one short-handed tally was enough to give Boston a win, either. The Bruins had the best regular-season record in NHL history, and they had one-goal leads on two separate occasions in the third period - and couldn’t hold either one of them. Reinhart closed it out with an empty-netter with 28 seconds left - the seventh and final goal of the third period, four of those scores by Florida.īarkov leaves Game 3 of Florida-Carolina series with lower body injury after hitīoston finished 42 points ahead of Florida in the standings this season, the biggest gap between playoff opponents in nearly 30 years. “I’m going to enjoy the hell out of it,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said.īarkov, Brandon Montour, Zac Dalpe and Sam Reinhart also scored for the Panthers, who got 30 saves from Sergei Bobrovsky.

The real fun comes Sunday: Game 7 in Boston. “It’s fun to be a part of this, for sure.” Everyone’s doing the right things,” Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov said. Matthew Tkachuk scored twice, Eetu Luostarinen put Florida ahead to stay with 5:38 left and the Panthers won 7-5 on Friday night. The wild-card Florida Panthers - by prevailing in an absolutely bonkers third period - fended off elimination for the second time and sent the mighty Boston Bruins into a winner-take-all game. (AP) - The team that posted the best regular-season record in NHL history, facing a team that needed to fight and claw all the way to the end just to get into the playoffs.

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