BOSTON — The Panthers took a commanding 3-1series lead over the Bruins after Florida defeated Boston 3-2 in Recreation 4 on Sunday night time.
The Bruins set the tone early when Charlie McAvoy laid a thunderous hit on Sam Reinhart simply 14 seconds into the sport.
“I’ll give nice credit score to Charlie McAvoy,” Brandon Carlo stated after the sport. “Proper off the bat, getting that huge hit, that acquired us initiated inside the recreation.
“We talked about it beforehand, desirous to have a very good begin. We completed that as we speak. All through the remainder of the sport, I really feel like we simply want to keep up our stage of play all through the complete 60 minutes, and hopefully, we are able to find yourself on high.”
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After the Bruins took a 2-0 lead within the first interval, the Panthers stormed again with three unanswered targets to safe the win. Florida’s second purpose got here off the stick of Sam Bennett after he cross-checked Charlie Coyle into Jeremy Swayman.
Boston challenged the tally for goaltender interference, however the league decided that the play had no bearing on the purpose’s final result and the decision stood.
Having Bennett rating the purpose made it harder to swallow, given the low cost shot he took on Brad Marchand in Recreation 3.
“Yeah, 100%,” David Pastrnak stated. “We noticed it. It was clearly intentional in our look and the (digital camera) footage we acquired. These are the playing cards we have now to take care of. We’ve got to ensure to regroup and prepare for our subsequent recreation.”
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Boston held a 3-1 sequence benefit over Florida final season, solely to be eradicated by the Panthers in Recreation 7. The Bruins are hoping to flip the script and win the subsequent three video games.
“We’ve got our backs up towards the wall proper now,” Carlo stated. “However what an awesome alternative for us to form of do to them what they did to us final 12 months.”
Listed here are extra notes from Sunday’s Bruins- Panthers Recreation 4:
— Swayman supplied a very blunt evaluation of the controversial purpose within the second interval.
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“The actual fact is that (Charlie) Coyle was pushed into me and I couldn’t play my place,” Swayman stated. “That’s that. … I simply need to follow information. The actual fact is that my very own participant was pushed into me by theirs and I couldn’t play my place.”
— The Bruins had been known as for 4 straight infractions within the third interval, six general within the recreation. Boston went 5-for-6 on the penalty kill.
“To be sincere, I don’t assume I’ve ever seen 4 penalties within the third interval,” Pastrnak stated. “That’s eight minutes, a half of a interval is spent on the kill. That, I’ve by no means seen.
“I can’t even recall the penalties proper now so I don’t need to get into it. I’m simply saying I’ve by no means seen the staff take 4 penalties, and it was in a row, so it’s powerful. We’ve got to remain out of the field and play 5-on-5.”
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— Boston is 0-25 when going through a 3-1 deficit in any best-of-seven sequence.
— The Bruins will look to maintain their season alive after they face the Panthers on Tuesday night time in Dawn, Florida. Puck drop at Amerant Financial institution Enviornment is ready for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.