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Marchand - Coyle - Frederic
Heinen - Zacha - Brazeau
Van Riemsdyk - Beecher - Maroon" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Lindholm - McAvoy
Lohrei - Carlo
Wotherspoon - Peeke" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Swayman
Ullmark" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "For Florida, Head Coach Paul Maurice did hint at some possible lineup changes for Game 6 but did not disclose what those will be. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "UPDATE: Paul Maurice has announced that Nick Cousins and Ryan Lomberg will come in for Steven Lorentz and Kyle Okposo." } }, { "id": "gkd0gy81-u51hbte1", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/DFOFantasy/status/1791503251281469587", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1791503251281469587", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "Florida's Simulation Lines:", "level": 4 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Tarasenko - Barkov - Reinhart
Verhaeghe - Bennett - Tkachuk
Luostarinen - Lundell - Rodrigues
Lorentz - Stenlund - Okposo" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Forsling - Ekblad
Mikkola - Montour
Ekman-Larsson - Kulikov" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Bobrovsky
Stolarz" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Bruins broke the scoreless tie early in the second period when Pavel Zacha, Morgan Geekie, and Mason Lohrei scored within 90 seconds of each other." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Florida's Scandinavian's Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Anton Lundell scored 27 seconds apart late in the third to make it a 4-2 game, but Boston added a goal in the final minute from Geekie to preserve the win and defeat the Panthers 5-2." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Sergei Bobrovsky had a rough game in the crease allowing five goals on 24 shots, and refused to get up on Boston's fifth goal." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Florida's top line of Sam Reinhart, Aleksander Barkov, and Vladimir Tarasenko all were a minus-3. Boston's top line of Jake DeBrusk, Morgan Geekie, and David Pastrnak drastically outperformed them with each being a plus-3 in the game. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The last time the Bruins were home they were getting booed off the ice and fans chanting \"Shoot the puck.\" Tonight they will attempt to create a more joyful crowd with the puck dropping just after 7pm EST." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "For more NHL 24 playoff simulations, bookmark The Hockey News Gaming Site." } } ] }

Florida Panthers vs. Boston Bruins Game 6 Prediction