After Monday’s 5-4 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Boston Bruins defeated the Florida Panthers to earn their first game of their ‘Dad’s Trip’
The Boston Bruins got back into the win column with a 3-1 victory against the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Wednesday.
Linus Ullmark made 27 saves for Boston (14-1-3), and seven Bruins each registered a point, including Jake DeBrusk, who broke a seven-game goalless streak when he put the Bruins up 3-1 in the second period.
Charlie Coyle opened the scoring at 18:35 of the first period during 4-on-4 play, skating in off a Danton Heinen drop pass in the neutral zone and deking past Matthew Tkachuk and Brandon Montour to score on a backhand.
Anton Lundell tied it 1-1 with a tip-in at 10:33, with Nick Cousins’ point shot bouncing off Bruins defenseman Mason Lohrei’s leg, then Lundell’s skate on its way past Ullmark.
Johnny Beecher put Boston back ahead 2-1 less than a minute later at 11:14. Beecher patiently pulled Sergei Bobrovsky out of position, and while he whiffed on the would-be tap-in, the puck bounced in off a sliding Oliver Ekman-Larsson.
Ullmark made a full-extension save on Kevin Stenlund at 13:20 of the second, stretching to stop the prime scoring chance with the feet of his pads, and DeBrusk extended the lead to 3-1 at 14:19, winning the puck on a dump-in with Matt Poitras and rebounding in his own shot from a tight angle.
After each side managed to put just seven shots on net throughout the second period, the lack of chances continued into the third period (six shots on goal for each team). Boston fended off several 6-on-5 chances in the final minutes with Bobrovsky pulled for Florida to hold on for the win.