Sunrise, FL. – The Boston Bruins remain alive.
Missing out on their first opportunity to punch their ticket to the Eastern Conference Final, the Florida Panthers came up just a bit short in a 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Amerant Bank Arena on Tuesday.
“You play a seven-game series for a reason,” Panthers forward Sam Reinhart said. “It’s not always going to go your way. You try and learn from it. There’s some things we can do a little bit better. We’re going to learn from it, we’re going to recover and we’re going to come back.”
Jeremy Swayman made 28 saves, Charlie McAvoy added to the list of disputed goals in this matchup with the go-ahead score and the Bruins staved off elimination.
The biggest stop of Swayman’s night might have been his last: He stoned Florida’s Sam Reinhart from close range with about 8 seconds left, and the Bruins
Reinhart scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots. The Panthers had just four shots in the first, then got 25 to Swayman in the final 40 minutes.
With the action shifting back to TD Garden for Game 6, the Panthers still hold a 3-2 series lead.
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