Bruins left wing Brad Marchand suspected that the Florida Panthers may very well be a hard first-round opponent inside the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Marchand’s suspicions have been confirmed inside the third interval on Wednesday night’s 6-3 loss to the Panthers in Recreation 2 of the sequence on the TD Backyard. The Panthers tied the sequence at 1-1 and might host the Bruins in Recreation 3 on Friday night (7:30) at FLA Dwell Area in Dawn, Fla.
Followers keep up the Boston Bruins flag sooner than Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Hampus Lindholm #27 of the Boston Bruins falls in entrance of Aleksander Barkov #16 of the Florida Panthers all through the primary interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins blocks a shot all through the primary interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs in opposition to the Florida Panthers on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Nick Foligno #17 of the Boston Bruins tries to realize on Gustav Forsling #42 and Alex Lyon #34 of the Florida Panthers all through the primary interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Anton Lundell #15 of the Florida Panthers looses his stability in entrance of Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins all through the primary interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Charlie McAvoy of the Boston Bruins jumps excessive of Sam Bennett #9 of the Florida Panthers all through the primary interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins blocks Aleksander Barkov #16 of the Florida Panthers shot all through the primary interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Brad Marchand #63 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his purpose all through the second interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs in opposition to the Florida Panthers on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
The Boston Bruins have enjoyable Brad Marchand’s purpose all through the second interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs in opposition to the Florida Panthers on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Tyler Bertuzzi #59 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his purpose with Nick Foligno #17 and Charlie McAvoy #73 all through the second interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs in opposition to the Florida Panthers on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Sam Bennett #9 of the Florida Panthers scores off Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins all through the second interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Sam Bennett of the Florida Panthers celebrates with Matthew Tkachuk after scoring in opposition to Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark. The Panthers skated to a -3 win to even the playoff sequence 1-1. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
The Florida Panthers have enjoyable Matthew Tkachuk’s purpose off Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins all through the second interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Boston Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery watches as a result of the Florida Panthers ranking all through the second interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Carter Verhaeghe #23 of the Florida Panthers scores on Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins all through the third interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Linus Ullmark #35 of the Boston Bruins goes down after Carter Verhaeghe #23 of the Florida Panthers scores all through the third interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Boston Bruins fan presents the Florida Panthers the finger after Verhaeghe #23 scored all through the third interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
The Boston Bruins bench making an attempt dejected after the Florida Panthers scored their fifth purpose all through the third interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Marc Staal #18 of the Florida Panthers pushes down Tyler Bertuzzi #59 of the Boston Bruins all through the third interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
The Florida Panthers have enjoyable their fifth purpose in opposition to the Boston Bruins all through the third interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Boston Bruins followers takes footage of Eric Staal #12 of the Florida Panthers after going down all through the third interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Nick Cousins #21 of the Florida Panthers and Tyler Bertuzzi #59 of the Boston Bruins get proper right into a fight all through the third interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
Ryan Lomberg of the Florida Panthers, left, and Trent Frederic of the Boston Bruins fight all through the third interval of Recreation 2 of their playoff sequence. The Panthers evened the sequence with a 6-3 victory in Boston. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald)
Ryan Lomberg #94 of the Florida Panthers and Trent Frederic #11 of the Boston Bruins fight all through the third interval of Spherical 1 Recreation 2 of the NHL playoffs on the TD Backyard on Wednesday in Boston, MA. (Matt Stone/Boston Herald) April 19, 2023
“We knew it was going to be a tough sequence and positively not one which we anticipated to stroll by,” talked about Marchand. “They play successfully at residence and we now have our work decrease for us and we now have to make sure we convey our best.
“It’s one recreation at a time. Nicely neglect about this one now and regroup. But when we don’t carry our greatest recreation it’s going to be a tough journey so we’ve got to ensure we’re prepared for them.”
Marchand had a troublesome night inside the event summary no matter scoring the Bruins’ first purpose whereas short-handed that tied the game 1-1 at 12:13 of the second interval.
Marchand logged 19:43 first-line minutes with 4 photos and accomplished with a minus two. Marchand was moreover on the enterprise end of some extreme exhausting low price photos, one amongst which resulted in a cross-checking penalty assessed the Panthers’ Ryan Lomberg at 10:56 of the first.
“They performed actually exhausting they usually performed actually determined and we must be higher,” talked about Marchand. “We should execute larger and we’ve got to play proper by at our diploma and we haven’t achieved that however.
“We might be higher and we’ve got a possibility to see the place we will enhance and get again in it.”
The 2 areas the Bruins need to improve on are faceoffs and giveaways. The Bruins might need used coronary heart Patrice Bergeron inside the faceoff circle, nonetheless he has missed every video video games with an undisclosed hurt. The Panthers gained 54% of the faceoffs led by Alexander Barkov (11) and Anton Lundell (9).
The Bruins turned the puck over 15 cases inside the sport, putting goaltender Linus Ullmark in some uncompromising circumstances. That was positively the case on Florida’s first purpose, that was set motion by a lazy clearing transfer by Brandon Carlo. Matthew Tkachuk knocked down Carlo’s rainbow and fed Sam Bennett, who was left unattended between the circle. Bennett closed on Ullmark and went five-hole for his first of the playoffs.
The Panthers went up 4-2 at 7:00 of the third when Bennett nailed McAvoy on the half wall that despatched a free puck drifting within the path of Tkachuk on the blue line. Carter Verhaeghe took a feed from Tkachuk inside the low slot and wristed it extreme contained within the near put up.
“They placed on quite a lot of strain, they have been taking part in actually quick,” talked about Marchand. “They’ve been attacking and collaborating in truly exhausting they usually’re a hard employees to play in opposition to.
“They performed quick, they have been shifting pucks and getting in on the forecheck. We didn’t handle pucks in some unspecified time in the future.”