
The bigger surprise omission from the Cats lineup tonight was Anthony Duclair.

Despite skating yesterday in Florida’s optional practice, the former first-overall pick was absent for tonight’s game.Ĭasey Fitzgerald filled in for Ekblad tonight on the blueline. The Panthers’ defenseman was injured in Game 3. When the teams came out for warmups, Aaron Ekblad was not on the ice. The most we got was that either Bobrovsky or Alex Lyon would be in net… obviously. We didn’t know who would be the starting goalie, who would be in the lineup and who would be out. Panthers head coach Paul Mauric kept everyone out of the loop pre-game when he had his media availability. Paul Maurice made multiple lineup changes in Game 4 With just eight seconds remaining on the Tkachuk penalty, a great zone entry by the Bruins led to Jake DeBrusk’s second goal of the series. The Bruins started the second period on the power play after Matthew Tkachuk got called for cross-checking Garnet Hathaway behind the net following the conclusion of the period. The opening minutes of the game was flat out dominated by Florida – with the shots at one point being 10-0 in favor of the home team.Īt 9:11 into the first, Colin White called for interference, putting the Bruins on the man-advantage.īoston got some juice being a man up and eventually opened the scoring.Īfter two huge saves by Sergei Bobrovsky, Brad Marchand poked in a loose puck, putting the Bruins up 1-0.


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Takeaways: Bruins Power Play was dangerousīoston’s power play this series has been more than a step ahead of the Panthers. The Bruins had their way for a second straight game at FLA Live Arena in a 6-2 win, taking both of their road games.īoston now leads the series 3-1, with a chance to close it out Wednesday night at home. SUNRISE – Playoff hockey came early today in Sunrise, with the Panthers and Bruins facing off in an afternoon Game 4.
