The Florida Panthers will look to deliver the knockout blow when they face the Boston Bruins tonight in Game 5 at Amerant Bank Arena. Unflappable Florida overcame a two-goal deficit to win for the fifth straight time in the playoffs at a very sour TD Garden. A goal and an assist from Anton Lundell, a controversial power-play goal from the most hated man in Boston, Sam Bennett, and a dazzling Lemieux-ish game-winner from Aleksander Barkov put the Panthers on the cusp of reaching the Eastern Conference Final for a second straight season. After surrendering first period goals to David Pastrnak and Brandon Carlo, Sergei Bobrovksy kept the Bruins off the board for the final 44:48. He has given up two goals or less in the last three games.
- WHEN: 7 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: ESPN
- ON THE DIAL: 560 WQAM (D/B), 92.1 Real Radio (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #NHLBruins, #BOSvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Stanley Cup of Chowder
- SERIES: Florida leads 3-1
- LAST MEETING: FLA 3, @BOS 2 – (Recap) 5/12/2023
- NEXT MEETING: Game 6 – May 17, 2024 (if necessary)
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (7-2 .892 / 2.55 0SO) Boston: Swayman (5-5 .930 / 2.28 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Boston
Tonight in the Stanley Cup Playoffs
- Game 3: Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) (Canucks lead 2-1)
Monday’s results
- Game 5: Hurricanes 4, Rangers 1 (New York leads 3-2)
- Game 4: Stars 5, Avalanche 1 (Dallas leads 3-1)