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FINAL Game 1: Bruins 5, Panthers 1 - Geekie, Lohrei, Carlo and Brazeau answer Tkachuk
2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semifinals
WHO: Bruins at Panthers, Game
WHEN: 8 p.m.
WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, Fla.
TV: ESPN
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
SERIES SCHEDULE
Today: Game 1 at Florida, 8 p.m.
Wednesday: Game 2 at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Friday: Games 3 at Boston, 7 p.m.
Sunday: Game 4 at Boston, TBA
*Tuesday, May 14: Game 5 at Florida, TBA
*Friday, May 17: Game 6 at Boston, TBA
*Sunday, May 19: Game 7 at Florida, TBA
ROSTERS
PROJECTED LINES
Boston
Marchand-Coyle-DeBrusk
Zacha-Geekie-Pastrnak
Van Riemsdyk-Frederic-Brazeau
Beecher-Brown-Maroon
Lohrei-McAvoy
Lindholm-Wotherspoon
Forbort-Shattenkirk
Swayman
Ullmark
Florida
Vladimir Tarasenko--Aleksander Barkov--Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe--Anton Lundell--Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen --Kevin Stenlund--Evan Rodrigues
Nick Cousins--Steven Lorentz--Kyle Okposo
Gustav Forsling--Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola--Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson--Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
PREGAME NOTES
- It appeared to reporters at the morning skate that Jeremy Swayman will continue to start in net for the Bruins in Game 1.
- PANTHERS PLAYOFF LEADERS
Goals: Verhaeghe (5)
Assists: Tkachuk (6)
Points: Tkachuk, Verhaeghe (9)
Shots: Reinhart (23)
Hits: Rodrigues, Ekblad (23)
- The Panthers face off against the Boston Bruins in the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Cats and B’s square off in the postseason for the third time, following the 1996 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals (4-1) and 2023 First Round (4-3). Florida prevailed in each of the prior two series. The Cats own an 8-4 record in the playoffs against Boston, evenly split 4-2 both home and away from South Florida. The two clubs faced off four times in the 2023-24 regular season, with three of the four games being decided by one goal. Sam Reinhart (2-2-4) and Aleksander Barkov (2-2-4) led Florida with four points against the Bruins in 2023-24, while six different Cats registered at least two total points. Sergei Bobrovsky started all four games.
- The Bruins went 4-0-0 vs. Florida this season with Boston holding a 13-8 scoring advantage in those 4 games.
- Boston won game 1 with a 3-2 OT win in Boston on 10/30 on a Pavel Zacha score at 3:36; won game 2 by a 3-1 road score on11/22; won game 3 with a 4-3 road victory on 3/26; and the series ended with a 3-2 OT victory in Boston on 4/6 on a JesperBoqvist goal at 2:05.
- Pavel Zacha led the series with 2-3=5 totals with Charlie McAvoy (3-1=4) and David Pastrnak (1-3=4) adding to their seriestotals.
- Linus Ullmark took three wins with a 1.62 GAA and .947 Sv% in those games and Jeremy Swayman earned one win with a3.00 GAA and .857 Sv%.