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2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Eastern Conference Semifinals
WHO: Bruins at Panthers, Game 3
WHEN: 7 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden
TV: TNT
RADIO: 98.5-FM The Sports Hub
SERIES SCHEDULE (Florida leads 2-1)
Monday: Boston 5, Florida 1
Wednesday: Florida 6, Boston 1
Today: Florida 6, Boston 2
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
Pavel Zacha — Morgan Geekie — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Charlie Coyle — Jake DeBrusk
James van Riemsdyk — Trent Frederic — Justin Brazeau
Jakub Lauko — John Beecher — Pat Maroon
Mason Lohrei — Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm — Brandon Carlo
Derek Forbort — Andrew Peeke
Swayman
Ullmark
Florida
Vladimir Tarasenko — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Evan Rodrigues
Nick Cousins — Kevin Stenlund — Kyle Okposo
Gustav Forsling — Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola — Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Dmitry Kulikov
Sergei Bobrovsky
PREGAME NOTES
- Pat Maroon was not happy with Matthew Tkachuk about his fight with David Pastrnak.
"Obviously I don't like how he hit him on the ground twice. I think that's dirty," Maroon told reporters. "It's the game within the game, but I don't like the aftermath of it."
Maroon said he'll be smart in Game 3.
"I mean, Tkachuk's not going to fight me. If I go out there and take a dumb penalty and they got a power play, my job's not accomplished. So can't look at it like that. I just got to take numbers," he said. "I mean listen, let's be realistic: I'm probably never playing against Tkachuk anyway."
Panthers coach Paul Maurice said he didn't believe Tkachuk did anything over the line in the fight.
"Did you guys see it more than once?" he asked during his pregame news conference Friday ahead of Game 3. "If you watch it a bunch of times, I would say the answer would be 'no.'"
- Looks like Andrew Peeke will be in for Parker Wotherspoon, and Jakub Lauko in for Jesper Boqvist.