BOSTON BRUINS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Bruins visit the Panthers tonight in game 6 of their best-of-7 Round One series.
- They enter tonight’s game leading the series 3-2, and they have a 22-5 record when leading a best-of-7 at 3-2.
- They have an 11-16 record in game 6s of best-of-7 series when they have a 3-2 lead and they are 16-13 in best-of-7 series in which they are tied at 3 games each after game 6.
- Boston is in the post-season for the 7th straight season and 76th all-time in their history … Their 76 post-season berths are 2nd all-time in NHL history to MTL’s 85.
- This is the 8th Round One series for Boston since the NHL adopted the format in 2013-14 and they are 5-2 in those series … Overall, they are playing their 37th first round series (preliminary series, division semifinals, conference quarterfinals and round one series) with a 19-17 record entering this post-season … They are 16-12 in those series which have been best-of-7 formats.
2023 ROUND ONE SERIES
- The Bruins are 3-2 in this series so far … They opened with a 3-1 win in Boston on 4/17 and dropped a 6-3 home decision on 4/19 … They won games 3 and 4, both on the road, with a 4-2 decision on 4/21 and 6-2 victory on 4/23 and lost game 5 with a 4-3 OT setback on 4/26.
- Gm 1, April 17: Fla 1 at Bos 3 – David Pastrnak (PP), Brad Marchand (GW) and Jake DeBrusk scored goals and Tyler Bertuzzi added 2A for the series lead … Linus Ullmark earned the win in net … SOG: Bos 29, Fla 32 … PP: 1/2 … PK: 0/2
- Notes: Linus Ullmark recorded his 1st career playoff victory … Tyler Bertuzzi played his 1st NHL playoff game and his 1st playoff points with 2A … Charlie Coyle played his 100th NHL playoff game … Brad Marchand scored his 50th career playoff goal, moving into 2nd place on the team’s all-time goals list.
- Gm 2, April 19: Fla 6 at Bos 3 – Brad Marchand (SH) and Tyler Bertuzzi (PP) ended the 2nd period at 2-2 but FLA scored 4 straight before Taylor Hall scored the team’s 3rd … Linus Ullmark took the loss in goal … SOG: Bos 37, Fla 30 … PP: 1/4 … PK: 0/3 – Notes: Tyler Bertuzzi scored his 1st career playoff goal … Brad Marchand netted his 2nd career playoff SHG.
- Gm 3, April 21: Bos 4 at Fla 2 – Taylor Hall (1-1=2 totals), Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak (GW) and Nick Foligno opened a 4-0 lead, and Jake DeBrusk and Dmitry Orlov added 2A each … Linus Ullmark made his 3rd straight start in the win … SOG: Bos 35, Fla 31 … PP: 0/4 … PK: 0/2
- Notes: Jakub Lauko played his 1st NHL playoff game … Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci both missed game 3 with injuries and that is the 1st time that at least 1 of the 2 were not in a Boston playoff lineup since 2004.
- Gm 4, April 23: Bos 6 at Fla 2 – Brad Marchand (PP) Jake DeBrusk (PP) and Tyler Bertuzzi (GWG + A) tightened a 3-2 lead before DeBrusk scored his 2nd of the day and Taylor Hall scored twice (with 2 assists) to finish the scoring … Pavel Zacha added 2 assists … Linus Ullmark took the win (2 GA/43 SA in 57 Mins) before taking a 10-min misconduct and taking way to Jeremy Swayman (0/1 in 3 Mins) … SOG: Bos 31, Fla 44 … PP: 2/4 … PK: 1/4
- Notes: Linus Ullmark had career game-highs of 43 SOG and 41 Svs in the game … Tyler Bertuzzi (2-4=6 totals) and Dmitry Orlov (0-5=5 totals) each had points in his 1st 4 games of this series … Jakub Lauko recorded his 1st NHL playoff assist and point.
- Gm 5, April 26: Fla 4 at Bos 3/OT – The Bruins came back from 3 1-goal deficits on goals by Brad Marchand (1-1=2 totals), Patrice Bergeron and Taylor Hall before suffering their 1st OT loss of the series … Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists … Linus Ullmark took the loss in net … SOG: Bos 47, Fla 25 … PP: 2/5 … PK: 1/2
- Notes: Patrice Bergeron became the 3rd Bruin in history with his 50th career playoff goal on 4/26 … Brad Marchand (4-2=6 totals) has points in all 5 games of the series … Taylor Hall has 5-3=8 totals in his last 4 straight games.
- Gm 6, April 28: Bos 0 at Fla 0 –
- Gm 7, April 30: Fla 0 at Bos 0 – if necessary
BOSTON vs FLORIDA, LIFETIME SERIES
- The Bruins and Panthers are playing their 2nd lifetime playoff series … The Panthers hold a 6-4 record in 10 lifetime games between these teams and have a 37-35 scoring edge in those games.
- They played their 1st series with the 1996 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series, won by Florida in 5 games … Florida held a 4-1 advantage in games and a 22-16 goals for/against totals.
- Garnet Hathaway and Dmitry Orlov are the lone Bruins to have played a playoff series vs. the Panthers (2022 while with Washington) prior to this postseason.
2022-23 SEASON SERIES vs. FLORIDA
- BOS went 2-1-1 vs. FLA this season (2-0-0 in BOS, 0-1-1 at Fla) with BOS holding a 17-15 scoring advantage in those 4 games.
- Boston won game 1 with a 5-3 win in Boston on 10/17; Florida took game 2 by a 5-2 road score on 11/23; Boston won game 3 with a 7-3 home victory on 12/19; and the series ended with a 4-3 Panthers win in OT on 1/28.
- Patrice Bergeron led the series with 3-3=6 totals with David Pastrnak, Jake DeBrusk, Connor Clifton and Brad Marchand adding 4 points each.
- Linus Ullmark (2-0-0, 3.00 GAA, .925 Sv%) and Jeremy Swayman (0-1-1, 4.03 GAA, .881 Sv%) split the series in net.
2022-23 REGULAR SEASON RECAP
- The Bruins finished the season with the top record in NHL history at 65-12-5, as they topped both the wins mark at 65 and the points record at 135 … They went 34-4-3 at home and 31-8-2 on the road … They ranked 1st overall in the NHL with a .823 points percentage.
- They ranked 2nd overall with 301 goals for and was 1st overall with 174 goals against … Their power play ranked 12th at 22.2% while they ranked 1st on the penalty kill at 87.3%.
- The Bruins also led the NHL with a +128 goal differential.
- The Bruins had opened their home schedule with an NHL-record 14-game win streak … They also had a 22-game home point streak from 10-15-2022-1/2/2023 at 19-0-3.
- Five Bruins had 20-or-more goal seasons, led by David Pastrnak 61 and followed by Patrice Bergeron (27), Jake DeBrusk (27), Brad Marchand (21) and Pavel Zacha (21).
- 27 individual Bruins established career-highs in either goals, assists or points – Clifton (G, A, Pts), Jake DeBrusk (G tied, Pts), Forbort (G), Frederic (G, A, Pts), Greer (G, A, Pts), Grzelcyk (A, Pts), Lindholm (A, Pts), Nosek (Pts tied), Orlov (A, Pts), Pastrnak (G, A, Pts), Swayman (W), Ullmark (W), Zacha (G, A, Pts).
OVERTIME STATS
- The Bruins have played 145 OT games in their playoff history with a 62-80-3 overall record, 33-36-1 at home and 29-44-2 on the road.
- They have gone to multiple OTs in 27 games and they are 11-10 in 2OT games, 3-2 in 3OT games and 0-1 in the 6OT 1933 semifinal vs. TOR that was the longest such game in their history.
- 5 current Bruins have career OT playoff goals – Bergeron (team-record 4), Marchand (3), David Krejci (2), Coyle, Foligno.
FLORIDA PANTHERS NOTES:
BAPTIST HEALTH INJURY REPORT
- F Patric Hornqvist | Games Missed: 5
- F Ryan Lomberg | Games Missed: 1
Total Playoff Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 9
Total Regular Season Man Games Lost Due to Injury: 239
LAST GAME
Panthers 4, Bruins 3 [OT] – April 26 – TD Garden
FLA Goals: Duclair (1), Bennett (3), Reinhart (2-PPG), Tkachuk (3-OT)
BOS Goals: Marchand (4-PPG), Bergeron (1-PPG), Hall (5),
FLA Goalie: Bobrovsky (W) – 44 Saves
BOS Goalie: Ullmark (L) – 21 Saves
FLA Shots: 47
BOS Shots: 25
Notes: Matthew Tkachuk (1-1-2) scored the sixth playoff overtime goal in Panthers history and first of his career, producing two points for the second consecutive game (2-2-4)…Carter Verhaeghe notched three assists, tied for the most in a playoff game in franchise history…Verhaeghe has posted four assists in his last two games…Sergei Bobrovsky’s 44 saves were the third-most in a playoff game in club history…Sam Bennett scored a goal for the second consecutive game, extending his point streak to four games (3-1-4)…Radko Gudas led Florida with seven hits…Florida’s two-game road win streak tied for the longest in club playoff history…Boston had not lost two home games in a row all season…Florida out-hit Boston 48-40…FLA PP: 1-2, FLA PK; 3-5
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
- April 25: D Lucas Carlsson loaned to Charlotte (AHL)
- April 23: D Lucas Carlsson recalled from Charlotte (AHL)
PANTHERS vs. BRUINS
ALL-TIME vs. BOS: 44-50-6-10
ALL-TIME HOME vs. BOS: 22-23-2-7
2022-23 vs. BOS: 2-2-0
ROUND 1 – FLA (2) vs. BOS (3)
GAME 1 – FLA 1, BOS 3
GAME 2 – FLA 6, BOS 3
GAME 3 – BOS 4, FLA 2
GAME 4 – BOS 6, FLA 2
GAME 5 – FLA 4, BOS 3 [OT]
PANTHERS PLAYOFF LEADERS
Goals: Bennett, Tkachuk (3)
Assists: Tkachuk, Verhaeghe (4)
Points: Tkachuk (7)
Shots: Bennett (18)
Hits: Gudas (24)
