Boston Bruins Game 82: Florida Panthers @ Boston Bruins game recap video, on April 8, 2018.
Quick game summary
In the first period, at 1:22, Panthers Henrik Borgstrom scored, giving the Panthers a 1-0 lead. At 8:18, Bruins David Backes scored his 14th goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. At 16:46, Panthers Frank Vatrano scored, giving the Panthers a 2-1 lead.
In the second period, at 13:33, Panthers Maxim Mamin scored, giving the Panthers a 3-1 lead.
In the third period, at 9:54, Bruins David Pastrnak scored his 35th goal of the season, a power-play goal, cutting the Panthers lead to 3-2. At 18:11, Panthers Evgenii Dadonov scored, giving the Panthers a 4-2 lead.
Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net and made 22 saves on 26 shots. Rask is now 34-14-5 with a 2.36 GAA and a .917 save percentage this season.
The Bruins led the game with a 60% faceoff percentage, in shots 43-26 and hits 20-15. The Panthers led the game in blocked shots 20-7. The Bruins went 1-for-4 on the power-play while the Panthers went 0-for-3.
Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak led the Bruins with 7 shots each. Charlie McAvoy led the Bruins with 4 hits. Charlie McAvoy and Kevan Miller led the Bruins with 2 blocked shots each.
Sean Kuraly, Rick Nash, Riley Nash, Brandon Carlo and Nick Holden were scratched for the Bruins.
Three stars of the game
1) Panthers forward Frank Vatrano
2) Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson
3) Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron
Onto the next one
The Bruins finished the season 50-20-12 with 112 points and in 2nd place in the Atlantic division. The Bruins are 5-3-2 in their last ten games and their home record is 28-8-5 this season.
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