The Boston Bruins halted the Florida Panthers 5-3 at TD Garden on Monday night. It completed a three-game road trip for Florida. The Panthers will have their home opener against the Philadelphia Flyers at FLA Live Arena on Wednesday night.
Boston(3-0-0) rocketed out to a 1-0 lead 21 seconds into the first period. Jake DeBrusk stole the puck from Gustav Forsling and skated into the Panthers zone. He released a wrist shot from the right-circle dot that went by Sergei Bobrovsky for his first goal of the campaign.
In the second period, Florida(2-1-0) evened it up 1-1 at the 4:32 mark with the Calgary
Connection line. Rudolfs Balcers played the puck across the end wall from the left corner. Matthew Tkachuk carried it to the right wing, sent a diagonal pass and Sam Bennett tapped it in from the top of the crease past Linus Ullmark for his first goal this season.
It became 2-1 for the Bruins with 7:25 left in the second. DeBrusk made a blind backhand pass from the low left circle and Patrice Bergeron flipped a shot from the right of the crease for his second tally of the year. Bergeron scored 403rd goal with the B's which tied him for third all-time in franchise history with Rick Middleton.
The Bruins scored two goals in less than six minutes during the third period. David Pastrnak found the net at 7:01 and Trent Frederic followed with a wraparound goal with 7:29 remaining for a three-goal margin.
The Panthers cut it to 4-2 with 7:02 to go. Colin White angled a pass from the left wing and Forsling rifled a slap shot from the blue line.
The Cats pulled their goalie with 4:52 left in the third. White scored his first goal in a Panthers jersey from the blue paint with 1:37 remaining and they were down 4-3.
Boston finished off the contest with 1;03 to go. DeBrusk shot the puck from his own defensive zone into an empty net for his second goal of the game.
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