The Panthers have lost their last four home postseason games. They are 3-5 at home in the last three seasons in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Casey Fitzgerald made his postseason debut with the Florida Panthers. He and his father Tom Fitzgerald became the first father-son duo to play in the Stanley Cup Playoffs with Florida. Tom Fitzgerald participated with the Cats during their first five seasons of the franchise from 1993-94 until 1997-98. Fitzgerald is a cousin of Panthers right wing Matthew Tkachuk.
Boston took a 1-0 lead at the 9:45 mark of the first period. David Pastrnak made a diagonal pass from the right circle. Tyler Bertuzzi one-timed a forehand shot from the left of the crease followed by Pavel Zacha from close range and Sergei Bobrovsky made both saves. Brad Marchand poked in the loose puck from the blue paint for his third goal of the series.
The Bruins struck early in the second period at 1:52 with the man advantage. Taylor Hall carried the puck to the high slot area and angled a pass. Dmitry Orlov snapped a shot from the right circle and it was deflected in by Jake DeBrusk at the top of the crease for his second tally of the postseason.
Florida closed it to 2-1 with 4:00 left in the second. Brandon Montour pushed the puck from the right corner and Carter Verhaeghe placed it on the back lip of the cage. Matthew Tkachuk swooped in and picked up the puck on the right goal line. He pulled the puck to underneath his body and shot it between his legs past Linus Ullmark for his for second goal of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
In the third period, the B's regained a two-goal lead 3-1 at the 2:26 mark. Nick Foligno cycled the puck from the right wing. Brandon Carlo released a slap shot from the right point and Bertuzzi redirected it in from the inner right circle for his second goal of the series.
The Panthers stayed in it with a power-play goal at 6:11 and were down 3-2. Tkachuk connected a pass from the top of the zone to Brandon Montour at the top left circle. His forehand shot went off the stick of a Bruins defender. Sam Bennett scored on a second attempt at the top of the crease for his second tally of the postseason.
It became 4-2 for the B's at 8:05. Hall sent a cross-ice pass from the right circle and Zacha fired a one-time shot from the left circle. It was saved and DeBrusk guided it in from the top of the crease for his second goal of the contest and third goal of the playoffs.
Boston increased it to 5-2 with 3:36 left in the third. Tomas Nosek lifted a backhand pass out of his own zone. Hall went around Radko Gudas in the neutral zone for a breakaway and put in a forehand shot. Ullmark was credited with a secondary assist on the play. Hall added another empty-net goal with 28.8 seconds remaining.
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