Overview
- Florida beat Boston 5-4 in a shootout after the Bruins erased a 4-2 third-period deficit, snapping the Panthers’ four-game skid and moving them past Ottawa to within one point of Toronto and seven of Boston.
- Brad Marchand returned to Florida’s lineup and scored the deciding shootout goal, with fellow returnees Sam Bennett and Anton Lundell also dressing.
- Lundell tallied on the power play and short-handed as Florida killed five of Boston’s six power plays.
- Goaltenders Sergei Bobrovsky and Joonas Korpisalo produced multiple high-danger saves in overtime before Bobrovsky ended the shootout by stopping Casey Mittelstadt.
- A first-period hit by Sandis Vilmanis on Charlie McAvoy drew only a minor penalty; McAvoy returned to play, Vilmanis left with an upper-body issue, and the play is a candidate for league review.