In their second to last home game of the regular season, the Bruins welcomed the Florida Panthers for a Saturday matinee at TD Garden.
It certainly felt like a matinee, as the sluggish Bruins never found their groove and lost, 4-1. Riley Sheahan and Evgenii Dadonov took advantage of a few defensive lapses and put the Panthers ahead by two after 20 minutes.
Noel Acciari cut the deficit to one after hammering home a rebound in the second period. But the Bruins couldn’t build on that momentum. Instead, on a power play late in the middle frame, they conceded a shorthanded tally from Troy Brouwer to give the Panthers the 3-1 lead.