Jakub Lauko could only shake his head on Friday night.
Not only did a 6-2 Bruins loss in Game 3 against the Panthers sap any enthusiasm out of his first career playoff goal, the 24-year-old winger was still looking for answers after spending a critical stretch of Friday’s game in the sin bin.
With the Bruins trailing Florida, 3-0, at the start of the third period, Lauko tried to jumpstart Boston’s listless offense with a hard drive to the net. Gathering the puck past the blue line, Lauko shielded the puck away from Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad as he skated toward Sergei Bobrovsky.