SUNRISE, Fla. — The Boston Bruins will return home with Patrice Bergeron reportedly on the mend for Game 5.
With or without Bergeron — and likely without David Krejci — they’ll have a chance to close out their first-round series against the Florida Panthers on Garden ice.
The Bruins had to withstand an opening push against the desperate Panthers. Without their top defenseman in Aaron Ekblad and one of their skilled playmakers in Anthony Duclair, the Panthers delivered numerous quality looks on Linus Ullmark, firing 11 of their 15 first-period shots on net within the first 10 minutes.