COMMENTARY
The Bruins have the means to consistently land welts against the Panthers over a best-of-seven series.
Journeyman goalie Alex Lyon has served as an unlikely bastion for Florida over these last few months. But his heroics in net likely won’t be enough to bail out a porous defense in front of him.
While the Bruins are first in both goals allowed (2.12 goals per game) and penalty kill success rate (87.3 percent), the Panthers rank 21st (3.32) and 23rd (76.0%) in those same categories. Florida is 22nd in shots allowed per game (29.