Panthers coach Paul Maurice had a good feeling hours prior to Friday’s Game 6 that his squad would end its second-round series against the Bruins that night.
Roughly five hours before puck drop, the fire alarm went off at the Panthers’ team hotel in Boston. The alarm went off during the time many players take a pregame nap, potentially throwing them off guard in the moments ahead of Game 6.
“It’s superstitious, right?” Maurice told reporters of the incident. “In my career, the number of times that something got messed up at a hotel – and we stay at wonderful hotels, this is not a complaint, but the hotel we’re staying at is gorgeous.