After suffering tough losses in Toronto and Ottawa, the Florida Panthers were battered 5-1 by the Eastern Conference’s top team, the Boston Bruins in matinee action from TD Garden. The Panthers finished a key four-game road trip with a 1-2-1 record, not good enough to make up any ground in the playoff chase.
Florida reversed a recent trend of starting poorly to post the game’s first goal at the 4:59 mark when Jamie McGinn outworked Kevan Miller and Ryan Donato, son of Ted in front to stuff in a rebound of Vincent Trocheck’s shot that was stopped by Tuukka Rask.