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National Hockey League
Boston 3, Florida 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Where: Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, Florida
Referees: T.J. Luxmore, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: Kilian McNamara, Jonny Murray
Attendance: 19327

Reigning Vezina Trophy winner Linus Ullmark made 27 saves to lead the Boston Bruins to a 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night in Sunrise, Fla.

Charlie Coyle, John Beecher and Jake DeBrusk scored for the Bruins, who improved to 5-0-2 in their past seven games.

Anton Lundell scored for the Panthers, who had won seven of their previous eight games. Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves.

The Bruins are 2-0-0 against the Panthers this season. That's a bit of payback since the Panthers upset the Bruins in the first round of the playoffs last season after Boston set an NHL record with 135 points.

Panthers center Aleksander Barkov missed his second straight game due to a knee injury, although he did skate in the morning.

Neither team cashed in on its power plays as Boston went 0-for-3 and Florida went 0-for-2. The Panthers won 62.7 percent of the faceoffs.

Boston opened the scoring at 18:35 of the first period. With the teams skating four-on-four, Coyle took a drop pass in the neutral zone from Danton Heinen. Coyle, with speed, skated past the Panthers, faking out defenseman Brandon Montour just before scoring on a backhander.

Florida tied the score at 10:33 of the second period as Nick Cousins' shot went in off the right skate of Lundell. The Panthers' Evan Rodrigues was also in front of the net, providing a screen.

Less than one minute later, Boston took a 2-1 lead as Beecher skated around Bobrovsky for what appeared to be an easy goal. Beecher, though, lost control of the puck, shoving it along the goal line and not in ... until it bounced off the right arm of diving Panthers defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson.

The primary assist went to Jakub Lauko, who corralled a rebound and dished to Beecher.

Boston made it 3-1 at 14:19 of the second as DeBrusk rebounded his own shot and banged the puck in off the left post.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Boston   Florida
John Beecher 1 Points Anton Lundell 1
John Beecher 1 Goals Anton Lundell 1
Patrick Brown 1 Assists Nick Cousins 1
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Linus Ullmark .964 Save Percentage Sergei Bobrovsky .880
Linus Ullmark 27 Saves Sergei Bobrovsky 22
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Boston 25 3 0-3 2-2 13 32
Florida 28 1 0-2 3-3 13 19
Upcoming Games
  • Florida will play their next game at home against Winnipeg. The Panthers have a W/L % of .583 after a win and .714 after a loss.
  • Boston will play their next game at home against Detroit. The Bruins have a W/L % of .714 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.