Florida made it 1-0 at 4:22 of the first period when Eetu Luostarinen jumped on a turnover deep in the Boston zone and beat Korpisalo glove side with a wrist shot.

Eyssimont tied it 1-1 at 7:18, scoring through the five-hole on a breakaway, then came out of the penalty box and gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead at 12:43 on another breakaway. He took a stretch pass from Marat Khusnutdinov, deked Bobrovsky and stuffed the puck in at the right post.

“I didn’t even see [Khusnutdinov] take a look, he just knew,” Eyssimont said. “Good awareness for him to know the time and he got the puck to me. I was feeling it, felt good. I knew I could do something in tight.”

Balinskis tied it 2-2 at 30 seconds of the second period with a power-play goal, taking a pass from Tkachuk and sending a wrist shot past Korpisalo.

Tkachuk then put Florida in front 3-2 on the power play at 2:47 when he banked his own rebound off Korpisalo from behind the goal line.

Lundell pushed the lead to 4-2 at 18:33 with a short-handed goal on the rush, finishing a give-and-go with Sam Reinhart.

“It felt great. This was a really hard game and I was out a few games, so I’m really happy to be back,” Lundell said. “I just tried to do my best, we know where we are in the standings. All we can do is try to improve every game, try to win every game. These games are so big.”

NOTES: Pastrnak, who had an assist, is scheduled to fly to Italy on Thursday for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 and will be the flag-bearer for Czechia. The ceremony is Friday (2 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC). “I am speechless. Very, very honored,” the forward said after the game Wednesday. “I am going to give them my all. Very happy and honored to be able to hold our flag and represent us at the ceremony.” The Olympic men’s hockey tournament begins Feb. 11. … It was Boston’s final game before the Olympic break, which begins Friday. … Bruins forward Morgan Geekie had an assist to extend his point streak to eight games (seven goals, five assists). … Bobrovsky became the eighth goalie in NHL history to reach 450 wins and required the fewest games (793) to do so, besting Marc-Andre Fleury (816). … Florida forward Sandis Vilmanis (upper body) left the game midway through the first period and did not return after being penalized for an illegal check to the head of McAvoy. Panthers defenseman Tobias Bjornfot (undisclosed) did not play in the third. Maurice said he expects Vilmanis to play at Tampa Bay on Thursday but said Bjornfot would likely be out.