{"id":537761,"date":"2026-04-03T03:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/537761\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:12:14","slug":"panthers-hang-on-to-end-bruins-winning-streak-at-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/537761\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers hang on to end Bruins winning streak at 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bennett pushed the lead to 2-0 at 7:39, lifting a shot from the slot over\u00a0Swayman\u2019s shoulder after A.J. Greer<\/a>\u2019s initial attempt was blocked.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur guys played. They came out right the last two games,\u201d said Florida coach Paul Maurice, whose team played Thursday without 11 regulars. \u201cThey were ready to play, excited to play. The bench was energetic. They are not just going through the motions. They played hard and deserved to win the game, especially when you look at the adversity we have had coming into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minten cut the deficit to 2-1 at 19:33 when he put in a rebound at the right post.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to get one at the end of a period when you are down,\u201d Minten said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a reset going into the second. That did not end up being the case. They are as honest a team as there is out there. The way they play, they just put it behind you and make you go get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bobrovsky preserved the lead 39 seconds into the third when he dove at the right post and used his glove to knock down David Pastrnak<\/a>\u2019s shot from close range.<\/p>\n

The Bruins went on a late power play at 16:39, but the Panthers penalty kill kept them off the board.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are important games and we\u2019re winning games at the end of the day,\u201d said Boston forward Morgan Geekie<\/a>, who had three shots on goal in 18:42 but did not score for a 15th straight game. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how we do it. But, tonight, it feels like you let everyone down. Had the opportunities, but it\u2019s been a tough stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n

The banged-up Panthers were without two of their top defensemen after Aaron Ekblad<\/a> and Dmitry Kulikov<\/a>\u00a0were injured in the third period of a 6-3 win against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Ekblad broke a finger blocking a shot, and Kulikov broke his nose after getting struck by a deflected puck. Coach Paul Maurice said Kulikov could return this weekend; Florida plays at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

NOTES: Pastrnak had an assist for his 96th point of the season (29 goals, 67 assists). He is closing in on becoming the third player with four 100-point seasons for the Bruins. Phil Esposito<\/a> and Bobby Orr<\/a>\u00a0each did it six times. \u2026 The two-time defending Cup champion Panthers avoided being eliminated from playoff contention for the second straight game. \u2026 Florida swept the three-game season series against Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bennett pushed the lead to 2-0 at 7:39, lifting a shot from the slot over\u00a0Swayman\u2019s shoulder after A.J.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5102],"tags":[62,57,5141,5,4,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-537761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-panthers","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-panthers","10":"tag-floridapanthers","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-panthers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116338593102541003","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}