{"id":538368,"date":"2026-04-03T11:53:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538368\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:53:42","slug":"panthers-complete-sweep-with-2-1-win-over-bruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/538368\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers complete sweep with 2-1 win over Bruins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Apr 2, 2026; Sunrise, Florida, USA; Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) makes a save against Boston Bruins left wing Viktor Arvidsson (71) during the third period at Amerant Bank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Another fast start and a high-level performance from Sergei Bobrovksy propelled the Florida Panthers to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins at Amerant Bank Arena.<\/p>\n

Mackie Samoskevich flipped on the red light for the third-straight game to open the scoring at the 4:20 mark. A.J. Greer pressured Henri Jokiharju into turning the puck over to Samoskevich, who worked his way into a shooting angle after the interception and snapped a wrister by Jeremy Swayman from the top of the left circle.<\/p>\n

Greer would earn an assist on Florida\u2019s second goal at 7:39 when his shot from long range was blocked by Fraser Minten and came to Sam Bennett, who put the loose puck home for the eventual game-winner.<\/p>\n

Minten got the Bruins only goal with 27 seconds left in the frame when he collected a rebound and threw it into net from down low with Sergei Bobrovsky out of position. The assists went to Marat Khusnutdinov and David Pastrnak.<\/p>\n

Bobrovsky made five saves in the second period and then put up a wall in the third, as unshackled Boston peppered him with 15 shots in an all-out onslaught to get the game to overtime. <\/p>\n

Although they were holding on for dear life during the final frame, that was a pretty impressive win by the injury-riddled Cats, who sported a defense corps consisting of four AHLers, to complete the season-series sweep against the (likely) playoff-bound Bruins. The Panthers will kick off their final road trip of the season with two games against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena this weekend.<\/p>\n

The Five Hole<\/p>\n

In addition to notching his fifth game-winning goal of the campaign, First Star Sam Bennett finished the tilt with a game-high seven shots. Bennett is two goals away from matching his career-high of 28, which was set in the 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n

Sergei Bobrovsky made a total of 28 saves, including 10 of the high-danger variety, to pick up his 27th win of the season. Bobrovsky\u2019s goals against average (2.96) dropped below three for the first time in quite a while.<\/p>\n

Gustav Forsling logged a team-high 27:13 of ice time, went plus-one and was credited with one shot on goal and two blocks.<\/p>\n

A.J. Greer was the only skater to post a plus-two and was one of four Panthers to dish out three hits. Mackie Samoskevich, Luke Kunin and Donovan Sebrango were the others.<\/p>\n

Call-ups Tobias Bj\u00f6rnfot and Mikulas Hovorka each blocked a shot. Bj\u00f6rnfot played 16:39 while Hovorka received 11:08 of ice time in his second NHL game.<\/p>\n

Stat Card<\/p>\n

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