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Florida Panthers 1, Boston Bruins 4 — Recap
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Game Recap
The Boston Bruins built an early three-goal lead in the first period and held on behind Jeremy Swayman's 40 saves to defeat the Florida Panthers 4-1. Elias Lindholm opened the scoring at 4:50 of the first period with assists from Casey Mittelstadt and Charlie McAvoy. Michael Eyssimont followed at 6:11, assisted by Fraser Minten, and Morgan Geekie extended the lead to 3-0 at 15:59 with help from David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha. Florida got on the board at 18:05 when Carter Verhaeghe scored off passes from Brady Tkachuk and Matthew Tkachuk.
After a scoreless second period where Florida outshot Boston, the Bruins sealed the victory early in the third. JJ Peterka scored just 58 seconds into the frame, with Pastrnak and Zacha notating their second assists of the night to make it 4-1.
Swayman anchored the win by stopping 41 of 42 shots. Jacob Markstrom made 32 saves on 36 shots for the Panthers, who outshot the Bruins 41-36 overall but fell to 9-6-2. The victory improved Boston's record to 12-4-1, validating the SportsFBI pregame lean which favored the Bruins at 64%.
How the Prediction Fared
Before puck drop, DraftKings favored the Boston Bruins (-155, 61% implied) over the Florida Panthers.
SportsFBI's model, locked before puck drop, favored the Boston Bruins (64% confidence). It gave a 31% chance of a 3+ goal margin; the game was decided by 3 goals.
💵 Betting Result FanDuel closing line
Standouts
Every skater's and goalie's line is in the box score below.
📊 Game Flow
- P1 4:50 Elias Lindholm (Casey Mittelstadt, Charlie McAvoy) BOS · wrist shot · FLA 0, BOS 1
- P1 6:11 Michael Eyssimont (Fraser Minten) BOS · poke shot · FLA 0, BOS 2
- P1 15:59 Morgan Geekie (David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha) BOS · Power play · slap shot · FLA 0, BOS 3
- P1 18:05 Carter Verhaeghe (Brady Tkachuk, Matthew Tkachuk) FLA · Power play · slap shot · FLA 1, BOS 3
- P3 0:58 JJ Peterka (David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha) BOS · snap shot · FLA 1, BOS 4
Biggest Period
The Boston Bruins scored 3 goals in P1 — the biggest single period of the game.
📋 Team Stats
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLA | 18 | 9 | 14 | 41 |
| BOS | 11 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
🎯 Shot Map
- 1Goals2% of attempts
- 40Saved73% of attempts
- 14Missed the net25% of attempts
- 4Goals9% of attempts
- 32Saved68% of attempts
- 11Missed the net23% of attempts
● goal (large) · ● saved · ✕ missed the net; blocked shots are not located. Each team attacks to the right.
🏒 Box Score
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Verhaeghe | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:31 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17:39 |
| Brady Tkachuk | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13:12 |
| Seth Jones | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24:37 |
| Gustav Forsling | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:19 |
| Aaron Ekblad | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:03 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18:34 |
| Niko Mikkola | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18:19 |
| Sam Bennett | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 17:32 |
| Lars Eller | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:42 |
| Anton Lundell | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| Radko Gudas | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:14 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12:01 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:21 |
| Uvis Balinskis | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10:59 |
| Cole Reinhardt | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 09:09 |
| Cole Schwindt | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:50 |
| Bokondji Imama | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 07:04 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Markstrom | — | 32 | 36 | 88.9 | 4 | 57:36 |
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Zacha | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:51 |
| David Pastrnak | R | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21:16 |
| Elias Lindholm | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18:58 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 |
| Morgan Geekie | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14:43 |
| Michael Eyssimont | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 07:04 |
| Charlie McAvoy | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21:08 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| Fraser Minten | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:49 |
| Will Borgen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21:52 |
| Mason Lohrei | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:01 |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:11 |
| Frederic Brunet | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:51 |
| Hampus Lindholm | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:09 |
| Tanner Jeannot | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| Matthew Poitras | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| Mark Kastelic | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 07:15 |
| Player | Dec | SV | SA | SV% | GA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman | — | 40 | 41 | 97.6 | 1 | 58:20 |
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