For the second straight game, Sam Bennett found himself at the center of controversy in this heated second-round series between the Bruins and Panthers.
After knocking Brad Marchand out of Game 3 with a sucker-punch shot against Boston’s captain, Bennett jammed home an equalizing goal on the power play in Game 4 — knotting the game at 2-2 and shifting the momentum en route to a 3-2 Panthers win.
Bennett, who knocked a rebound into an empty Bruins net, pushed Charlie Coyle in the blue paint — with the 218-pound Boston center falling into Jeremy Swayman.