An ugly defensive performance by the Boston Bruins caused them to lose Game 2 of their first-round series against the Florida Panthers, evening up the series 1-1 as it heads to South Florida.
Linus Ullmark was hardly the issue, but couldn’t continually bail out his teammates like he has so many times this season. The Vezina Trophy favorite allowed a season-high five goals on 30 shots faced.
After a relatively choppy first period, the Panthers got on the board first. Sam Bennett capitalized off the Bruins’ turnover-filled shift to open the scoring.
Brad Marchand, did his best to drag the Bruins back into the fight, tying the contest at 1-1 on a shorthanded tally created from Tomas Nosek’s forecheck on Anthony Duclair.