For the last two decades, the home playoff success throughout the league evaded a handful of teams.
The Boston Bruins fell victim to that development on numerous occasions, especially during the Jim Montgomery regime.
After extending their season with their Game 5 victory in Florida, the Bruins will enter their fourth series-ending scenario on TD Garden ice in the last two years. Montgomery’s club wasted both opportunities in last year’s first round collapse against the Panthers, and dropped a Game 5 decision to the Leafs at Causeway this year before recovering behind a Hampus Lindholm equalizer and a David Pastrnak overtime winner in Game 7.