Linus Ullmark made 29 saves as the top-seeded Boston Bruins defeated the host Florida Panthers 4-2 in a first-round playoff series on Friday night at Sunrise, Fla.
The Bruins, who got goals from Taylor Hall, Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak and Nick Foligno, lead the best-of-seven series, 2-1. Game 4 is set for Sunday afternoon in Sunrise.Boston, which set NHL records in the regular season for most wins and points , took a rare defeat on Wednesday, losing 6-3 to Florida.
The Bruins were again without captain Patrice Bergeron. In addition, David Krejci was a late scratch. Both of them have upper-body injuries. The Panthers brought in former starter Sergei Bobrovsky, who hadn't played since March 27, initially due to injury and then to the inspired play by Lyon, a 30-year-old career minor-leaguer.
The Bruins made it 2-0 with 6:00 gone in the second as Coyle deflected a shot by Brad Marchand. Coyle fought off Florida's Aleksander Barkov in an intense battle in front of the net and then batted the puck down and in past Lyon.
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