{"id":217267,"date":"2026-04-03T09:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217267\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:42:07","slug":"bruins-winning-streak-ends-at-four-games-with-loss-to-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/217267\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins’ Winning Streak Ends at Four Games with Loss to Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bennett pushed the lead to 2-0 at 7:39, lifting a shot from the slot over\u00a0Swayman\u2019s shoulder after A.J. Greer<\/a>\u2019s initial attempt was blocked.<\/p>\n

Minten cut the deficit to 2-1 at 19:33 when he put in a rebound at the right post.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to get one at the end of a period when you are down,\u201d Minten said. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of a reset going into the second. That did not end up being the case. They are as honest a team as there is out there. The way they play, they just put it behind you and make you go get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bobrovsky preserved the lead 39 seconds into the third when he dove at the right post and used his glove to knock down David Pastrnak<\/a>\u2019s shot from close range.<\/p>\n

The Bruins went on a late power play at 16:39, but the Panthers penalty kill kept them off the board.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are important games and we\u2019re winning games at the end of the day,\u201d said Boston forward Morgan Geekie<\/a>, who had three shots on goal in 18:42 but did not score for a 15th straight game. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how we do it. But, tonight, it feels like you let everyone down. Had the opportunities, but it\u2019s been a tough stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n

The banged-up Panthers were without two of their top defensemen after Aaron Ekblad<\/a> and Dmitry Kulikov<\/a>\u00a0were injured in the third period of a 6-3 win against the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Ekblad broke a finger blocking a shot, and Kulikov broke his nose after getting struck by a deflected puck. Coach Paul Maurice said Kulikov could return this weekend; Florida plays at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

NOTES: Pastrnak had an assist for his 96th point of the season (29 goals, 67 assists). He is closing in on becoming the third player with four 100-point seasons for the Bruins. Phil Esposito<\/a> and Bobby Orr<\/a>\u00a0each did it six times. \u2026 The two-time defending Cup champion Panthers avoided being eliminated from playoff contention for the second straight game. \u2026 Florida swept the three-game season series against Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bennett pushed the lead to 2-0 at 7:39, lifting a shot from the slot over\u00a0Swayman\u2019s shoulder after A.J.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-217267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}