BOSTON — The Bruins were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Panthers for a second straight season Friday night.
After blowing out Florida, 5-1, in Game 1, Boston had a hard time finding its offense, which ultimately led to the Panthers winning the series, 4-2.
The Bruins took a 1-0 lead with just 53 seconds remaining in the first period of Game 6 but couldn’t get the puck past Sergei Bobrovsky on several Grade-A chances in the second period.
I didn’t sense frustration,” Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery said after the 2-1 loss. “But the lack of our ability to score in the playoffs in general … you can’t win every game 2-1.”
“We had the opportunities, right? I think we had five odd-man rushes after two periods tonight,” Montgomery said. “Game 4, we had several. We had three breakaways. It comes down to their goalie was good, and we didn’t beat him at times.”
The Panthers outshot the Bruins, 203-130, in the series and also outscored Boston, 19-13.
“I would say in this series we didn’t finish,” Montgomery said. “Outside of Game 1, I don’t think we scored more than two goals. We didn’t score more.
“But it’s not the only thing. There are several other elements of the series. The territorial zone time that they had over us has compounding effects. I thought we started (Game 6) off great and it got away from us in the second.”
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