After a significant scare within the first spherical of the Stanley Cup playoffs, issues are actually trending in the proper course for the Bruins.
Boston prevented one other postseason collapse by edging out the Toronto Maple Leafs in Sport 7 at TD Backyard on Saturday evening. David Pastrnak’s extra time objective gave the Bruins a ticket to Spherical 2, the place Jim Montgomery’s aspect may turn out to be stronger as they battle the Florida Panthers.
Don Sweeney supplied an encouraging harm replace when he met with reporters earlier than the B’s left for the Sunshine State on Sunday. The Bruins basic supervisor shared his expectation for each of Boston’s at the moment injured gamers to turn out to be out there “sooner or later” within the second-round sequence in opposition to the reigning Japanese Convention champions, per The Boston Globe’s Conor Ryan.
As of the sequence finale in opposition to the Leafs this previous Saturday, Andrew Peeke and Danton Heinen have been the one Bruins unavailable to Montgomery attributable to harm. Peeke has been out of motion since he was injured in Sport 2 in opposition to Toronto on April 22. Heinen, in the meantime, performed the primary 5 video games in Spherical 1 earlier than harm prevented him from suiting up for the ultimate two contests.
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Boston on Sunday recalled ahead Patrick Brown from Windfall in a transfer that may have been injury-related. The Bruins and the Panthers will meet for the opener of their best-of-seven set Monday evening, with puck drop set for 8 p.m. after an hour of pregame protection on NESN.
