Going through a must-win state of affairs, the Boston Bruins struck first in Sport 6 in opposition to the Florida Panthers on Friday. With below a minute to go within the opening interval, Pavel Zacha scored on a breakaway to offer them a 1-0 benefit heading into the intermission.
After some sturdy checking and a wonderful feed from ahead Jake DeBrusk, Zacha was on their lonesome, one-on-one with netminder Sergei Bobrovsky, beating him with a flashy backhander at 19:07 of the primary.
After going scoreless in his earlier 24 playoff outings (11 assists), Zacha’s tally was his first profession objective within the postseason.
Following a number of nervous moments on either side of the ice, the primary interval of Sport 6 had a pleasant tempo, with few whistles stopping play. Nonetheless, after going 14:11 with out a shot on internet, the Bruins put an exclamation level on issues with Zacha’s objective.
Bruins netminder Jeremy Swayman turned away eight pictures within the opening interval and regarded sharp doing so. However there are nonetheless two intervals to go.
With their backs in opposition to the wall, it is unlikely that Zacha’s objective alone will probably be sufficient to assist the Bruins safe a victory and pressure a deciding Sport 7 on Sunday. Except for the Bruins’ 2-1 win in Sport 5, the 2 groups have mixed for 5 targets or extra in each recreation of the sequence.
