SUNRISE, Fla. — It’s a good thing for the Bruins that they’ve been good playing with four because on too many occasions they’ve been caught playing with six.
In Wednesday’s 6-1 loss to the Panthers in Game 2 of their best-of-seven series, the Bruins were called for their fifth too-many-men-on-the-ice infraction of the 2024 postseason.
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The rest of the NHL combined had been whistled for that penalty four times.
“That falls on me. In the end, we tell people who is up,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “And if they’re making mistakes, my clarity on who is up is obviously failing.”
The latest violation game two days before the 45th anniversary of the franchise’s most notorious six-skaters-in-a-five-men-game call. In 1979 that penalty gave the Montreal Canadiens a power play late in Game 7. They tied the game and won in overtime extending their decades of control over Boston.
The Bruins’ 159 penalty minutes lead the NHL in the playoffs, a number skewed by their 87 in Game 2. David Pastrak, who had 15 alone on Wednesday leads Boston with 23. The Bruins have allowed one power play goals in 24 opponent attempts. They’ve successfully killed penalties at a 95.8 percent rate in the postseason.
