The Panthers evened their first-round series against the Bruins with an emphatic 6-3 win at TD Garden on Monday night.
Marchand now has six goals and seven assists in his last nine playoff games dating back to last season's first-round series versus the Carolina Hurricanes.
He also showed great restraint in Game 2. The Panthers tried to get him to retaliate all night and he didn't take the bait once. Marchand was tackled twice and cross checked on one shift in the first period by Panthers defenseman Radko Gudas and didn't let it get under his skin. Marchand also drew a penalty later in the period.
Marchand playing physical but not taking bad penalties, and also finding his scoring groove again are all very encouraging signs for the Bruins.The Bruins had a special teams edge entering this series, and that has played out through two games. Boston's penalty kill ranked No. 1 in the regular season with a 87.1 percent success rate, and that unit is a perfect 4-for-4 in two games, including a 2-for-2 showing Wednesday night.
The Bruins' power play has had a few rough moments in this series, but you can't argue with the results.scored a power-play goal early in Game 1 off a tremendous backhand pass by Tyler Bertuzzi. In Game 2 it was Bertuzzi who scored on the power play. He deflected a puck past Panthers netminder Alex Lyon and into the net to tie the score 2-2 late in the second period. It was his first career playoff goal.
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