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Somehow, someway, Gustav Forsling’s shot with 93 seconds left in Game 6 went through Boston defenseman Parker Wotherspoon’s legs, slipped by the brick wall of goalie Jeremy Swayman and sent the Florida Panthers on their merry way.
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The Panthers went into the heart of Boston hockey for the second straight season and came out with Boston’s heart, soul and season with a 2-1 win Friday night to win a series full of bile and wonderful hockey, four games to two.
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After they lined up to shake hands, after they took extra time respecting Swayman, Boston already was beginning to move into the background for the Panthers as they advance to their second straight Eastern Conference Finals starting Wednesday at the New York Rangers.
After the flamboyance flamed out in the series, after the honor code of fisticuffs played out and pistols at 10 paces wasn’t on the table, the Florida Panthers took down Boston just in the manner they should have.
Forecheck pressure.
Jesús Luzardo and three relievers combined on the Miami Marlins’ third consecutive shutout, an 8-0 win over the New York Mets on Friday night.
Miami pitchers extended their scoreless innings streak to 28, three short of the franchise record set in April 2004.
Luzardo (1-3) scattered five hits and struck out seven over six innings, ending an 0-4 skid over eight starts since beating Milwaukee on Sept.
The Panthers needed a defenseman to provide some offense to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.
Gustav Forsling provided the game-winning goal with 1:33 left in the third period to put Florida ahead of Boston in a 2-1 victory in the TD Garden, clinching the series in Game 6 Friday night.
After three blowouts in the first three games of the Bruins’ and Panthers’ second-round series, the margin between the two teams narrowed.
UCF scored 9 unanswered runs in the final three innings to rally past Auburn 11-6 for a critical first win in NCAA Tallahassee Regional at the Seminole Softball Complex Friday afternoon.
Shannon Doherty and Jasmine Williams each hit a 3-run homer in the sixth inning, both blasts coming with two outs as the Knights moved on to face the winner of 15th-seeded Florida State and Chattanooga on Saturday (1 p.m.).
The four-run deficit was the largest comeback in the NCAA tournament in program history.
UCF jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning thanks to an RBI double by Chloe Evans and an RBI single by Williams.