After losing a third straight playoff game to the Florida Panthers, the Boston Bruins are on the brink of elimination.
The 3-2 loss in Game 4 on Sunday night at the TD Garden had another controversial no-call that hampered the Bruins, which once again centers around Florida Panthers’ Sam Bennett.
Bennett had already created a controversy in Game 3 against Bruins with an extremely questionable hit (and sucker punch) on Brad Marchand, reports CBS.com.
Marchand could not participate in Game 4 with an upper-body injury, leaving the Bruins without their captain.
Sam Bennett was in the middle of controversy yet again early in the third period On Sunday’s game, scoring a goal after that tied the game, clearly sending Charlie Coyle into Jeremy Swayman, and interfering with the Boston goaltender.
With Boston Bruins ahead by 2-1, Florida Panthers were on a power play and attacking mode in the Boston zone. With a ruckus in front of Swayman in the Boston net, Bennett gave a hard check to the back on Coyle, sending him towards Swayman. The puck, off a rebound, found its way to Bennett, which he took full advantage of in front of an open net and evened the game at 2-2.
The Bruins called for foul immediately and head coach Jim Montgomery challenged the call as well, being confident that officials would see that Bennett cross-checked Coyle into Swayman and foul him for goaltender interference.
However, much to the surprise of hockey viewers, the call stood after a brief review and the game was drawn at 2-2.
Four minutes into Bennett’s goal, Aleksander Barkov snuck through the Bruin’s defense and scored, leading the Panthers to a 3-2 victory.
As one can imagine, the Bruins were not happy that the call on the ice was not overturned.
