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The Bruins took control with five goals in the second period.
With Boston leading 2-1, Chara's shot from the high slot beat Montembeault at 5:05 for his 200th NHL goal. Kuhlman made it 4-1 as he grabbed the puck at the red line, skated in, and fired a shot in at 6:38 for his second career goal. Hoffman grabbed a loose puck in the neutral zone, skated in and fired the puck past Halak at 10:04 to pull Florida to 4-2.
Kampfer and Pastrnak scored 48 seconds apart to stretch the Bruins' lead to 6-2 with 3:24 to go in the middle period.Bergeron's empty-netter with 26.8 left capped the scoring.landed face down on the ice after a collision with Chara with 3:04 left in the game but left under his own power.passed from behind the net to Acciari, who was alone in front and his shot got past Montembeault.
Marchand doubled the lead when he took a feed from Bergeron from behind the net and shot the puck in from the low slot at 28 seconds of the second period.NOTES: Chara is the 22nd defenceman in NHL history to score 200 goals. ... Bruins Drecorded his first NHL point on Acciari's goal. ... Marchand has 20 points in his past 13 games. ... The Bruins reached 100 points for the second straight season. ... Panthers DPanthers: At Toronto on Monday night.
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