“Florida Makes NHL History with Upset Victory over President’s Cup Winner Boston in Stanley Cup Playoffs”

TASS, May 1st. “Boston” at home with a score of 3:4 after overtime lost to “Florida” in the seventh game of the series of the first round of the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs. The meeting took place on Monday night.

The winners scored Brandon Montour (13, 60), Sam Rinehart (22) and Carter Verhage (69), while the losers scored David Krejci (28), Tyler Bertuzzi (41) and David Pastrnak (45).

Russian Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made his first assist in an NHL playoff game and saved 33 of 36 shots. the current Stanley Cup to eight. Only Toronto’s Canadian striker Mitchell Marner has more, with nine.

Florida won the best-of-four series 4-3. For the first time in history, the team was able to win the confrontation, losing in the course of the series 1-3. At the same time, Florida became the second team in history that was able to do this in a confrontation with the owner of the President’s Cup. Previously, only Montreal managed to do this in 2010 in the first round series against Washington.

As a result of the regular season, Boston won the fourth President’s Cup, which is awarded to the best team in the regular season. The club scored 135 points and set a league record for this indicator. The previous achievement belonged to Montreal, which scored 132 points in the 1976/77 season. That season, 18 teams participated in the NHL, regular season matches were played without overtime and shootouts, and draws were recorded. There are 32 teams in the NHL this season.

Florida took fourth place in the regular season in the Atlantic Division standings. The team has 92 points in 82 games, which is the worst result among the teams that made it to the playoffs. In the next round, the team will play Toronto, who defeated Tampa (4-2) in the first round.