• Tim Thomas wasn’t tested much — other than robbing Shawn Matthias on a 2-on-1 break — but stood tall and made all eight saves in the second period.
• Milan Lucic (4-1-5 in his last six games) notched his 20th of the season — a snap-shot from the top of the circle, to Vokoun’s right. David Krejci (0-8-8 in his last nine) registered his 26th assist on the season o Lucic’s goal.
• Johnny Boychuk leads the team with four shots on goal; Steven Kampfer has three blocked shots; Patrice Bergeron is 10-for-14 (71%) inside the face-off circle tonight.
• The Bruins took advantage of the slanted ice and outshot the Panthers 13-8 in a second period that was never really close.
• This is the 25th time in 50 games that Boston has taken a two-goal lead into the third period — they have a 22-0-2 record during that span.

Box score below:

Goals:
Boston: Lucic (20)
Florida: 0

Assists:
Boston: Krejci (26)
Florida: 0

Shots on goal:
Boston: 13 (26)
Florida: 8 (19)

Penalty minutes:
Boston: 0
Florida: 0

Face-offs:
Boston: 21-for-38 (55%)
Florida: 19-of-38 (45%)

Hits:
Boston: 8 (16)
Florida: 9 (21)

Blocked shots:
Boston: 5 (7)
Florida: 7 (14)