The Boston Bruins are on the brink of elimination after losing a third straight playoff game to the Florida Panthers. Sunday night's 3-2 loss in Game 4 at TD Garden had another controversial no-call that hurt the Bruins,

After opening their second-round bout against the Panthers with a convincing 5-1 win at Amerant Bank Arena, the Bruins have relinquished 12 goals in their last two games — with Florida’s ferocious forecheck shredding Boston’s defense and eroding the stone wall that has been Jeremy Swayman this postseason.

Jeremy Swayman backed up his victory vow with 28 saves, Charlie McAvoy added to the list of disputed goals in this matchup with the go-ahead score and the Boston Bruins staved off elimination by beating the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of their NHL playoff series on Tuesday night.