Encouraging update released on Patrice Bergeron, BUT...

Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron has missed the first two games of the series against the Florida Panthers with an upper body injury. The updates were spared and on Friday morning when the Bruins jumped on the ice in Florida as it wasn’t clear if Bergeron had accompanied his teammates on the trip. Head coach Jim Montgomery finally revealed that Bergeron had not travelled with the team and stayed in Boston, meaning that he will not play Games 3 or 4 in Florida.

However, good news finally took over the unfortunate update as Montgomery stated that Bergeron was likely to take part in Game 5 back in Boston, per insider Fluto Shinzawa. 

The veteran forward was injured in the regular-season finale against the Montreal Canadiens. It has been rumoured that Bergeron wanted to play in Montreal in front of his sick father and kept playing despite the injury since it could very well be the last time his dad saw him play in Montreal.

In 78 regular-season games, Bergeron had 27 goals and 58 points as the Bruins ran away with the Presidents’ Trophy with an NHL single season record in wins (65) and points (135).

Montgomery hinted at lineup changes Wednesday night but didn’t offer any specifics. After practice on Friday hours before Game 3, the head coach mentioned that goalie Linus Ullmark was a game-time decision.

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