One was Wednesday night's Game 2. The others were Game 3 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final (an 8-1 Bruins win over the Canucks in which Boston chalked up 75 PIM), and-not surprisingly-Game 2 of last year's first-round debacle that also came against Florida (in which Boston ran up 60 PIM in a 6-3 loss).
The Panthers, it should be noted, are a bit of a throwback team regarding penalties. Florida not only led the league in penalty minutes per game, but also in opponent PIM. In fact, the Panthers per game total (13.6) was the highest by any NHL team since the 2014-2015 Penguins.
But in comparison to older eras of hockey, even the Panthers' PIM stats seem minuscule. Twenty years ago, the NHL averaged 14.6 penalty minutes per game. Forty years ago, that number was 18.
In all, 17 penalties were dolled out over the final period, adding up to 136 penalty minutes.
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