Monday was a day Brandon Carlo will never forget. Carlo and his wife welcomed their first son to the world two days after the Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 7 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. Crew Carlo's early-morning arrival set the stage for a wild day for the Boston defenseman, who flew privately to Florida and made it to Amerant Bank Arena roughly two hours before the Bruins and the Panthers dropped the puck for their second-round series opener. The 27-year-old didn't just play in Game 1 against the reigning Eastern Conference champions — he shined.
Brandon Carlo made the right one Monday. From the heady aftermath of the Bruins' Game 7 win over Toronto Saturday night at home, to the postgame news that Mayson had gone into labor, to the long night and day watching and waiting by Mayson's bedside, to an overnight visit from a doctor ready to help quicken the pace (“We were flipping her around, putting her upside down, whatever we could do to get that baby out of there,” Carlo said), to seeing the fresh smile of his first son, Carlo probably could have flown to Florida on the strength of his own adrenaline.
The sellout crowd in Florida was absolutely raucous during the playing of the national anthem. Boston goalie Jeremy Swayman looked around at those fans during the song, a most confident look upon his face. Swayman's brilliant postseason continued by stopping 38 shots, Brandon Carlo scored a goal just a few hours after his wife gave birth to their son and the Bruins topped the Panthers 5-1 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series Monday night. “I was just so impressed by the way all of us didn't take no for an answer,” Swayman said.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
19 | C | |
70 | C | |
55 | RW | |
38 | C | |
70 | G | |
25 | D | |
13 | C | |
74 | LW | |
64 | G | |
28 | D | |
11 | C | |
39 | C | |
48 | D | |
43 | LW | |
94 | C | |
27 | D | |
6 | D | |
17 | LW | |
63 | LW | |
61 | LW | |
73 | D | |
26 | C | |
88 | RW | |
52 | D | |
51 | C | |
12 | D | |
1 | G | |
35 | G | |
29 | D | |
18 | C | |
21 | LW |