The Bruins, who broke the NHL’s record for most wins and points in a single regular season this year, were upset by the Panthers in the first round of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs on Sunday.
It was a disappointing end to a season brimming with promise, and the loss prompted an eyebrow-raising call from play-by-play commentator Jack Edwards, who compared Boston’s playoffs defeat to the Hindenburg disaster.
“[Carter] Verhaeghe wins the series for Florida, and this joyride ends in an Hindenburg-like ending,” said Edwards. “The Bruins are the second record-setting team in a row to drop the series in the first round.”
The No. 1-seeded Bruins had lofty expectations heading into the postseason. They fell well short of those goals, however, prompting Edwards to compare their playoff exit to one of history’s most infamous disasters.
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The Bruins rallied from down 2–0 in order to take a 3–2 lead against the Panthers, but with under a minute remaining in regulation, Florida’s Brandon Montour tied the game. Verhaeghe then scored the game-winner in overtime, cueing Edwards’s unsparing call.
For a team that won 65 games in the regular season, a first-round playoff loss can certainly be considered “crashing out of the postseason,” but Edwards took things a step further with his call on Sunday.
