SUNRISE, Fla. - The Bruins are headed back to the dance.
For the third consecutive season and 72nd time in team history, the Black & Gold clinched a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with 13 different players notching a point in Boston's 7-3 thumping of the Florida Panthers at BB&T Center on Saturday night.
Boston also reached the 100-point plateau for the second straight season and 23rd time overall, the most of any team in NHL history.
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