James Reimer came to play against a key divisional rival.

The Florida Panthers' backup goaltender stopped all 46 shots he faced in a 3-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.

Florida is now three points behind the New Jersey Devils for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot with two games in hand and one more regulation-or-overtime win than the Devils.

The Bruins sit comfortably in second place in the Atlantic Division with 96 points and 41 ROW through 69 games.

Boston was once again playing without star center Patrice Bergeron and promising rookie defenseman Charlie McAvoy, and was also missing veteran blue-liner Zdeno Chara and rookie forward Jake DeBrusk. The latter two were ruled out for Thursday's game as well as Saturday's contest in Tampa Bay.

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