Dave Hyde: Wham! Panthers drop Bruins, Tkachuk drops Pastranak and series is lit

SUNRISE — Matthew Tkachuk leaned over the sideboards from the Florida Panthers bench and asked Boston Bruins star David Pastrnak to fight, the way you might ask a schoolmate to come out and play.

Pastranak turned to his coach for permission, because there’s a protocol for the team’s top scorer to follow. He then nodded back to Tkachuk.

It was Panthers 6, Bruins 1 on the conversational undercard to Game 2 on Wednesday night as their playoff series evened at 1-1.

Tkachuk dropping Pastranak was on the talk marquee.