David Pastrnak scored a power-play goal with 2 seconds left in overtime and the Boston Bruins snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers.
The Boston Bruins went into their game Saturday on the road against the Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers with a six-game losing streak. While they were outplayed and outshot by the Panthers for large portions of the game,
The Bruins won for the first time in seven games Saturday, pinning a 4-3 overtime loss on the Stanley Cup champion Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena.
Geekie gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 6:02 of the first period by pulling in a loose puck that deflected off Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola off a point shot from Mason Lohrei. It was Boston's first power-play goal in eight games.
Watch: The Bruins outlasted the Panthers in overtime on a goal with 1.2 seconds left. Read more on Boston.com.
The Bruins have lost six consecutive games, with their last win dating back to Dec. 28 against the Blue Jackets.
SUNRISE, Fla. — In the final seconds of overtime, after Sam Bennett was called for high-sticking Charlie McAvoy, David Pastrnak intended to send a cross-seam puck for Elias Lindholm to one-time. Pastrnak did not complete the pass. Execution was not atop the Boston Bruins’ list of accomplishments on Saturday against the Florida Panthers.
No doubt the Boston Bruins will celebrate on their flight home all that puck luck they received in F-L-A.
Wahlstrom’s intense celebration captured the fact that he scored for the team he grew up rooting for, to put the Bruins ahead of a team that’s tormented them, in the midst of a losing streak and ended a stretch of 12 scoreless games for him.
Watching their losing streak reach six games, the Bruins enter this afternoon’s matchup on the heels of a 4-1 loss at Tampa Bay on Thursday. Mason Lohrei scored the lone goal in the loss for Boston, which has been held to just one goal in four of six games during its slump.
Forward David Pastrnak scored a power-play goal with 2 seconds left in overtime, goaltender Jeremy Swayman stopped 39 shots, and the Boston Bruins snapped a six-game losing streak with a wild 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon.
David Pastrnak scored with 1.2 seconds left in overtime for the Boston Bruins, who snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the host Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon in Sunrise.