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.
This has been a difficult season for the Boston Bruins. They were expected to contend for the Atlantic Division title once again, but instead of battling the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs for the division lead,
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.
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.
In the dying seconds of overtime, with the Bruins cycling in the Panthers’ zone while on a power play, Boston’s David Pastrnak took a final shot. It fluttered off Reinhart’s stick, lifted into the air and found its way into the Panthers’ net. The Bruins beat the Panthers 4-3.
The defending champion Florida Panthers will welcome the Boston Bruins to town for an early Saturday afternoon encounter.
Watch: The Bruins outlasted the Panthers in overtime on a goal with 1.2 seconds left. Read more on Boston.com.
The Ottawa Senators rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit to take down the Boston Bruins, 6-5 in a shootout, on Saturday.
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.
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