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 on Saturday. It was the second goal of the day for Pastrnak,
David Pastrnak scores with less than two seconds to go in overtime to deny the Panthers of two points in Saturday matinee from Sunrise
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 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.
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The Florida Panthers visit the Philadelphia Flyers after Sam Reinhart scored two goals in the Panthers' 4-3 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins.
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.
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.
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.
The Florida Panthers controlled the play throughout Saturday’s rivalry game with the Boston Bruins yet could not find a way to win this one. Boston ended a six-game winless streak by sticking around long enough to pounce when it got the chance in a 4-3 overtime win against the Panthers.
The Bruins have lost six consecutive games, with their last win dating back to Dec. 28 against the Blue Jackets.
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.