Pastrnak’s goal in OT lifts Bruins over Panthers 4-3 and snaps Boston’s 6-game losing streak – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — David Pastrnak scored a power-play purpose with 2 seconds left in extra time and the Boston Bruins snapped a six-game dropping streak with a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday.

It was the second purpose of the day for Pastrnak, who has six in his final 5 video games. He additionally had an help. Morgan Geekie additionally had a purpose and help, and Jeremy Swayman stopped 39 photographs for the Bruins, who entered having scoring one purpose or fewer in 4 of their previous six video games.

Sam Reinhart scored twice for Florida, together with the tying purpose with simply 2 seconds left in regulation.

Oliver Wahlstrom had given Boston a 3-2 lead together with his first purpose for the Bruins, only a couple minutes after Reinhart’s tying purpose 43 seconds into the third.

Evan Rodrigues acquired a power-play purpose for Florida within the first that snapped his 15-game purpose drought. Sergei Bobrovsky made 14 saves.

Takeaways

Bruins: Lastly discovered scoring success. They’d gone eight video games and not using a power-play purpose earlier than Geekie gave them an early lead with the man-advantage within the first.

Panthers: Regardless of the OT loss, Florida stays the one crew within the league that hasn’t misplaced a one-goal regulation recreation.

Key second

There have been a number of. Wahlstrom fired a free puck previous Bobrovsky on his go-ahead purpose — a robust response to Reinhart’s tying purpose lower than two minutes earlier. Pastrnak’s purpose was deflected on the way in which into the web 4:58 into extra time.

Key stat

It was the third assembly of the season between the rivals, who’ve met within the playoffs the previous two years — Florida eradicated Boston each instances. The Panthers gained the earlier two matchups whereas scoring 10 mixed objectives.