Pastrnak's Pretty Goal Gives Bruins 4-3 OT Win Over Florida
BOSTON (AP) — David Pastrnak scored his second goal of the game 2:23 into overtime and the Boston Bruins continued their recent success against the Florida Panthers with a 4-3 victory on Monday night.
Pastrnak got his team-leading 15th goal by cutting in from the left wing, shifting around goaltender Roberto Luongo and tucking in the game-winner.
David Backes and Tim Schaller also scored for the Bruins, who are 15-2-1 in their last 18 games against the Panthers. Tuukka Rask stopped 27 shots to raise his record to 14-4-1 this season and 17-3-1 in his career against Florida.
Jaromir Jagr had a goal for the Panthers, the 754th of his career, and Luongo finished with 32 saves.
Florida's Jason Demers slipped a shot under Rask, tying it with 1:29 to play, after the Bruins had moved ahead when Backes tipped in Ryan Spooner's shot for the go-ahead goal with 6:52 remaining.
Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers.
98.5 The Sports Hub's Adam Jones talked to Bruins radio announcers Dave Goucher and Bob Beers after the game before going over the Plus/Minus winners for the game. Listen below:
