In the second game of a back-to-back road trip, the Florida Panthers winning streak ended Saturday night to the Boston Bruins, 3-2 in a shootout. With the SO loss, the Florida Panthers are now 8-0-1. Florida’s point streak is still alive at nine games.
Prior to Puck Drop
Pregame, both teams honored the death of former Bruins and Panthers RW Jimmy Hayes. Hayes died at 31-years-old from a cocaine and fentanyl overdose on August 23rd. Florida used the term “Broadway” and Boston used “Hayesy” on their pregame uniforms to honor Hayes.
First Period:
The first period was a battle of the goaltenders, who both played very well on the night. Linus Ullmark would get the starting nod for the Bruins, playing well in the win, stopping 33 of 35 shots. Boston would break the ice at 19:18 when Taylor Hall passed the puck to Charlie Coyle, who would shoot it past Spencer Knight during an unsuccessful attempt by Florida to clear.
Second Period:
Coming out of the first period, Florida would answer right back very quickly. 44 seconds into the second period, Carter Verhaeghe passed the pick to Anthony Duclair, who would dangle past three Bruins defenders and shoot it through Linus Ullmark’s net, tying the game at one. With Duclair’s goal, it would be his fourth straight game with a point, and he currently leads the Panthers in goals with six.
Third Period:
Florida would draw a power play at 7:43 when Boston’s Charlie Coyle tripped Owen Tippett. Six seconds later, Aaron Ekblad and Jonathan Huberdeau would set up Aleksander Barkov, who would snipe it past Ullmark’s net to make it 2-1 Florida. The turning point of this game was when Carter Verhaeghe got called for a questionable hooking call on Boston’s Craig Smith. On the power play, Boston would tie the game up at two when Brad Marchand set up Charlie McAvoy, who ripped a short shot past Spencer Knight.
Overtime/Shootout:
Not much would happen in the overtime period, with Boston getting the only shot in the period. Florida would miss all three shots given to them in the shootout, with Barkov, Huberdeau, and Tippett getting the shots. Boston would win the game on its second shot of the game, when Charlie Coyle got his second of the night in the shootout period. Despite Spencer Knight’s first NHL regular season loss, he played well, stopping 32 of 34 shots (including the shootout).
Takeaways:
- Jonathan Huberdeau played in his 600th career NHL game. Every game has been in a Panther uniform.
- Brad Marchand recorded his 400th career assist. Marchand is the 10th player in Bruins history to reach the milestone.
- Taylor Hall recorded his 600th career NHL point. Hall joined Tyler Seguin as the second player from the 2010 NHL Draft to reach the milestone.
- Jonathan Huberdeau extended his point streak to six games, one shy of his career high achieved three times.
Next Up
The Panthers will receive a much-needed rest period before playing the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.