Krug lifts B’s in overtime
SUNRISE, Fla. — Torey Krug scored 4:08 into overtime, Patrice Bergeron also had a goal and the Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 Thursday night for their fourth straight win.
Moments before he scored, Krug led a 2-on-1 rush with David Pastrnak that was disrupted by MacKenzie Weegar’s poke check. Pastrnak recovered the puck in the corner and passed to Krug, who wheeled into the high slot and slapped the winner past Chris Driedger.
Jaroslav Halak stopped NHL-leading Bruins.
Driedger made 25 saves and Weegar scored, but Florida dropped a franchise-worst eighth straight home game and lost its fourth game in a row overall.
This was Driedger’s first start since being recalled from AHL Springfield on Tuesday.
Bruins defenseman Brandon Carlo was elbowed in the face by Evgenii Dadonov in the second period. It was initially ruled a major penalty, then reduced to a minor on review. Carlo did not return to the game.
Weegar put the Panthers ahead when his shot from the high slot slipped by a screened Halak 6:55 into the second period.
Bergeron tied it on the power play four minutes later, getting his 30th of the season by redirecting Krug’s shot. Bergeron has scored at least 30 goals in three straight seasons.
NOTES: Panthers G Sergei Bobrovsky missed his second game with a lower-body injury. ... C Lucas Wallmark, acquired from Carolina on Feb. 24, recorded his first point with the Panthers with an assist on Weegar’s goal.
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Bruins: Host Tampa Bay on Saturday. Panthers: Host Montreal on Saturday.
LIGHTNING CRUISE
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves, Victor Hedman scored twice and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 Thursday night.
Vasilevskiy completed his 21st career shutout to help Tampa Bay win for the second time in five games. Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and Alex Killorn also scored for the Lightning.
Carey Price finished with 19 saves for Montreal, which was shut out for the first time this season.
Hedman opened the scoring with his 10th of the season 49 seconds into the game with a slap shot from the center point. Hedman reached the 10-goal mark for the seventh consecutive season, joining Nashville’s Roman Josi and San Jose’s Brent Burns as the only active defensemen with 10-or-more goals seven straight seasons.
Vasilevskiy stopped Joel Armia’s power-play breakaway at 5:22 to keep Tampa Bay in front.
Killorn got his 25th goal at 12:40, finishing a 2-on-1 chance started by Anthony Cirelli, who swiped the puck away from a pinching Jeff Petry to spring the odd-man rush.
Kucherov made it 3-0 with 1:05 left in the third, cutting down the slot to direct in a pass from Pat Maroon from along the left boards.
Hedman added his second goal on the power play with 1:03 left.
NOTES: Montreal leading scorer Tomas Tatar flew back to Montreal for further testing on an undisclosed upper-body injury that occurred Tuesday against the New York Islanders.