New Haven Register (New Haven, CT)
Bruins blow big lead in loss to Panthers
BOSTON — Mike Hoffman scored one of four Florida goals in the third period and added the winner in a shootout as the Panthers rallied from a fourgoal deficit and beat the Boston Bruins 54 on Tuesday night.
Keith Yandle had a goal and two assists for Florida and Sam Montembeault didn’t allow a goal after replacing Sergei Bobrovsky at the start of the third period with the Panthers trailing 40.
Montembeault finished with 15 saves, six in overtime, and stopped Charlie McAvoy on Boston’s last chance in the shootout as the Panthers completed the comeback and gave coach Joel Quenneville career victory No. 899.
Aaron Ekblad and Frank Vatrano also scored for Florida.
David Pastrnak scored his leagueleading 16th goal for Boston, which broke a scoreless tie with four goals in the second, but could not hold off Florida.
Joakim Nordstrom, Anders Bjork and Zdeno Chara also scored for Boston, and Tuukka Rask made 25 saves.
David Krejci had two assists for Boston, which lost its fourth straight.
Rangers 3, Penguins 2 (OT): At New York, Kaapo Kakko scored his second goal of the game 2:36 into overtime to give the Rangers a 32 victory over Pittsburgh.
Adam Fox had a goal in regulation and set up Kakko's winner as New York recovered after blowing a twogoal lead and improved to 511 in its last seven games. Alexandar Georgiev, getting the start after Henrik Lundqvist played the previous three games, finished with 30 saves.
In the extra period, Fox brought the puck up the left side, skated toward the middle and sent a pass to the left doorstep, where the Finnish rookie redirected the puck past Penguins goalie Matt Murray.