Mar 6, 2020
In last night’s match against the Boston Bruins, the Florida Panthers surrender their tie in overtime after an intense three periods. Despite their loss, the Florida Panthers fought till the end of overtime in attempts to maintain their tie or pull out a win.
In the first period, the first shot on a goal did not occur until the 16th minute when the Florida Panthers shot and missed. There were several more shots by both teams throughout the first period but both teams emerged with zero points. The Florida Panthers needed to support each other against the Boston Bruins players and goalie by never letting the puck approach the goal alone. The Florida Panthers used this strategy throughout the remainder of the game.
In the second period, MacKenzie Weegar scored the first goal of the game with 13 minutes left in the period, putting the Florida Panthers in the lead. Moments later, with nine minutes left in the period, the Boston Bruins score their first goal of the game with the shot by Torey Krug bringing the game to a 1-1 tie.
After several great saves by both goalies in the third period, the game moved into overtime. At the end of the third period, Panther shots on goal outnumbered the Bruins, leading to an interesting overtime.
In the first five minutes of overtime, the Florida Panthers had two breakaways that could have brought them the win; however, both were blocked by Bruins goalie Tukka Rask. Torey Krug for the Bruins blasted the puck toward Florida Panther goalie Chris Driedger with 51.9 seconds remaining on the clock and scores.
The Boston Bruins won in overtime with a final score of 2-1. Despite the Florida Panthers’ loss, goalie Driedger had 26 saves total throughout the night.
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