The Florida Panthers fell once again in overtime on Tuesday in their 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins at TD Garden.
This was the fifth time that Florida played an overtime period in its first 11 games of the season. Only once have the Panthers came away victorious thus far with that win coming in Colorado back on October 21st. The overtime loss puts the Panthers at 4-2-4 this season which is good for 12 points.
Florida has earned eight of its points on the road and is now 2-0-4 when playing away from BB&T Center. The Panthers will be home for three of their next four games.
Roberto Luongo has been on an excellent run as of late and didn't play particularly bad in this game either. There weren't as many chances as the past two games but Luongo still saved 23 of 25 chances. In the previous pair of games combined, the goalie had saved 68 out of a possible 70 chances overall. The winning goal came across at 3:27 in overtime off the stick of Brad Marchand.
Florida's goal was put in the net by Jussi Jokinen early into the second period. It was the first goal of the year for Jokinen. The 31-year old has five assists on the season and this was the fifth straight game where he recorded at least one point. The goal was assisted on by Brad Boyes and Aaron Ekblad.
Sean Bergenheim and Aleksander Barkov missed the game with lower body injuries while Jonathan Huberdeau sat out with the flu.
The Panthers will stay on the road and travel to Philadelphia on Thursday for a game with the Flyers at 7:00 p.m.
