The Florida Panthers roared back from a three-goal deficit before falling 5-4 in overtime to the Boston Bruins in a key Atlantic Division match-up at the BB&T Center. The Bettman point allowed the struggling Cats to maintain second place in the division, having played one fewer game than the Bruins. Both teams now have 81 points, one less than the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Things got ugly early as Patrice Bergeron pulled away from Dmitry Kulikov and knocked Brad Marchand's centering saucer pass by Roberto Luongo just 34 seconds into the tilt.