The Boston Bruins snapped their six-game losing streak after securing a hard-fought overtime win against the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon. With this, they improved to a 21-19-5 record for the season and jumped back up to the third-place spot in the Atlantic Division standings.

The Bruins won for the first time in seven games Saturday, pinning a 4-3 overtime loss on the Stanley Cup champion Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena.

Geekie gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 6:02 of the first period by pulling in a loose puck that deflected off Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola off a point shot from Mason Lohrei. It was Boston's first power-play goal in eight games.

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For one night anyone, it felt like old times on Causeway. With bad blood spilling all over TD Garden between two teams that played a week ago, the Boston Bruins sprinted to a 4-0 second period lead and hung on for a 6-2 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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Under duress from Charlie Coyle, Victor Hedman lost the puck just inside his left point position and Poitras pounced on it, bursting up ice on a 2-on-1. He smartly waited out Nick Perbix’s belly-flop slide and made a pretty pass around the defenseman’s skates to Trent Frederic for a redirection at 4:24, Frederic’s seventh of the year.

And shortly after Peeke was freed, the B’s regained the lead. It started with Frederic winning the puck on forecheck and dishing to Geekie. Coming out of the left corner, Geekie sent a perfect pass to Pastrnak for his 18th of the year, a tap-in at 16:11.

Geekie gave the Bruins a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 6:02 of the first period by pulling in a loose puck that deflected off Panthers defenseman Niko Mikkola off a point shot from Mason Lohrei. It was Boston's first power-play goal in eight games.

The Boston Bruins snapped a six-game losing skid in a thrilling 4-3 overtime win over the rival Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon.

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