“In was fun to play in an atmosphere like that,” said Knight, who grew up watching the Bruins in Darien, Connecticut. It was the first time in his seven career regular-season appearances that he didn’t get the win, meaning his victory streak ended two shy of matching the NHL record for consecutive goalie wins to start a career. Knight - playing back on familiar ice in Boston, the city where he played his college hockey - also saw his personal unbeaten streak end.
“On that play, I was able to get moving down the wall.”Īnthony Duclair also scored for the Panthers, his sixth of the season, and Knight made 31 saves in his third start. “Tonight was an opportunity,” McAvoy said of his goal. I’m just glad it went in.”Īleksander Barkov pushed Florida in front with a power-play goal 7:49 into third period, but Charlie McAvoy cut in from the point and slipped a wrist shot in from the bottom of the right circle for a power-play score, tying it with 6:25 left in regulation. “Sometimes you have something planned and sometimes you don’t.
“It’s hard to talk about it,” Coyle said of his winner. “Heck of an effort by the guys in a back-to-back game, in a tough place to play.”Ĭoyle also scored in regulation, and Linus Ullmark stopped 33 shots, and three tries in the shootout.Ĭoyle cut around goalie Spencer Knight before tucking in a shot in the shootout.
Quenneville, the second-winningest coach in NHL history, resigned Thursday, two days after being among those implicated for not responding swiftly to allegations by former Chicago player Kyle Beach of being sexually assaulted by then-Blackhawks assistant Brad Aldrich during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs.Īndrew Brunette, an assistant under Quenneville, is the interim coach. It was Florida’s second game since coach Joel Quenneville resigned amid a sex scandal when he was with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010.
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