BOSTON (AP) – Florida goaltender Craig Anderson followed his record-setting shutout two days ago with a 40-save win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Nathan Horton scored 22 seconds into overtime to give the Panthers the 1-0 win.
Anderson stopped 53 shots in a 1-0 victory over the Islanders on Sunday, the most ever in a shutout since shots on goal started being kept in the 1955-56 season.
Since 1989-90, it’s the most saves in consecutive shutouts; Dominik Hasek for Buffalo in December 1997 had 75 saves, according to STATS LLC.
Alex Auld made 31 saves for the Bruins, but was beaten by Horton’s wrist shot inside the left post on the first shift of the extra period.
The Panthers won for just the second time in five games. Boston, coming off an embarrassing 10-2 loss at Washington on Monday, lost for just the third time in 10 games.
Auld kept the game scoreless by making a pad save on Brett McLean alone in front of the net with just over 31/2 minutes left in regulation, and a nice blocker stop on Stephen Weiss’ wrist shot on a 2-on-1 break with 64 seconds to play.
After allowing Washington’s six first-period goals the night before, the Bruins tightened up defensively, holding the Panthers to 23 relatively easy chances in the opening two periods.
The teams combined for 50 shots on goal in the opening 40 minutes, but most were from long range and were handled fairly easily by Auld and Anderson.
Boston had the best scoring opportunity in the first two periods when Anderson made a glove save to rob Glen Murray’s rebound of P.J. Axelsson’s shot.
Notes: Boston D Bobby Allen was back for the first time since Dec. 22 after missing 30 games, 24 with a back injury and six as a healthy scratch. … Bruins D Aaron Ward was sidelined with a bruised right foot after being hit with a shot Monday and was wearing a protective walking cast in the press box. .. At the request of the Panthers, the Bruins wore their white jerseys and Florida donned its dark blue and red. … Boston’s Marco Sturm and Marc Savard each had eight-game point streaks halted. Strum was 4-7-11 and Savard 1-11-12. … The Panthers play their next seven games at home.
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