Lee Stempniak is fitting in nicely with his new team.Stempniak scored his first goal as a Bruin Jay Bouwmeester Jerseyin overtime and Boston beat Florida 5-4 on Monday night.Panthers forward Jaromir Jagr moved into third on the NHL career points list, assisting on Aleksander Barkov's goal to pass Gordie Howe with 1,851 points.Bruins coach Claude http://www.officialbluesteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Jori_Lehtera_JerseyJulien moved past Art Ross to become Boston's career coaching wins leader with 388 regular-season victories.Stempniak, acquired from New Jersey on Feb. 29 at the trade deadline, also had two assists. He has a goal and five assists in four games since joining the Bruins.''It's been fun. I'm with two great players (Marchand and Bergeron) having great years and http://www.officialbluesteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Kevin_Shattenkirk_JerseyI'm trying to complement them and not to mess it up at this point,'' Stempniak said. ''Tonight was a good win despite blowing the lead. It's nice to stick with it and get the two points.''Patrice Bergeron scored twice for the Bruins. Brett Connolly and David Pastrnak also had goals, Brad Marchand had two assists and Tuukka Rask made 47 saves.Jiri Hudler scored twice Andrew Ference Jerseyfor the Panthers. Jussi Jokinen also scored and Jonathan Huberdeau had two assists. Roberto Luongo allowed four goals on 16 shots before being replaced by Al Montoya to start the second period. Montoya stopped 15 shots.The Panthers lost their third straight game. The Bruins are 5-1-1 in their last seven.On his winner, Stempniak took a pass from Ryan Spooner high in http://www.officialoilersteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Ben_Scrivens_Jerseythe right circle and fired the puck over Montoya with 1:00 left in the extra period.''I tried selling to the far side and get him leaning a little bit and then go to the short side. It was a great pass from Spooner,'' Stempniak said.
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