Bruins beat Panthers 4-1

SUNRISE, FL - FEBRUARY 24: Zdeno Chara #33 of the Boston Bruins is congratulated by teammates after scoring a first period goal against the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center on February 24, 2013 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

Yesterday the Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 and we saw a highlight goal by Zdeno Chara doing a spin-o-rama around a Panthers forward and lifting a backhander over the Panthers goalie's shoulder and in the net. Here's a quick game summary of yesterday's game.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Milan Lucic scored his 4th goal of the season, making it 1-0 Bruins. Later, Bruins captain Zdeno Chara scored his 3rd goal of the season, making it 2-0 Bruins. Watch Chara's highlight reel goal below. Panthers Tomas Kopecky scored to make it 2-1.

Zdeno Chara scores an incredible spin-o-rama goal 2/24/13

In the second period, Bruins Chris Kelly scored his 1st goal of the season, a power-play goal, making it 3-1 Bruins.

Late in the third period, Bruins Daniel Paille scored his 3rd goal of the season, an empty-net goal, making it 4-1 Bruins.

Game notes
Tuukka Rask played in net for the Bruins and made 34 saves on 35 shots. Rask is now 9-1-2 with a 1.97 GAA and a .925 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in hits 26-22, faceoff wins 30-26 and blocked shots 18-10. The Panthers led the game in shots 35-32. The Bruins went 1-for-1 on the power-play while the Panthers went 0-for-4.

Brad Marchand led the Bruins with 6 shots. Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 8 hits and 5 blocked shots.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 11-2-2 with 24 points and 3rd place in the Northeast Division (Bruins have played the lowest amount of games in the division). The next game for the Bruins is on Tuesday at the New York Islanders at 7:30pm ET.