3 takeaways from Bruins 3-2 win over the Panthers

Bruins' Erik Haula (56) checks Florida Panthers' Mason Marchment (17) during the second period of the game. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer Getting to overtime provided an uphill climb for the Boston Bruins.

Boston’s struggling offense couldn’t catch a break through the first 40 minutes and change. At times, they passed up shot attempts and looked for the perfect play. They fell victim to posts, crossbars, and pucks nearly trickling over the goal-line when they fired pucks toward the goal.

It all nearly crumbled on them even after Coyle scored his third of the season late in the opening stanza. A defensive lapse on Anthony Duclair’s tally early in the middle stanza and an Aleksander Barkov power-play…