Florida have lost all five of their games in 2019, falling 4-3 away in Buffalo, a heart-wrenching 4-3 OT loss against Columbus, an embarrassing 5-1 loss at Pittsburgh, as well as another one to a McDavid-led Oilers, while blowing a famous two-goal lead in Calgary, 4-3.
There was so much about the Pittsburgh game (specifically) to be disgusted about, yet another terrible start with terrible defense and lack of a clutch gene to score, which left the Panthers down 4-1 going into the third.
Instead of keeping his top lines going and playing them more to try to push for an early 3rd period goal to keep the game alive, Bob Boughner benched top players Jonathan Huberdeau, Mike Hoffman, and Keith Yandle.