Panthers beat Bruins 4-1, snap Boston’s 12-game home streak

Panthers forward Troy Brouwer was the first to the puck as it rolled into the Boston zone, with three Bruins chasing helplessly behind him.

He reared back for a slap shot, freezing Tuukka Rask as the goaltender ventured a bit too far out of the crease. Then Brouwer brought his stick back down to the ice and wristed the puck past Rask, high on the stick side, for a short-handed goal that restored Florida’s two-goal lead.

“They had just cut the deficit to one goal and they were on the power play,” Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo said after Saturday’s 4-1 victory over Boston. “It was a huge momentum turn for our club to be able to get one short-handed and extend our lead back to two goals. I…