SUNRISE Kris Letang Jersey , Fla. (AP) — are glad to have Roberto Luongo back in goal.Luongo, who returned to the lineup after missing five games with a knee injury, earned his 77th career shutout and the Panthers beat the Boston Bruins 5-0 on Tuesday night.Luongo made 33 saves and passed Ed Belfour and Tony Esposito for sole possession of ninth place on the NHL’s shutout list.“It was great for Lou to be back in there,” Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. “His rebound control was amazing. I’m happy for Lou — he moved into ninth all-time and he did it in nice fashion.”Mike Hoffman scored twice. Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and two assists, and Mike Matheson and Evgenii Dadonov also scored. Aleksander Barkov had three assists and Keith Yandle added two.“The boys did a great job,” Luongo said. “There weren’t a lot of breakdowns, a lot of odd-man rushes, breakaways, stuff like that. It really helps my game when we play like that defensively and it also translates in offense for our club. Take more of those, hopefully.”The return of Luongo was a game-time decision, and it turned out to be the right call.“It was a huge boost for the team,” Hoffman said. “He’s a solid goaltender. He definitely was a big part of this win.”Jaroslav Halak made 39 saves as the Panthers had a season-high 44 shots on goal. The Bruins lost for the third time in four games.“Tonight Mario Lemieux Jersey , it was men against boys at times, it looked like,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. “Some of our younger players had their hands full.”Huberdeau made it 3-0. His shot from the left circle was blocked by Halak, but the puck trickled through his pads at 15:14 of the second period. Huberdeau has six consecutive multipoint games, one short of the franchise record set by Pavel Bure.“Everything is working right now. It’s unbelievable,” Huberdeau said. “I want to try to keep it simple out there and it’s been working. I just want to keep doing that game after game.”Hoffman’s second goal with five seconds left in the second on a power play made it 4-0. Hoffman has 26 points in his last 24 games.“Tonight, we just didn’t execute in the second period and that cost us the game,” Halak said. “And we just have to regroup. That’s the bottom line. We need to find a way to win.”Dadonov’s power-play goal with 5:34 remaining in the third made it 5-0.Hoffman scored the first goal of the night. With traffic in front, Halak lost track of the puck, which was sitting on his left side at the goal line until Hoffman poked it in at 4:21 of the second.Matheson gave the Panthers a 2-0 lead when he brought the puck down the length of the ice and beat Halak on the stick side with a shot from the right circle at 13:13.NOTES: The Panthers returned goaltender Michael Hutchinson to Springfield of the AHL. Hutchinson was on loan while Luongo was out. … Huberdeau has 299 points, surpassing Nathan Horton for fourth place in franchise history. … Bruins D Charlie McAvoy took part in the morning skate. McAvoy is not expected to play Thursday at Tampa Bay, but it hasn’t been ruled out Matt Murray Jersey , according to Cassidy.UP NEXTBruins: At the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.Panthers: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Rangers were locked up in another tight game before pulling away at the very end.It was quite a relief for coach David Quinn.Rookie Alexandar Georgiev stopped 31 shots and Vladislav Namestnikov scored two of New York’s three goals in the final four minutes of a 6-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.“It was a relief for about four minutes because for 56 of them it was a one-goal game, and playoff-type hockey,” Quinn said.“Seriously, we’re on the thread trying to get into the playoff picture, and they’re there,” he added. “There was a lot at stake especially when you’re this deep into the season.”The Rangers put it away when Pavel Buchnevich and Namestnikov scored eight seconds apart to make it 5-2 with 3:53 remaining.Buchnevich tipped in Kevin Hayes’ pass from the blue line. Namestnikov scored into an open net off the ensuing faceoff after goalie Linus Ullmark misplayed the puck. It caromed off Ullmark’s stick and toward the front of the net to Namestnikov, who snapped a 23-game goal drought.“It’s a huge relief,” Namestnikov said. “I had chances. The puck just wouldn’t bounce in. So it was nice to see that one go in.”Namestnikov then added an empty-netter with 58 seconds remaining for his first two-goal game since Jan. 25, 2018, for Tampa Bay.The Sabres closed out a 3-3-1 homestand. They were trying to win consecutive games for the first time in more than two months.“It’s tough to really pinpoint right now, to be honest with you http://www.officialpenguinsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-olli-maatta-jersey ,” captain Jack Eichel said. “Obviously, it’s frustrating. We would have liked to end our homestand on a better note. But we play Jersey on Sunday. It’s a big game for us.”Buffalo squandered a chance to close the gap on idle Pittsburgh in the race for the Eastern Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot. The Sabres (28-22-7) remain four points behind the Penguins.Jeff Skinner scored twice for Buffalo, including his team-leading 36th, and Ullmark stopped 23 shots.New York improved to 8-5-1 in its past 14 and earned its 58th point to move into 12th in the East.Jesper Fast and Boo Nieves staked the Rangers to a 2-0 lead in the first period. Jimmy Vesey also scored for New York, which had 10 of its previous 14 games decided by one goal.Georgiev stopped 13 shots in the third period, and was particularly sharp in the opening six minutes to preserve a 3-2 lead. First, he got across to his left to stop Rasmus Dahlin’s one-timer 58 second in. Some five minutes later, the goalie squared up in his crease to stop Tage Thompson’s shot from the slot.Georgiev won his third straight start. He was coming off a 55-save performance in a 4-1 win over Toronto on Sunday.“I don’t know if it’s what I’m learning, it’s more confirming what I already knew about him is that he’s a really good goalie,” Quinn said. “He’s a lot better today than he was in October.”NOTES: Rangers D Brady Skjei departed in the second period after sustaining a lower-body injury. He is considered day to day. … Sabres RW Kyle Okposo did not return after being involved in a fight with Tony DeAngelo at the 7:51 mark of the third. Coach Phil Housley did not provide an update. … LW Connor Brickley made his Rangers debut a month after he was acquired in a trade that sent Cole Schneider to Nashville. Brickley played in place of rookie Filip Chytil, who was benched because of what Quinn described as steadily declining play. … Sabres D Zach Bogosian returned after missing two games with a lower-body injury.UP NEXTRangers: At Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.Sabres: Open three-game trip at New Jersey on Sunday.