NHL: Boston 4, Florida 1

SUNRISE, Fla., Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Tuukka Rask turned aside 34-of-35 shots Sunday and the Boston Bruins improved to 11-2-2 with a 4-1 victory over Florida.

Rask made 17 of his stops in the final period for Boston, which won a third straight game and registered its first three-goal margin of victory of the season.

Milan Lucic, Zdeno Chara and Chris Kelly each tallied while Daniel Paille added an empty-netter plus an assist for the Bruins.

Tomas Kopecky scored and Jacob Markstrom made 28 saves for the reeling Panthers, who lost for the seventh time in eight contests.