4-year playoff goal drought getting to Jagr: 'It's tough for me'

Even for the best, the well sometimes runs dry.

Jaromir Jagr hasn't scored in the playoffs in a long time - 34 games to be precise - and even though he's been playing forever, he's not immune to squeezing the stick a little bit tighter. It's been four years, after all.

"Sometimes you're too hot and it goes in and sometimes it goes the other way," the Florida Panthers' 44-year-old forward said, according to the Sun Sentinel's Harvey Fialkov. "The toughest thing is just don't get frustrated when things don't go the right way. It's tough for me and I've played for 24 years.

"It's like they say," Jagr added, "when everything goes right it's easy. Everybody can drive the bus if everything is good."

Jagr's pointless through three games against the New York Islanders in the first round, but has nine shots on goal. He's a minus-3, but played a season-high 22:14 in Game 3.

His line has generated chances, and Jagr thinks it's coming down to puck luck.

"I think it's a matter of time," he said. "Everything is a lot tighter, so to score goals it's a little bit tougher. (The Islanders are) playing good defense, so we should score on power plays, and we didn't do that ... It's wait and see."

The Panthers trail the series 2-1. They have one power-play goal in seven opportunities. Game 4 goes Wednesday night.