The Florida Panthers (12-5-1) will be looking for a bit of revenge when they host the Boston Bruins (13-1-3) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena. In the first meeting between the clubs, Boston rallied from a two-goal deficit to edge the Cats 3-2 in overtime, with the winning goal going to Pavel Zacha. Since then, the Panthers have run off an 8-2 record to climb to second place in the Atlantic Division. Florida opened its three-game homestand with a 5-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.
The Bruins were beaten 5-4 in overtime by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday in their last outing. They enter tonight’s nationally televised tilt riding a six-game point streak (4-0-2) and have only given up 37 goals in 17 games. David Pastrnak is the scorer leader with team-highs in goals (12) and assists (17). His 29 points are tied for the second-most in the NHL behind Vancouver’s Quinn Hughes. Boston is a tough nut to crack, the Panthers will have their work cut out for them.
- WHEN: 7:00 p.m. ET
- WHERE: Amerant Bank Arena – Sunrise, FL
- ON THE TUBE: TNT, MAX (streaming)
- ON THE DIAL: 790 Radio Libre (D/B), 1230 The Gambler (PB), Thunder 100.3 (Keys)
- SOCIALS: #TimeToHunt, #NHLBruins, #BOSvsFLA, @LitterBoxCats, LBC FaceBook
- ENEMY INTEL: Runs On Hockey
- FLA IN SEASON SERIES: Game 2 of 4 (0-0-1)
- LAST MEETING: @BOS 3, FLA 2 (OT) – (Recap) 10/30/2023
- NEXT MEETING: March 26, 2024
- PROJECTED STARTERS: Florida: Bobrovsky (9-4-1 .906 / 2.66 1SO) Boston: Ullmark (6-1-1 .928 / 2.23 0SO)
- PLAYER STATS: Florida / Boston
Wednesday in the Atlantic (Standings/Panthers Playoff Chances)
- New Jersey (8-7-1 17P) at DETROIT (8-6-3 19P) 7 p.m
- Winnipeg (10-5-2 22P) at TAMPA BAY (9-6-4 22P) 7 p.m.
- BUFFALO (8-9-1 17P) at Washington (9-4-2 20P) 7 p.m.
- MONTREAL (7-9-2 16P) at Anaheim (9-9-0 18P) 10 p.m.
Idle: TOR (22P), OTT (16P)