Overview
- Today at 1 p.m. ET the Boston Bruins (12-4-1) meet the Florida Panthers (9-6-2) at TD Garden in the teams' first matchup of the season.
- Boston enters on a three-game winning run after a 6-2 road victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins and has spread scoring across all lines.
- Florida opened its three-game road trip with a 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals on Saturday that snapped Akira Schmid's personal winning streak despite two goals from Brady Tkachuk.
- Projected starters are Jeremy Swayman for Boston and Jacob Markström for Florida, and the matchup will highlight Florida's power play and penalty kill versus Boston's high goals-for and low goals-against numbers.
- Roster updates that could affect today include Boston placing James Hagens on injured reserve and recalling Mikey Eyssimont, while Brad Marchand remains out with a knee injury and is not expected back until December.