Overview

• Jesper Boqvist batted in the winner with 10:20 left off a Mackie Samoskevich setup, and Samoskevich finished with two assists.
• Florida outshot Chicago 37-19 and snuffed out three tie-game power plays before taking the lead.
• Sergei Bobrovsky made 18 saves for the two-time champions, while former Panther Spencer Knight stopped 34 for Chicago.
• Aleksander Barkov faces a seven-to-nine-month recovery from knee surgery, and Matthew Tkachuk is expected back around December from a torn adductor.
• Fans chanted "We want three" during the banner ceremony as coach Paul Maurice and veterans stressed a next-man-up identity to begin the title defense.