The Bruins are going to be without their top defenseman until next weekend.
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced on Tuesday evening that Bruins blueliner Charlie McAvoy has been suspended for four games for delivering a high hit against Florida’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson on Monday night.
As a result, McAvoy will miss Boston’s upcoming games against Toronto (11/2), Detroit (11/4), Dallas (11/6) and the New York Islanders (11/9).
McAvoy was tossed from Monday’s 3-2 OT win over the Panthers at 9:28 in the third period, just 2:28 after he scored Boston’s equalizing goal off of an impressive rush sequence alongside David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha.