The Bruins’ blue line is expected to take a hit.
Speaking after Boston’s 3-2 comeback win over the Panthers on Monday night, Jim Montgomery announced that defenseman Matt Grzelcyk is expected to be out “a couple weeks” due to an upper-body injury.
Grzelcyk exited Monday’s game midway through the third period, finishing the game with just 3:29 of ice time. It was unclear what caused the fleet-footed defenseman to leave the game early.
With Grzelcyk sidelined and Charlie McAvoy eventually removed from Monday’s game in the third period due to a match penalty, Boston had to roll out a four-man grouping of Hampus Lindholm, Brandon Carlo, Derek Forbort, and Kevin Shattenkirk for the final 13+ minutes of play against Florida.