The Bruins are going to start their latest Stanley Cup run without their captain on the ice.
After Jim Montgomery acknowledged on Monday morning that he didn’t have a “definitive lineup” for Boston’s playoff opener against the Panthers due to a virus in the locker room, captain Patrice Bergeron did not take part in warmups ahead of puck drop against the Florida Panthers at TD Garden.
Bergeron was one of many players considered a game-time decision on Monday, with the first-line center kept off the ice over the past three days due to both illness and a nagging upper-body injury.