The puck dropped on the 2024-25 NHL season Friday, with the Devils and Sabres facing off overseas for two games in Prague as part of the league’s Global Series.
The Bruins will open their season Tuesday night in familiar but unhappy hunting grounds, facing the Panthers in Sunrise, Fla. — the team that has eliminated them from the last two postseasons.
Can the Bruins get back to the playoffs and make a deeper run this time? Can the Panthers defend their first Stanley Cup? Is it finally the year for superstar Connor McDavid and the Oilers?